Creditflux

Elmwood passes $2 billion in CLO volumes after third new issue
Elmwood Asset Management, the CLO manager backed by Elliot Management, has passed $2 billion CLO volumes in its first year of business

AIG passes $2 billion CLO volumes after adding another US new issue
AIG Asset Management surpassed $2 billion in CLO volumes for the first time post-crisis after pricing a new issue named AIG CLO 2019-2 on Friday

THL prices second CLO of the year backed by broadly syndicated loans
THL Credit Advisors on Friday priced its second CLO of the year backed by broadly syndicated loans, according to market sources

Five Arrows matches Europe's tightest CLO spread with latest new issue
Five Arrows yesterday returned to the European CLO market with its first transaction of the year, matching Axa Investment Managers for the tightest new issue print

‘Ex’ index trades take off as dispersion peaks
A gap is yawning between how the weakest constituents of CDX HY and iTraxx Crossover trade versus their broader portfolios, leading investors to find new ways to hedge and capture idiosyncratic risk.

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

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

DFG prices first CLO since management reshuffle
DFG Investment Advisers yesterday priced a $368.05 million reset of its 2016 CLO named Vibrant IV, according to market sources

Galapagos CDS auction looms with Morgan Stanley added to participating bidders
A credit event auction tomorrow to settle Galapagos Holdings CDS will have 10 participating bidders, with Morgan Stanley having been approved by other dealers to take part

Chenavari double debt tranche CLO warehouse reduces up-front cash call
Chenavari Investment Managers used a novel approach to warehousing its last European CLO, according to market sources. The firm priced Toro European CLO 6 on 12 July via Morgan Stanley, with sources indicating that the warehouse facility behind the deal had two debt tranches. 

Golub produces new US CLO with triple As at 135bp
Golub Capital Partner’s CLO issuance shows no signs of slowing as the manager teamed up with Morgan Stanley on Friday to price a new issue named Golub Capital Partners 43(B)

GoldenTree prices second multi-arranger US CLO of 2019
GoldenTree yesterday teamed up with Wells Fargo to price its latest CLO offering named Goldentree Loan Management US CLO 5

Doubleline returns to CLO market after nine months
Doubleline Capital yesterday returned to the CLO market after a nine month absence to price a new issue named Parallel 2019-1

Man GLG prices partial CLO refi as Europe's managers keep original double As
GLG Partners yesterday partially refinanced its 2016 CLO named Man GLG Euro CLO II

Wells Fargo brings in head of IG credit trading
Wells Fargo has hired a head of investment grade credit trading and a credit sales official to its team in the US

Morgan Stanley joins participating bidders for Weatherford CDS auction
Morgan Stanley has been added to the list of participating bidders for an auction next week to settle CDS referencing Weatherford International CDS, with the Americas Determinations Committee also confirming 17 deliverable obligations on the supplemental list

Morgan Stanley becomes third bank in four months to join CDSClear
Morgan Stanley has signed up as a member of CDSClear at LCH SA

Chenavari prices new issue CLO with triple As at Euribor plus 114bp
Chenavari Credit Partners priced a new issue CLO on Friday known as Toro European CLO 6, marking its first new issuance to come to market via Morgan Stanley

Carlyle teams up with Morgan Stanley to reset post-reinvestment CLO
Carlyle Group priced its ninth CLO transaction of the year on Friday, becoming the second manager after PGIM to achieve the feat

GoldenTree prices new issue European CLO as continental volumes pass €2 billion
GoldenTree Loan Management priced its latest European CLO offering yesterday as July new issue volumes on the continent passed the €2 billion mark

Chenavari changes tack and chooses vertical risk retention in first CLO for 17 months
Chenavari Investment Managers is set to end its near 17-month absence from the CLO primary market

Octagon prices triple As at 130bp in new US CLO
Octagon Credit Investors priced its fourth new issue US CLO of 2019 yesterday, making it the firm’s seventh transaction this year with two resets and a reissue.

Rallye CDS auction to have 10 dealers and six deliverables
10 dealers will take part in an auction next week to settle CDS contracts referencing Rallye, after the Determinations Committee voted to add Morgan Stanley as a participating bidder

CLO pipeline: deal flow picks up as Amherst and SocGen work on mandates
This week’s CLO pipeline looks very healthy in the US broadly syndicated loans CLO market with Amherst Pierpont and Societe Generale among the firms working on mandates

BlackRock becomes fifth European CLO manager to refinance
BlackRock today became the latest European CLO manager to join the budding refinancing wave, having teamed up with Morgan Stanley to reprice the debt liabilities of BlackRock European CLO II