Benefit Street 2019 CLO cuts nearly 30bp from cost of debt
Benefit Street Partners teamed up with Wells Fargo to refinance its 2019 CLO named Benefit Street Partners XVII

US CLO pricing lab: expensive legacy deals take priority as two-three year point on term curve tightens
The US CLO market may have gapped out in recent weeks, but expensive 2019 and covid-era CLO refis and resets are still in the money

Benefit Street reissues 2015 CLO with triple As printing at 119bp
Benefit Street Partners teamed up with MUFG on Monday to reissue its 2015 CLO named Benefit Street Partners CLO VI, tweaking the deal's name to VI-B in the process

US loan managers capture secondary opportunities as new issues struggle
US loan managers switched gears by sourcing loans in the secondary market in the second quarter. This came as pricing in the primary market became less attractive in the early part of Q2 and with new loan issuance slowing in May and June

CLO pipeline: Man GLG resurfaces from six-year absence as deals exiting call-lock fill pipeline
CLO spreads have leaked out in recent weeks but deal economics are still favourable, encouraging managers to come back to the primary market for the first time this year

Brevan Howard hires senior credit PM
Brevan Howard has hired an experienced credit portfolio manager in New York

More US CLO refis price as supply weighs on spreads
CLO refi transactions from Benefit Street Partners and Hayfin Capital Management have priced, adding $788.8 million to primary volume

Benefit Street prints its largest CLO since 2017
Benefit Street Partners priced its largest CLO in over three-and-a-half years on Tuesday, teaming up with Natixis on the $609 million deal named Benefit Street Partners XXII

CLO pipeline: Carlyle eyes fourth new issue in two months but refis and resets dominate
Manager focus has shifted to reworking vintage CLOs to lower funding costs in a much tighter market, with the new issue US market having slowed

Benefit Street scores first sub-90bp triple A CLO refi since June 2018
Benefit Street Partners has refinanced tranches from its oldest active CLO from 2013, Benefit Street Partners CLO II, placing its triple A notes at just 87 basis points over Libor

Benefit Street prices second CLO reset in as many weeks
Benefit Street Partners teamed up with Citi on Friday to print its second CLO reset in as many weeks

Benefit Street resets 2014 US CLO on its reinvestment date
Benefit Street Partners has reset its 2014 vintage CLO named Benefit Street Partners CLO IV for a second time, and on the day it was scheduled to leave its reinvestment period

Benefit Street prints three-year US CLO via Citi
Benefit Street Partners has teamed up with Citi to print a three-year reinvestment CLO

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

Benefit Street markets its first-ever European risk retention compliant CLO
Benefit Street Partners is working with JP Morgan to issue its first-ever CLO structured to comply with European risk retention regulations, in a bid to attract international investors

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

Q2 US CLO volumes pass $14 billion as Benefit Street issues new deal
Benefit Street Partners has issued its first new CLO of 2020, bringing the total volume of US CLOs priced since the coronavirus selloff to $14.32 billion, according to market sources

Bankrupt Hertz runs out of gas with CLOs holding $245 million
CLOs hold $245 million of Hertz’ debt as the US-based car rental company drives into bankruptcy protection, with the coronavirus panedemic putting brakes on the Estero, Florida-headquartered's firm car rental operations

Akorn falls into bankruptcy with $321 million planted in CLOs
CLOs hold $321.3 million of specialty pharmaceutical company Akorn’s debt, according to the latest trustee reports from CLO-I, with the firm having filed for chapter 11 protection in the US District Court for the District of Delaware yesterday

Past returns: Would-be CLO buyers turn sellers
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported that the new generation of US 2.0 CLO managers were striving to grow their CLO AUM through manager acquisitions; namely, Benefit Street Partners and Triumph Capital Advisors, the pair having issued their debut CLOs in 2012 and 2014, respectively.

US CRE CLO growth spurt encourages Europeans
The US CRE CLO market hit a record $19.2 billion in 2019 and sources say that a first ever European deal will be issued this year. They cite the growing commercial mortgage direct lending market on the continent as laying the foundations for a European CRE CLO.

Benefit Street completes new issue CLO via Morgan Stanley
Benefit Street Partners priced a new issue CLO via Morgan Stanley on Friday named Benefit Street Partners CLO XIX, according to market sources, with the deal pricing at $508.7 million

Benefit Street prices $507.85 million US CLO
Benefit Street Partners priced its second new CLO of the year on Thursday, according to market sources

Los Angeles pension appoints four managers for private credit mandate
Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System (Lacers) has awarded four contracts for a $670 million private credit mandate search, according to minutes from the July investment committee meeting.  

Benefit Street slashes 32bp from 2016 CLO's funding costs via refi
Benefit Street Partners teamed up with Citi on Friday to refinance Benefit Street Partners CLO X, according to market sources, slashing 31.96 basis points from the deal’s weighted funding costs