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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

US CLO league tables: JP Morgan narrows gap to Citi in new issues to $50 million
July saw $14.9 billion of issuance in the US CLO space with $9.4 billion of that in new issue CLOs. One of the transactions brought to the market was Whitebox Capital Management’s debut CLO, Whitebox I.

Market rallies as key CLO investor retreats

GSO prices tightest European CLO of 2019 with syndicated triple As
GSO Capital Partners priced the tightest European CLO of the year yesterday with weighted funding costs 177.27 basis points over Euribor

CLO pipeline: CSAM and Octagon look to move further ahead of the chasing pack
The CLO pipeline in all three markets looks similar to last week with a reduction of only around $500 million in predicted new issue volumes in each of the US, European and mid market CLO spaces. But all three of these market segments look healthy with new issues and refinancings being favoured by managers

GSO adds $10 billion to inflows with direct lending, structured credit and energy
Blackstone grew its credit assets under management to $139.3 billion, up 13% on a year ago, according to the firm's second quarter earnings release

Junior notes of forthcoming GSO European CLO go subject
GSO Capital Partners is marketing a new European CLO via Deutsche Bank named Dunedin Park CLO, which was announced yesterday

Global CLO round-up: it's time to rethink benchmarks
The CLO market broke out of holiday mode last week by presenting strong issuance on both sides of the Atlantic - $2.8 billion in the US and €1.6 billion in Europe. High volumes have brought with them bigger shifts in market dynamics. This week put the focus on tightening spreads, as benchmark triple A levels dipped.

Junior triple A tranches return as GSO prices US CLO
GSO Capital Partners has tapped the CLO market once again with another new issue transaction via Barclays

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 

GSO makes big hire to co-lead distressed investing
Blackstone's credit platform has appointed an ex-Goldman Sachs official to co-lead its distressed debt business 

GSO generates $4.5 billion capital for energy-focused credit fund
GSO Capital Partners has closed its second energy-focused credit fund with $4.5 billion of capital commitments, the firm has announced. Creditflux understands that the fund originally targeted a $5 billion final close

US CLO b-wic round-up: secondary volumes reach new heights with equity lagging
The US CLO secondary space saw almost $1.8 billion of paper listed last week according to CLO-i, a record amount for this year. Equity, however, did not draw much interest

New kids on the block dominate awards

Budge up, more new managers are coming

Seriously, the CLO arb is difficult right now

Spotlighting the original originator
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported on the very first CLO originator fund being launched: Blackstone/GSO Corporate Funding.

Seriously, the CLO arb is difficult right now
We know the arbitrage for CLO equity is never perfect, but the arb progressively deteriorated through 2018. Since January, the picture has worsened further after a brief respite in December

US CLO round-up: dropping anchor (investors) brings CLO spreads tighter
Syndication was the theme of the week across the global CLO market last week as managers and arrangers presented deals which were sold to a more diverse group of investors than has been the case for most of this year.

Ohio pension backs GSO's upcoming European direct lending fund
Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund (OP&F) has approved a $50 million commitment to GSO European Debt Fund II

GSO prices CLO with tightest prints across senior and junior tranches
CLO spreads fell sharply yesterday as GSO Capital Partners priced a new issue deal named Niagara Park CLO with a weighted average funding cost of 176.65 basis points over Libor

Budge up, more new managers are coming

GSO co-founder takes Iron throne with new manager launch
GSO co-founder Tripp Smith has launched a new firm - Iron Park Capital Partners. He brings hires from credit long/short hedge fund River Birch Capital, Oak Hill and Axar with him 

Global b-wic round-up: US CLO equity continues its surge
Last week marked the third straight week that the US CLO secondary market has seen total listings of under $600 million, but over a quarter of that was equity.

Spire wins Creditflux Manager of the Year award
Spire Partners was the big winner at Creditflux's Manager Awards last night as the London-based manager scooped the award for the manager of the year. On top of this, the firm picked up awards for Best European CLO Manager and Best European CLO for Aurium CLO II