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. 

Italian pension fund seeks direct lending managers
Previndai, the €11bn pension fund for managers of industrial companies, has issued a notice seeking global and European direct lending managers

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

Ares launches "largest ever" European direct lending fund with up to €10 billion to invest
Ares Management has held the final close on what it claims to be the largest European direct lending fund raise ever

Portfolio managers continue to be pessimistic on credit outlook, survey finds
A survey by the International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers states that 56% respondents believe average corporate default rates will increase over the next 12 months 

Investors eye alternative credit ahead of expected interest rate increase – report
Investments in alternative credit are set to rise among institutional investors over the next 12 months, according to an alternative credit report published by NN Investments Partners

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

Capital Dynamics registers debut direct lending fund
Zug-based Capital Dynamics is looking to launch Capital Dynamics US Middle Market Credit Fund after establishing a private credit business over the last 12 months

CDS could help wean credit off the QE intravenous drip
Muzinich's high yield portfolio manager Thomas Samson takes our credit quiz

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  

Aircraft lessors: gathering clouds lead to talk of turbulence
Aircraft leasing companies have been cruising over the past two years as passenger numbers grew, but rising interest rates and trade tariff concerns are making some bondholders nervous