CLO pipeline: OFS to make comeback as 2020 absentees eye new issues
As liability spreads tighten day by day, the CLO pipeline is filling fast. 2020 absentees are joining the parade as four US managers and three European managers aim to return to the new issue market after taking a break of 12 months or longer

European CLO mezz tightens as Napier Park prices
Napier Park priced its fourth European CLO today, Henley CLO IV, which has notched up the second-tightest cost of debt since March - and tightest for a deal with single B debt

HPS refis European CLO triple As at 64bp with six months of reinvestment left
HPS Investment Partners has refinanced its inaugural European CLO, Aqueduct European CLO 2017-1

Three-year US CLO triple As reach 106bp with Neuberger Berman deal
US CLO spreads notched a new record on Wednesday as Neuberger Berman printed its latest new issue with triple As at just 106 basis points over Libor

Spreads plummet as Oak Hill prices five-year US CLO with 119bp triple As
Oak Hill Advisors has priced the tightest five-year reinvestment US CLO since March with funding costs of just 159.49 basis points

AMMC and Marathon refinance CLOs due to leave reinvestment in April
Another $800 million of CLO refi paper has been absorbed by the market after American Money Management Corporation and Marathon Asset Management cut financing costs for CLOs set to leave reinvestment in April

Bain becomes seventh to seal 2021 post-reinvestment CLO refi
The number of managers refinancing post-reinvestment CLOs is climbing, with Bain Capital becoming the seventh manager in 2021 to price one of these transactions

Golub promotes CLO specialist and head of direct lending
Golub Capital has promoted its head of structured products and created a vice chair of direct lending position 

Assured prints its tightest CLO since BlueMountain takeover
Assured Investment Management has priced its tightest CLO since buying out BlueMountain Capital Management in 2019

Octagon becomes first US manager to complete three 2021 CLO refis
Octagon Credit Investors paired with Citi for another CLO refinancing

OC health check: CLOs end 2020 with fragile recovery
Only 109 CLOs breached an overcollateralisation test in December, falling from 121 in November. This in turn was down from the 147 CLOs that breached an OC test in October, but 33 cured their breaches in November and a further 11 cured all OC test failures in December

BlueMountain Fuji refis European CLO with triple As at 65bp
The Assured Guaranty subsidiary has refinanced four tranches of BlueMountain Fuji Euro CLO II via JP Morgan

Buy CLO equity to capitalise on reflation, says JP Morgan
CLO equity stands out in a tightly priced market as offering up to double digit yields, say JP Morgan structured credit strategists, who posit it as their top trade

Goldman markets refinancing of HPS's debut European CLO
Goldman Sachs is marketing a refinancing of HPS Investment Partners’ debut European CLO 

Credit Rendezvous: heading for homes
Fund managers in structured credit, real assets and distressed are bullish on the prospects for residential housing in 2021. Elsewhere, niche royalty-based strategies are in favour and although a CLO repricing wave is expected, it may not be easy to execute resets. For more, read our 13-page quarterly report on credit. 

CLO tranche ratings to stabilise as Fitch revises covid stress scenario
Fitch Ratings says it expects to shift most of its CLO tranche outlooks from negative to stable, following revision of its global CLO coronavirus stress scenario

CIFC upsizes US CLO by $100 million before pricing
CIFC Asset Management teamed up with Royal Bank of Canada to print its first new CLO of 2021 on Friday. The deal, named CIFC Funding 2021-1, was upsized by $100 million before pricing

US CLO spreads take big stride tighter as GoldenTree prints triple As at 107bp
CLO spreads tightened substantially on Friday after GoldenTree Loan Management priced its first new issue deal of 2021 with triple As paying just 107 basis points over Libor

Golub upsizes 2019 CLO with five-year reset
Golub Capital Partners has teamed up with Bank of America to reset its 2019 vintage CLO named Golub 41(B)-R for an extra five years of reinvestment

January US CLO refi volume overtakes 2020 post-covid volume
Two CLO managers - Voya Financial and Sound Point Capital Management - priced CLO refinancings on Friday worth a total of $621.9 million, bringing total refi volume for January up to $5.56 billion

Eaton Vance resets debut 2.0 CLO for a second time
Eaton Vance has reset its debut 2.0 CLO from 2013 for a second time, renewing the deal named Eaton Vance CLO 2013-1

Redding Ridge prices European CLO triple As at tightest levels since July 2018
A new triple A benchmark has been set for European CLOs with Redding Ridge pricing triple A notes at Euribor plus 87 basis points, inside its low/mid 90s guidance

Sculptor prints first regular-way US CLO in 1.5 years
Sculptor Capital Management made a grand return to the CLO primary market on Thursday with its first regular-way new issue deal for 1.5 years

KKR prices three-year reinvestment CLO via BNP Paribas
KKR Credit teamed up with BNP Paribas on Thursday to print a $402.3 million three-year reinvestment CLO named KKR 29

AMMC, Marble Point and Partners Group each price US CLO refis
Three CLO managers have priced CLO refinancing transactions, with the three deals combining to a total of $1.03 billion. It brings the total volume of US refi paper in 2021 to $4.94 billion since the new year - just $180.9 million short of total post-covid refis in 2020