European CLO issuances and resets to quickly ramp up
EXCLUSIVE: The European CLO market is preparing to kick off another busy year with industry insiders predicting both new issuances and a continuation of last year’s reset activity

European CLO issuance hits all-time high in 2025
New issue activity set an all-time high, while repricings recorded their second-best annum, around EUR 3.7bn lower than 2021's record level

Growth of CLOs could place financial stability at risk – UK House of Lords
The House of Lords, the upper chamber of the UK Parliament, has warned that the rising use of CLOs could represent an as yet unknown risk

CLO industry in push to increase use of AI in 2026
ANALYSIS: Investors are already using AI to evaluate managers and CLO documentation

Key theme for 2026 will be growth in the loan market – Eagle Point founder Tom Majewski

Growth in the loan market will be an important market driver this year, the founder of Eagle Point Credit Management says on the latest episode of Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee; also shares Eagle Point ressearch that shows LMEs at 2% per year on top of default rates

European CLO rankings – November 2025
As a record-breaking year winds its way to an end, CVC leads from Apollo and BlackRock/HPS in Creditflux's latest year-to-date European CLO issuance rankings

Acer Tree and Arini price latest deals as market winds down
Acer Tree and Arini have issued new European CLOs to round out the year, with Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs acting as arrangers on the respective deals

European CLO market’s record-breaking run to ease into stability in 2026
Following a record-breaking year of issuances and reset activity, most managers are predicting stable rather than stellar growth for the year ahead

Resilience in the face of volatility – how the European CLO market thrived in 2025
ANALYSIS: Record new issuance volumes and reset activity characterised a unique year for the European CLO market

London calling
For the final issue of 2025, the Creditflux magazine casts its eye toward London, the capital of European private credit, and looks at how the asset class took shape in the UK and elsewhere in Europe

‘In 2026 we will see data-centre term loans’
2026 outlook with Lauren Basmadjian, global head of liquid credit at Carlyle

News in brief
Private credit firms brace for Bank of England’s 2026 stress test, data centre development dwarfs all other infrastructure spending, and operators tap securitisation deals to fund Europe’s data centre boom

CLOs at a glance – November 2025
Our list of recent CLO pricings globally

TwentyFour AM favours European CLO equity going into 2026
In comparison, US CLO equity faces more challenges related to LMEs and refinancing activity, the asset manager said

CLOs take the stage at Abu Dhabi Finance Week
Investors turn to CLOs amid lower returns in private credit; private credit managers anticipate active deployment environment in 2026

CLO credit quality improving – Fitch
CLO performance remained stable in November, with few changes made to Fitch’s ratings

Bank of America Research projects record year for US CLO issuance
The bank forecasts some USD 600bn in deals expected to hit the market, more than 19% ahead of this year’s issuance total, while it also sees at least eight debut managers coming to market in the US in 2026

Accumulation of long-dated assets in EMEA CLOs poses risk – Fitch
There is increased pressure to sell long-dated assets given the shortening tail periods in EMEA CLOs, the ratings agency said

CLO dispersion set to increase in 2026 – BNP Paribas
Next year is likely to see increasing dispersion in credit performance off the back of a series of idiosyncratic credit events, BNP Paribas has forecast in its 2026 CLO outlook

North American and European credit defaults to fall next year – S&P Global
Global credit default rates will remain contained next year with North American defaults falling to around 4% 

CLO issuance projected to hit new records in 2026 – KBRA
The ratings agency projects USD 220bn in issuance across US BSL CLOs and private credit CLOs as well as five to six European private credit CLOs next year

BoE highlights weaknesses in CLO market following First Brands, Tricolor
The central bank will soon begin its stress test of private markets, amid concerns around weaknesses in higher-risk credit solutions

European private credit CLOs ramp up, with Pemberton, Ares readying new deals
Pemberton to join Ares with new issues next year, while Barings looks at a reset of its initial static deal

Signs of stress emerging in loan market since start of Q4 – Kartesia
EXCLUSIVE: Spreads on triple C-rated assets have increased by 62bps since the start of October, Kartesia’s research has found

Goldman Sachs arranges new Euro prints for Neuberger Berman and Investcorp
Neuberger Berman Euro CLO 8 was on the smaller size of new issues, at EUR 306.5m, while Investcorp’s Harvest CLO XXXVIII weighed in at EUR 407.2m