Managers weigh up matters of principal
CLO managers that were able to avoid OC traps made double-digit equity distributions in Q2, despite the headwinds. But these firms tended not to be among those that built the most par

Euro CLO league tables: Apollo blasts its way to top spot
July marked the largest month of European CLO issuance since coronavirus pandemic-induced volatility hit financial markets

Global CLO league tables - July 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - July 2020 YTD

Redding Ridge back as top CLO issuer post sell-off with new US and EU deals
Redding Ridge Asset Management has shot back to become the largest CLO issuer by volume since the sell off in March after printing a new issue apiece in the US and Europe, according to market sources

Global CLO b-wic round-up: US triple Bs edge wider but 2020 bonds trade at a premium
The furious rally that the secondary CLO markets have gone through over the last two weeks was brought a halt by the Federal Reserve’s reminder on Wednesday night that all is still not well with the economy

Euro CLO league tables: You wait all month for a pricing and then three come along at once
Two CLO managers chose April to price their first CLOs of the year. Three European CLOs priced last month as the primary market opened following a coronavirus-enforced closure in mid-March

European CLO market gets going in a hurry with Redding Ridge three-year deal
The European primary CLO market has gone from being shut for a month to pricing two deals within hours of each other and developing a term curve that is very much in its infancy

Global CLO b-wic round-up: CLO triple As recover but mezz left behind
The CLO secondary market was a tale of two halves last week. 100% of all bonds listed in b-wics on Monday and Tuesday had no covers released (either traded or did not trade), but the end of the week was a different story for both markets

Apollo goes short-dated route for forthcoming European CLO reset
Apollo Global Management is marketing a short reset of its 2014 CLO named ALME Loan Funding III - but price talk is inside a new issue of similar tenor

Redding Ridge prices new European CLO with record 158.1bp funding costs
Redding Ridge Asset Management has priced its latest European CLO offering via Goldman Sachs, RRE 3 Loan Management, and in the process it has produced the CLO with the tightest funding costs this year

Redding Ridge does away with single Bs as it markets European CLO
Redding Ridge Asset Management is doing away with single Bs once again as it brings its third European CLO to market this year, known as RRE 3 Loan Management

Credit funds at a glance
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Euro CLO league tables: three debutants, but familiar faces stay top
June brought €3.4 billion of European CLO issuance between seven new issues and two refinancings. Of the seven new issue European CLOs priced last month, three were from debut managers to the continent 

Redding Ridge does without single B debt as it prices European CLO
RRE 2 has an unusual debt structure for a European transaction, with the CLO opting against a single B tranche. At the opposite end of the structure, the triple As are issued in senior and junior tranches which priced at 113 and 150 basis points over Euribor respectively

Redding Ridge crosses Atlantic for new euro CLO
Redding Ridge Asset Management - the capitalised manager vehicle (CMV) launched by Apollo Global Management - priced its first European CLO on Friday

Redding Ridge AM opens first European CLO warehouse
Redding Ridge Asset Management - the firm launched by Apollo Global Management - has opened a CLO warehouse with a view to launching a European transaction named RR Euro CLO