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

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

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. 

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

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

Tikehau prices new European CLO with 11 debt tranches
Tikehau Capital yesterday priced its first new European CLO since November and its fourth European deal overall

Global CLO manager prices ninth transaction of 2018 as spreads widen
A global CLO manager teamed up with Citi yesterday to issue its sixth new European CLO

Barings markets its fourth new CLO of 2018
Barings has mandated Morgan Stanley with arranging a new European CLO

Carlyle issues new Euro CLO with tightest triple As for over one month
Carlyle Group issued its second new European CLO of 2018 yesterday, with the tightest triple A print in over one month

ICG reissues three European CLOs still bound by call locks in risk retention move
Intermediate Capital Group has shifted its CLO risk retention strategy to an originator structure by reissuing three of its deals

European CLO PM rumoured to be joining CIFC from large asset manager
CIFC Asset Management looks to have made a major breakthrough in its bid to establish a European credit business with the $17 billion asset manager rumoured to be hiring the head of European performing credit at a large global credit firm

Evolving strategy takes Norinchukin close to top spot in CLO investment
Over the years, Nochu has tweaked its cov-lite stipulations, and added mid market and European CLO exposure to its CLO investments. It’s now nearly the market’s biggest investor  

PGIM refinances 2016 deal which pays its liabilities over six-month Euribor
PGIM has refinanced a 2016 vintage CLO which pays its debt liabilities over six-month Euribor

Global head of credit correlation leaves JP Morgan to launch new hedge fund
Market sources say that a high profile figure, known to have been responsible for unwinding JP Morgan's 'London whale' positions, has left the bank to start his own hedge fund

Carlyle markets its second new European CLO of the year
Carlyle Group has begun marketing a European CLO and is set to join GSO Capital Partners and PGIM as the only firms to price two new European CLOs in 2018

European spreads continue to drift wider as Accunia CLO prices
Accunia Credit Management has returned to the CLO primary market by issuing its third transaction, Accunia CLO III