CLOs

The lack of concrete lobbying victories had become an issue with some members in the group, possibly leading to a splintering of support among members and the board for continuing the executive director's tenure.

Most managers are looking to add three to five years of investable life through CLO resets and refis, but Apollo is sticking with a four-year reinvestment window in a refinancing of its 2016 ALM XVII portfolio.

Annisa CLO was originally issued in August 2016, just before risk retention regulation took effect, but was the firm's first deal to be dually compliant with both U.S. rules (which no longer apply to CLOs) and European rules.

GoldenTree Loan Opportunties XII was one of nine CLOs that were reset or refinanced on Friday alone, as managers rushed to lower payment prior to July quarterly payments to investors; the tally for June as a whole is $30.9 billion.

The deal, which is expected to close this summer, would bring THL Credit’s assets in collateralized loan obligations under management to approximately $12 billion and its total assets under management to over $15.5 billion.

HPS Loan Management 9-2016 will be backed by a $750 million portfolio of broadly syndicated loans and other assets, up from $500 million originally; Moody's is only rating the two senior tranches of notes to be issued.

That level is wide of the six new-issue CLOs that priced last week at triple-A spreads of 110 basis spoints; CLO senior notes have widened 10 basis points, on average, over the past three months.

The $470 million transaction has some features rarely seen now that the market for bridge loan securitization has been rehabilitated, including a "blind ramp" and a "blind reinvestment" period.

It's another example of what appears to be tailoring tranches to meet the tenor and yield requirements of specific investors; the deal, GMS Euro CLO 2014-1, was also upsized to €508 million from €368.3 million originally.

The original $312 million triple-A notes are being replaced with six separately priced Class A note tranches, including two fixed-rate securities classes