Brigade pours €414.4 million into largest Armada CLO to date
Brigade Capital Management has priced its largest European CLO to date, following a €414.4 million new issue deal named Armada Euro CLO III

GoldenTree turns into a forest with second multi-arranger Euro CLO
GoldenTree Loan Management has used several arrangers to issue its second new CLO in Europe this year, known as GoldenTree Loan Management EUR CLO 2

Euro CLO league tables: Rockford Tower debuts to take manager list up to 41
European CLO volumes picked up in October as €2.4 billion of new issue paper priced, taking up 62.2% of overall volumes as repricings took a back seat.

Global CLO league tables at a glance - October 2018
A snapshot of the overall league tables as of 31 October

List of debut managers in Europe grows as Invesco crosses the ocean
Invesco has added its name to the list of US CLO managers crossing the Altantic after launching its first 2.0 deal in the European market

Simmons & Simmons adds partner to lead its CLO practice in London
Simmons & Simmons has appointment structured credit specialist James Grand as a partner to lead its CLO practice

JP Morgan continues European CLO push with its third new issue in Q4
JP Morgan is marketing a new issue CLO for Partners Group

GoldenTree's Euro CLO business blossoms with second 2018 deal in sight
GoldenTree Loan Management is planning its second new issue CLO in Europe since it returned to the market earlier this year

Mezzanine notes price tight as Permira Debt produces another ESG-friendly CLO
Permira Debt Managers has priced its second CLO of the year in a deal which, much like the manager’s debut 2.0 CLO, adheres to environmental, social and governance guidelines

PGIM gets its kicks on Dryden 66 European CLO
PGIM has brought its sixth European CLO of the year, pricing the €411 million Dryden 66 via Credit Suisse, according to market sources. The transaction’s €238 million triple-A tranche hit the tight end of recent European deals at a coupon of Libor plus 96bp

Dwindling refi viability forces revision of CLO forecasts
A combination of a flatter term curve and squeezed arbitrage is causing market participants to adjust their CLO forecasts on both sides of the Atlantic

ESMA regulations could halt European issuance, says LMA
The European securitisation market is at risk of a “cessation of issuance and market disruption” unless the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) allows a phased implementation of the new regulatory framework due to come into effect from January, according to the Loan Market Association (LMA)

JP Morgan hires former Apollo official to its European CLO team
An experienced structured credit official, who had recently been concentrating on SRTs, is seto to join JP Morgan's European CLO team

First European SME CLO 2.0 edges closer after warehouse tweaks
Be-Spoke Capital’s European SME CLO is nearing the finishing line, with sources indicating NatWest Markets aims to price the deal, Alhambra SME Funding 2018-1, in early December. The development comes after the CLO exceeded the warehouse’s 12-month ramp-up period

Och-Ziff pairs with Credit Suisse on new €412 million European CLO
Och Ziff has priced a €412 million CLO via Credit Suisse, its second new issue European deal of the year and its 12^th transaction overall in 2018, according to market sources

Dechert boosts CLO capabilities as partner joins its London office
Dechert has strengthened its CLO practice in London with Cameron Mitcham joining from Allen & Overy, according to an announcement today

Buy and hold isn't only option for CLO equity
New US CLO equity is being more regularly flipped into b-wics. Figures suggest that equity pieces of 2017 and 2018 US deals made up 22% of the b-wic market over the past four quarters

CVC prices €409.6 million new issue CLO via BNP Paribas
CVC Credit Partners is back in the primary CLO market today

GSO turns 20 following €410.25 million CLO reset
GSO priced its 20th CLO transaction of the year yesterday, teaming up with Deutsche Bank to reset Griffith Park CLO

BlackRock prices €411.25 million CLO via Barclays
BlackRock priced its third new issue European CLO yesterday in a €411.25 million transaction arranged by Barclays

Permira markets second new issue since bringing ESG criteria to CLO docs
Permira Debt Managers is back in the market with its second 2.0 CLO named Providus CLO II, which could price as early as next week

Ellington hires London-based loan PM to build European CLO platform
The US-headquartered manager has hired a London-based portfolio manager specialising in European corporate credit with a view to building a European CLO platform, according to a person familiar with the matter

Alcentra issues new European CLO via Morgan Stanley
Alcentra has become the seventh CLO manager to price a new issue deal in Europe this month following a €411.1 million deal arranged by Morgan Stanley

Rockford Tower fortifies global CLO business with first European deal
Rockford Tower Capital Management has expanded its global reach by pricing its inaugural European CLO