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Carlyle and Natixis prepare European CLO reset
Carlyle Group is poised to reset one of its European CLOs for another 4.5 years of reinvestment, according to market sources

CLOs face losses as Constellis loan drops to 28.5
32 CLO managers hold $640.4 million of Constellis Holdings’ debt, which Moody's downgraded to C after the company missed an amortisation payment due 31 December

Carlyle hires CLO investment specialist to structured credit team in New York
Carlyle Group has added to its CLO investment team after losing its co-head of global structured credit at the end of last year

Carlyle matches 2018 US new issue CLO volume with fourth deal of 2019
Carlyle Group completed its fourth US new issue CLO offering of the year on Friday, according to market sources

CLO tranche investor leaves Carlyle after 12 years
The New York-based co-head of global structured credit has parted ways with Carlyle, sources say. The firm is understood to have appointed a replacement in London

CLO pipeline: ESG, risk retention and secondary loans come to the fore
Managers new and old are trying different strategies and structures to price their latest deals    

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Carlyle hires to New York credit opportunities team
Carlyle has appointed a former Guggenheim official to its credit opportunities team in New York

Kroll fires back at ‘factual errors’ in WSJ CLO rating report
Kroll Bond Rating Agency has hit back at the Wall Street Journal article that suggested the firm gives higher ratings to CLOs than its competitors

Carlyle brings short CLO paper tighter with euro triple A refi
Short CLO spreads inched tighter in Europe yesterday after Carlyle Group refinanced the triple A notes of Carlyle GMS Euro 2013-1 at 66 basis points over Euribor

US CLO round-up: Fed up of waiting
The US CLO market made a bright start this year, but 2019 now lags 2018 and 2017 after a weak August checked its momentum. This has left some pinning their hopes on a favourable outcome to the US Federal Reserve meeting this week, amid political overtures to up its game in the wake of the European Central Bank's stimulus package

Carlyle prices its largest CLO transaction of 2019
Carlyle Group yesterday returned to the primary market with its largest CLO transaction of 2019, according to market sources

Carlyle CLO warehouse investment results in 26.7% return for South Korean firm
A CLO warehouse investment in a transaction managed by Carlyle Group has generated a $1.3 million return for Seoul-based Tiger Alternative Investors, according to a report in The Korea Economic Daily

CLO pipeline: Carlyle and KKR plan swift re-entries
Carlyle Group and KKR are included in the CLO pipeline this week as both managers have started marketing their latest transactions as the US CLO pipeline begins to look full after a quiet week

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

Euro CLO league tables: before the holidays is the best time to price a deal
Over €5 billion of new issue CLOs was priced last month, the first time the market ever crossed that monthly threshold

Market rallies as key CLO investor retreats

Carlyle switches to corp structure as credit portfolio grows 31%
Carlyle Group is set to become a full C corporation, moving away from its publicly traded partnership structure, amid global credit portfolio growing 31% year-on-year, according to the investment firm’s 2019 Q2 results  

Carlyle teams up with Morgan Stanley to reset post-reinvestment CLO
Carlyle Group priced its ninth CLO transaction of the year on Friday, becoming the second manager after PGIM to achieve the feat

Carlyle targets upper mid-market credit for new $3.1 billion fund
Carlyle Group has raised $3.1 billion for the first fund in its credit opportunities series.

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 round-up: returnee CIFC comes full circle, seven years after CLO sale
Having sold a European CLO contract seven years ago, CIFC is back and determined to build on its debut 2.0 European CLO

Carlyle brings in Kroll to rate new European CLO as spreads tighten
Carlyle Group priced its second new issue European CLO in 2019 in a transaction which went through yesterday via Citi

Carlyle scores 2019's tightest CLO triple A as it prints via BAML
Carlyle Group has priced the tightest triple A print in the US CLO market of 2019, according to market sources

Euro CLO b-wic round-up: secondary volumes increase amid demand for short-dated paper
Last week saw over €230 million of European CLO items listed on the secondary market, matching the almost €1 billion seen in refinancing volume.