Triple-A spreads hit 85bp after €266.2 million refi of Oaktree CLO
Morgan Stanley prices refinancing of Oaktree's debut European CLO

Oaktree appoints co-heads of European credit as CLO official moves on
Oaktree Capital Management has promoted two long-serving employees in London who will now jointly lead its European credit team. This comes as the firm's head of European CLOs prepares to leave in order to pursue an opportunity on the US west coast

Och-Ziff becomes fourth debut European CLO manager of 2016
Och-Ziff Capital Management has priced its debt European CLO according to market sources, becoming the fourth debut manager of 2016 in the process

1.0 Cairn CLO to be redeemed after equity investor gains control via b-wics
Cairn Capital's second European CLO has been called by a majority equity noteholder vote. Sources say that unusually, the redemption vote was made by an investor who had built up the position in the secondary CLO market

Morgan Stanley secures 100bp print on European CLO triple As
Morgan Stanley achieved the tightest triple-A print of the 2.0 era on Friday after pricing a European CLO for KKR Credit Advisors

CQS promotes New York-based loan portfolio manager
Credit hedge fund manager CQS has promoted a loans specialist in its New York offices, according to market sources

Euro CLO triple-As edge closer to 100bp as Tikehau prices
European senior CLO spreads ripped tighter yesterday as Citi priced a new deal for a Paris-based manager

Pension fund backs Apollo with $200 million for new European credit fund
Apollo Global Management is looking to raise around $3.5 billion for a new credit fund which will look to purchase non-core assets off the books of European banks

Standout 1.0 European CLO continues to pay out big to equity
A legacy European CLO managed by GSO Capital Partners has continued its outstanding performance with another 30%-plus annualised payment to equity, according to CLO-i

Investment grade specialists exit Citi’s London offices
Senior investment grade analysts follow sales head out of Citi in London 

European CLO pipeline builds with three deals to price this week
Three European CLO managers are expected to tap into the primary market this week, according to a report by Creditflux’s sister intelligence service Debtwire

US bank hires portfolio manager for €1 billion push into European loans
Market sources say that a large US bank has hired a seasoned credit professional with experience at Indicus Advisors, 3i Debt Management and Intermediate Capital Group, as part of its plan to invest in European loans through its treasury desk

European loan specialist leaves sell side to join Black Diamond
Black Diamond Capital Management has added a European loan specialist to its team in London

Partners Group hires for private debt and CLO role in London
Partners Group, the Zug-based private equity and debt manager, has expanded its debt team in London by hiring a loans specialist from Black Diamond

Former CQS credit analyst joins brokerage for asset management role
A senior credit analyst has joined a firm, perhaps best known for its brokerage business, to work on its funds business

Muzinich hires from rival for big push into European loans
Muzinich is building out its European loans business with well-placed sources indicating that the fund manager is set to bring in a team from another manager in London