DoubleLine and Rockford Tower bring weekly US CLO refi supply to $2.4 billion
US CLO refinancing supply topped $2.4 billion in a week after two managers emerged on Friday with refinancings of 2019 vintage deals

Nomura makes senior US CLO hire as it grows pipeline with Blackstone mandate
Nomura has hired an official to lead its US CLO structuring effort as the bank’s CLO market share continues to grow. One of Nomura’s next assignments is a new US CLO for Blackstone Credit

Carlyle and KKR greet US holiday with $830m of CLO refis
Carlyle Group and KKR each refinanced CLOs with the two deals totalling $830.3 million, according to market sources

HPS joins group of managers to upsize CLO equity with reset
HPS Investment Partners has joined the burgeoning group of CLO managers to upsize their equity tranche following a CLO reset

Napier Park resets post-reinvestment CLO via Nomura
Napier Park Global has reset its 2016 CLO named Regatta Funding VII, five months after the deal left its original reinvestment period

CSAM teams up with Nomura on new issue CLO for first time
Credit Suisse Asset Management has completed its third new CLO of 2021 and its first ever new deal to print via Nomura

CLO pipeline: and breathe... issuance splurge clears the backlog
Over 20 deals remain in the CLO pipeline, despite a glut of issuance last week in which 38 transactions priced, totalling $18.1 billion

High-spread US CLO manager issues triple As at 113.5bp
A large US CLO manager has issued its second US CLO of the year in a deal that suggests that CLO spreads could be moving wider

US CLO league tables: CLOs put on extra weight in February
Deal sizes increase as demand soars

Nomura to grow new issue CLOs after warehouse boost
Nomura is emerging as a force in US CLO arranging with sources indicating it has secured multiple big mandates — including a new CLO for Credit Suisse Asset Management

Napier Park looks to gain from re-tiering after strong US CLO execution
Napier Park Global Capital appears to be benefiting from its performance over the last year with the firm achieving a strong print on a new US CLO, Regatta XVIII Funding

CLO pipeline: snow business like the CLO business
CLO issuers are putting aside the cold snap and are warming up with a flurry of deals.

CLO pipeline: new loves kindle as managers finish with old flames
US new issue CLO paper is back on the agenda after a January dominated by refinancings. 14 new deals are in the pipeline, but refis are holding steady with eight of these in the works. CLO refinancings have been the front runners this year, with 22 CLO refis versus 12 new US CLOs. 

Two CLO researchers leave Nomura in New York
Two CLO researchers have departed Nomura Securities this month, Creditflux has learned

Alcentra refinances US CLO via Nomura
Alcentra has priced a $435 million CLO refi via Nomura, according to market sources

Nomura set for CLO breakthrough with new issue mandate
Nomura’s re-entry into CLO origination has reached a milestone with the bank marketing a new issue transaction for a top-10 manager

CLO pipeline: a refi of nine cuts time (and margins)
Nine US CLO managers are preparing to refinance one of their CLOs to lower financing costs

36% of US loans could be repriced amid rally, finds Nomura

Nomura calculates that about 36% of loans are eligible for a repricing. It bases this on the number of loans that are immediately callable, have near-term call risk or are a potential call risk if the loan market continues to rally

CLO 2020 outlook: lower volumes predicted, but it’s not all bad news
US CLO issuance is expected to drop by roughly 20% next year, according to bank research desks. This comes after a solid 2019 in which $101 billion of new US CLOs have priced through 92 managers, as Creditflux goes to press

CSO arrangers look to build on $65bn of issuance in 2019
The synthetic bespoke tranche market this year has fallen short of expectations in terms of overall issuance volume, but ends with transformative inroads being made.

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

CLO pipeline: DFG keeps its finger on the pulse
It will be a busy year-end for new issue CLOs in the US. DFG is returning with Pulsar II, using collateral sourced entirely from the secondary market

HPS and Nomura team up in first-time CLO partnership
HPS Investment Partners has teamed up with Nomura for the two firms' first CLO transaction as a partnership

NatWest brings in Nomura's head of credit trading in New York
NatWest Markets has announced the appointment of Michael Papa as head of its US investment grade credit trading and credit strategy.

SC Lowy hires Nomura trading head to drive European loan business
SC Lowy, the Hong Kong headquartered fixed income boutique, has hired Nomura's head loan trader in Europe