Euro SME CLO market to remain at low issuance levels, DBRS predicts
A new report by credit rating agency DBRS says the European securitisation market has much to be positive about in 2018 – but warns that the SME CLO market is expected to remain at low issuance levels 

Large slices of recently priced senior CLO debt go up for sale
€107 million of senior CLO debt of recently priced European deals has appeared on a b-wic

CVC appoints global head of performing credit as Bowers steps down in London
CVC Credit Partners is putting in place a new leadership structure, with partner and senior portfolio manager Jonathan Bowers set to step down from his role

Barclays prepares two new CLOs on both sides of the Atlantic
Barclays is preparing to launch two new issue CLOs, according to presale reports from Moody's and Standard and Poor's

European CLO round-up: Carlyle and Investcorp share reset record
Much like its counterpart in US, the European CLO market is off to a speedy start with two resets and a refi – generating total volumes of €1.5 billion

Cairn builds out business development team with Investcorp and Camares hires
Credit and CLO manager Cairn Capital has announced two new appointments to its business development team in London

Hunton & Williams appoints veteran CLO lawyer as partner
Global law firm Hunton & Williams has appointed Angus Duncan as a partner in the firm’s London-based structured finance and specialty finance transactions practice

European CLO pioneer Wallace set to leave Maltese bank
A loan portfolio manager – who was behind a pioneering European 2.0 CLO – has left MeDirect Bank

ICG to price €461.9 million European CLO reissue
Intermediate Capital Group is planning to reissue a CLO that first priced in 2013

Spire adds former Highland CLO PM to its team in London
Corporate loan specialist John McAuliffe has joined Spire Partners as a senior credit analyst

European CLO spreads grind tighter as Carlyle prices with triple As at 73bp
The manager priced its first CLO transaction of the year on Friday, according to market sources

Chenavari originator aims to take risk retention positon in third party's CLO
Chenavari Toro Income Fund, the closed end fund listed on the London Stock Exchange, is poised to act as the risk retaining party for an upcoming European CLO being launched by a “well established CLO manager”

European CLO refi spreads break 60bp barrier as GSO prices deal
GSO Capital Partners has priced its first CLO transaction of 2018, refinancing a 2015 deal

Euro CLO managers support sponsors and originators in (almost) equal measure
€20.9 billion worth of new European CLOs priced last year and, according to Creditflux data, there was an almost equal distribution between deals that went the sponsor route and deals that opted for an originator structure

Asset manager mulls US CLO market entry following debut 2.0 European CLO
A manager that has just closed its first post-crisis European CLO, is looking at opportunities in the US CLO market

Euro league tables: Citi tops rankings in a year of growth for the CLO market
50 new issue CLOs, 39 active managers and four debutants: Creditflux analyses the revival of the European CLO market last year

Carlyle CLO price talk suggests spread tightening is set to continue in 2018
European CLO liability tightening looks set to continue into the new year, as price talk for Carlyle's forthcoming reset deal is announced

$47 billion of 2017 US CLO paper was available to Europeans, finds Wells Fargo
40% of US CLOs issued in 2017 complied with European risk retention regulations, according to research by Wells Fargo

Carlyle prepares its first CLO transaction of 2018
Carlyle Group plans to begin its CLO business this year with a €454.25 million reset

South Korean brokerage finds CLO warehouses good for Seoul
Appetite for CLO warehouse risk has re-awoken in South Korea, with sources indicating that a Seoul-based brokerage is looking to provide first-loss capital in CLO warehouses globally.

Investors nod through wind up of 1.0 euro CLOs
CLOs may have weathered the storm of the financial crisis far better than other structured products, but the tally of CLO defaults is quietly growing

Citi promotes European CLO head and co-head of credit correlation trading
Citi – a market leader in CLO origination and bespokes – has promoted officials responsible for these businesses.

EBA provides clarity on risk retention under STS regime
The European Banking Authority has laid out guidance for risk retention, which provides details on the transfer of risk retenton from one entity to another and what qualifies as a CLO originator

Manager sells 2017 CLO to 67 investors and claims top spot in Creditflux ranking
Creditflux's CLO syndication survey results are in and its a large asset manager that claims top honours

CLO manager looks to raise up to $2 billion to invest in CLOs globally
A US CLO manager is planning to invest in CLO tranches for the first time. It is understood that the firm is putting together a structured credit fund that will also have the ability to invest in index tranches