CLO pipeline: Medalist ascends podium as new issues pace themselves
CLO managers are biding their time before re-entering the primary CLO market, but this week Investcorp Credit Management, KKR and Medalist Partners are marketing new issue US CLOs

GLG prepares euro CLO comeback with rare short-dated deal
Man GLG is set to tap the European new issue CLO market for the first time since September 2018

CLO syndication specialist leaves Barclays
A managing director on the CLO syndicate team has left Barclays after over 11 years

Investcorp lines up new CLOs on both sides of the Atlantic
Investcorp Credit Management is gearing up to price new issue CLOs in both the US and Europe, according to market sources

Euro CLO league tables: new issues shatter 2018’s record but total issuance falls
The European CLO market continues to grow at a record shattering pace with 2019 new issuance volumes totalling €29.8 billion, an 8% increase on 2018’s previous record figure, from 53 active managers

US CLO league tables: CSAM makes it three in a row as Citi completes a clean sweep
The US CLO market suffered a drop in volume last year with $149 billion of issuance, down 43% on 2018’s $262.5 billion. But the heavy slump was not across all forms of CLO pricing, as new issues once again crossed $100 billion and only suffered a 6.5% fall

CBAM plans expansion with new $60 million credit facility
CBAM has closed a $60 million credit facility to refinance a working capital facility to its parent company Eldridge Industries

York closes out 2019 with $402.8 million new CLO
York Capital Management wrapped up its 2019 CLO issuance with a final deal of the year on 20 December

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

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