Fund performance: CLO funds deliver again, but third of all funds post losses
CLO funds took six of the top 10 spots in October in a continuation of the previous month’s strong performances. However, a consistent showing from Wasserstein in the US high yield category has claimed the top spot for the last two months

CLO funds shine amid the gloom with unmatched returns
Credit funds stumbled in October, with European high yield, emerging markets and long-short strategies the weakest performers, according to Creditflux data, as several funds in these categories suffered losses

Fair Oaks achieves tight cost of debt on new European CLO
The manager has brought a €404.4 million, 13.4 times levered deal that features environmental, social and governance criteria

CLO pricing holds up against omicron as liquid credit takes a hammering
Being illiquid sometimes has its advantages, with the CLO market the picture of serenity as CDS swings imply volatility is afoot

CLO managers join forces as they line up behind SFDR
A plethora of European CLO managers have teamed up with regulatory reporting provider FinDox to form a working group focused on Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), sources tell Creditflux.

Euro 2020 CLO resets reach €8 billion as Blackstone and Fair Oaks price at similar levels
Blackstone and Fair Oaks Capital took to the European CLO reset market this afternoon with both managers reworking 2020 deals

Fair Oaks scoops up two control CLO equity positions
Fair Oaks Capital has been picking up primary CLO equity paper, with the firm announcing a further two control US CLO equity investments in its publicly listed fund, Fair Oaks Income Fund

CLOs at a glance (June 2021)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

Fair Oaks saves nearly 100bp on 2020 reset as single Bs edge tighter
Fair Oaks has reset a 2020 European CLO with tight single Bs but triple As leaking wider

CLO pipeline: Five out, five in as market digests new issuance wave
Five new issue US CLOs priced from last week’s pipeline, but five more have replaced them in this week's edition of our pipeline report

CLOs come up smelling of roses
The coronavirus crisis could have cut back 10 years of CLO market progress, but investors’ foresight, trading chops and flexibility meant many saw their strategies blossom during 2020  

Fair Oaks, PineBridge and Sculptor rework €1 billion in Euro CLO resets
Fair Oaks Capital, PineBridge Investments and Sculptor Capital Management all took to the European CLO reset market on Wednesday, in transactions that amounted to over €1 billion

CLO pipeline: expensive 2019 CLOs in vogue with 32bp savings potential
The CLO pipeline is dominated by refinancings and resets, with new issuance taking a backseat

Axa IM leads as ESG grows in European CLO industry
European CLOs are increasingly launching with express ESG mandates embedded as issuers seek to get ahead of what appears to be an inevitable shift towards ethical investing

CLO equity investor bullish as it offers new share class on listed fund
The London-based manager is offering shareholders in its publicly traded junior CLO fund the chance to invest in a new listed share class - and it remains bullish on global CLO equity

B-wic appearances boost CLO equity valuations
CLO investors who use third party valuations say that CLO equity may be undervalued

Faith in structures has been rewarded
CLOs have been resilient against covid-19 fallout, said speakers at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium last month. But there’s always room to improve and 3.0 deals may add ESG and bullet tranches

European CLO leverage battered

CLO-friendly workout language crosses Atlantic to Europe
European CLO managers are including workout language in new issue deal documentation that gives greater ability to participate in restructurings, according to market sources

Fair Oaks sprints its way to second European CLO in four months
Fair Oaks Capital has priced its third European CLO transaction and second in four months, according to market sources, with the London-based manager opting for a print-and-sprint route for this deal.

Fair Oaks rotates to Euro CLO equity after 32% gain on double Bs
Fair Oaks Capital is starting to rotate back to CLO equity positions after taking advantage of the stabilising market and using profits from its higher-quality, more opportunistic trades earlier this year to carefully dial up the risk

CLO pipeline: managers large, small and new ready to price in post-Labour Day surge
US managers are preparing a wave of new issue CLOs in the coming days, as the usual post-Labour Day pricing surge comes to fruition even in this most unusual of years

Fair Oaks markets third European CLO
Fair Oaks Capital is marketing a third European CLO, Fair Oaks Loan Funding III, just five months after pricing its second deal

Ucits at a glance: Ucits funds march on and erase Q1 losses
95% of Ucits credit funds listed with Creditflux posted positive returns in June to keep up the momentum from May when all but one fund was in positive territory

Fair Oaks resumes dividends on listed CLO fund
Fair Oaks Capital will resume paying dividends on its listed fund Fair Oaks Income Fund