Sculptor returns to European CLO market after two year gap
Sculptor priced its fourth deal of the year on Wednesday, and its first European CLO in over two years

Arini is already back as second CLO prices
Continuing its rapid advance in the European market, Arini Capital priced its second CLO last week

European CLO market cautious but upbeat, conference hears
Yesterday’s annual IMN Euro CLO Forum in London exuded an air of ‘upbeat caution’ around the European market over the course of 2024, with a broadly positive outlook around issuance

Deutsche Bank and PSL launch index for European CLOs
Deutsche Bank has launched a total-return benchmark index for euro-denominated CLO debt.

Blackstone CLO gets bushier as delayed draw tranche issues
Blackstone added its contribution to 2024’s accelerating run of delayed draw single-B issues yesterday, as it priced a drawn-down class-F tranche

Palmer Square prices delayed draw for 2023 CLO
The latest in a sequence of delayed-draw European issues hit the primary market on Friday, when Palmer Square priced the F-class notes of a 2023 CLO

CVC leaves triple As unchanged in rare refi
Goldman Sachs arranged a second European deal of 2024 for CVC Credit Partners last week, with a refi that left the triple As unchanged

CLO round-up: mid-March 2024
Our roundup of all the action half-way through another spectacular month for the CLO market

Barclays raises 2024 US BSL CLO new issue forecast
Barclays has become the latest bank research desk to increase its 2024 US BSL CLO new issue forecast

Long delayed European CLO feature is delayed no longer
Since the beginning of this year six European CLOs have priced class F delayed draw issuance as what was once a theoretical leverage boost has become a regular occurence

European CLO reset matches market tights
The triple-A spreads on a European reset matched the tightest seen in European new-issue this year with the restructuring of a 2022-vintage transaction yesterday

European reinvestment periods are ticking up, but we're not at 2021 levels yet
With market sentiment running at strong levels through the first quarter of this year, investor demand for new issuances has been likewise strong – and that’s been reflected in a continued uptick in the length of reinvestment periods for European CLOs

European companies reprice EUR 16bn of loans in 2024 as window opens
When the European loan market started to talk about rates peaking late in 2023, repricing rehearsed a comeback, but did so effectively in January this year

European CLOs are pricing this year but market is falling further behind US
Talk at SFVegas last month centred around the record-setting pace of US CLO issuance in 2024. In contrast, discussion around Europe was muted, reflecting the underwhelming sentiment around that market.

Moody’s helps European private credit CLOs move step closer to reality
Talk is again swirling in the European CLO market that this will be the year a middle market deal is priced. Many market participants remain sceptical given the long history of disappointments in this area, but concrete steps are being made, especially by the rating agencies.

CLOs at a glance
CLOs at a glance

CLO Symposium 2024 Agenda
The Creditflux CLO Symposium returns to the Landmark London on 15 May 2024

Europe sees second CLO reissue of 2024 price
Fidelity Investments priced a European CLO reissue on Monday, according to market sources, following CVC's lead from last month

CLOIE goes global with expansion into European CLOs
JP Morgan has expanded its widely tracked CLO index to Europe with the launch of the JP Morgan European Collateralized Loan Obligation Index (€-CLOIE)

Hayfin joins European delayed-draw trend
Hayfin Capital Management has become the latest manager to price a delayed-draw European issue in 2024

Contego CLO XII draws down unfunded class F
Four months is a long time in the CLO market. Five Arrows Managers only priced Contego CLO XII in November 2023, but has already come back to the market.

European CLO equity distributions keep getting better, US keep getting worse
The latest distributions for post-reinvestment US CLOs show the impact of rapid prepayment rates, but post-reinvestment European CLOs are bucking that trend and seem to be improving with age.

European CLO issuance continues with new Tikehau deal
The end of last week saw Tikehau Capital pricing its first deal in almost four months. According to market sources the new issue CLO was upsized from EUR 400m.

European CLO Rankings - February 2024 YTD
Our latest rankings for the European CLO market, including arranger and manager league tables

US MM CLO Rankings - February 2024 YTD
Our latest rankings for the US middle market CLO market, including arranger and manager league tables