Creditflux

CLOs wrestle back control of the European loan market
The share of European loans bought by CLOs is now larger than those acquired by loan managed accounts and hedge funds, according to a research paper by Barclays.

Global CLO league tables at a glance - November 2019 YTD
Global CLO league tables at a glance - November 2019 YTD

Mid market CLO league tables: first time managers crack the top five
Five new issue middle market CLOs priced in November for a combined total of $2 billion with Audax and Owl Rock doubling down in 2019.

Two-year spreads gap out as Angelo Gordon prices short-dated CLO
Angelo Gordon has gone the short-dated route for its latest new issue CLO, named Northwoods Capital 20

Alcentra prices second consecutive short-tenor US CLO
Alcentra has stuck to its guns by pricing its second consecutive new US CLO with a short reinvestment period, shunning the market standard five-years to price a two-year deal

Guggenheim prices its second mid market CLO
Guggenheim Partners yesterday partnered with Barclays to issue its second US CLO of 2019, and its first of the year backed by loans to middle market companies

CSAM becomes 10th manager to reset European CLO in 2019
Credit Suisse Asset Management priced a €481.9 million reset of its 2016 European CLO named Madison Park Euro VIII, according to market sources, becoming just the 10^th European CLO manager to reset a deal this year

Euro CLO league tables: refi market opens up to give KKR best of both worlds
European CLO issuance in October crossed €5 billion for the second month this year as managers took advantage of falling spreads and increased demand. In one example, KKR obtained tight senior CLO financing to go with tight mezz spreads from 2017 in a demonstration of expert timing 

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MidOcean ends 15-month break from new issue CLOs after making big hires
Having made two key hires in the last few months, MidOcean Credit Partners has priced its first new issue US CLO since July 2018

Single B spreads tighten dramatically as Invesco prices third euro CLO
Invesco yesterday brought its third CLO new issue to market via Barclays, according to market sources

Sculptor prices second CLO refi since rebranding
Sculptor Loan Management on Friday priced a $522m75 million CLO refinancing via Barclays, marking its third transaction, and second refi, since rebranding from Och Ziff Loan Management

Ares joins exclusive group of managers to price six new CLOs in 2019
Ares Management yesterday completed its sixth new issue CLO of the year, joining the exclusive list of managers to have achieved this number of new money deals

Chenavari joins growing group of CLO managers to refinance 2017 deals
Chenavari Credit Partners on Friday partially refinanced Toro European CLO 3, joining the small but growing list of managers to reprice 2017 CLOs in recent weeks

Crescent and Barclays price second consecutive new issue CLO
Crescent Capital teamed up with Barclays for the two firms’ second consecutive CLO new issue as partnership

Anchorage prices triple As at 92bp in European CLO
Anchorage Capital Group has teamed up with Barclays once again in Europe to issue its latest CLO, known as Anchorage Capital Europe CLO 3

Euro CLO league tables: repricings take centre stage in bumper month as CVC leaps into first
The European CLO market returned with a bang in September as €4.8 billion of issuance priced of which €2.7 billion was in repricings.

Invesco prices largest new CLO in three years
Invesco returned to the CLO primary market yesterday to issue its largest new money transaction in three years, according to market sources

Barclays markets two new issue CLOs in Europe
Barclays is marketing the latest European CLOs for Invesco and Anchorage Capital Group, according to market sources

Spire becomes first manager to refinance 2017 European CLO
Spire Partners yesterday became the first European CLO manager to refinance a 2017 vintage transaction, according to market sources

Spreads tighten 3bp as Axa IM prices first European new issue CLO for 12 months
Triple A CLO spreads tumbled in Europe again on Friday as Axa Investment Managers priced its first new CLO in 12 months, according to market sources

KKR becomes latest CLO manager to adopt mascot feature
KKR Financial Advisors yesterday became the latest manager to adopt the 'mascot' feature in its latest new issue CLO, known as KKR CLO 27

Euro CLO league tables: back to earth in tandem as issuance nosedives
August brought just €1.12 billion of issuance in the European CLO market across two refinancings and one reset, the quietest month since January when only €0.51 billion of European CLOs priced

Canyon and Barclays unite for first CLO transaction as partnership
Canyon Capital yesterday teamed up with Barclays for the pair’s first CLO transaction as partnership

Spire prices CLO triple As at 105bp as Euribor rates slide
Spire Partners scored Europe’s tightest triple A CLO print of the year yesterday with market sources indicating that this is a reflection of how attractive CLO tranches are given the recent drop in Euribor rates