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Golub prices new $729.88 million CLO backed by middle market loans
Golub Captial Partners yesterday became the first manager to price a third CLO backed by loans to middle market companies in 2019

Triple As could dip back into double digits as KKR plots Europe's largest CLO of 2019
Triple A CLO spreads could be about to dip below 100 basis points again in Europe as KKR markets a reset with price talk ranging from 99 to 102bp over Euribor

14% of 2016 CLOs left waiting amid refinancing wave
One of the most prominent CLO market trends this year is the relative decline of the refi compared to previous eras, as wider spreads make these often costly transactions less economical. But one vintage has stood out as an exception: CLOs issued in 2016 have driven 65% of refi activity this year

CVC teams up with RBC for reset and upsize of 2012 CLO
CVC Credit Partners came to market yesterday with a short reset of its 2012 vintage deal Apidos XI

CLO market awaits further Volcker amendments as initial tweaks centre on prop trading
CLOs will not be impacted by changes to the Volcker rule announced yesterday, which means that rules limiting bond buckets in US CLOs will remain intact for the immediate future. Instead, regulators revealed that some of the rules around bank proprietary trading will be relaxed

Amundi Pioneer initiates marketing for structured credit interval fund
Amundi Pioneer Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Amundi, is in the market with a structured credit interval fund

Euro trading: Vue proves to be leading light for CLOs, but liquid bonds play crucial support role
Vue International's newly issued loan starred in 25 CLO managers' portfolios, which bought €239.4 million of the loan in June and made it a box office hit among CLO managers, according to CLO-i.

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

CLO 'mascot' appears on b-wic but fails to trade
A $2.25 million triple B CLO tranche with a mascot feature embedded appeared in the secondary market yesterday, but failed to trade.

US loan trading: Caesars marches out of CLOs as Blackstone rolls in
With $158 million of its term loan leaving the hands of CLO managers, Caesers Entertainment was the most sold issuer in June

Nassau approaches $3 billion CLO volume after pricing latest new issue
Nassau Corporate Credit priced its sixth new CLO on Friday in a $404.8 million transaction named Nassau 2019-II

THL returns with second middle market CLO offering
THL Credit Advisors on Friday priced its second CLO backed by loans to middle market companies

Morgan Stanley plans CLO management return with senior hire
Morgan Stanley Investment Management is lining up a return to CLO management in the US with a well known hire to spearhead the charge

Aegon returns with new CLO pricing triple A tight of market
Aegon USA Investment Management has priced its second new issue CLO of 2019, known as Cedar Funding X CLO

Neuberger Berman prices first ever CLO 2.0 with Credit Suisse
Neuberger Berman and Credit Suisse have issued their first ever CLO as a manager-arranger partnership in the 2.0 era

Par-Four markets first deal since forming JV for its CLO equity
Par-Four Investment Management is marketing its first new CLO since striking a deal with Jefferies and Davidson Kempner to purchase its equity

HPS and Nomura team up in first-time CLO partnership
HPS Investment Partners has teamed up with Nomura for the two firms' first CLO transaction as a partnership

Bain prices CLO refi as fresh supply of unrefinanced 2016 paper dwindles
Bain Capital Credit has become the latest manager to refinance a 2016 CLO after pricing a $462 million deal via MUFG

Bain scores tight print as it prices second middle market CLO
Bain Capital has priced its second CLO backed by loans to middle market companies named BCC Middle Market CLO 2019-1

CLO pipeline: refis can't wait till after summer
The CLO market in both the US and Europe looks to be slowing down in the near future with only two deals added to the running pipeline.  

Arrowmark prices 4.5-year reset with unusual triple A and double B structure
Arrowmark Colorado Holdings yesterday reset its CLO named Elevation 2013-1, with the first-pay tranche issued in a combo of the triple A and double As in loan format

Pretium returns with first CLO of the year amid personnel changes
Pretium Credit Management yesterday returned to the CLO primary market with its first transaction of 2019

US CLO round-up: summer blues don’t weigh on the issuance parade
Summer is shining on US CLOs as $3.8 billion worth of activity entered the market last week. The flow brought four new deals (including one middle market deal), one reset and two refinancings.

BlueMountain buyout to bring CLO equity shift, funding pledge and Feldstein payout
BlueMountain Capital Management’s co-founder Andrew Feldstein looks set to receive a substantial pay-out in common shares of Assured Guaranty, which has agreed to buy the manager for around $160 million and has outlined a three-year plan for its CLOs