HPS prices AAAs at 125bps for newest European CLO
HPS has priced a new European CLO via Jefferies, with RBC acting as a co-placement agent on the EUR 405m issue of Aqueduct European CLO 18

Ardian taps Carlyle’s MacKenzie to lead European CLO business
Caryle’s former head of liquid credit Stuart MacKenzie has been hired by Ardian to run its European CLO business

LGT Capital Partners prices fourth CLO
Legato Euro CLO IV was arranged by Morgan Stanley and attracted orders from over 20 existing and new investors across the capital structure

Michael Curtis leaves Fidelity as firm begins search for new co-PM
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Curtis will leave his role as head of alternative credit at Fidelity Investments on 31 July, according to a source familiar

Fidelity issues new Euro CLO
Fidelity has priced a new European CLO through Bank of America, with the triple A paper split across one note and two loan tranches

Ares' newest European CLO prints AAAs at 125bps
Ares' latest Euro BSL issue has priced through BNP Paribas, with the conventionally-structured deal valued at just over EUR 405m

Golub adds managing director to European direct lending team
Timothée Delisle previously held positions at firms such as Morgan Stanley, Alcentra, BlackRock, and HSBC

Blackstone, Wellington and Vanguard collaborate on all-in-one private market vehicles for wealth channel
The three asset managers have launched two products that will give individual investors exposure to a mix of private market assets within a single allocation

CIFC, TPG Credit print European CLO resets
CIFC paired with Goldman Sachs to issue a reworking of its first European CLO that originally priced in 2019, while TPG's repricing of its 2022-vintage Northwoods Capital 26 Euro was arranged through Citi

Dispersion is creating value in credit despite tight spreads – PIMCO
PODCAST: While index spreads remain tight, dispersion is quite elevated, which rewards those who do the credit work, says Lotfi Karoui, multi-asset credit strategist at fixed-income behemoth PIMCO, on the latest episode of Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee

GoldenTree hits USD 2.75bn hard cap for sophomore private credit fund
The firm’s employees and partners committed USD 50m to the fund, the company announced

BlackRock's latest Euro CLO prints AAAs at 126bps
BlackRock European CLO XVII printed as a EUR 405m transaction through Bank of America

RBC BlueBay prices tenth European CLO
BBAM European CLO X issued via Goldman Sachs, with RBC also acting as a co-placement agent on the deal

Private credit and direct lending to grow their share of the loan market—LMA report
A new LMA survey of 234 loan market professionals found that 43% believe private credit and direct lending will grow their share of the EMEA loan market by 2040

Latest new Investcorp Euro CLO sees AAAs clear at 125bps
Investcorp priced Harvest CLO XLI as a EUR 407.25m issue through Goldman Sachs on Thursday

New Euro CLOs price from market heavyweights KKR and Carlyle
Heavy hitters KKR and Carlyle have both priced new, conventionally-structured European CLOs, with KKR's Avoca CLO XXXVI pricing its triple As at the current market tight of 124bps over Euribor

Co-head of Permira Credit says to brace for more complex, late-cycle environment
PODCAST: While the market is clearly late in the credit cycle, it is not yet obviously at the turning point, Ariadna Stefanescu, co-head of Permira Credit tells Lisa Lee on on the latest episode of Credit Exchange

Hayfin completes one of Europe’s largest private credit fundraises to date with EUR 15bn
Hayfin’s Direct Lending Fund V ranks among the largest ever direct lending fundraises completed in Europe, the company said

EU securitisation rule changes “once in a generation” chance to fix CLO market—Walkers
EXCLUSIVE: Upcoming EU securitisation rule changes could supercharge the European CLO space, says Walkers partner Andrew Traynor

Coller and Cherry Bank to raise capital for private credit secondaries from Italian wealth market
Coller Capital has announced a distribution partnership with Cherry Bank to better sell its private credit secondaries investment product to affluent individuals in Italy

Vue loans jump, Getty Images loan falls after Shutterstock merger termination announcement – Market Comment
Vue International’s reinstated facilities have shown significant swings in the past two days, with its EUR 127.38m 1.5-lien term loan indicated at 120-mid today, following yesterday’s jump of over 16 points from 103.92-mid at the start of the week

AI outlook one of several key macro calls for investors – BlackRock midyear forecast
‘Scarcity versus abundance’ forms the key theme for the BlackRock Investment Institute midyear global outlook, which was published on Tuesday following the institute’s two-day forum earlier in June

Apollo records USD 13bn in private credit trading volume
In the 18 months since launching a dedicated trading desk focused on Apollo-originated private credit, the firm has worked with more than 100 unique counter parties, according to a new report

European CLO issuance kicks into gear as spreads tighten in
European triple A spreads tightened this week to a new low of 124bps, with new issues hitting the market from Blackstone, Palmer Square, Apollo, Spire and ICG

Bridgepoint prints tight with second new CLO for 2026
Bridgepoint's latest new European CLO, which issued Wednesday, priced with its weighted average cost of capital ducking beneath 190bps over Euribor