Anchorage explores possibility of first five-year CLO structure post-coronavirus
Anchorage Capital is testing the waters for the first five-year reinvesting CLO structure since the pandemic-led downturn

Global CLO league tables - May 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - May 2020 YTD

US CLO league tables: light at the end of the tunnel as primary revives
May brought a rise in US CLO primary market activity with a combined $5.55 billion in new issuance for the month

Euro CLO league tables: fresh faces emerge with new deals
May was a month of fresh faces as three new managers entered the ring for the first time in 2020

Mid market CLO league tables: breakthrough as Owl Rock ends deal drought
After a barren April, mid-market CLO activity returned in May with Owl Rock pricing its second deal of the year

Zais returns to CLO primary market with one-year deal
Zais Group has made its CLO primary market return, teaming up with RBC to price a 1.12-year reinvestment deal via RBC

CVC prices new CLOs in Europe and US
CVC Credit Partners has priced its first new CLOs post-covid 19 on both sides of the Atlantic - and dragged the US CLO market tighter in the process

Onex prices second US new issue CLO in three weeks
Onex Credit Partners priced its second new issue US CLO in just three weeks yesterday, via Natixis, to become the fourth US CLO manager to price two new issue CLOs during the covid-19 pandemic

HalseyPoint 'plays to its strengths' with $378 million US CLO
HalseyPoint Asset Management has priced its first new CLO following the coronavirus outbreak, and its second since making its debut in CLOs last year

US CLO spreads set to tighten across the stack as CIFC targets 170bp triple A print
CIFC Asset Management is marketing its first new issue CLO of 2020 with price talk for the triple A notes pointing to a print of around 170 basis points - a new market tight since the coronavirus pandemic began

Fidelity markets first CLO in 2020
Fidelity Investments is marketing its first new issue CLO of 2020, via Citi

Mezzanine CLO spreads tighten by over 20% with Spire European deal
European CLO spreads have tightened sharply across the board after Spire Partners priced Aurium CLO VI at levels much tighter than recent deals

Spire to price European CLO later today
Spire Partners is set to price Aurium CLO VI later today, sources say, with the CLO subject on all its tranches

CBAM readies debut European CLO
CBAM is marketing its first ever venture into the European CLO market with a deal named Vendome Funding. The Eldridge Industries-backed CLO manager is expected to price the transaction this week, via JP Morgan

US and Europe diverge on credit spreads and more
US and European corporate credit performance has diverged since cities went into lockdown in March, with Europe tending to do better. But the CLO market gives a different picture, with 17 US transactions pricing to four in Europe since 1 April, and with tighter investment grade spreads

A different kind of crisis
Panellists on Creditflux’s US CLO webinar were positive about the robustness of CLO structures and the role of cure contributions. But they warned about zombie defaults and gaming tests

Europe’s newcomers find ways to stand out
Last year’s new European CLO managers needed to provide something different for investors. In general, they’ve succeeded, with Capital Four having one of the smallest overlap figures in our data

CLOs at a glance: Momentum starts to gather in primary market
Primary issuance is picking up with 13 CLOs pricing globally in May as Creditflux goes to press

Bain makes post-covid US CLO primary comeback
Bain Capital Credit on Friday priced its first CLO since the coronavirus pandemic, teaming up with Credit Suisse to issue the $388.3 million Bain Capital Credit 2020-2

GSO prices first post covid-19 European CLO
GSO has partnered with BNP Paribas to print its first post covid-19 European CLO, according to market sources, marking the seventh transaction in the continent since the pandemic began

Napier Park brings covid-era European CLO volumes to €1.5 billion
Napier Park Global today became the sixth CLO issuer in Europe since the onset of the pandemic, according to market sources, bringing volumes on the continent since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic to over €1.5 billion

AGL prints largest US CLO post-covid-19 and syndicates double Bs
AGL Credit Management today priced the largest CLO since the pandemic outbreak with a fully syndicated double B tranche

Post-sell-off US CLO volumes on track to pass $9 billion as Sound Point markets deal
US CLO volumes since the pandemic outbreak are on track to pass $9 billion as Sound Point Capital Management markets its first new issue since December

Single Bs set to return to primary euro CLOs as Napier Park markets new issue
Napier Park Global Capital is set to become the first CLO manager to sell a single B-rated CLO since the covid-19 pandemic onset,

Barings and pension fund join forces to issue US CLO
A joint venture between Barings' business development company and South Carolina Retirement Systems, known as Jocassee Partners, has priced a $335.53 million CLO via Citi