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Issuers fashion new outfits for junior mezz

CSAM prices sixth new issue US CLO of 2019, passing $4 billion new issue volume
Credit Suisse Asset Management’s new issue US CLO volume yesterday surpassed $4 billion as the firm priced a $797.2 million deal named Madison Park Funding XXXVI

Global CLO league tables at a glance - November 2019 YTD
Global CLO league tables at a glance - November 2019 YTD

Euro CLO league tables: GSO turbos charges its lead over CVC
GSO Capital Partners kept hold of the lead in the European CLO manager league tables thanks to its turbo charged reset of Holland Park

US CLO league tables: CSAM pulls away from pack
The back and forth tussle between Octagon Credit Investors and Credit Suisse Asset Management for the lead in the US CLO issuance league tables took a new turn in November

CSAM launches first commingled fund geared towards CLOs
Credit Suisse Asset Management has launched its inaugural CLO equity fund, according to market sources, collecting nearly $150 million on a first close for the strategy

European CLO round-up: new look turbos power up junior CLO tranches
Junior CLO debt investors are getting more defensive and this has resulted in the emergence of new-look CLO turbo tranches

CSAM adds to CLO investment team in New York
Credit Suisse Asset Management has been building out its CLO investing team in New York, according to market sources

CSAM becomes 10th manager to reset European CLO in 2019
Credit Suisse Asset Management priced a €481.9 million reset of its 2016 European CLO named Madison Park Euro VIII, according to market sources, becoming just the 10^th European CLO manager to reset a deal this year

CSAM returns to top of US league tables after large CLO reset
Credit Suisse Asset Management retook its spot atop Creditflux’s 2019 league tables for US CLO issuance on Friday after pricing its 11^th transaction of the year, and its fourth at a $700 million-plus deal size

US CLO league tables: Octagon retakes US lead, but CSAM still on top globally
Octagon Credit Investors priced Octagon 45 via Goldman Sachs to overtake CSAM by just $33.3 million in overall US issuance, but CSAM still leads the way in new US CLO and global CLO issuance

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CBOs aren’t fixated on interest rate moves
The loan sell off at the start of this year highlighted that CBOs are not a play on interest rates or bond prices — they’re taking advantage of the flexibility to rotate between loans and bonds

US CLO league tables: CSAM climbs to the top
Only $10.9 billion was brought to the US CLO market last month, while in the middle market CLO space, no deals priced. But Credit Suisse Asset Management dared venture into the primary market and as a result it moves to the top of the league tables

CSAM prices its largest CLO of the year
Credit Suisse Asset Management yesterday priced its 10^th – and largest – CLO transaction of 2019, according to market sources

CSAM readies its largest CLO of 2019 via Goldman Sachs
Credit Suisse Asset Management is in the market with its 10^th, and largest, CLO transaction of 2019, according to market sources

MidOcean expands CLO management team with PM hire
MidOcean Credit Partners has hired a portfolio manager from Credit Suisse Asset Management to join its CLO team

US CLO league tables: 2019 volumes top $100 billion
The summer slowdown hit the US CLO market last month with just $8.6 billion of issuance of which $5.07 billion was in new issues, the slowest month of the year since January. 

14% of 2016 CLOs left waiting amid refinancing wave
One of the most prominent CLO market trends this year is the relative decline of the refi compared to previous eras, as wider spreads make these often costly transactions less economical. But one vintage has stood out as an exception: CLOs issued in 2016 have driven 65% of refi activity this year

US CLO league tables: JP Morgan narrows gap to Citi in new issues to $50 million
July saw $14.9 billion of issuance in the US CLO space with $9.4 billion of that in new issue CLOs. One of the transactions brought to the market was Whitebox Capital Management’s debut CLO, Whitebox I.

CSAM prices second largest CLO refi of 2019
Credit Suisse Asset Management took 21.98 basis points off the funding costs of its 2016 CLO Madison Park Funding XXIV via refinancing

Market rallies as key CLO investor retreats

Philadelphia Energy bankruptcy tars nine CLO managers with $241 million exposure
The Philadelphia-headquartered company has entered into bankruptcy protection for a second time, having only emerged from its first filing in August

CLO pipeline: CSAM and Octagon look to move further ahead of the chasing pack
The CLO pipeline in all three markets looks similar to last week with a reduction of only around $500 million in predicted new issue volumes in each of the US, European and mid market CLO spaces. But all three of these market segments look healthy with new issues and refinancings being favoured by managers

Global CLO b-wic round-up: control equity hits the market as secondary market picks up
The CLO secondary market in both Europe and the US brought healthy volumes last week. There was €174.9 million listed in the European CLO secondary market, while the US returned a with just over $600 million in CLO b-wics.