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Churchill splits double Bs for first mid market CLO in two years
Churchill Asset Management has priced its first middle market CLO of the year in a transaction which underlines how lower-rated CLO debt tranches are increasingly being carved up into senior and junior pieces

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

Bain prices euro CLO triple As at 90bp amid signs of single-B spread widening
Bain Capital Credit has become the 47^th manager to issue a new CLO in Europe this year after pricing Bain Capital Europe CLO 2019-1 yesterday. Natixis was responsible for arranging the deal, which resulted in senior notes pricing at benchmark levels of 90 basis points

AB prices latest CLO as middle market spreads widen
AllianceBernstein has priced its third new CLO of 2019 backed by middle market loans, and its second with Natixis as arranger, according to market sources

CLO pipeline: Capital time to debut in Europe as liability spreads drop
CLO managers are showing no signs of slowing down, as a further 16 US and five European new issue CLOs, including Capital Four's CLO management debut, appear in the pipeline

Fortress prices new issue CLO with blended triple As above 150bp
Fortress Investment Group on Friday priced a new issue CLO backed by broadly syndicated loans via Natixis, according to market sources

European new issue CLO spreads move tighter as Ostrum hits 100bp for triple As
Ostrum Asset Management, the asset management arm of Natixis, yesterday priced its second 2.0 CLO

Mid market CLO league tables: Golub and Natixis increase their leads
August saw over $2 billion of issuance in the mid market space with managers that have been active this year, returning managers and debut managers all pricing last month. 

Ostrum set to return for second CLO after debuting in 2017
Natixis’s asset management division, Ostrum Asset Management, is readying a new issue CLO known as Purple Finance CLO 2, according to market sources

Nassau approaches $3 billion CLO volume after pricing latest new issue
Nassau Corporate Credit priced its sixth new CLO on Friday in a $404.8 million transaction named Nassau 2019-II

Bain scores tight print as it prices second middle market CLO
Bain Capital has priced its second CLO backed by loans to middle market companies named BCC Middle Market CLO 2019-1

Mid market CLO league tables: Barclays makes entrance as AB picks up the pace
Barclays was involved in its first ever middle market CLO, as July marked the first month of 2019 that Natixis did not arrange a mid market CLO this year.

Garrison returns to CLO new issue market after 11 months
Garrison Investment Group returned to the CLO primary market yesterday to price its first new issue since September 2018

MJX and Natixis team up to price $607.9 million new CLO
MJX Asset Management yesterday priced its third and largest CLO of 2019, according to market sources

Tikehau prices its largest CLO transaction
Tikehau Capital teamed up with Natixis on Friday to issue its latest new CLO named Tikehau CLO V, according to market sources

Five Arrows and Natixis refinance 2016 vintage CLO
Five Arrows Partners has cut the funding costs in its 2016 deal Ocean Trails CLO VI by over 67 basis points via refinancing

Mid market CLO league tables: Natixis and Golub reign supreme
June brought just three middle market CLOs pricings with two new issues and one refinancing that totalled $1.6 billion, bringing the year-to-date volume to $9.9 billion. Natixis is the leading arranger, having a hand in 38% of deals

Euro CLO league tables: three debutants, but familiar faces stay top
June brought €3.4 billion of European CLO issuance between seven new issues and two refinancings. Of the seven new issue European CLOs priced last month, three were from debut managers to the continent 

Onex produces its second US CLO of the year as spreads tighten
Onex Credit Partners has priced its CLO triple As at 133 basis points as part of a US new issue transaction which was executed on Friday.

Natixis prices second muni-project securitisation of year
Energy Efficient Equity (E3) priced its inaugural 'property-assessed clean energy' (Pace) deal today via Natixis    

Golub prices largest middle market CLO of 2019
Golub Capital priced its second middle market CLO of 2019 worth over $800 million on Friday, naming the deal Golub Capital Partners CLO 44(M)

US CLO league tables: CSAM dominates globally but Octagon takes US lead
Octagon Credit Investors clinched the top spot in the US broadly syndicated loan CLO market by a mere $129,000 from Credit Suisse Asset Management. 

CLO pipeline: Black Diamond looks to brush itself off and jump back in ring after year out
Black Diamond Capital Management features twice in our CLO pipeline this week, as the firm is planning a return to both the European and the US CLO market.

Details emerge of Natixis's new US leadership structure
Kevin Alexander, who departed Natixis, has not been directly replaced 

Ares hires Natixis deputy CEO for the Americas to credit investing role
Ares Management has poached the Americas deputy chief executive officer from Natixis's investment banking business