European triple As tighten to 106bp with CVC benchmark CLO
CVC Credit Partners priced its latest European CLO on Friday, securing the tightest triple A print since the March sell off

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

CVC markets four-year Euro CLO from post-covid warehouse
CVC Credit Partners is marketing a European CLO with a four-year reinvestment period, having originated the deal from a warehouse it opened in October

CLO double Bs rally as Bridgepoint prices debut European CLO
Bridgepoint has become the fifth debut European CLO manager in 2020 with the manager pricing Bridgepoint CLO I today via Barclays

Global CLO league tables - October 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - October 2020 YTD

Bridgepoint closes in on CLO debut after wrapping up EQT deal
Europe’s CLO market looks set to welcome its fifth debut manager in 2020

Sculptor returns to European CLO market after 14-month absence
Sculptor has priced its first European CLO of the year via Barclays. The deal brings CLO issuance in October so far to a strong €2.4 billion and year-to-date issuance to just over €17 billion

AB returns to mid market CLOs with first new issue post-covid
AllianceBernstein has issued its second middle market CLO of 2020, and its first in the post-covid market environment

CVC shaves 13bp off 2015 CLO's funding costs after single tranche refi
CVC Credit Partners has teamed up with Barclays to refinance the fixed-rate notes of its US CLO named Apidos XX

Fidelity prices first three-year reinvestment CLO since sell-off
Fidelity Investments has issued its second post-covid CLO, and its first with a market standard three-year reinvestment period

Morgan Stanley expands index tranche trading with London hire
Morgan Stanley has added to its index tranche trading prowess by hiring a London-based market maker for the asset class as well as credit options

Anchorage returns to three-year reinvestment structure for latest CLO
Anchorage Capital Group has returned to the market-standard three-year CLO structure for its latest Barclays-arranged deal, Anchorage Capital CLO 16

CLO pipeline: managers prepare to end quarter with a bang
CLO issuance is showing no signs of slowing down as spreads continue to grind tighter and election day draws ever closer

Fair Oaks sprints its way to second European CLO in four months
Fair Oaks Capital has priced its third European CLO transaction and second in four months, according to market sources, with the London-based manager opting for a print-and-sprint route for this deal.

Euro CLO primary spreads hit new tights as BlackRock prices first 2020 deal
European primary CLO spreads have finally begun to tighten, as BlackRock today printed triple A notes on BlackRock CLO X at Euribor plus 120 basis points

Neuberger Berman prints third largest and second tightest post-covid CLO
Neuberger Berman has priced its third new issue CLO of 2020, according to market sources

BlackRock prices tightest post-covid CLO by far
BlackRock has priced a new issue CLO named Magnetite XXVIII via Barclays, scoring by far the tightest post-covid debt execution

CLO pipeline: managers large, small and new ready to price in post-Labour Day surge
US managers are preparing a wave of new issue CLOs in the coming days, as the usual post-Labour Day pricing surge comes to fruition even in this most unusual of years

BlackRock plans first European CLO of 2020
Barclays has begun marketing its second European CLO in September with the bank arranging a deal for a large asset manager

Fair Oaks markets third European CLO
Fair Oaks Capital is marketing a third European CLO, Fair Oaks Loan Funding III, just five months after pricing its second deal

US CLO league tables: AGL grabs new issue lead
AGL Credit Management has added to an impressive run of CLO deal-making, pricing its fifth US new issue of 2020

Barclays increases European loan and CLO issuance forecasts
Barclays has increased its European leveraged loans issuance expectations due to “better than expected recovery in issuance from M&A and LBO activity”, while its European CLO 2020 issuance forecast increased to  €15 billion-€18 billion, up from a previous estimate of €12-15 billion

Barclays prices Brigade US CLO after picking up mandate last week
Barclays has priced the new CLO for Brigade Capital Management that it dramatically grabbed the rights for last week after Citi resigned its role as arranger

Brigade picks Barclays to get CLO over the line after Citi steps down
Brigade Capital Management has assigned the mandate for an upcoming CLO to Barclays after Citi resigned from its role as arranger last week, sources say

CLO managers turn out pre-covid warehouses by splitting them in half
CLO managers are working through their backlog of hung warehouses that were ramped before the coronavirus crash by splitting their deals in half, according to market sources