Beneath the triple C: $31.6 billion of CLO credits feel downgrade pain
March madness took a toll on CLOs as Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s downgraded 4.25% of the portfolios in the US and 1.84% in Europe to triple C or below in just one month (some of these were already triple C rated, only to fall further).

Citi makes $100 million-plus gains on CLO triple A trade
Citi bought $2 billion of CLO triple As from PGIM last month and made more than $100 million in profit after selling the bonds when triple A prices recovered, according to Bloomberg

We’ve survived before, we can do so again

CLOs at a glance: CLO primary market grinds to a halt
A round-up of CLO performance

PGIM revives CLO plan with switch to static transaction
The CLO market has been on hold for three weeks due to coronavirus-induced volatility, but experienced CLO managers are attempting to revive the primary pipeline via a static format

European CLO triple Bs go from 99 to 73 in less than a month
European CLO mezzanine prices have fallen by almost 30 cents in less than a month, with a b-wic yesterday featuring a 2019 PGIM-managed CLO underlining the dramatic decline

We’ve survived before, we can do so again
$7.8 billion of CLO collateral, split evenly between the US and Europe, is in the loans that have fallen fastest in the past month. But short term CLO pain will bring opportunities for building par

PGIM lines up for print and sprint CLO
PGIM is looking to capitalise on market volatility by issuing a 'print and sprint' style CLO via Jefferies

PGIM brings first European CLO to brave coronavirus sell-off
PGIM has priced the first European CLO following the market selloff triggered by the coronavirus outbreak, according to market sources

"We can have a positive impact by bringing diverse thinking to our business"
Edwin Wilches of PGIM takes our credit quiz

Past returns: Seven-year wait for equity payment
Five years ago we reported that equity investors in three legacy PGIM CLOs received a total of €1.1 million in distributions — seven years late. 

PGIM revises price talk as European CLO spreads jump wider
Price talk has been hiked up for PGIM’s forthcoming European CLO, Dryden 74 Euro CLO 2018 following coronavirus-related market volatility    

Back from the dead: CLO risk retention resurfaces in the US
Risk retention is making an unexpected comeback in the US CLO market as more managers look to structure their deals to comply with European risk retention regulations

Minnesota pension slates $600 million to four credit funds
Minnesota State Board of Investments has earmarked $600 million to four credit funds

Kayne Anderson prices US CLO in line with experienced issuer as triple As tighten
Kayne Anderson underlined its position as one of the leading CLO issuers among the new generation of CLO managers, pricing a US CLO on the same day as PGIM

VIP Cinema makes uncomfortable viewing for CLOs as it's reeled into Chapter 11
CLOs hold $52.9 million of debt in seatmaker VIP Cinema Holdings, which has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the District of Delaware

Price talk for PGIM European CLO suggests triple A-spread tightening
Triple A spreads could be about to tighten in Europe’s CLO market as PGIM markets its latest new issue deal, Dryden 74 Senior Loan Fund, with price talk in the range of 92-95 basis points over Euribor

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

PGIM invests $13 billion in mid market companies in 2019
PGIM Private Capital provided $13 billion in senior and junior capital to 228 middle-market companies globally in 2019, according to a company press release

CSAM sees sun after nine years in shade

PGIM refinances 2016 vintage CLO acquired from Columbia
PGIM has refinanced a 2016 vintage CLO it bought portfolio management rights for in 2018, according to market sources

CLO giant casts eye on CSOs with plans to hire credit derivatives trader
An asset manager with almost $40 billion in CLO investments is looking to hire a credit derivatives trader in Newark in a role which would include coverage of index tranches and CSOs

CLO pipeline: a refi of nine cuts time (and margins)
Nine US CLO managers are preparing to refinance one of their CLOs to lower financing costs

Global CLO b-wic round-up: equity, equity everywhere, but trading volumes sink
For the second week in a row, over $230 million of US CLO equity went on sale and multiple control equity positions were listed in the CLO secondary market

Global CLO b-wic round-up: US CLO equity returns in big way as four control positions hit the market
Over $230 million of US CLO equity went on sale last week via bid lists, the first time these assets have made their way to the secondary market in 2020. It also marks the most US CLO equity listed in a week since at least 2018, according to CLO-i