Private credit investors chase higher risk-return—Campbell Lutyens
A new survey shows investors are seeking higher returning strategies amid expectations of lower rates, while also turning away from the dominant North American market

CAPZA appoints co-head of private debt
New parent company BNPP AM Alts seeks to accelerate the growth of the mid-market private debt franchise in Europe, the company said

European CLO primary activity kicks off as M&G prices refi
The first European pricing activity of 2026 took place Friday as BNP Paribas arranged a repricing of M&G’s Margay CLO II

Loan market steams ahead with new launches as more deals line up in Europe
Flex-downs abound, but Hologic’s sub-300bps spread raises eyebrows, while performance in focus for Archroma, Seqens and Lipton Tea

European CLO rankings – full-year 2025
CVC leapt to the top of the European CLO manager issuance pile in 2025, while Jefferies extended its run of annual victories amongst arrangers to four in a row

2026 kicks off with a lot of thunder and not much lightning
ANALYSIS: A lot of noise around geopolitics, Fed interference and market volatility has had little effect on the global CLO market, for now  

Ares preparing to issue second private credit CLO as multi-currency deal
EXCLUSIVE: Ares European Direct Lending CLO 2 will be a euro/sterling deal and is expected to price soon

Barings to reset static middle market CLO as multi-currency, reinvesting deal
EXCLUSIVE: Barings is resetting its EUR Middle Market CLO 2024-1, converting it from a static euro to a reinvesting multi-currency deal

Rising tide swells deal flow as 2026 M&A wave grows
Tech, healthcare, financial services dominated 2025 deal flow, as US inbound soared; UK, EU policy stability, German defence spending support 2026 European deal sentiment

CLO industry in push to increase use of AI in 2026
ANALYSIS: Investors are already using AI to evaluate managers and CLO documentation

Repricings comprise half of European levloans’ record year, new money drops to lowest level since GFC
The European leveraged loan market reached its highest yearly issuance volume ever in 2025, according to Debtwire data, driven by repricings

Acer Tree and Arini price latest deals as market winds down
Acer Tree and Arini have issued new European CLOs to round out the year, with Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs acting as arrangers on the respective deals

TwentyFour AM favours European CLO equity going into 2026
In comparison, US CLO equity faces more challenges related to LMEs and refinancing activity, the asset manager said

Allianz GI raises EUR 1.2bn to fund private debt secondaries
The sophomore fund held a first close and will pursue private debt secondaries deals globally

Accumulation of long-dated assets in EMEA CLOs poses risk – Fitch
There is increased pressure to sell long-dated assets given the shortening tail periods in EMEA CLOs, the ratings agency said

North American and European credit defaults to fall next year – S&P Global
Global credit default rates will remain contained next year with North American defaults falling to around 4% 

CLO issuance projected to hit new records in 2026 – KBRA
The ratings agency projects USD 220bn in issuance across US BSL CLOs and private credit CLOs as well as five to six European private credit CLOs next year

Switzerland's LGT prices second CLO
Barclays was the sole arranger on the EUR 406m deal, which LGT said attracted orders from both existing and new investors

Park Square appoints its first CLO portfolio manager in Europe as it prepares to enter the market
The private credit firm is among a growing cohort of managers eyeing the European CLO market

Carlyle, Barings market new European CLOs
The two managers are marketing new European CLOs with similar sizings and spreads – but Carlyle’s deal is set to print as a standard-duration five-year CLO, while Barings is offering a short-duration three-year reinvestment period

Five Arrows and Onex print 2023-vintage Euro resets
The two-year-old deals issued via Jefferies

CLO fundamentals expected to weaken through 2026 – Deutsche Bank
CLO credit fundamentals are expected to weaken through next year due to lower loan prices and increased ratings downgrades, creating a bifurcated market, according to Deutsche Bank’s 2026 European CLO outlook

CVC launches dedicated private credit secondaries platform
The alternative asset manager tapped Henri Lusa, a former managing director at Partners Group, to lead the new effort

CLO investor Pearl Diver targets USD 1.5bn for SRT interval fund
The global structured credit manager will use the new institutional, open-ended vehicle to invest in first-loss or mezzanine tranches of significant risk transfer deals

Dealmaking optimism appears in European credit – CVC
The alternative asset manager increased its European credit exposure during the third quarter after seeing a spread pickup