CLOs at a glance (April 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month  

European CLO pipeline thins as investors wait for stability
The European leveraged loan and CLO market has yet to regain momentum following the start of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, with investors pointing to a thin immediate CLO pipeline

Global CLO league tables - March 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - March YTD

Euro CLO league tables: Jefferies takes huge lead as managers bunch up
The increased volatility and geopolitical risk brought about by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine meant European CLO issuance dropped off in March after a strong February

BlackRock Euro CLO set to price, with KKR and ICG in line and 115bp emerging as triple A benchmark
BlackRock is expected to price a European CLO issue today via Bank of America. The immediate CLO pipeline is thin, but KKR is marketing a deal via Morgan Stanley and ICG is marketing via Citi

Bain goes long with new European CLO as 2022 issuance passes €15 billion
Credit Suisse arranged Bain’s €416.72 million deal, named Bain Capital Euro CLO 2022-1, which features a 4.6 year reinvestment period and a two year non-call

WhiteStar gets off the mark in Europe with reset of 2020 CLO
WhiteStar Asset Management has reset a 2020 vintage former MacKay Shields European CLO, slashing triple As down to 117 basis points over Euribor and adding additional equity

European CLO triple As slide over 30bp in a month
Partners Group has priced Penta CLO 11 today, sources say with the triple A notes pricing at 125bp. This confirms that senior CLO notes are now in the 120-125bp range, having been 30bp tighter just a month ago

PGIM prints European CLO with triple As at 120bp
PGIM priced its latest European CLO, Dryden 91 Euro CLO 2021, today via Citi with triple As at 120bp

European CLO triple As set to hit 120bp with PGIM pricing today
PGIM is poised to price a European CLO today with sources indicating that the deal – Dryden 91 – is due to issue senior notes at 120 basis points. This is set to be the new benchmark, but it is almost 30bp wide of levels in mid-February  

PGGM partners with Polish bank for landmark SRT
PGGM has closed what it claims to be the largest securitisation in central and eastern Europe through a PLN 9 billion ($2.08 billion) SRT

Static Euro CLO triple A basis disappears as Palmer Square prints
Palmer Square Capital Management has printed its latest static European CLO, Palmer Square European Loan Funding 2022-2

Hayfin short-dated Euro CLO features loan tranche and StanChart as co-placement agent
Hayfin Capital Management has become the latest manager to print a shorter-dated, 3.13-year reinvestment European CLO

Investcorp triple As hit 110bp in first Euro CLO of year
Jefferies arranged the €451.9 million deal, named Harvest XXVIII, which Investcorp upsized from €400 million

Chenavari Euro CLO brings another co-placement agent role for Standard Chartered
JP Morgan was lead arranger and co-arranger on Chenavari’s latest €307.4 million deal, named Toro European CLO 8, with Standard Chartered a co-placement agent

Napier prints short-dated Euro CLO with low ramped warehouse
Standard Chartered picked up another co-placement agent role, while Jefferies was lead arranger on the upsized Henley CLO VII

Euro CLO cost of debt retraces to 2020 year-end levels as BofA revises reset forecasts
Blackstone Credit and CVC Credit printed the first new issues since the loan market wobble, while Bank of America has revised its refi/reset forecast down from €35 billion to €19 billion

Euro CLOs in price discovery mode as market awaits Blackstone and CVC deals
CLO market participants are awaiting new issues from Blackstone and CVC on Friday, in a rare week of no deals due to the market disruption caused by the mounting Ukraine crisis. But two managers are considering short-dated deals

High stakes promise big year for new short-dated CSOs
The bespoke tranche market looks set to put in revitalised issuance numbers in 2022 as interest grows in structured assets. But a clear trend is emerging for investors to assume short-dated exposure amid increasing macro and geopolitical uncertainty

Euro CLO league tables: primary issuance shuts down amid extreme market volatility
European CLO issuance initially picked up in February with €7.82bn in total pricings, compared to just €2.44bn in January, before extreme market volatility preceding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine halted the primary market.

European loans stumble after bright start to 2022
Jitters around inflation, interest rate hike expectations and escalating geopolitical tensions in Russia/Ukraine have created softness in the European leveraged loan market

CLOs at a glance
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

Euro CLO triple As show signs of succumbing to macro volatility as €1 billion paper prints
Over €1 billion worth of European CLO paper priced on Wednesday with two new issues from KKR and Spire, alongside a reset from ICG

Euro CLO mezz widens amid macro concerns as Cairn prints new issue and Oaktree pulls reset
Cairn priced its latest European CLO new issue, Cairn CLO XV, with the widening non-IG tranches reflective of broader macro and geopolitical stresses

Euro CLO single Bs widen to March 2020 levels as Partners resets
DMs on the Penta 3 reset were not disclosed but wider volatility in the market has led single B coupons on Penta 3’s deal to blow out to 983bp. But the CLO's senior tranche remained in line with guidance