First out the blocks, Arcano heading a burgeoning list of names with big plans
As Arcano successfully debuts as a European manager, a reminder of the long list of others that are seeking to do the same 

PGIM prices wide of mezz guidance in return to European primary issuance
The US manager’s first European deal in two years followed the recent trend and showed some weakness in the mezz compared to initial price talk

PGIM signals return to European CLO primary market
After an absence of almost two years, PGIM is marketing a reset of its most recent European deal.

Ares prices inside guidance for static European CLO reset
Ares has reset its 2020-vintage Ares European CLO XIV, a static deal, valued as a EUR 235.8m transaction via Goldman Sachs

Ares plans to swaps short-dated for static in European CLO reset
Ares is marketing a static reset of the short-dated 2020-vintage Ares European CLO XIV, with Goldman Sachs acting as the arranger

European CLO issuance rides high but some managers remain on the sidelines
Although European CLO issuance is close to a record pace almost a fifth of managers with at least one active European CLO have not priced a deal this year

Secondary activity ramps up as post-Barcelona rally continues
BWIC activity across European ABS and CLOs increased this week as investors and asset managers look to take some risk off heading into the summer  

Global CLO league tables - April 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April 2023 YTD

AlbaCore and Anchorage market European CLOs
AlbaCore Capital and Anchorage Group are the latest managers to brave the new issue European CLO market amid market volatility

Global CLO league tables - February 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - February 2023 YTD

SME CLO manager Be-Spoke rebrands to Aptimus
Be-Spoke Capital, manager of Europe’s first 2.0 SME CLO, has rebranded to Aptimus Capital Partners

GoldenTree and Partners print European CLOs with 185bp triple As
European CLO triple As have tightened further to 185 basis points over Euribor with both Partners Group and GoldenTree Asset Management pricing deals Friday afternoon

KKR pulls low-ramp European CLO amid loan rally
KKR is understood to have pulled its new issue European CLO Avoca XXVIII, according to multiple sources. The deal was due to price this week

CVC and PGIM add to European CLO new issue surge
CVC and PGIM joined Ares, Neuberger and Oaktree in pricing new issues last week

Past returns: Alhambra CLO paves the way
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported that Be-Spoke Capital was launching the first SME European CLO since the financial crisis.

Credit Suisse and UK names lead charge as European IG outperforms
European investment grade credit is rallying strongly at the start of this week, in contrast to a sluggish start by its US counterpart market, with Credit Suisse and UK companies among the outperformers

UK adds itself to sour global cocktail with investors given another shake
US investors are returning to a sour mood across global markets on Tuesday, with escalating warfare in Ukraine, Chinese covid cases at a two-month high, the Biden administration in a standoff with China over microchips, and the UK still managing to hold focus for economic mishap

Spreads trace worryingly familiar arc as investors take good news as bad and bad new worse
Credit spreads are pushing ever closer towards the year’s peak levels, continuing Wednesday a sell off that began on Tuesday, with positive US economic data perversely sparking a bearish shift in financial assets that negative European data has since compounded

Spreads retreat ahead of pivotal US inflation report
Investors are holding their breath on Wednesday ahead of the latest US inflation numbers, with any change from last month’s reading likely to dictate a sizeable move in financials markets

Market rides out China-US fray with oil, rates and jobs back in focus
US and European credit markets are exhibiting a firmer tone on Wednesday, with investor focus having shifted from Taiwan concerns to Opec+ oil supply. But a looming Bank of England rate hike and US jobs data mean caution remains the watchword

CVC issues print-and-sprint Euro CLO as Goldman marks comeback
Goldman Sachs returned to European CLO arranging duties last week as CVC Credit Partners priced a print-and-sprint deal

Beneath the triple C: CLOs take first knock since covid scrapes
CLO managers have been hit by a number of loan downgrades to triple C for the first time since the wave of pandemic-related cuts trickled to a halt in early 2021. Companies indirectly linked to the health sector suffered most in May 

Investors hold tight amid Chinese slowdown and Nordic affront to Russia
Financial markets are opening the week on a cautious tone, as Chinese economic data weakens the global growth outlook and new Nato applications intensify the stand-off with Russia

Credit rally extends as investors welcome hawkish but clearer Fed message
Credit markets have carried their rally over to another day, fuelled in part by what investors have interpreted as a hawkish but clear message from the US Federal Reserve on policy tightening

Global CLO trading lab: Payments season prompts equity to surge but short-dated bonds trade low
Over the last two weeks, $2.8 billion of US CLOs and €640 million of European CLO paper have appeared on b-wics, with equity making up 33% and 40% of the respective markets