Sofr fix nears launch as CLOs face term rate void
Three months into 2021, grounds for optimism have grown little that a term rate will be found before the end of the year to replace Libor in loans, CLOs, CDS and other contracts. But hopes are rising that solutions such as credit spread adjustments could help mitigate performance uncertainty

AlbaCore features capped triple A tranches on ESG-branded CLO
Nine months after making its CLO debut the manager has priced AlbaCore Euro CLO II, splitting the triple A tranches into three

Ares brings CLO's leverage down to less than five turns in $1 billion-plus reset
Ares Management has upsized its second largest CLO in a reset, bringing the deal to a par value of $1.19 billion - the seventh biggest CLO backed by broadly syndicated loans in the market

Cairn cruises into CLO market with convertible triple A tranche
The sun emerged (briefly) this week in London and Cairn Capital was out driving a convertible - a convertible CLO tranche that is

CLO pipeline: expensive 2019 CLOs in vogue with 32bp savings potential
The CLO pipeline is dominated by refinancings and resets, with new issuance taking a backseat

CIFC multi-asset strategy launch underlines diversification beyond CLOs
CIFC Asset Management has launched a multi-strategy credit strategy, underlining its development from a CLO issuance business to a broader credit asset manager

Triple Bs diverge and loan tranches increase as KKR and PGIM reset CLOs
KKR and PGIM have become the latest managers to reset European CLOs

Benefit Street prints its largest CLO since 2017
Benefit Street Partners priced its largest CLO in over three-and-a-half years on Tuesday, teaming up with Natixis on the $609 million deal named Benefit Street Partners XXII

Cerberus prints second mid market CLO of 2021
Cerberus Loan Management has become only the second manager to price two middle market CLOs in 2021, having teamied up with Wells Fargo to issue the $368.1 million deal named Cerberus XXXII

Mezz moves tighter than senior notes as Palmer Square refis bond-flex CLO
Palmer Square Capital Management has teamed up with GreensLedge to refinance its sole bond-heavy CLO transaction from 2019

Four managers win lucrative $700 million credit mandate
A $39 billion pension has selected four managers for an opportunistic credit mandate and identified a further four ‘bench’ managers 

Hayfin markets tight lower mezz tranches for CLO reset
Hayfin Emerald CLO II's lower mezz tranches are guided tighter than March reset averages

Deerpath makes tracks in CLO primary for first time in 2021
Deerpath Capital Management has returned to the CLO primary market for the first time in 2021, printing a $362.9 million new issue named Deerpath Capital CLO 2021-1

Elmwood goes big again with largest CLO deal of the year
Elmwood Asset Management has priced the largest CLO transaction of 2021 to date, teaming up with JP Morgan on a $930 million reset of its 2019 deal Elmwood CLO II

Fidelity completes first new CLO of 2021
Fidelity Investments has priced its first new CLO of 2021, teaming up with JP Morgan on the $409.3 million deal named Ballyrock CLO 15

KKR matches PGIM CLO triple A print despite extra year of reinvestment
PGIM and KKR have turned to the primary market to refinance legacy CLO transactions, each placing their triple A notes at Libor plus 95 basis points

Bain saves 19.2bp on European CLO funding costs with partial refi
Bain Capital has partially refinanced the three most senior tranches of its European CLO, Bain Capital Euro CLO 2018-2

CLO investors still hungry for triple As and double Bs, says JP Morgan
Most CLO investors are looking to add risk through deals in the months ahead, with very few inclined to reduce exposure, a JP Morgan survey has found - despite the historic flood of issuance in the first quarter of this year

Angelo Gordon features two tight triple A loan tranches in European CLO new issue
Angelo Gordon priced its first European CLO transaction of 2021 on Friday in a new issue deal named Northwoods Capital 23

Audax resets debut 2019 CLO and keeps unusual first-pay double As
Audax Senior Debt has returned to the CLO primary market to reset its inaugural deal from 2019 named Audax Senior Debt CLO I

Weekly refi volume passes $5 billion as five CLOs price
Another $2.06 billion of CLO refinancings priced in the US on Friday, bringing the weekly total to over $5 billion

Ares shaves 20bp off triple As with European CLO partial refi
Ares Management has refinanced the triple A notes on its 2014 vintage European CLO, Ares European CLO VII

Blackstone reaches €2 billion European CLO volume with 2016 deal reset
Blackstone has reset a 2016 vintage European deal, Elm Park CLO, taking the manager's year-to-date volume in Europe to almost €2 billion

Senior CLO spreads widen with Trinitas new issue triple As at 111bp
Trinitas Capital Management, the Dallas-based CLO manager owned by Clearlake Capital Group, priced its first new issue CLO of the year on Thursday with triple As at 111 basis points over Libor

CLO torrent adds $1.5 billion in US refis
The CLO refinancing boom has added another $1.5 billion to deal volume, with Intermediate Capital Group, Octagon Credit Investors, Sound Point Capital Management and Vibrant Capital Partners adding their names to the list of CLO refinanciers