Oaktree markets first 2020 Euro CLO via Barclays
The €300 million deal, named Arbour VIII, is expected to price in the week beginning 13 June

Five Arrows notches first new CLO of the year
Five Arrows Managers, the CLO management arm of Rothschild, has priced a short one-year CLO via Barclays

CBAM markets second European CLO just 21 days after debut
CBAM, who debuted in European CLO management just earlier this month, has become the first manager to market a second Eurpopean CLO post covid-19

CLO double A-single A basis falls to just 10bp in 2.0 record
The basis between US CLO double As and single As has fallen to just 10 basis points – which is the lowest it has been since the financial crisis in 2008, according to Creditflux data

CLO and distressed fund recovery disparity could grow, say Barclays
CLO investors should apply a haircut to the $55-60 loan recovery range to better estimate recoveries in CLO models, as the disparity between how distressed debt funds and CLOs extract value in a loan restructuring is expected to widen

Former Barclays global CLO distribution head joins Nearwater
Barclays’ former head of global CLO distribution has landed at a risk retention financing firm as senior managing director in New York

US CLO league tables: light at the end of the tunnel as primary revives
May brought a rise in US CLO primary market activity with a combined $5.55 billion in new issuance for the month

US CLO spreads set to tighten across the stack as CIFC targets 170bp triple A print
CIFC Asset Management is marketing its first new issue CLO of 2020 with price talk for the triple A notes pointing to a print of around 170 basis points - a new market tight since the coronavirus pandemic began

Oaktree gets off the mark with one-year reinvestment CLO
Oaktree Capital Management has priced its first US CLO of 2020, partnering with Barclays to produce a one-year reinvestment deal. The CLO has priced wide of where some three-year deals were being marketed, with Oaktree CLO 2020-1 printing its senior notes at 200 basis points

Static US CLO advocate prices one-year reinvestment deal
Palmer Square Capital Management on Friday priced a $437.9 million CLO named Palmer Square CLO 2020-1, according to market sources

Ellington European CLO still on table despite scrapped warehouse rating
DBRS Morningstar has discontinued ratings on the warehouse line backing the launch of Ellington Management’s debut European CLO, but sources say the CLO is still going ahead

AGL prices novel CLO with ability to reinvest would-be equity distributions
AGL Credit Management has become the fourth manager to issue a new CLO following the coronavirus-triggered sell-off

Four managers eye breakthrough new issue European CLOs
The European primary CLO market is showing signs of revival with four managers eyeing deals

Unique CLO upsizes to $22 billion
The world’s largest CLO has more than doubled in size to total a whopping $22 billion

Palmer Square becomes third manager to tout special static sell-off CLO
Palmer Square Capital Management is the latest manager to unveil a forthcoming static CLO to make good from the loan market's sell-off following the coronavirus outbreak

CIFC pushes European CLO spreads to new tights
CIFC Asset Management’s second CLO in the European market, CIFC European Funding CLO II, has set a new benchmark for the year as triple A spreads move tighter to 90bp with a cost of debt of 165.6bp.

AGL prices largest five-year CLO so far in 2020
AGL Credit Management has priced the largest new money CLO of 2020 with five years of reinvestment

Davidson Kempner hires ex-Barclays convertibles research head
DavidsonKempner, the investment management firm, has hired the former head of European and Asian convertibles research at Barclays to manage convertible bonds in its London office

CVC resets 2016 US CLO
CVC Credit Partners joined Credit Suisse Management in resetting a 2016 vintage US CLO via Barclays on Friday

CSAM repeats tested formula with largest CLO reset of 2020
Credit Suisse Asset Management returned to the CLO market on Friday after teaming with Barclays to price a reset of its 2016 vintage US CLO, Madison Park Funding XXII

CLO pipeline: make some noise for repricings
CLOs may be a bit late to the spread-tightening party, but a hoard of CLO repricings is aiming to make up for it by sheer volume

US CLO league tables: old deals get a fresh start in the new year
The majority of CLO issuance last month was in all forms of repricings, which totalled $4.8 billion and accounted for 54.5% of US CLO volumes

Invesco is first manager to refinance late 2017 CLO
Invesco yesterday became the first CLO manager to refinance a deal that priced in the second half of 2017, according to market sources

Short-dated deals are Man's best friend, but long-awaited GLG CLO prices wide
Man GLG has priced its first new issue CLO in Europe since September 2018

Wind blows against UK credits after Brexit day bluster
After all the Friday fanfare of the UK’s exit from the European Union, Brexit-exposed credits are quietly heading wider at the start of this week, against the general tightening trend