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CLO pipeline: Golub and Sound Point to cement positions among market leaders
Last week there were nine CLOs priced in the US market, including four broadly syndicated loan new issues and two middle market new issues, whereas there was no issuance in Europe. The CLO action over the next few weeks is again weighted towards the US, according to market sources

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.

Golub produces new US CLO with triple As at 135bp
Golub Capital Partner’s CLO issuance shows no signs of slowing as the manager teamed up with Morgan Stanley on Friday to price a new issue named Golub Capital Partners 43(B)

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

US CLO round-up: something old, something new, GSAM returns with newcomers too
GSAM is back pricing CLOs after 12 years away, while relative newcomers make swifter re-entries in the CLO market 

CLO managers lick their wounds with Joerns bankruptcy
Seven CLO managers hold $92.3 million exposure to US healthcare equipment businesses Joerns Woundco Holdings, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday 

Golub upsizes 2017 CLO with refinancing
Golub Capital has refinanced and upsized a 2017 vintage broadly syndicated CLO named Golub Capital Partners CLO 35(B)

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)

Mid Market CLO league tables: Middle market continues to draw fresh faces
Golub Capital continues to top the manager rankings, however below the established middle market CLO managers sit a couple of newcomers.

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.

Mid market CLO league tables: Owl Rock debuts in big month
With $2.88 billion in transactions, April was the busiest month of the year for middle market CLOs

Golub defies slow primary market to price largest mid market CLO of the year
Golub Capital Partners priced its first new issue middle market CLO of the year with sources indicating that the firm teamed up with Wells Fargo for the transaction

Mid market CLO league tables: Natixis dominates in Q1 as middle market diversifies
The middle market CLO space has seen less activity at this stage of the year compared to 2018. 

CLO pipeline: managers decide there's no point hanging about with quick-fire CLOs
The CLO pipeline for the coming week shows signs of decent flow as managers ready themselves to offload deals. 

US CLO round-up: Golub orbits curve as managers double up
A breakthrough regarding Japanese risk retention rules ended last week on a high note for CLOs as the Japan Financial Services Agency has announed that CLOs can sit outside the remits of its securitisation regulations

Golub prices two-year US CLO with triple As at 137bp
Golub Capital Partners yesterday priced a short CLO with just two years of reinvestment capability, according to market sources

Golub prices first middle market CLO reset of the year
Golub Capital Partners priced the first middle market CLO reset of the year on Thursday, according to market sources

MUFG prices its first CLO for Golub
MUFG priced its first deal for Golub Capital Partners on Friday, according to market sources

Keep calm and buy corporate loans
Calm heads prevailed in 2018. Markets were volatile and risk retention was supposed to cause problems, but there was no need to panic and volumes went on to break records set in 2014

Mid market CLO league tables: large credit managers debut in record-breaking year
The middle market expanded in all manner of ways in 2018, from increased issuance to new entrants into the market

Mid market CLO league tables: inaugural reissue boosts Cerberus
With the year almost wrapping up, things are looking up for middle market CLOs with 18 managers now involved in this space

Golub and Morgan Stanley price $602 million mid-market CLO
Golub Capital has priced its 10th CLO transaction of 2018, and its third in its BDC series of mid-market deals

Updated, upgraded and ready to launch
Whether it’s a software update or a full-blown upgrade to a newer model, CLO technology is advancing fast, with Be-Spoke and Ellington the latest to launch new types of securitisations

BDCs find variety of routes to higher leverage but remain cautious of two-times limit
Business development companies have been granted flexibility by US regulators, but there seems to be little consensus on the best way to take advantage