Global CLO league tables at a glance
A snapshot of the overall league tables as of 31 August

The perception of liquidity is often not the same as the reality
Investec Asset Management's Jeff Boswell takes our credit quiz and discusses liquidity in Europe, the former "darling of the European debt market" Vivarte and the Matrix

CLO investors doff caps to Citi for creating fixed-rate substitute
Euribor floors have been a mainstay of the European CLO market for years, but last month Hayfin Capital Management and Citi teamed up to price the first CLO tranche to feature a ‘Euribor cap’.

Past returns: secret CLO market
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported on the emergence of an inter-dealer market for CLOs

Weighted average life divides CLO industry
Creditflux’s second CLO Census reveals stark differences of opinion on weighted average life and par-flush for US CLOs. But there is a clear consensus on which bank is best at CLO execution

Spire adds to credit analysis team with senior hire
Spire Partners has hired a senior credit analyst, according to a statement from the firm

Global CLO round-up: buttermilk-shakes things up as CLO spreads go everywhere
Ahead of the US Labor Day weekend, CLO issuers have been grafting away with $6.5 billion pricing across the US market through 11 deals

JP Morgan AM liquidates fund that made CLO warehouse investments
JP Morgan's Asset Management arm is liquidating the $1 billion Palm Lane Credit Opportunities Fund

Anchorage prices second European CLO as summer break sees spread shift wider
Anchorage Capital Group has priced its second ever European CLO following its move to the continent earlier this year

Wells Fargo AM chief Norris to retire
Wells Fargo Asset Management's Anthony Norris - managing director, chief investment officer and senior portfolio manager - is set to retire from the fund management industry in October

GSO CLO fund looks to wind up with offer to roll into manager's originator strategy
The board responsible for Carador Income Fund, managed by GSO Capital Partners, has given shareholders an opportunity to wind the fund up, alongside a rollover opportunity for shareholders into GSO's CLO originator fund, Blackstone/GSO Loan Financing

Global manager moves close to pricing fourth new issue CLO in as many weeks
Issuing CLOs is a walk in the park for one large manager, which is on track to achieve the unthinkable feat of pricing four new issue CLOs in just four weeks

Maples & Calder announce several CLO lawyer promotions
Maples & Calder has announced several promotions for CLO lawyers.- including three partners and one counsel 

ESMA strikes European CLO market with new regulatory burdens
The European Securities and Markets Authority yesterday published its final report for the technical standard on disclosure requirements under securitisation regulation, outlining the new reporting requirements for European CLOs coming into effect from 1 January

Bain targets $500 million for CLO-focused vehicle
Bain Capital Credit is targeting $500 million for its CLO-focused vehicle, Bain Capital Credit CLO Management, according to sources familiar with the situation

CLO round-up: reset triple As price apart on divergent portfolios
CLO spreads have been volatile of late with seemingly no consistency in triple A CLO prints from deal to deal. In a reset-heavy week, BlackRock and Marathon Asset Management were positioned at opposite ends of the spectrum

Mediobanca hires experienced credit trader to build out loan franchise
Mediobanca has appointed an ex-Deutsche Bank senior credit trader as head of loan trading

CVC prices €411.7 million CLO reset as reinvestment periods lengthen
Soures say CVC Credit Partners reset CVC Cordatus Loan Fund VII today

Alcentra plans its second European CLO transaction of the year
Alcentra is marketing its first European CLO reset of 2018, with price talk for the triple A notes ranging from 90 to 92 basis points

Control equity in recently reset Apollo European CLO goes on the auction block
Control equity in Apollo Global Management’s European CLO will be up for grabs next week

Steep climb: dealers and investors cross-examine merits of five-year CSOs
The market for bespoke tranches of credit synthetic obligations (CSOs) looks set for further year-on-year growth, but this could depend on expanding activity to longer tenors

Euro CLO league tables: €5 million separates Carlyle and GSO as volumes hit new heights
As temperatures in Europe soar, so do CLO volumes. Meanwhile Carlyle Group and GSO Capital Partners are separated by the narrowest of margins

European CLO round-up: sun shines on Anchorage's quasi-CBO
The European CLO market is at its best when the sun is shining and the sky is blue, judging by the last couple of weeks