CLO pipeline: US adds deals at frenetic pace as Europe catches breath after record start
US CLO investors have numerous deals to consider with 13 new issues and 15 repricings being prepared to flood the market in the coming days

Most experienced CLO trading head in the business leaves Wells Fargo
The longest-serving CLO trading head in the business, who is said to have registered a profit in each of his 20 years trading, has parted ways with Wells Fargo in the last few days

Mid-market CLO manager sells minority stake to Aberdeen Standard division
A $10 billion US mid-market private credit firm has sold a passive minority equity stake to Bonaccord Capital Partners

Antares reclaims largest 2.0 CLO moniker at new market tights
Antares Capital reclaimed its title as the manager of the largest 2.0 CLO on Tuesday by upsizing its debut deal to a huge $2.29 billion as part of a reset

ICG upsize makes US CLO its largest ever
ICG has issued its latest CLO offering, affording the deal an upsize before pricing that makes it the firm's largest ever in the US

Octagon cuts 2012 CLO's funding costs by 22.89bp in refi
Octagon Investment Partners has shaved 22.9 basis points off the funding costs of its oldest active CLO in a $612.7 million refinancing transaction arranged by Credit Suisse

Par-Four reaches beyond strategic partners with new CLO via JP Morgan
Par-Four Investment Management has teamed up with JP Morgan to print its latest CLO named Tralee VII

MUFG hires leveraged syndicate and high yield trading heads in New York
MUFG has bolstered its leverage finance team with two senior hires from RBC Capital Markets and Goldman Sachs 

Hamilton Lane collects nearly $900 million for private credit fund
Hamilton Lane has held a 'nearly $900 million' final close of its sixth private credit fund, Hamilton Lane Strategic Opportunities Fund VI

It's all relative: CLOs march tighter as macro traders open positive CDS skews
Credit default swaps are back near where they started the year after giving up their early-February gains amid a rise in government bonds. CDS curves steepened over the past month and macro hedging has left indices trading with positive skews. But CLOs paint a calmer picture in which spreads have inched tighter  

Credit fundraising: ESG centre stage as capital pours into new strategies
Sustainability was the watchword for fundraising in February, amid a flurry of fund launches as well as first closes for impact funds and sustainable bond funds

Renewed energy boosts credit as relief rally resumes
Energy companies are performing well and credit indices have resumed their push tighter after a strong surge inwards Monday, outpacing moves in other parts of the financial market

Waiting for afters
Day one arb remains important, but last year there were opportunities aplenty in the secondary market, which put the onus on printing CLOs and waiting for the day after non-call periods expired

Atalaya hits $1 billion hard cap on private credit fund with 10-13% return target
Atalaya Capital Management has hit its $1 billion hard cap on its private credit speciality finance fund, Asset Income Fund V

Invesco flavours 2016 CLO vintage with single B notes
Invesco has priced a $553.6 million reset of 2016's Riserva CLO via Goldman Sachs, inserting a new single B-rated liability tranche into the structure in the process

CSAM scores $732 million with largest CLO refi of 2021
Credit Suisse Asset Management priced the largest CLO refinancing transaction of the year on Monday, teaming up with Barclays to refi $732 million notes from its 2018 vintage CLO named Madison Park Funding XXXII

Bain features triple B discount in third-tightest CLO post-covid
Bain Capital Credit priced its first CLO of 2021 on Monday, securing the third tightest funding costs for a five-year reinvestment deal post-covid in the process

Aegon resets 2016 CLO with triple As at 105bp
Aegon Asset Management reset its 2016 CLO Cedar Funding VI for an extra five years of reinvestment, with the triple A notes paying 105 basis points over Libor

Kayne adds single B tranche to debut CLO in $350.9 million refi
Kayne Anderson has added a single B-liability tranche to its debut CLO amid a refinancing of its investment-grade debt notes

CBAM joins JP Morgan on $407 million first new CLO of 2021
CBAM printed its latest CLO via JP Morgan on Friday, naming the deal CBAM CLO 2021-14

UN PRI's upcoming report on ESG in CLOs finds bar is very low
In a preview of the upcoming report, Carmen Nuzzo, head of fixed income at UN Principles for Responsible Investment, reveals to Creditflux key highlights from its ESG in securitisation report

Global CLO b-wic round-up: equity trades break new records as investors look to redeploy cash
The CLO secondary market is experiencing heavy churn with €273.5 million of European CLO paper and $1.05 billion of US CLOs listed last week. Within that supply, a record trade for a 2.0 European CLO equty tranche was recorded 

Credit makes strong gains in relief rally
The week has opened on a stronger tone amid a calming of government bond yields, conducive manufacturing data in Europe and a new covid-19 vaccine approval in the US

Carlyle brings 2021 US new CLO volume to $1.14 billion with tightly priced deal
Carlyle Group priced its second new US CLO of the year on Friday, teaming up with Citi to place the $508.8 million Carlyle US CLO 2021-2

2020 debut manager returns with second CLO after just four months
New Mountain Capital has priced its second CLO transaction just four months after entering the management space