Symphony refis triple-As from TIAA’s debut CLO
Symphony on Tuesday priced a refinancing of the triple-A tranche from TIAA CLO 1, a US BSL CLO that was TIAA’s debut CLO in 2016

Sound Point refinances triple As of 2020 vintage CLO
Sound Point Capital Management has refinanced a single tranche of the 2020 vintage Sound Point CLO 28

Strong run helps CLOs shrug off Altice downgrade
It may be the largest triple C downgrade in years, but the CLO market is relatively unperturbed by Altice’s fall from grace.

Milbank staffs up after slew of London lawyers follow Goldfinch to Allen & Overy
Milbank has reacted quickly after five attorneys — including veteran European CLO lawyer John Goldfinch — moved to rival law firm Allen & Overy.

Private credit firms chase opportunities in asset based lending as US banks withdraw
Lending against assets is becoming the fastest growing part of private credit. The market is expected to grow from roughly USD 787bn in 2024 to more than USD 1.26trn in 2028, according to a report by Research and Markets, a data and statistics firm.

Distress rises in US CLO double Bs — but most have been in trouble for years
Despite the limited impact of the Altice debacle on the European market (as explored in our cover story), stress is building in some older US CLOs. The robustness of the CLO 2.0 structure has carried the market through a variety of crises, but now a number of junior tranches in US BSL CLOs are either defaulted or impaired.

US regulatory capital deals are increasing — and not just for big banks
US regulatory capital deals are increasing — and not just for big banks

US loan volume nears record levels
In Q1 2024 quarterly institutional loan issuance reached its second highest level on record. The period also saw the lowest quarterly share of new money issuance, at just 13% of total activity

What do reset deals have in common?
Is it possible to predict which deals are likely to be reset next? With reset mania continuing to grip the US CLO market, we search for common factors among 2014-2021 deals that were reset

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The Last Tranche with Christine Ferris
In the latest edition of The Last Tranche podcast we talked to JP Morgan’s global head of CLO primary Christine Ferris about why she loves working with debut managers, despite the extra challenges they face coming to market.

Private credit is the regulatory fix that became an asset class
Institutional investors have pushed private credit to greater scale than either loans or bonds

Relative to Airbus, Boeing was long accountants but short engineers
A qualitative approach can help investors spot boards that are too focused on short-term returns

We understand why the NAIC is open to a new framework
The NAIC is right to tread carefully as it looks to protect its members from ratings arbitrage

Unveiling our shortlist for the best performers of 2023
The 16th edition of Creditflux’s annual celebration of the best CLOs, CLO funds and CLO managers, in Europe and the US, will be held on 15 May at the Landmark Hotel in London

Celebrating Women in CLOs
Creditflux celebrated Women in CLOs for the fifth time last night. One of our proudest achievements returned to a packed Raines Law Room in New York for an evening of cocktails, networking and mentorship.

Sculptor launches CLO captive equity platform
Sculptor Capital Management launched its new CLO captive equity platform today, anchored by a commitment from Rithm Capital

AMCC resets 2020 vintage US BSL CLO
American Money Management Corporation on Tuesday reset AMMC CLO 23, a BSL CLO from 2020

Octagon refis 2019 vintage CLO
Octagon Credit Investors has refinanced the top four tranches of Octagon Investment Partners 43, a half-billion dollar deal from 2019

RR ABS issuance continues as AB prices new deal
ABPCI has become the latest manager to price a recurring revenue 2024 ABS deal, a securitization of loans to high growth tech companies which sits somewhere between CLOs and ABS

2017 vintage CLO gets second refi
Sculptor has undertaken a second partial refinancing of its 2017-vintage OZLM XVII via Santander

CIFC reworks 2017 BSL CLO
CIFC became the latest manager to rework a 2017-vintage US BSL deal on Tuesday, pricing a reset of CIFC Funding 2017-III

CLO equity index shows 22% return last year
Data for the fourth quarter of 2023 is now available for the Flat Rock CLO Equity Returns Index, confirming the exceptional performance of US CLO equity last year