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Combo notes return as Ares prices $1.1 billion CLO
Ares Management has produced one of the largest CLOs of the year after pricing Ares XLIV CLO (or, Ares 44 CLO)

CLO round-up: ICG switches risk retention method as Apollo CMV nears debut
ICG completed a total revamp of a European CLO this week (vertical to horizontal risk retention, and sponsor to originator); BlueMountain set a record for tightest US 2.0 CLO print and Apollo is marketing its first risk retention-compliant US CLO

BNP Paribas goes full circle as it revisits and resets landmark 2013 CLO
What a difference four years makes. Back in 2013 Telos was pricing its first 2.0 CLO with BNP Paribas was earning its first credit as a 2.0 arranger. Both firms have continued to grow their CLO franchises since then, and yesterday they completed a reset of that breakthrough deal

DFG marks US CLO’s reinvestment end date with refi
DFG Investment Advisors has priced a refinancing of a 2013 CLO on the day it reached the end of its reinvesment period

Carlyle chooses refi over reset for 2015 CLO
Currently just eight managers have chosen a refi over a reset for 2015 CLOs, which do not benefit from the Crescent letter exemption for US risk retention rules

US manager works with Jefferies to price first new CLO for two years
The New York based firm teamed up with Jefferies to price its first new CLO since 2015 according to market sources

BlueMountain sets new record for tightest CLO refi print
CLO triple As come in at 89bp for a CLO which has three months of reinvestment capability remaining

TCW completes return to CLO market with $408.6 million deal
Jefferies has continued to build on its relationship with TCW Asset Management by pricing the firm’s first new CLO since 2014

BNP Paribas prices triple As at 121bp for US CLO manager
The $461 million deal features a two year non-call and 5 year reinvestment period

Price talk circulates as Nomura edges closer to pricing CLO for US manager
Price talk has started circulating for a firm's first US CLO in nearly three years

Cincinnati manager opts for L-shaped CLO risk retention strategy
Manager has reset its third CLO of 2017 according to market sources

NIBC refinances its unusual 2013 European CLO
NIBC Bank has returned to the CLO market to refinance a 2013-vintage deal, according to market sources

Carlson goes vertical as it resets its second CLO in two weeks
Latest reset sees 2015 CLO obtain a renewed two year non-call and four year reinvestment period

CLO round-up: refis and resets dominate as pipeline builds
CLO volumes this week have hit $1.9 billion globally, but this has been centred on refis and resets. The new issue CLO pipeline is building however with Ares, Canyon and LCM close to new US CLOs

BNP Paribas AM plans euro CLO return with US-friendly deal
BNP Paribas Asset Management has hit the market with what will be its first European CLO since 2015, according to well placed sources

US manager follows CLO's refi with reset after seven months
Latest reset deal follows the refinancing of senior tanches in October 2016

Cairn strikes at first opportunity to reset 2015 European CLO
Cairn Capital has opted to reset a 2015 European CLO at the first available opportunity

Benefit Street prices second CLO reset in as many months
With CLO 2 experiencing a reset in June, Benefit Street moved on to CLO 3 

Chicago Fundamental continues to favour resets after revitalising 2014 CLO
Chicago Fundamental Investment Partners is now two for two having reset both its US CLOs

CSAM and Morgan Stanley pioneer new US CLO template
Credit Suisse Asset Management priced a new US CLO late on Friday and in the process the firm introduced a new take on the standard CLO structure - the CLO features a five-year reinvestment period and a non-call period of just 18 months

Silvermine continues comeback with second CLO refinancing
Man Group’s Silvermine Capital Management has cemented its return to the CLO market after Citi repriced a 2014 US deal

Mariner gives new lease of life to short-dated CLO after reset
Market sources say that Mariner Investment Group has reset its 2016 CLO at the first available opportunity

CLO round-up: triple-A investors answer the call as spreads hit 118bp
Hold the phone, CLO triple-A spreads are as tight as 118bp. That's if you're lucky enough to be on the approved list of a major Japanese bank

KKR prices its second US CLO of 2017 in $713 million deal
KKR Credit has issued its second US CLO of the year with sources indicating that the manager priced a $713 million deal with Credit Suisse yesterday

BlackRock joins the 118bp club as BAML prices three US CLOs in a day
Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s US CLO team put in the overtime yesterday to price three transactions