Lenders line up to join Barclays on Persistent Systems-Nagarro acquisition loan
SBI, HSBC, Citi, and MUFG may join syndicate; deal valued at USD 1.4bn, with EUR 81 per share offer price

BlackRock's latest Euro CLO prints AAAs at 126bps
BlackRock European CLO XVII printed as a EUR 405m transaction through Bank of America

CLO investors need to consider country-level exposure in Europe — KKR
EXCLUSIVE: CLO market performance is becoming more differentiated across sectors and countries in Europe, says KKR’s Eddie O’Neill

RBC BlueBay prices tenth European CLO
BBAM European CLO X issued via Goldman Sachs, with RBC also acting as a co-placement agent on the deal

Year-to-date US CLO performance tops global fixed income products – Janus Henderson
US CLO triple Bs have outperformed all other fixed income sectors in the year-to-date and will likely continue to perform well in a higher interest rate landscape, according to new research from Janus Henderson

European CLO legal counsel rankings – 2Q 2026
Milbank maintained its leading position among European manager counsel ahead of Paul Hastings, while the latter continues to head the arranger counsel rankings ahead of Orrick and Clifford Chance

Global CLO legal counsel rankings – 2Q 2026
Industry heavyweights Milbank and Paul Hastings top Creditflux’s global rankings for CLO manager and arranger legal counsel for the first half of 2026, but there’s ongoing movement further down the tables

Time to get your passport ready
Credit market participants, including Creditflux correspondents, have been trekking the globe — attending conferences in New York, London, Barcelona, Berlin and Rome, to name a few — in search of opportunities

CLO managers play down Santé Cie concerns but case highlights fraud risk
CLO managers and investors have shrugged off concerns that the recent turmoil at French homecare company Santé Cie represents the start of a default wave in Europe – but the case has reawakened concerns around the risk of fraud in CLO portfolios

US CLO industry flies in for summer tour of Europe
American accents are forming the soundtrack in Europe this summer, as the region’s CLO market attracts investor interest from around the globe

‘There’s a difference between perceived and actual safety’
Investor's Corner with Anchorage Capital Advisors’ Soo Kim and Curtis Hardwick

News in brief
Top stories on creditflux.com: including early summer visits to Clearlake and Nearwater

The right moment to take a chance
Stephen Ketchum founded Sound Point during the global financial crisis with seed funding of USD 35m. He moved into CLOs in 2012. Today, the firm has many arms and AUM of USD 46bn

Gearing up private credit CLOs in Europe
Hybrid deals are the latest attempt to make private credit CLOs work in Europe. They aim to combine private credit and leveraged loans to create a vehicle that delivers yield and liquidity

Direct lending: a history of resilience
They said defaults would get it, then redemptions, then fraud, AI and redemptions (again!). But direct lending has been with us for over a decade — and it keeps proving its staying power

European outlook is rosy, say direct lenders
Attendees at Debtwire’s Private Credit Forum Europe 2026 argued that, despite pockets of distress, demand for private capital is high and the sector’s record shows it is resilient

Fund performance – July 2026
Smaller gains in May moderate strong April performance

Credit funds at a glance – July 2026
Our roundup of top performers, fundraising and moves in credit

Credit hedge funds – July 2026
Credit hedge fund performance

CLOs at a glance – July 2026
Our list of recent CLO pricings globally

Vistina builds out team and opens London base after Moody’s hire
EXCLUSIVE: After hiring Moody’s executive and ratings expert Jeanine Arnold, private credit advisory firm Vistina is expanding its European footprint

European CLO rankings – June 2026
CVC, Apollo’s Redding Ridge and Blackstone claimed the top three spots for European CLO issuance in Creditflux’s rankings for the first half of 2026, while BNP Paribas rose to second in the arranger standings, behind Bank of America and ahead of JPMorgan

Victoria notes rise as Santé Cie loan slides – Market Comment
French home medical assistance provider Santé Cie’s loan is today marked at 73.5-mid, following a two-point drop from Friday’s 75.5-mid at close on IHS Markit

Private credit and direct lending to grow their share of the loan market—LMA report
A new LMA survey of 234 loan market professionals found that 43% believe private credit and direct lending will grow their share of the EMEA loan market by 2040

Latest new Investcorp Euro CLO sees AAAs clear at 125bps
Investcorp priced Harvest CLO XLI as a EUR 407.25m issue through Goldman Sachs on Thursday