Credit drives strong returns for five of the largest asset managers in the business
Carlyle is close to hitting its ambitious fundraising target; direct lending has been kind to Ares; and Och-Ziff has decided to shed its US CLO risk retention stakes after exiting its financing agreements

PGIM prices €379 million CLO reset via Barclays
PGIM has priced its first CLO reset in Europe of 2018, marking its fifth transaction on the continent and 15th globally this year

BNP Paribas AM prices its first new issue CLO since September 2017
A European CLO manager priced its first new issue CLO of the year yesterday

CSAM becomes first manager to pass €1 billion of new issue volume in Europe
Credit Suisse Asset Management priced a €508.5 million new CLO yesterday named Cadogan Square XI. The deal is CSAM's seventh new issue this year globally

Summer of innovations continues as manager prices Europe's first 2.0 CBO
A US-headquartered manager has priced Europe’s first CBO since the financial crisis, according to market sources

Star names join Barclays as it pushes into CLOs

CLO managers see risk retention hurdles as Brexit approaches
Barriers are emerging to UK-based CLO managers seeking risk retention compliance via both the sponsor and the originator route as the country edges closer to Brexit, sources say. 

CLO Ucits funds take off despite investment limits
CLO investors are swarming over the Ucits fund market, despite the obvious regulatory headwinds and stringent liquidity requirements associated with these structures

Europe's next generation of CLO managers favour ESG

Loan managers can start to be selective

Not a bad time to try your hand at CLOs

Risk retention financing given the green light by EBA
The European Banking Authority published the final draft of its regulatory technical standards for securitisations yesterday

Citi brings 'Euribor caps' to CLOs as it prices new deal for Hayfin
A new manager is already making waves in Europe after pricing its first European BSL CLO via Citi on Friday

Axa IM prices July's 10th European CLO as continent sees volumes soar
Axa Investment Managers priced Europe’s 10th new issue CLO of the month on Friday in a deal arranged by Goldman Sachs

Oaktree raises new special situations fund while CIO warns of direct lending risk
Oaktree Capital Management has released its second quarter 2018 results in which the Los Angeles-based firm reported $2.4 billion of new capital commitments in the quarter

PGIM prices first GBP CLO of the 2.0 era
PGIM brought a fresh innovation to the CLO market today by pricing the first sterling-denominated deal of the 2.0 era

Loan managers can start to be selective
The portfolio overlap in European CLOs - at roughly 45% - is 10% higher than in the US. But newcomers and smaller managers stand a good chance of differentiating themselves

Barclays prices €359 million CLO for new client in Europe
Barclay’s European CLO arranging business has a new client, according to market sources

Ares lays down a marker with 85bp CLO triple A print as European spreads widen
After pricing a benchmark CLO at the start of the year, Ares Management is back in the primary market after pricing Ares European CLO X today

Axa IM markets new issue European CLO
Axa Investment Managers is marketing a new issue European CLO via Goldman Sachs

CSAM targets Europe's 12th CLO with over 4.5 years of reinvestment
European CLO managers are continuing their push for longer reinvestment periods

Pricing balance between 'floored' and 'unfloored' CLO tranches shifts as two deals price
The use of ‘unfloored’ mezzanine tranches in European CLOs is becoming more widespread with Barings and KKR Credit each pricing deals incorporating such features on Friday

Junior CLO spreads come in as CVC prices new European deal
CVC Credit Partners has priced its first new European CLO of 2018, moving the market slightly tighter in the process

Pearl Diver launches new CLO funds and expands into US with New York office
CLO equity investor Pearl Diver Capital is in full-on expansion mode with the launch of new funds and the opening of its US office in New York