Software loan shakeout in CLOs still to come—Barings
As an investor in US CLO tranches, the asset manager has observed that most CLOs have not made major changes to their software book despite concerns about artificial intelligence threatening the sector

Repricing wave brings back pain for CLO arbitrage – Europe Loan Digest
Ineos offers premium talk compared to market; performing credits shave up to 50bps off existing debt

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

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

First Eagle taps AlbaCore alum for alternative credit product sales
Edward Berry joins as a managing director in London and will help distribute the firm’s alternative credit products, including those under the Napier Park brand

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

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

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

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

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

Leveraged loan price bifurcation widening — S&P
A growing distressed tail is trading below 80, while other loans are trading above par, pressuring CLO investors and managers

Blackstone prints new European CLO at 126bps, Silver Point issues second Euro deal
Blackstone’s latest European CLO printed this week as a EUR 403m transaction via Jefferies, while Silver Point followed up its debut European offering last October with a second deal arranged through Barclays

Golub shakes up leadership with co-CEOs, co-Presidents appointments
The alternative credit manager will have three co-presidents after promoting Spyro Alexopoulos and hiring two new executives

Spire prices tight across capital structure as Euro CLO AAAs tighten to 126bps
The manager’s first issue in 11 months, and its first since its acquisition by Macquarie Asset Management was announced in March, trimmed benchmark European CLO triple As to 126bps over Euribor

Arini prices second new Euro CLO for 2026
Issuing as a EUR 429.375m transaction via Citi, Arini European CLO X follows the manager’s last issue six weeks ago

Partners prints European CLO reset at sub-128bps
Partners has trimmed the current triple A market tight for European CLOs, repricing Penta CLO 10 for the first time since its original issuance in 2021

Invesco resets its first European CLO with AAAs at 138bps
Deutsche Bank arranged the EUR 399m repricing, which included a EUR 25m equity injection

Latest European Napier Park CLO breaches 130bp level as Investcorp also prices new issue
The European CLO market kicked off the week with two new issues pricing through Bank of America, totalling just over EUR 900m

LBOs, new loan supply expectations reset amid Iran war, AI-related disruptions
Loans in previously overlooked sectors are gaining more attention amid the upheaval, according to panellists at this week’s Creditflux CLO Symposium

Permira prices fourth European CLO for 2026, second new issue
The manager paired with Bank of America to price its EUR 403.3m Providus CLO XV

CLO managers position themselves for ‘more rocky times’
Panelists speaking at the Creditflux 2026 CLO Symposium in London say the market is still open for CLO issuance, but that inflation is starting to hit underlying corporate borrowers

Creditflux CLO Symposium 2026 – Day Two
Join us for Day Two of the Creditflux CLO Symposium 2026 as we discuss the macroeconomic backdrop for CLOs, M&A and LBOs, artificial intellingence, liquidity and more

Last call for Creditflux CLO Symposium 2026
Join us at the definitive CLO community gathering on 20-21 April 2026 at The Chancery Rosewood, London