Fair Oaks launches new fund targeting senior CLO paper
Fair Oaks Capital has launched a Ucits fund targeting triple and double A CLOs, according to market sources

18% of CLO managers priced their first deals post-January 2018, says Maples
Launching a new CLO management platform is ‘extremely difficult’ although the rewards appear to be worth the risks, according to new research from Maples Group

CLO pipeline: new kids in class look to excel on first assignments
The summer holiday is well and truly over with the European CLO market building on last week’s momentum as three new deals and one reset are to enter the primary market. 

Thomas Cook looks set to fly solo as default in outgoing Crossover series 31
The Determinations Committee has accepted a request to rule on whether Thomas Cook Group has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, after the UK-based travel company filed for chapter 15 protection in New York

The Last Tranche: managed CSOs and the benefit of CLO Euribor floors [podcast]
Managed CSOs are the talk of the town in the synthetic structured credit market, while CLO investors in Europe are putting a price on how much they value CLO Euribor floors  

MacKay Shields integrates CVP's loan team while spinning out distressed debt
MacKay Shields has spun out the distressed debt business of Credit Value Partners and focus resources on CVP’s leveraged loan platform

CLO pipeline: managers look to avoid a repeat of 2018 with new issue flutter
US and European CLO managers are preparing to up the ante in September, but they will have to defy a trend set a year ago

US credit managers make ESG breakthrough after taking a first step via UNPRI
Incorporating a framework for investing in companies based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors is a challenge that US credit managers are accepting in growing numbers

Axa IM promotes global head of loans and private debt following Levilain departure
Axa Investment Managers has promoted a new global head of leveraged loans and private debt to fill the vacancy left by Jean-Philippe Levilain, who has left to join CBAM

THL updates credit investment framework to include ESG
THL Credit Advisors has announced that it has developed an investment framework for assessing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in analysing credit quality and risk factors

Global CLO b-wic round-up: secondary market awakens with control equity bonanza
Four anchor positions made available on secondary market as equity accounts for over a third of all volumes.

If you can stomach volatility, CLO equity is very attractive

Global CLO league tables at a glance - August 2019 YTD
Global CLO league tables at a glance - August 2019 YTD

US hedge funds use leverage to buy European CLOs
Boca Raton-based hedge fund manager III Capital Management is leading the charge as US hedge funds employ leverage to buy European triple A-rated CLOs.

Past returns: Unfinished business in CLOs
Five years ago in Creditflux we reported that DA Capital was looking for a way back into CLO management. The firm had sold its four US CLOs in 2011 to Citi Alternative Investments (now known as Napier Park Global Capital), but a rally had convinced the firm it was time to issue CLOs again. 

CLOs at a glance

A round-up of CLO performance

Credit funds at a glance
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Fund performance
A round-up of fund performance

EQT looks to raise €500 million via IPO
The initial public offering is anticipated to increase EQT's flexbility to “pursue growth opportunities” and expand its private market investing business

One day, two investors, three CLO controlling stakes in secondary
Two investors are inviting bids for anchor positions they hold in three CLOs.

ESG standards leak into CLO ratings
Investor sentiment is shifting with an influx of new participants—and borrowers will also take note

US hedge fund takes levered positions in euro CLO triple As
A Us structured credit specialist is taking levered positions in European triple A CLOs

CLO pipeline: Carlyle and KKR plan swift re-entries
Carlyle Group and KKR are included in the CLO pipeline this week as both managers have started marketing their latest transactions as the US CLO pipeline begins to look full after a quiet week

CLO pipeline: Golub and Sound Point to cement positions among market leaders
Last week there were nine CLOs priced in the US market, including four broadly syndicated loan new issues and two middle market new issues, whereas there was no issuance in Europe. The CLO action over the next few weeks is again weighted towards the US, according to market sources