Ares and Barings lead the way as triple A spreads regain lost ground
CLO triple A spreads in Europe have reached their tightest point in months, with two deals issuing their first pay notes at 108 basis points over Euribor

CLO pipeline: CSAM and Octagon look to move further ahead of the chasing pack
The CLO pipeline in all three markets looks similar to last week with a reduction of only around $500 million in predicted new issue volumes in each of the US, European and mid market CLO spaces. But all three of these market segments look healthy with new issues and refinancings being favoured by managers

Tikehau prices its largest CLO transaction
Tikehau Capital teamed up with Natixis on Friday to issue its latest new CLO named Tikehau CLO V, according to market sources

GSO adds $10 billion to inflows with direct lending, structured credit and energy
Blackstone grew its credit assets under management to $139.3 billion, up 13% on a year ago, according to the firm's second quarter earnings release

Junior notes of forthcoming GSO European CLO go subject
GSO Capital Partners is marketing a new European CLO via Deutsche Bank named Dunedin Park CLO, which was announced yesterday

UK pension pool to launch maiden private credit offering
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership is launching its first private credit offering in early Q4, Creditflux has learned

CLO pipeline: there's no drought here as market is doused with deals
Deal-makers have been taking in their H2O with little sign of summer slowdown in the CLO market as the pipeline approaches full force 

Barings targets 110-111bp print on forthcoming European CLO
Barings is looking to join the exclusive list of European CLO managers to issue triple As around 110 or 111 basis points over Euribor

Private debt boosts Partners' AUM
Partners Group has reached €17.2 billion in private debt assets for the first half of 2019, with private debt experiencing the highest net growth among all private markets, according to an AUM update from the manager today  

Global CLO round-up: it's time to rethink benchmarks
The CLO market broke out of holiday mode last week by presenting strong issuance on both sides of the Atlantic - $2.8 billion in the US and €1.6 billion in Europe. High volumes have brought with them bigger shifts in market dynamics. This week put the focus on tightening spreads, as benchmark triple A levels dipped.

Global CLO b-wic round-up: control equity hits the market as secondary market picks up
The CLO secondary market in both Europe and the US brought healthy volumes last week. There was €174.9 million listed in the European CLO secondary market, while the US returned a with just over $600 million in CLO b-wics. 

Calpers misses returns target despite fixed income outperformance
California Public Employees' Retirement System (Calpers) has missed its annual investment target despite strong performance from its fixed income portfolio, which was its top performer  

Global CLO league tables at a glance - June 2019 YTD
Global CLO league tables at a glance - June 2019 YTD

European spreads come in as CVC prices latest CLO via BAML
European CLO spreads dipped tighter yesterday as CVC Credit Partners issued its latest deal with triple As pricing at 110 basis points

CLO pipeline: managers return in force after varying time-outs
CLO managers in all markets are taking the view that the time is ripe to print their latest deals. There are 30 transactions in the US CLO pipeline this week with a further four in the middle market space and Europe

Euro CLO round-up: returnee CIFC comes full circle, seven years after CLO sale
Having sold a European CLO contract seven years ago, CIFC is back and determined to build on its debut 2.0 European CLO

Santander issues SRT referencing Spanish SME loans
Banco Santander has issued a significant risk transfer referencing a €3 billion portfolio of loans

Global CLO b-wic round-up: secondary volumes make up for slump in primary
June saw the highest volume of US CLO b-wics this year with over $3.8 billion of US CLOs on the auction block, according to CLO-i. 

Europe welcomes CIFC after manager prices its debut 2.0 CLO
CIFC Asset Management has made the breakthrough in Europe, pricing its debut 2.0 CLO on the continent today

Euro CLO round-up: smaller (and newer) issuers print deals as spreads edge wider
It has been a relatively busy week for the European CLO market after three new deals priced to end a 17- day silence in the primary market. The quiet spell was broken by smaller CLO issuers.

Credit traders' kickstand: European financials outperform as Trump-Xi meeting looms
Credit markets are finely poised going into the weekend, when US president Donald Trump’s crunch G20 meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping likely could set the direction of trade from Monday

Rallye CDS auction price drops to 12.5 cents on unmatched sell requests
Rallye's credit event auction to settle CDS contracts produced a final price of 12.5 cents today, lower than the initial price set in the first round this morning of 14.975

CLO pipeline: Barclays and Goldman branch out to mid market
The US CLO pipeline has been full in recent weeks and this continues, with 18 new issue CLOs and a further nine refinancings appearing this week.

First Abu Dhabi Bank pushes into credit derivatives with trading head hire
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) is making a foray into credit derivatives and has hired an experienced credit trader to lead the initiative