Euro CLO league tables: cramming a year's worth of work in two months
It is no surprise the European CLO market has been experiencing fatigue at times this year with the last two months of issuance alone almost equalling issuance figures for the whole of 2020: last year €22.78 billion worth of European CLOs priced, while in March and April 2021, managers brought €21.48 billion to market

Global CLO league tables - April 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April 2021 YTD

Sound Point resets inaugural European CLO with tight triple As
Sound Point Capital Management has reset its inaugural European CLO via Citi

NIBC takes ESG-scored European CLO tally to two with strong execution
NIBC has priced its latest ESG-branded European CLO, North Westerly VII

Record-breaking Apollo and Blackstone European CLOs make first distributions
Two 2020 CLOs managed by Blackstone Credit and Redding Ridge (Apollo) that set equity cover records in the secondary CLO market earlier this year have made their first payments

Capza closes €1.6 billion private debt fund 75% deployed
The European Investment Fund is among the investors in the fund, according to Debtwire Funds Data

CLO pipeline: and breathe... issuance splurge clears the backlog
Over 20 deals remain in the CLO pipeline, despite a glut of issuance last week in which 38 transactions priced, totalling $18.1 billion

CLO triple As leak wider but mezz comes in as Carlyle, PGIM and KKR price Euro new issues
CLO heavyweights Carlyle, KKR and PGIM all took to the primary market on Friday pricing a total of €1.22 billion issuance

European CLO juniors tighten with Oaktree new issue
European CLO lower mezzanine spreads tightened to February levels with Oaktree Capital Management’s latest new issue

CLO pipeline: go long! new issues and resets push refis aside
The CLO market is ready to go beyond refinancings - after this year's opening blitz of those deals - into the longer tenored territory of resets and new issues

US CLO specialist opens London office for European expansion
A Dallas-headquartered firm has hired from Standard Life Aberdeen to lead a European business

Fair Oaks, PineBridge and Sculptor rework €1 billion in Euro CLO resets
Fair Oaks Capital, PineBridge Investments and Sculptor Capital Management all took to the European CLO reset market on Wednesday, in transactions that amounted to over €1 billion

Global CLO trading lab: secondary volumes inflate and easily get absorbed
Weekly secondary CLO volume has been lower across the capital structure in recent weeks as 2021’s refinancing wave left investors with plenty of choice

Beneath the triple C: CLOs benefit as upgrades make for lighter triple C buckets
For the first time since the sell off in March last year, downgrades to triple C have come to a near-standstill

CSAM prints largest new issue Euro CLO since 2017
Credit Suisse Asset Management has priced the largest European new issue CLO since at least November 2017, according to Creditflux data

CLO pipeline: Deutsche Bank and Carlson hit comeback trail
The CLO market is preparing to be very active in the coming weeks, as the issuance slow-down is set to be in the rear view mirror

Triple A loan tranches keep getting bigger as Axa IM resets European CLO
Axa Investment Managers has reset its 2015 vintage European CLO Adagio IV and has become the latest manager to feature a substantial loan tranche as part of the transaction

Oak Hill refis European CLO triple As and double As a week apart
Oak Hill Advisors has partially refinanced a 2018 vintage CLO, Oak Hill European VII

CLO pipeline: European new issues set to resume but managers seek pricing stability
The CLO pipeline is heavy with reworked deals - and anticipation - as 14 US CLO and one European CLO refinancings feature, along with nine US CLO and six European CLO resets

Sofr fix nears launch as CLOs face term rate void
Three months into 2021, grounds for optimism have grown little that a term rate will be found before the end of the year to replace Libor in loans, CLOs, CDS and other contracts. But hopes are rising that solutions such as credit spread adjustments could help mitigate performance uncertainty

AlbaCore features capped triple A tranches on ESG-branded CLO
Nine months after making its CLO debut the manager has priced AlbaCore Euro CLO II, splitting the triple A tranches into three

Triple Bs diverge and loan tranches increase as KKR and PGIM reset CLOs
KKR and PGIM have become the latest managers to reset European CLOs

Blackstone reaches €2 billion European CLO volume with 2016 deal reset
Blackstone has reset a 2016 vintage European deal, Elm Park CLO, taking the manager's year-to-date volume in Europe to almost €2 billion

CLO pipeline: Carlyle eyes fourth new issue in two months but refis and resets dominate
Manager focus has shifted to reworking vintage CLOs to lower funding costs in a much tighter market, with the new issue US market having slowed

Anchorage renews Credit Suisse partnership to reset 2018 Euro CLO
The pair worked together on the original pricing in October 2018