Medalist prepares first CLO since 2019 rebranding
Medalist Partners Corporate Finance is preparing to price the first CLO under its own moniker, according to market sources

Credit traders’ kickstand: primary market flood gives basis for relative value
A deluge of investment grade bond supply in the first two weeks of the year has weighed on the spread basis between the cash market and CDS, leaving opportunities for traders who believe this dislocation should correct over the coming weeks

Oil supply concerns grease CDS relative value trade
With credit spreads having begun 2020 circling post-crisis tight prints, there is not much room across the market for improvement and plenty of susceptibility to jitters. But at least one CDS index shows scope to narrow further and could form part of a relative value trade

CLO 2020 outlook: lower volumes predicted, but it’s not all bad news
US CLO issuance is expected to drop by roughly 20% next year, according to bank research desks. This comes after a solid 2019 in which $101 billion of new US CLOs have priced through 92 managers, as Creditflux goes to press

AGL follows up October CLO debut with new low-levered deal
AGL has made good on its low levered CLO promise after pricing AGL Core CLO 2 via BNP Paribas on Friday

CSO arrangers look to build on $65bn of issuance in 2019
The synthetic bespoke tranche market this year has fallen short of expectations in terms of overall issuance volume, but ends with transformative inroads being made.

No 2020 recession, cyclical bonds will outperform and CLOs won't crash, says BNP Paribas
There will not be a recession in 2020 and investors should stay long credit with the expectation that high yield cyclical and non-financial borrowers will outperform in a bullish market, BNP Paribas strategists have confidently predicted

AGL targets new strategy with unusual low-levered CLO
AGL Credit Investors is testing the water with a new CLO structure, according to market sources

Double Bs tighten as Regatta prices junior CLO debt at 730bp
Regatta Loan Management, the CLO management entity linked to Napier Park Global Capital, has joined the select number of US CLO issuers to price double-B rated debt at less than 800 basis points

European CLO spreads widen as Commerzbank prices first 2019 CLO
European CLO spreads widened sharply on Friday as Commerzbank issued a new CLO with triple As paying 101 basis points over Euribor

CLO pipeline: ESG, risk retention and secondary loans come to the fore
Managers new and old are trying different strategies and structures to price their latest deals    

Mid market CLO league tables: springing back into life after September drought
After a September hiatus, three managers returned to mid market CLOs in October to bring issuance back on track as monthly volume exceeded $1 billion for the sixth time this year

CLO syndication head exits BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas' head of US CLO syndication has parted ways with the bank, according to market sources, ending an eight-year stay at the firm

Neuberger Berman becomes latest manager to put AMR into CLO
Neuberger Berman on Friday priced its latest CLO offering named Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers CLO 34 via BNP Paribas

Commerzbank markets new CLO with portfolio 93% ramped
Commerzbank is marketing its latest CLO offering named Bosphorus CLO V, according to market sources, with BNP Paribas arranging the deal

Monroe becomes first manager to price mid market CLO since August
Monroe Capital has priced the first middle market CLO since August in a $454.35 million deal arranged by BNP Paribas.

Neuberger and BNP Paribas team up for first new CLO as partnership for five years
Neuberger Berman Loan Advisors is teaming up with BNP Paribas on a CLO transaction for the first time in five years

Macquarie appoints ex-UBS official to build new asset-based finance business
Macquarie Capital is building a asset-based finance platform has appointed ex-UBS official to lead the new group

Voya prices short reset of its oldest active CLO from 2012
Voya Alternative Asset Management has brought back the three-year CLO reset, pricing the first of these short transactions since August

BNP Paribas AM refinances 2017 CLO triple As at 65bp
European CLO refi spreads edged tighter today for the second time in as many days as BNP Paribas Asset Management repriced the triple A tranche of its 2017 deal known as BNPP AM Euro 2017

Symphony prices unusual post-reinvestment CLO refi
Symphony Asset Management has taken the rare step of refinancing a post-reinvestment CLO, according to market sources

Political risk puts December in focus as CDS investors play index volatility
Selling implied volatility has been prominent among CDS investors since last month’s iTraxx and CDX index rolls, says BNP Paribas in a research piece, with December a popular point of focus for trades

PGIM teams up with BNP Paribas for new issue US CLO
PGIM priced its fifth new issue CLO of the year on Friday in a $401.3 million transaction arranged by BNP Paribas

Investcorp resets and upsizes 2017 European CLO
Investcorp Credit Management has reset and upsized its 2017 CLO named Harvest CLO XVII, according to market sources

OFS plans CLO market return with first new issue since June 2018
Orchard First Source could become the 120^th manager to price a transaction in the CLO market this year, according to market sources