Euro CLO league tables: Blackstone back on top while Jefferies extends lead as focus turns to new issues
2021 European CLO issuance crossed €60 billion in July, which is more than the 22 months that preceded this year

Global CLO league tables - Jul 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Jul 2021 YTD

Liquidations emerge as speed bump to $1 trillion CLO market
CLOs are now a $1 trillion global industry, but liquidations are picking up and could hamper growth — as well as providing welcome relief to an engine that’s running somewhat hot. CLOs are now a $1 trillion global industry, but liquidations are picking up and could hamper growth — as well as providing welcome relief to an engine that’s running somewhat hot.

Invesco takes 2021 Euro CLO volume to over €1 billion with reset
Invesco has taken its European CLO 2021 volume to just over €1 billion after the manager reworked its 2019 vintage deal, Invesco Euro CLO II

Standard Chartered picks up another European CLO credit with Napier Park new issue
Standard Chartered emerged as a co-placement agent on its fourth CLO in July, with the bank investing in Napier Park’s latest new issue Henley CLO V

ICG ditches St Paul's label as it prints first European CLO under new PM
The “St Paul’s” branding has been synonymous with European CLOs managed by Intermediate Capital Group for a decade, but the London-based manager has dropped the title on its latest new issue

CLO pipeline: Birch Grove and Fort Washington dish out first 2021 deals as Carlyle goes for sevenths
CLO investors can feast on a range of deals in the new issue market over the next month. 

Barings becomes latest to include sustainable disclosure language in new Euro CLO
Barings has printed its second European CLO of the year, with deal the latest to include ESG-focused language relating to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation’s 'principle adverse impact' effects

Global CLO trading lab: Equity supply spikes as investors go long
CLO equity returned to the secondary market in a big way last week, after a month of very little visibility, with $118.3 million of US CLO and €44.9 million of European CLO subordinated notes on sale

CSAM takes Euro CLO 2021 volumes to over €2 billion
Credit Suisse Asset Management has taken its European CLO 2021 volumes to over €2 billion with its latest new issue, Madison Park Euro Funding XVII

Credit Suisse promotes London-based official to co-head of global CLOs
Credit Suisse has assigned a bigger role to a CLO and corporate asset finance official in London

NIBC scores tight execution on Euro CLO reset with triple As at 94bp
NIBC has scored tight execution on a reset of North Westerly V, with triple As pricing tighter than other recent new issue deals

BlackRock new issue takes Euro CLO 2021 volume to €1.5 billion
BlackRock has taken its European 2021 European CLO issuance to close to €1.5 billion, after pricing its latest new issue BlackRock European CLO XI

Oaktree Euro CLO moves market tighter as Deutsche Bank joins forces with Standard Chartered
European CLO triple As have jumped tighter with Oaktree Capital Management resetting senior notes at 93 basis points, compared to the 96.2bp July average for European CLOs with similar reinvestment profiles

CLO pipeline: four US and two European managers prepare first 2021 CLOs
The CLO market is set to carry on roaring with the pipeline as full as ever despite the summer slowdown just around the corner  

Euro CLO managers price €1bn as triple As surpass 100bp and capped tranches gain popularity
CBAM, Hayfin Capital Management and GoldenTree Asset Management have all taken to the European CLO primary market, adding €1 billion to 2021 volume

Standard Chartered takes on hybrid placement agent/investor role on European CLOs
Standard Chartered has made a breakthrough in European CLOs by serving as co-placement agent on deals

Blackstone, Chenavari, CIFC and Five Arrows add €2 billion to weekly Euro CLO issuance
Nearly €2 billion of European CLO issuance priced this week, with Blackstone, Chenavari, CIFC and Five Arrows adding to Napier Park’s reset earlier in the week

CLO pipeline: Man GLG resurfaces from six-year absence as deals exiting call-lock fill pipeline
CLO spreads have leaked out in recent weeks but deal economics are still favourable, encouraging managers to come back to the primary market for the first time this year

Euro CLO new issue 2021 volumes hit €17 billion as Palmer Square and Invesco price
-Invesco and Palmer Square have become the 35^th and 36^th European CLO managers to price new issues

CLO pipeline: GoldenTree makes good home for single Bs in swarm of activity
Wider CLO spreads are not deterring US CLO managers or equity investors, as 14 new issues, 10 resets and seven refinancings enter the pipeline

HPS inserts loan tranche in European CLO reset
European CLO loan tranches have made another appearance as HPS Investment Partners' resets a 2019 European CLO, Aqeuduct European CLO 2019-3

Global CLO trading lab: quality and optionality shine as 2020 and 2019 mezz trades up
The primary and secondary CLO markets are moving in tandem with both markets drifting wider amid a wealth of supply

LSTA, LMA and Elfa publish standardised ESG questionnaire for CLO managers
The Loan Syndications & Trading Association (LSTA), Europe’s Loan Markets Association (LMA) and the European Leveraged Finance Association (Elfa) – have teamed up to launch a new ‘standardised’ ESG due diligence questionnaire for CLO managers

CLO pipeline: all-time CLO issuance records come under threat
14 new issues in US and three European new CLOs look to price in the coming weeks