Creditflux

Falling correlation reignites passion for index tranche trades
Dispersion in the global corporate credit market is rekindling interest in correlation trading, with dealer sources reporting that a late surge lifted 2019 index tranche volumes to $250 billion.

Volatility wave brings index-linked CLO funds into play
Defensive positioning from loan managers has led to bifurcation in that market, but CLO fund managers are taking an attack-minded approach with ‘index-linked funds’.

Anchorage markets CLO with MVOC test
Market value overcollateralisation (MVOC) tests are gaining prominence, with Anchorage Capital Group looking to incorporate one in its forthcoming high triple C CLO, according to marketing materials seen by Creditflux.

Managers amend CLO structures amid refinancing ripple
CLO managers have deployed various measures to keep their deals ticking amid a European refinancing wave.

Fund performance: Long-short funds rule in October as CLO funds struggle
A round-up of fund performance

New GSO US CLO scores tightest funding costs since early October
GSO Capital Partners has returned to the CLO primary market and produced the tightest new issue for over two months

Neuberger Berman splits new CLO tranche into principal and interest
Neuberger Berman has split its latest CLO's double A notes into principal and interest-only bonds, according to market sources, in a structure that echoes the ‘mascot’ features that rose to prominence in the CLO market this year

Carlyle matches 2018 US new issue CLO volume with fourth deal of 2019
Carlyle Group completed its fourth US new issue CLO offering of the year on Friday, according to market sources

PGIM resets European CLO to cross €2 billion in 2019 issuance
PGIM reset its 2015 European CLO today, Dryden 35, via Goldman Sachs. It takes the PGIM’s 2019 European CLO volumes pass €2 billion

Oaktree scores second new euro CLO of 2019
Oaktree Capital Management priced its second new European CLO of the year, known as Arbour CLO VII, via Bank of America

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

Golub sets new record with seventh US CLO of 2019
Golub Capital Partners has become the first CLO manager to price seven new issues in the US market since 2010

Fortress prices its first CBO of the year
Fortress Investment Group priced its first new issue CBO of the year on Friday via GreensLedge, the lead arranger on the deal, and Natixis

HalseyPoint markets debut deal with single Bs as senior US CLO spreads gap wider
HalseyPoint Asset Management is marketing a debut US CLO, which brings a return to CLO issuance for experienced portfolio managers Lynn Hopton and Yvonne Stevens

Barings splits triple As for latest new issue CLO
Barings has split its latest European CLO’s triple A notes into senior and junior tranches in a rare move for the European market

CSAM prices sixth new issue US CLO of 2019, passing $4 billion new issue volume
Credit Suisse Asset Management’s new issue US CLO volume yesterday surpassed $4 billion as the firm priced a $797.2 million deal named Madison Park Funding XXXVI

AGL targets new strategy with unusual low-levered CLO
AGL Credit Investors is testing the water with a new CLO structure, according to market sources

Onex resets debut euro CLO with triple As printing at 100bp
Onex Credit Partners has reset its debut European CLO via JP Morgan, as demand for triple A-rated euro CLOs continues to soften

CLO pipeline: DFG keeps its finger on the pulse
It will be a busy year-end for new issue CLOs in the US. DFG is returning with Pulsar II, using collateral sourced entirely from the secondary market

CIFC prices a company-record sixth CLO of 2019
CIFC Asset Management yesterday priced its sixth new issue US CLO of the year for the first time in the firm’s history, according to market sources

US buyers take punt on Europe's first 2.0 SME CLO
Investors in Be-Spoke Capital’s Alhambra SME Funding 2019-1 are mostly European asset managers, but some banks and US-based institutions also invested in the precedent setting transaction 

Senior European CLO spreads edge wider as PGIM markets reset
PGIM is marketing a reset of a 2014-vintage European CLO with price talk on the floating rate senior notes at 98 basis points, say market sources

CLO pipeline: high triple C bucket opens a Gateway to pricing
In less than ideal market conditions, even experienced CLO managers are learning new tricks to keep the pipeline full. Of the 11 US new CLOs that appear in the pipeline this week, two are high triple C bucket transactions

Flexible CLOs grow in popularity as two managers eye triple C-heavy deals
Two credit managers - Anchorage Capital Group and Gateway Credit Partners - are in the market with their inaugural CLOs featuring high allowance for triple C assets

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