CLO heavy hitters push $1.5 billion refi paper into market
Another $1.5 billion CLO refi paper has hit the market after Allstate, Columbia Management, CIFC Asset Management and Credit Suisse Asset Management priced cost-cutting deals

2012 and 2019 US CLOs get new lease of life as Barings and CVC hit reset
CVC Credit and Barings each tapped the CLO reset market on Friday, bringing total US reset volumes for April up to $4.15 billion

CLO pipeline: expensive 2019 CLOs in vogue with 32bp savings potential
The CLO pipeline is dominated by refinancings and resets, with new issuance taking a backseat

MUFG makes three big hires to bolster US private equity sponsor and direct lending coverage
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has hired from Antares, RBC and Regions Bank 

Onex converts notes to loans in revamped 2019 CLO amid $457 million refi
Onex Credit Partners has completely overhauled the capital structure of its 2019 deal named OCP CLO 2019-16 as part of a refinancing, including converting parts of tranches originally issued as bonds into loan format

AIG offers single B notes in largest CLO to date
AIG Asset Management issued its largets CLO to date on Thursday. Named AIG CLO 2021-1, the transaction came in at a par value of $515.3 million

CSAM prints tightest CLO since 2018 in first-ever deal with RBC
Credit Suisse Asset Management has brought the CLO market to new tights as its latest new issue scored funding costs of just 152.94 basis points over Libor

Brigade prints $415 million CLO with single B tranche
Brigade Capital Management priced a new $415 million CLO on Monday named Battalion CLO 17

CIFC upsizes US CLO by $100 million before pricing
CIFC Asset Management teamed up with Royal Bank of Canada to print its first new CLO of 2021 on Friday. The deal, named CIFC Funding 2021-1, was upsized by $100 million before pricing

Octagon kicks of 2021 CLO primary with single tranche refi
Octagon Credit Investors has kicked off the CLO primary market for 2021 by refinancing the fixed rate notes of one of its oldest active CLOs, Octagon Investment Partners XV

Elmwood prints five-year reinvestment CLO with triple As at 139bp
Elmwood Asset Management has priced its seventh CLO and its first five-year reinvestment deal since the March sell off

CLO pipeline: LCM switches arranger to complete deal and join issuance surge
Over $3.5 billion of global CLO issuance priced last week and managers in all three CLO markets are taking advantage of tightening spreads across the capital structure after three major covid-19 vaccine breakthroughs and increased confidence since the US presidential election

Assured completes first CLO since BlueMountain name change
Assured Investment Management has priced a first CLO under its own moniker. The manager, formerly known as BlueMountain Capital Management, announced its change of name earlier this year, following its acquisition by insurer Assured Guaranty

Octagon prices first single A-only fixed rate CLO refi
Octagon Credit Investors has priced its third fixed-note CLO refinancing amid the coronavirus pandemic, becoming the first manager to complete a single A-only refi in the process

CIFC prices new CLO tight of market with $50 million upsize
CIFC Asset Management on Monday priced its second new CLO following the coronavirus outbreak - and upsized the deal by $50 million before pricing

CLO pipeline: break's over - time to print deals
The CLO market has taken a slight pause after the independence holiday in the US last weekend, meaning the CLO pipeline includes a backlog

CIFC and RBC plan first new CLO partnership for over five and a half years
CIFC is marketing CIFC Funding 2020-II, the firm's second new CLO since the coronavirus pandemic began, and is working with RBC to arrange the deal

Elmwood completes second new CLO of 2020 with $392.4 million deal
Elmwood Asset Management, the CLO manager owned by Elliot Management, has priced its second CLO of 2020 and its first following the coronavirus outbreak

BlueBay pushes into US CLOs after taking on RBC's management business
BlueBay Asset Management has taken on the CLO management business of its parent company RBC, the firm announced today

Zais returns to CLO primary market with one-year deal
Zais Group has made its CLO primary market return, teaming up with RBC to price a 1.12-year reinvestment deal via RBC

RBC gets dressed for distress as it targets credit auctions
Royal Bank of Canada has emerged as a new entrant in the world of credit event auction bidding, a move that chimes with the bank’s recent push into distressed credit trading and suggests it sees a strong line of CDS settlement business in the coming months

RBC makes it three CDS auctions in a row after debuting this month
Morgan Stanley and Royal Bank of Canada have been added to the list of participating bidders this week for credit event auctions to settle CDS referencing Ecuador and Diamond Offshore Drilling

Zais teams up with RBC for US CLO
Zais Group is working with Royal Bank of Canada on a forthcoming US CLO, with market sources indicating the senior notes are being guided at 250 basis points

Spreads tighten as HPS adds to 2017-vintage CLO refis
Short CLO spreads tightened today as HPS Investment Partners refinanced a 2017 deal with the triple As printing at 103 basis points over Libor

BTIG hires strategist to cover US and European financials
Nandana Shenoy has joined BTIG in New York to work as a strategist covering US and European financials, according to an announcement by the brokerage