Altice France new capital structure starts trading as investors consider M&A potential
Restructuring completed as secured debt trades; break-up of Altice France business possible through sector consolidation

Oaktree raises EUR 200m to fund its European CLOs
The sophomore fund has already begun deploying capital, the company said

CVC closes latest European direct lending fund with EUR 10.4bn
The firm’s fourth fund, EUDL IV, has already committed to more than 30 investments

Capital Four prices first Euro issue since February with upsized reset
The EUR 376m reset saw its top-of-stack paper price at Euribor plus 134bps

Deutsche Bank’s Florian Jacob named head of private corporate credit at DWS
Jacob’s appointment will build on the existing DWS and Deutsche Bank private credit partnership

A slow, global rebalancing away from the US dollar and Treasuries – Amundi’s Grégoire Pesques
PODCAST: There is a major need for diversification away from the US dollar, says Grégoire Pesques, CIO, global fixed income at Europe’s largest asset manager Amundi, in the latest Credit Exchange podcast with Lisa Lee. In the meantime, the lack of obvious safe havens has seen gold a big winner

Carlyle resets decade-old Euro CLO
The manager teamed with Morgan Stanley to reprice CGMSE 2015-1, in a deal that included a EUR 195m re-sizing of the debt stack and an equity injection of almost EUR 117m

Aviva’s new pension strategy to allocate 20%-25% to private markets
My Future Vision has partnered with Neuberger, KKR, Apollo and others to deliver private markets access to pension savers 

Blackstone’s Jane Lee to leave the firm
EXCLUSIVE: Blackstone's head of CLO capital formation who spearheaded its CLO issuance has resigned to take time off

Apollo launches sports lending strategy with new hires
The sports and live entertainment-focused strategy will invest in private credit and hybrid capital solutions opportunities

European CLO rankings – August 2025
CVC heads Apollo in the latest update to Creditflux's European CLO manager rankings, while Jefferies continues to sit atop the arranger league tables

HSBC AM launches evergreen fund targeting trade, working capital assets
The new private credit strategy will invest in assets such as receivables and payables finance, trade loans and other instruments around the world

Mizuho EMEA names former BNP Paribas exec as CIB head
Matthew Ponsonby will become head of Mizuho EMEA’s corporate and investment bank, and president and CEO of Mizuho International on 1 October

Arini and Permira upsize with latest new Euro CLOs
The two deals saw comparable spreads, with the triple As for both clearing at Euribor plus 130bps

Pseudo-trading plan language becoming increasingly formalised for CLOs – Dealscribe
The new report " new CLO basket is born" says that the development makes aggregation period language “nearly identical” to a traditional trading plan

Investcorp is latest to price sub-130 Euro issue
Investcorp’s third new Euro CLO issued on Friday as a EUR 405.8m transaction via BNP Paribas, taking the manager’s overall European issuance for this year to almost EUR 2.14bn

KKR’s Avoca XXX resets at current Euro tight
The deal matches KKR's own triple A tight of Euribor plus 128bps, set with the reset of Avoca CLO XXIX at the end of August

BlueBay prices twelfth CLO, foreshadows four more CLOs over the next year
RBC BlueBay Asset Management has priced its seventh European CLO, with HSBC scoring its second sole arranger credit since its return to the European arranging business

CLO market braces for First Brands fallout
Auto part supplier's leveraged loan has been bid at 40 cents on the dollar, boding ill for recoveries and a hit to equity returns, as First Brands hurtles toward a restructuring

Deutsche Bank, DWS and Partners Group to launch alts fund for wealthy European investors
The new private markets fund will be available in the third quarter and distributed to the bank’s qualified private clients

Apollo to launch three evergreen funds in Europe to tap individual investors
Apollo has secured regulatory approval in Luxembourg for three semi-liquid evergreen private markets funds including two credit ones

Clearstream deal broadens access to BlackRock’s private market evergreen funds
New agreement will expand wealth manager access to BlackRock’s private market solutions

AlbaCore reworks 2024-vintage Euro CLO
The capital structure remained unchanged in the EUR 382m offering – the manager’s second deal of the year

EXCLUSIVE: Palmer Square to launch European versions of its US CLO ETFs next year
Exclusive: Palmer Square will roll out European versions of PSQO and PSQA next year

Blackstone resets benchmark-setting 2022 Euro CLO
Blackstone has reworked Otranto Park CLO, one of the tightest 2022-vintage European CLOs, in a EUR 411.4m transaction via Citi