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

AXA IM resets European CLO with 200m equity upsizing
The reset of the decade-old Adagio IV is the third repricing of the CLO and its first since 2021

New European Blackstone CLO prices at 127bps
The manager’s latest European deal, Stannaway Park CLO, showed some evidence of weakening demand in the lower mezz, with its double Bs issuing at 540bps over the base rate

M&G prices its second CLO of 2025
Margay CLO IV was M&G’s fourth transaction since it returned to CLO issuance last year

Trinitas and Oaktree price European resets with AAAs at 130
Trinitas reset a 2024-vintage deal, while Oaktree repriced a nine-year-old transaction that was last reset in 2021 at historic tights

Blackstone markets new Euro CLO with AAAs at 127bps, mezz outside recent tights
The triple As are just outside the new tight set last week by KKR's Avoca CLO XXXIV, but guidance for the mezz suggests some market widening

Silver Point prices debut Euro CLO
The deal, which priced via JPMorgan, is the first of what is expected to be a wave of debut issues from US CLO managers looking to expand across the pond into Europe

Euro AAAs tighten to mid-120s with new KKR issue
Avoca CLO XXXIV lowered the existing market tight by two bps, to Euribor plus 126bps

Monthly defaults driven by bankruptcies for first time in two years – S&P Global
Five of the eight defaults recorded in September resulted from bankruptcy filings, with three coming from the US, according to a new research report

Euro new issue AAAs match reset tight with latest Benefit Street Partners print
Jubilee 2025-XXXII priced as a EUR 514m issue via Citi, with its senior triple As clearing at Euribor plus 128bps

HPS and Permira price Euro resets
HPS and Permira both returned to the market Friday with European resets, with deals that had not been repriced since 2021

Partners sets new Euro reset tight for single As
The reset of Penta CLO 16 also matched the current low for European triple As

Pemberton prices its second CLO of 2025, fourth overall
Indigo Credit Management IV issued with a value of EUR 407m, and was arranged via Goldman Sachs, which also priced Indigo Credit Management III in May

Oaktree raises EUR 200m to fund its European CLOs
The sophomore fund has already begun deploying capital, the company said

Arini and Permira upsize with latest new Euro CLOs
The two deals saw comparable spreads, with the triple As for both clearing at Euribor plus 130bps

KKR’s Avoca XXX resets at current Euro tight
The deal matches KKR's own triple A tight of Euribor plus 128bps, set with the reset of Avoca CLO XXIX at the end of August

BlueBay prices twelfth CLO, foreshadows four more CLOs over the next year
RBC BlueBay Asset Management has priced its seventh European CLO, with HSBC scoring its second sole arranger credit since its return to the European arranging business

GoldenTree and Apollo set new mid-mezz tights with latest Euro deals
A new GoldenTree issue priced its single A paper at Euribor plus 200bps, while Apollo lowered the benchmark for triple Bs with a reset of its first European CLO