CLOs

The CLO manager has priced a reissued CLO at spreads signficantly higher than rates paid since a 2017 limited refinancing.

Dryden 36 Senior Loan Fund, originally issued in 2014 and previously refinanced in December 2016, is also being upsized, to $712.9 million.

The $410 million Maranon Loan Funding 2019-1 will be backed by assets initially included in a December 2016 transaction.

The Structured Finance Industry Group wants Treasury and the IRS to issue a notice that a change from Libor to an alternative index would not be treated as a taxable exchange.

Ares' transaction priced at spreads similar to its prior deal in February but wide of its initial 2019 transaction in January; Golub beat the spread of its prior BSL CLO, in February.

These deals offer clear benefits for managers looking to lower funding costs; a survey from JPMorgan indicates investors have their own reasons for liking them.

THL Credit is marketing its first middle-market CLO in a $410.5 million portfolio backed by receivables from its direct-lending originations.

The $155.7 million secured combo note offering is backed by the full face value of three classes of mezzanine notes plus a majority portion of the residual notes from Oaktree's first CLO of 2019.

The $503.3 million Madison Park XXXIV has a 133-basis-point spread for its $294.5 million Class A-1 loan tranche.

The boutique investment bank will retain a 45% minority stake in its former credit advisors unit, which was renamed and infused with additional capital by its new parent.

The refinancing also extends the reinvestment period of the $410 million Garrison BSL CLO 2016-1 by two years; the deal is non-callable for two years as well.

Gleysteen's return builds on a recent trend of old-school issuers revving up new CLO platforms

The JFSA published a final rule outlining the hoops U.S. CLO managers will have to jump through if Japanese banks are to avoid a higher risk weighting on their holdings; it remains to be seen how much of a burden this will be.

There are six tranches of AAA rated notes, including fixed-rate, some variable rate, and even a rare tranche of AAA rated loans.

DBRS and Kroll Bond Rating Agency also rate commercial real estate collateralized loan obligations, as does Moody’s Investors Service, though Moody’s rates only the senior tranche of deals

Nick Robinson, a 15-year Milbank veteran in advising CLO arrangers, managers and investors, joins as a partner in the New York office of the London-based firm.

Bancorp 2019-CRE5 contains 46 loans on apartment buildings accounting for 82.4% of the collateral pool; that's up from 78.8% for the sponsor's prior deal.

PGIM gains a 20 basis-point reduction in the AAA note coupon as it reduces the reinvestment period by six months

Investors appear to be willing to accept lower spreads in exchange for tying their money up for less time; CLO managers may be hoping to refinance when market conditions improve.

After waiting a decade to return to the CLO market, AIG now has taken less than three months to issue a second deal through its new "CLO 2.0" platform.