Direct lenders agree to PIK as borrowers feel tariff pressure
Borrowers are facing stress and asking direct lenders for the option to use payments-in-kind instead of cash for interest payments, leading to debate over whether PIK use aids recovery or simply obscures financial stress

The market will not look kindly on managers that don’t reset their deals
In today’s CLO market, the choice is stark: reset or slowly perish

CLOs that refinanced in 2024 are set to take advantage of market turbulence
There are opportunities for CLOs to build par through discounted purchases

LCM shaves 27bp off 2022 CLO's funding costs following reset
LCM Asset Management reset its 2022 CLO named LCM 38 on Thursday, tightening the deal's original capital structure by 27.46 basis points

New CLO reset from Elmwood has 2023's tightest capital structure
Elmwood Asset Management reset Elmwood CLO 19 on Tuesday, scoring the tightest liability pricing of the year for a five-year reinvestment deal in the process

LCM readies its first CLO primary transaction of the year
LCM Asset Management is working with Deutsche Bank on its first CLO primary market transaction of 2023 which is expected to print next week

Triple As tighten to 170bp as Ares resets 2022 CLO
Ares Management teamed up with JP Morgan on Monday to reset its 2022 deal named Ares CLO LXVI, with the triple A notes matching the tightest print of the year

Audax becomes first manager of 2023 to reset a CLO
Audax Private Debt has become the first manager of 2023 to complete a CLO reset, teaming with Bank of America to rework its 2020 middle market deal named Audax Senior Debt CLO 4

CLO resets poised to return despite wide liability spreads
CLO onlookers are heralding the return of resets in 2023 in a boost to CLO primary market forecasts.

Brightwood prices sole CLO reset in second half of 2022
Brightwood Capital Advisors reset its 2020 middle market CLO named Brightwood MM CLO 2020-1 on 21 December, in the process completing the only CLO reset in the second half of 2022

CLOs can weather a short recession, but maybe not a long one, conference hears
The US economy is likely to enter a recession in the first half of 2023, attendees at IMN's ABS East conference heard on Tuesday. While the severity of the downturn is unknown despite the Federal Reserve aiming for a 'soft landing', CLOs are well positioned to weather the storm - as long as the recession is contained in a relatively short period

Short duration CLOs are putting reset risk in the post: Barclays
The CLO market’s recent trend of shorter duration issuance could be setting up a problem for managers down the line that will impact their equity returns, Barclays has warned

Oaktree prints new US CLO while Deerpath resets mid-market deal
The US CLO market has added to its June transaction tally, with Oaktree Capital pricing a new issue while Deerpath Capital Management reset a 2018 vintage mid-market deal

Loan buyers warned about rush of Sofr opt-in amendments
CLO managers must be mindful of loan amendments that facilitate a benchmark switch from Libor to Sofr, as they could find themselves buried in paperwork and locked into tight deadlines

"The CLO market can resemble a primary school soccer game, with everyone crowded around the ball"
The ability to refinance or reset a CLO is valuable, but there are friction costs to consider  

US CLO refis return with Angelo Gordon pricing first since February
Angelo Gordon refinanced its Northwoods Captital 22 CLO on Tuesday, completing the first successful CLO refi in two and a half months

Antares upsizes billion-dollar CLO in third-largest primary transaction of 2022
Antares Capital reset its 2018-2 CLO via Deutsche Bank on Thursday, in the third-largest primary market transaction of the year at $1.06 billion

CBAM CLO debt comes into play with reset incentive
Carlyle Group’s acquisition of CBAM for roughly $787 million ($615 million in cash) has underlined that we are in a seller’s market, sources say. But a key part of that deal will be the ability to extend CBAM CLOs through resets

Owl Rock doubles size of 2020 mid market CLO with reset
Owl Rock Capital has more than doubled the size of its late 2020 CLO named Owl Rock CLO V after resetting the deal on Monday,

Bain and CSAM each reset a late 2019 CLO with senior triple As yielding 135bp
Bain Capital Credit and Credit Suisse Asset Management each reset a CLO from late 2019 on Friday, with both deals placing their senior triple A tranches at 135 basis points over Sofr

Credit Suisse braves market turmoil to print CLOs for Nuveen and Onex
Credit Suisse has maintained its CLO issuance amid market turmoil by printing transactions for Onex Credit Management and Nuveen Asset Management

Golub upsizes 2020 CLO by over $100 million
Golub Capital Partners took to the CLO reset market on Wednesday to reset its late 2020 CLO named Golub Capital Partners CLO 50(B), upsizing the transaction by $102.5 million 

MidCap doubles size of 2018 CLO with reset
MidCap Financial almost doubled the size of its 2018 CLO named Woodmont 2018-4 Trust by resetting the deal via Deutsche Bank on Friday

Sound Point resets 2019 US CLO for three years
Sound Point Capital Management priced a short reset of its 2019 CLO named Sound Point XXV, renewing the deal's reinvestment period for three years

Trinitas resets 2019 CLO in line with recent new issues
Trinitas Capital Management on Tuesday reset its 2019 CLO, Trinitas X via BNP Paribas, according to market sources