Blackstone sees exit of key CLO leader
EXCLUSIVE: Blackstone is seeing the retirement of one of the main builders of its European CLO business

Don’t just sit there waiting
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‘Walk, don’t run’ to take advantage of software disruption, says KKR
Eddie O’Neill and Jeremiah Lane, co-heads of global leveraged credit at KKR, give their view on the headwinds and opportunities in CLOs

News in brief
Top stories on creditflux.com: from First Trust’s CLO start to Apollo’s next generation

CLOs at a glance – June 2026
Our list of recent CLO pricings globally

Invesco prints newest European CLO at 129bps
The double B and single B notes in Invesco Euro CLO XVII benefit from a 20% cash sweep/turbo feature

Clearlake European CLO co-heads depart
Clearlake Credit’s co-heads of European CLOs have left the firm, according to sources familiar

Trio of new Euro CLOs prints on busy Friday
The traditional rush to conclude deals in advance of the annual Global ABS conference in Barcelona saw a trio of new issues price on Friday, from Onex, Guggenheim and Rockford Tower

Franklin Templeton launches investment-grade CLO ETF
Franklin BSP CLO ETF (YCLO) invests predominantly in IG CLO debt tranches across US and European markets

Fitch warns on credit risks for European CLOs coming out of RPs
Fitch has warned that European CLOs coming out of their reinvestment period could be vulnerable to market shocks due to asset depreciation and an inability to sell out of the lower mezz tranches

CQS prints second new European CLO for the year
Issuing with a vanilla capital structure, Grosvenor Place CLO 11 priced its triple As at Euribor plus 129bps

Sculptor resets 2021-vintage Euro CLO
Sculptor European CLO VIII’s senior triple As were reset at Euribor plus 128bps, widening out from their pre-reset spread of 88bps over the base rate

Muzinich becomes third debut European CLO issuer in 2026
Global credit specialist Muzinich has priced its long-awaited first European CLO, with JPMorgan acting as arranger for the EUR 414.6m deal

Fasanara readies debut European CLO for late summer
EXCLUSIVE: Fasanara is working on its first European BSL CLO, with pricing expected to take place in late summer or September 

The PMs leading the next wave of European CLO strategies
ANALYSIS: A series of high-profile hires have been made ahead of an expected influx of new European CLO managers this year

Arcano upsizes newest European CLO
Spanish manager Arcano Partners has priced its fourth new CLO via Jefferies, with the transaction upsized to a target par of EUR 450m

Sound Point prints new Euro CLO at 126bps
Citi was the sole arranger for the EUR 406m Sound Point Euro CLO 17

Apollo issue sees European CLO AAAs nudge down further to 125bps
Apollo's Redding Ridge priced RRE 29 Loan Management via Barclays on Wednesday

Bain CLO’s F-note downgrade could signal incoming trend – Fitch
The recent downgrade of class-F notes in Bain Capital Euro CLO 2018-1 may not prove an isolated case among European CLOs, according to the ratings agency

Neuberger Berman matches market tight with new Euro CLO
Neuberger Berman Euro CLO 9 also saw its triple Bs print at a fresh tight of 290bps over the base rate, trimming 5bps from the previous low

Carlyle hires new head of European liquid credit and CLOs as MacKenzie exits
EXCLUSIVE: Stuart MacKenzie, who headed European liquid credit and oversaw European CLOs, is stepping down and leaving Carlyle, according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux

Hayfin explores sale of US CLO business
EXCLUSIVE: Hayfin commits to US private credit and fundraising, as it's shifting away from US CLOs

CLO managers push for index-linked discount obligation thresholds
European and US CLO managers are changing their discount obligation language, according to a new report by Dealscribe 

BSP prices latest new European CLO
The EUR 405.7m transaction, which issued on Friday, is the manager’s fourth European issue for the year and its second new issue