A profitable year for credit funds
An almost 18% rise ensured our CLO fund index was the best performer in 2024. But other credit indices werenʼt far behind as funds across the credit spectrum delivered strong returns

HPS achieves sub-120 AAA spread deals with new US CLO
Having already printed new European and private credit CLOs in 2025, HPS priced its first new US BSL deal of the year  

Ares snatches tightest cost-of-funding crown by slimmest of margins
Ares’ first new European deal of 2025 equalled year-to-date spread tights for every tranche  

Fortress and Polen print their first new CLOs of the year
Fortress and Polen Capital have priced their first BSL offerings of the year, both via BofA  

Wellington prices impressively tight with latest new-issue CLO
The Boston-based asset manager is building a reputation for pricing tight deals despite its newness to the market    

Partners prices second reset of 2017-vintage Euro deal
The repricing is the manager’s first European deal of the year  

Bain and CVC are marketing new European CLOs looking to price next week
Price talk is circulating for two new European CLO issues from Bain and CVC, both valued at around EUR 405m and arranged by Jefferies  

Permira shifts away from CLO investing with head of structured credit Saeed set to depart
Permira is deprioritizing its CLO investment business as a stand-alone strategy, with CLO investing veteran Jihan Saeed leaving in March  

Investcorp refinances 2019-vintage US CLO
The refi of Jamestown CLO XIV is the first primary market activity by the manager since November  

HPS and Palmer Square CLO AAAs hit 125 in Europe
The two new-issue deals that priced last week were among the tightest to price since the start of the year

Spire hits new 2025 European low cutting AAA spreads to 122
The manager’s first CLO issue of 2025 trimmed three basis points off the previous market tight  

High yield deals pricing far inside of IPTs as January demand drives tightening
High yield bond deals are tightening faster and further from initial price thoughts (IPTs) in 2025, compared to the last quarter of 2024 

Price talk circulates for European PGIM reset in marketing
PGIM is looking to reprice a European 2017-vintage deal next week with a EUR 27.7m equity injection

BlackRock prices inside guidance throughout stack with latest Euro CLO
BlackRock has priced its first European deal of the year and printed the CLO notably tighter than prior guidance 

Morgan Lewis hires CLO specialist Dasha Sobornova for London team
Morgan Lewis has recruited lawyer Dasha Sobornova who was most recently at Akin Gump

European CLO deals swing into action as Bridgepoint prices reset
Bridgepoint has priced the first European CLO deal of 2025, resetting  a 2022-vintage CLO via Barclays

Nassau markets a Euro CLO reset gearing for end-week pricing
Nassau has been marketing a reset of its Euro CLO II, a 2022-vintage deal, via Jefferies  

BlackRock marketing Euro reset with tightening spreads
BlackRock has been marketing a European CLO reset with talks of triple-As in the mid-120s  

Investcorp Credit’s Jeremy Ghose and Tom Shandell set to exit firm
Investcorp has shaken up its leadership team, with Head of Global Credit Jeremy Ghose to step down and Head of Liquid Credit Investments Tom Shandell also set to leave the firm

HPS upsizes latest European new issue
HPS Investment Partners has increased post-pricing its latest new-issue European CLO – Aqueduct European CLO 10 -- by EUR 153.4m to EUR 610.8m

Euro CLOs consolidate in 2024 with an eye to future growth
Boosted by a strong end-of-year performance, the European market set a new record for gross issuance in 2024

HPS fundraises to invest in CLOs
HPS Investment Partners has been fundraising for CLO investments and has made two registrations for CLO funds in Luxembourg

Brigade wraps up 2024 with third Euro reset
Brigade Capital Management has reset a 2019-vintage European CLO via Morgan Stanley  

Napier Park launches and successfully fundraises for captive CLO equity fund
Napier Park has launched its first global CLO captive equity fund and has already raised a sizeable amount

December deal downpour shatters issuance records in Europe
December sees the most issuance for the month on record as reset activity jumps to the most this year