Apollo poaches two US CLO structurers as sell-side exodus continues
Apollo Global Management has snapped up US CLO structurers from Bank of America and Barclays in what is fast amounting to mass migration away from CLO origination roles

Loan triple-A buyer adds option to convert, but keeps faith in CLOs
A CLO triple A investor has developed its CLO investment strategy by embedding an option that allows the bank to convert its CLO exposure from loan to note format

CLO pipeline: go long! new issues and resets push refis aside
The CLO market is ready to go beyond refinancings - after this year's opening blitz of those deals - into the longer tenored territory of resets and new issues

BofA reveals top CLO managers through covid by market value and distributions
Bank of America's research desk has highlighted eight CLO managers with the best performance statistics through the covid-19 crisis, based on market value change and interest distributions

Spire slashes 70bp off CLO funding costs as it upsizes 2020 deal in reset
The London-based manager worked with Bank of America to reset the deal late Friday, upsizing the CLO to €447.7million from €425 million at issuance

Citi and BofA to bring others on board with groundbreaking CLO/loan b-wic platform
Further details have emerged of Citi and Bank of America's multi-dealer trading platform for CLOs and loans, nicknamed project octopus, with officials at Citi telling Creditflux that they are accelerating talks with dealers to join the initiative

BofA and Citi unveil multi-dealer platform for CLOs and loans
Bank of America and Citi have joined forces with plans for a multi-dealer CLO and loan platform which will cover trading, data and analytics

Credit funds at a glance (April 2021)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Brigade, GoldenTree and Sculptor reset $1.5 billion of CLOs
Brigade Capital Management, GoldenTree Loan Management and Sculptor Capital Management took to the CLO primary market on Friday to price a combined $1.53 billion in CLO resets

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

BofA replaces European lev fin capital markets head
Bank of America has named a new head of European leveraged finance capital markets, with Joe Bishay leaving the role

CLO pipeline: Carlyle eyes fourth new issue in two months but refis and resets dominate
Manager focus has shifted to reworking vintage CLOs to lower funding costs in a much tighter market, with the new issue US market having slowed

Aegon and BlackRock join group of single B CLO issuers with resets
Aegon USA Investment Management and BlackRock each priced a CLO reset on Tuesday that included a single B-rated tranche

Marble Point shaves 22.4bp off two CLO tranches in $375 million refi
Marble Point Capital Management refinanced its 2017 vintage deal named MP CLO X, reducing the blended spread across the triple and double A tranches by 22.4 basis points

BlueMountain US CLO reset splits triple B piece
Assured Investment Management has reset a 2019 vintage CLO, tightening the top tranches. The reset also split the triple Bs into two pieces.

Oak Hill injects $28.5 million equity and splits triple Bs in US reset
Oak Hill Partners has injected an $28.5 million of equity in its reset of OHA Credit Partners X-R

Neuberger Berman issues new US CLO as its 2021 volume spikes to $2.9 billion
Neuberger Berman has finalised its sixth US CLO transaction of the year. Bank of America arranged the $410 million new issue named Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers CLO 41

Redding Ridge goes big with $318 million upsize of 2017 CLO via reset
Redding Ridge Asset Management has reset its 2017 vintage CLO named RR 2, upsizing the deal by $317.7 million in the process

CSAM lands third $700 million-plus US CLO refi of 2021
Credit Suisse Asset Management has priced its third CLO refinancing of the year with a par value above $700 million, meaning the manager can lay claim to the first, second and third largest refi transactions of 2021 so far

Spire inserts triple A loan tranche in European CLO reset
Bank of America arranged the €411.4 million transaction, which includes split triple A, pari-passu tranches in loan and note formats

European CLO mezz drifts wider as Sculptor and GLG reset and refi
Sculptor has reset its inaugural European CLO, Sculptor European CLO I, via Bank of America

US bank emerges as big buyer of CLO loan tranches
A US bank has taken an unusual approach to investing in CLO tranches on its way to becoming one of the big buyers of US triple A-rated CLOs this year

CIFC's 102bp triple As pull CLO average tighter
CIFC Asset Management priced its second CLO of the year on Friday with the triple A notes coming in at 102 basis points over Libor

Neuberger Berman joins tightest CLO resetters with triple As at 104bp
Neuberger Berman has reset its 2017 vintage CLO named Neuberger Berman CLO XVI-S, with the triple A notes printing at just 104 basis points over Libor

CLO pipeline: US adds deals at frenetic pace as Europe catches breath after record start
US CLO investors have numerous deals to consider with 13 new issues and 15 repricings being prepared to flood the market in the coming days