Senior bond-flex CLO tranches are 'cheapest bonds within securitised products': BofA
Triple A-rated notes of bond-flex CLOs are 'one of the cheapest bonds within securitised products', according to a new research paper by Bank of America

Dealers power up as tranche trading hits new heights
A big year for index tranche trading has taken volume within grasping distance of full-year 2019, a post-financial crisis record, with a deepening pool of dealers adding support

Zais becomes sixth CLO manager to reprice a fixed-rate tranche
Zais Group has joined the exclusive list of CLO managers to reprice fixed-rate debt

Voya and ArrowMark refinance fixed triple A CLOs
Voya Investment Management and ArrowMark Colorado Holdings have each refinanced triple A-rated fixed CLO tranches. The two transactions both priced yesterday and total $29.5 million

Redding Ridge prints third European CLO since March sell-off
Redding Ridge Asset Management has priced its latest European CLO named RRE 5

ICG issues first new US CLO in over 12 months
Intermediate Capital Group has printed its first new US CLO in over 12 months, teaming up with Bank of America on the $401.8 million ICG US CLO 2020-1

CLO pipeline: managers large, small and new ready to price in post-Labour Day surge
US managers are preparing a wave of new issue CLOs in the coming days, as the usual post-Labour Day pricing surge comes to fruition even in this most unusual of years

CLO triple As tighten to 138bp as Bain prices new issue
Bain Capital Credit has priced its third new CLO of 2020 with a record-breaking 138 basis points triple A spread

Octagon scores one of CLO market's biggest coupon cuts with repricing
Octagon Credit Investors has joined the trend of managers looking to reprice CLO tranches. The manager teamed up with Bank of America to reprice the fixed rate debt of Octagon Investment Partners 27 in a $22.5 million transaction

High yield inflows return as appetite moves to long end
A heavy slant in preference for investment grade credit has been underscored by high grade funds recording their 20th week of inflows in a row, but high yield funds are also back to positive flow for the first time in three weeks on returning European appetite

Euro CLO league tables: Apollo blasts its way to top spot
July marked the largest month of European CLO issuance since coronavirus pandemic-induced volatility hit financial markets

Global CLO league tables - July 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - July 2020 YTD

Size matters: exposure to small loan facilities worse than covid industries, says BofA
CLO managers that hold a higher portion of smaller sized facility loans in their portfolios have performed worse through the pandemic, according to a Bank of America research paper

Spreads tighten as GoldenTree and BlackRock print tightest CLO triple As since March
The CLO market moved tighter on Friday as GoldenTree Loan Management and BlackRock each priced new issues with triple As at 155 basis points over Libor, scoring a new record print following the coronavirus sell off in March

Oak Hill prints $445 million new issue CLO via Bank of America
Oak Hill Advisors has teamed up with Bank of America for its latest CLO offering, the manager's third deal in the primary market in 2020

CLO pipeline: Managers prepare to build on momentum in July
The demand for new issue CLO paper is strengthening with eight US CLOs, one mid market CLO and three European CLOs preparing to print in the coming days

US swaps rule relaxation brings underperformance of bank CDS
US Federal Reserve changes to the Volcker rule has caused bank stocks to surge, but credit market perceptions are less positive

AlbaCore becomes third manager to debut in euro CLOs in 2020
AlbaCore Capital has joined the ranks of CLO managers after pricing its first-time transaction named AlbaCore Euro CLO I

Direct lender AlbaCore prepares first ever CLO
AlbaCore Capital is in the market with its first ever CLO, according to market sources. Named AlbaCore Euro CLO I, the new issue deal is expected to price at a deal size of €201.9 million as early as next week

CSAM scores market tights with first new US CLO for over six months
Senior CLO spreads tightened as Credit Suisse Asset Management brought its first new issue CLO of the year, according to market sources

Global CLO b-wic round-up: double Bs lead the way as rally endures and drags equity with it
The CLO secondary market continued its hard rally last week as prices rose across the whole asset class with double B rated CLO bonds leading the charge tighter

Mezzanine CLO spreads tighten by over 20% with Spire European deal
European CLO spreads have tightened sharply across the board after Spire Partners priced Aurium CLO VI at levels much tighter than recent deals

Spire to price European CLO later today
Spire Partners is set to price Aurium CLO VI later today, sources say, with the CLO subject on all its tranches

Global CLO b-wic round-up: secondary prices reach March levels
The Memorial Day bank holiday in the US and the late May bank holiday in the UK meant a short week for CLO trading, but that did not stop a good supply of US CLO triple A rated paper making its way to the secondary market

Volatility trading has room to run, say strategists, as market holds firm after rally
Big intraday swings have abated from the credit market, but spreads are finely poised in their mid-range positioning between the March peaks of the crisis and pre-crisis levels. According to strategists, this leaves plenty to play for in volatility trading