Morgan Stanley to buy Eaton Vance for $7 billion
Morgan Stanley is set to buy Eaton Vance for an equity value of $7 billion as part of a broader push into wealth management

CLO pipeline: primary tightening opens door for CLO managers to print new issues
The CLO primary market is hitting a fast pace as it enters the last quarter of 2020. Last week brought a surge of new issuance as 11 US, two European and one mid market CLO manager priced their latest transactions

US CLO single Bs reach post-crisis tights despite rating pressure
US CLO single Bs are trading at their tightest levels since the coronavirus pandemic outbreak and ,while these bonds make up a tiny slice of the market, more and more instances of single B b-wics are ocurring

Eaton Vance prices in line with price talk with first CLO in 15 months
Eaton Vance returned to the CLO primary market on Wednesday with its first new issue deal in 15 months

CLO pipeline: Redding Ridge plans fourth US CLO since March
Last week proved to be one of the busiest weeks of the primary CLO market since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, with $5.21 billion worth of new paper issuance coming through: eight US CLOs, one middle market deal and three euro CLOs

Eaton Vance embarks on annual foray into primary with upcoming CLO
Eaton Vance, one of the most patient issuers in the US CLO market, is marketing its first deal since April 2019, with senior notes guided at market tights

Global CLO b-wic round-up: spreads widen in short week to end manic June
A shortened week brought an end to a manic month of secondary CLO activity. $343.5 million of US CLO and €309 million of European CLO paper was on sale last week, dropping $1.05 billion and €170 million from the previous week

LP round-up: mighty Oaks win $1 billion apiece from Calpers
Credit investors allocated over $3 billion to 18 credit managers this week across a wide range of strategies

Eaton Vance signals intention to raise new credit fund
Eaton Vance Management has filed a preliminary prospectus with the SEC for a new opportunistic credit fund, Eaton Vance Income Opportunities Fund

Eaton Vance refinances its debut 2.0 CLO
Eaton Vance turned to Goldman Sachs on Friday to refinance its first post-crisis CLO from 2013, according to market sources

Eaton Vance hires loan trader in Boston
Eaton Vance Management has hired a loan trader from the sell side  

New Eaton Vance CLO swaps single B interest diversion test for OC test
Eaton Vance Management returned to the CLO primary issuance market yesterday with its first new issue in seven months

Eaton Vance adds former Janus Henderson official as credit portfolio manager
Dónal Kinsella joins as institutional portfolio manager for the firm’s corporate credit strategies

Eaton Vance achieves strong CLO pricing as it makes its new issue comeback
Eaton Vance has ended a near three-year absence from the new issue CLO market to price Eaton Vance CLO 2018-1

US CLO round-up: investors feast on over $3 billion of CLOs
One CLO manager has gone for a reissue as its main, another two have gone back for seconds of new issue -  and this all leads to the inevitable: an expanding middle 

Eaton Vance becomes 126th manager to price a CLO transaction this year
Eaton Vance has returned to the CLO market after an eight month hiatus

Eaton Vance launches EM debt fund to invest "beyond the benchmark"
An Eaton Vance subsidary has launched the International (Ireland) Emerging Markets Local Income Fund

Boston-based CLO manager scores the year's second tightest reset print
The manager has returned to the CLO market after a 10 month hiatus, by resetting a 2015 CLO transaction

Oaktree changes tack on ETFs and signs up to manage Eaton Vance fund
Oaktree Capital Management has agreed to subadvise Eaton Vance’s newest diversified credit NextShares offering – suggesting Howard Marks of Oaktree may be getting over his previously expressed doubts about exchange-traded funds

Eaton Vance targets global credit with new Ucits fund
Eaton Vance Management has announced the launch of Global High Yield Bond Fund

Eaton Vance secures 120bp triple-As with $435 million CLO refinancing
Eaton Vance has priced a refinancing of its 2014 vintage CLO, according to market sources

Eaton Vance secures 142bp triple-A print as it resets 2013 CLO
Eaton Vance has priced its first deal in the primary market since October 2015, according to market sources

Legacy multi-currency CLO set for liquidation, according to CLO-i
A multi-currency European CLO managed by Eaton Vance is due to be redeemed this month, according to a notice available on CLO-i. The unusual deal has outperformed a number of 1.0 European CLOs

Eaton Vance eyes growth for new managed account platform
Eaton Vance is expecting big things from a new managed account platform that it has recently launched. The managed accounts are being pitched to retail investors as an alternative to ETFs and mutual funds