SME CLO features PDL mechanism
Details of the groundbreaking Alhambra SME Funding 2019-1 — the first 2.0 CLO backed by loans to small and midsized enterprises — were revealed at the Direct Lending Forum jointly hosted by Creditflux and Debtwire last month.

We’ve got time to work this out
You might think direct lenders are very exposed to economic downturns. But at the Creditflux-Debtwire event last month, managers said they felt they had a few months to rectify problems

CLO managers favour tech, cable and healthcare as loan downgrade fears dominate, finds JP Morgan
Picking safe sectors to buy in the coronavirus crisis is a tough call, but CLO managers variously favour technology, cable/satellite and healthcare, according to a JP Morgan survey. There is much more consensus on dumping autos, energy, gaming/lodging/leisure and retail

Ohio pension injects $175 million into credit via JP Morgan and HPS
The School Employees Retirement System of Ohio has made a $175 million commitment to two strategies; high yield and direct lending

Dealers zero in on pair of managed CSO formats
The eagerly awaited introduction of ‘managed’ CSOs is getting closer, with hopes still alive for an inaugural deal before the end of March and consensus forming around two alternative approaches.

US CLO league tables: $2 billion reissue fires Apollo and JP Morgan to top spots
Apollo Global Management and JP Morgan teamed up to price the largest CLO of the 2.0 era in February that helped propel both to the top of the US CLO and global CLO league tables

Global CLO league tables - February 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - February 2020 YTD

Neuberger Berman refinances 2014 US CLO
Neuberger Berman has become the seventh CLO manager to refinance a transaction this week, after teaming up with JP Morgan to rework 2014’s Neuberger Berman CLO XVII

Mariner surfs refi wave and chops 34bp off CLO debt
Mariner Investment Group had smooth sailing when it repriced four tranches of Mariner 2015-1 via JP Morgan

Apollo prices largest 2.0 CLO transaction
Apollo Global Management stunned the CLO market on Wednesday by pricing the largest transaction of the 2.0 era

CLO pipeline: make some noise for repricings
CLOs may be a bit late to the spread-tightening party, but a hoard of CLO repricings is aiming to make up for it by sheer volume

US CLO league tables: old deals get a fresh start in the new year
The majority of CLO issuance last month was in all forms of repricings, which totalled $4.8 billion and accounted for 54.5% of US CLO volumes

Global CLO league tables - January 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - January 2020 YTD

Oak Hill prices large US CLO reset via JP Morgan
Oak Hill Advisors has brought a $610.85 million CLO reset of OHA Loan Funding 2016-1, marking the third largest CLO transaction in 2020 to date

Hedge against coronavirus, says JP Morgan, naming 40 most exposed credits
With novel coronavirus cases rising at what looks to be an exponential rate, JP Morgan strategists have proposed a high yield hedge to address the rising threat to European credit spreads and listed 40 borrowers they think are most exposed to impact

Gulf Stream makes hotly awaited CLO return with breakthrough 2.0 deal
Gulf Stream Asset Management yesterday made its hotly anticipated CLO comeback, pricing its first deal of the 2.0 era

CLOs at risk of failing WAS tests due to loan refi wave, finds JP Morgan
 Some CLOs could be at risk of failing their weighted average spread tests or could be at risk of a refi or reset due to a forthcoming refinancing wave in the loan market, according to new research from JP Morgan

CLO triple As drop to 128bp as TICP prices
US CLO triple A spreads have jumped tighter with TPG Instiutional Credit Partners pricing senior CLO liabilities at 128 basis points yesterday

TPG CLO points to tighter pricing across all ratings bands
TPG Capital has launched a new issue CLO via JP Morgan, with price talk pointing to tighter CLO liability pricing heading into the new year

US CLO league tables: CSAM makes it three in a row as Citi completes a clean sweep
The US CLO market suffered a drop in volume last year with $149 billion of issuance, down 43% on 2018’s $262.5 billion. But the heavy slump was not across all forms of CLO pricing, as new issues once again crossed $100 billion and only suffered a 6.5% fall

Oil supply concerns grease CDS relative value trade
With credit spreads having begun 2020 circling post-crisis tight prints, there is not much room across the market for improvement and plenty of susceptibility to jitters. But at least one CDS index shows scope to narrow further and could form part of a relative value trade

Ratio of CLO managers adding risk falls to lowest level since 2009, JP Morgan finds
The proportion of CLO managers looking to add risk has fallen to its lowest level since 2009, according to a market survey carried out by JP Morgan’s research desk

Anchorage adds high triple-C CLO to its roster after pricing upsized deal
Anchorage Capital Group managed to price its high triple-C CLO before the end of 2019 with market sources indicating the firm issued a $406 million CLO on 23 December

Anchorage markets CLO triple As at 195bp in novel high triple-C CLO
Anchorage is marketing a high triple-C CLO with a lower than average triple C bucket for such a deal, but with a market value test and par flush triggers.

CLO 2020 outlook: lower volumes predicted, but it’s not all bad news
US CLO issuance is expected to drop by roughly 20% next year, according to bank research desks. This comes after a solid 2019 in which $101 billion of new US CLOs have priced through 92 managers, as Creditflux goes to press