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Issuers fashion new outfits for junior mezz

CLOs at a glance: innovations arrive as year draws to close

PGIM resets European CLO to cross €2 billion in 2019 issuance
PGIM reset its 2015 European CLO today, Dryden 35, via Goldman Sachs. It takes the PGIM’s 2019 European CLO volumes pass €2 billion

Global CLO league tables at a glance - November 2019 YTD
Global CLO league tables at a glance - November 2019 YTD

US CLO league tables: CSAM pulls away from pack
The back and forth tussle between Octagon Credit Investors and Credit Suisse Asset Management for the lead in the US CLO issuance league tables took a new turn in November

Senior European CLO spreads edge wider as PGIM markets reset
PGIM is marketing a reset of a 2014-vintage European CLO with price talk on the floating rate senior notes at 98 basis points, say market sources

Global CLO b-wic round-up: Junior mezz covers return while triple A supply drives big week
Narrowing of the bid-ask gap that has plagued junior mezzanine tranches could bring a change of fortunes in the US CLO secondary market 

US CLO league tables: Octagon retakes US lead, but CSAM still on top globally
Octagon Credit Investors priced Octagon 45 via Goldman Sachs to overtake CSAM by just $33.3 million in overall US issuance, but CSAM still leads the way in new US CLO and global CLO issuance

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PGIM launches US CLO with unfunded double Bs
To double B or not to double B, that is the question as PGIM issues an unfunded double B-rated note as part of Dryden 80 CLO, a new issue deal which priced on Friday via Bank of America

PGIM becomes first CLO manager to price 12 transactions in 2019
PGIM has priced a €412.38 million new issue CLO via Citi named Dryden 73 Euro CLO 2018, becoming the first CLO manager to complete 12 transactions globally this year

Kroll fires back at ‘factual errors’ in WSJ CLO rating report
Kroll Bond Rating Agency has hit back at the Wall Street Journal article that suggested the firm gives higher ratings to CLOs than its competitors

US CLO league tables: CSAM climbs to the top
Only $10.9 billion was brought to the US CLO market last month, while in the middle market CLO space, no deals priced. But Credit Suisse Asset Management dared venture into the primary market and as a result it moves to the top of the league tables

PGIM teams up with BNP Paribas for new issue US CLO
PGIM priced its fifth new issue CLO of the year on Friday in a $401.3 million transaction arranged by BNP Paribas

Euro CLO round-up: debt investors own the floor as tempo picks up
It was one of those rare weeks in Europe when volumes surpassed the much larger US CLO market and, to cap it all off, spreads made a big jump tighter.

PGIM scores Europe's tightest CLO print of 2019 as resets make a comeback
PGIM yesterday reset its 2016 CLO named Dryden 48 via BNP Paribas, according to market sources, scoring the European market’s tightest triple A print of the year at 101 basis points over Euribor

PGIM's euro credit research head joins former colleague at Angelo Gordon
PGIM’s head of European credit research has joined Angelo Gordon

CLO pipeline: Golub and Sound Point to cement positions among market leaders
Last week there were nine CLOs priced in the US market, including four broadly syndicated loan new issues and two middle market new issues, whereas there was no issuance in Europe. The CLO action over the next few weeks is again weighted towards the US, according to market sources

PGIM to join exclusive list of managers to reset, rather than refi, a euro CLO
PGIM is set to join the small but growing list of managers to reset a European CLO this year, as the manager teams up with BNP Paribas to bring a reset of Dryden 48 Euro CLO

US CLO league tables: JP Morgan narrows gap to Citi in new issues to $50 million
July saw $14.9 billion of issuance in the US CLO space with $9.4 billion of that in new issue CLOs. One of the transactions brought to the market was Whitebox Capital Management’s debut CLO, Whitebox I.

Global CLO b-wic round-up: 71% of equity positions trade as supply picks up
The European and US secondary CLO market took a step back this week as the primary CLO generated $7.8 billion of deal flow globally

CLOs at a glance

PGIM goes all in as it refis 2016 CLO for second time
Having refinanced the junior debt in a US CLO last year, PGIM has refied the entire capital stack of its 2016-vintage CLO

PGIM resets January 2019 'print and sprint' CLO for three years
PGIM has teamed up with Jefferies to reset its ‘print and sprint’ CLO from earlier this year, extending the deal’s reinvestment period for three years

US life insurers grew their CLO investments by 31% in 2018, finds Moody's
US life insurers held $79.4 billion in CLO exposure at the end of 2018, which is up 31% from the amount held at the end of 2017, according to a report by Moody’s Investor Service