Managers look at rating agency combos as weighted average life drops
CLO managers are looking closely at rating agency pairings as investors opt for shorter risk horizons, according to market participants.

NatWest buys triple As to win future CLO business
NatWest Markets is understood to be buying European CLO triple A paper on its balance sheet in the hopes of picking up future mandates for its arranging business, according to market sources

Investable universe for Euro CLOs shrinks amid inflation
The number of loans suitable for European CLOs is getting smaller at a time when new CLO issuers are looking to enter the market

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

Minority equity available in Capital Four's forthcoming short-dated Euro CLO
JP Morgan is marketing Capital Four Management’s latest European ESG CLO, anticipated to price at the end of this week or beginning of next week

Euro CLO seniors firm up, but mezz widens as Jefferies prints Spire new issue and CSAM reset
Jefferies has expanded its European CLO arranging lead as senior spreads remain in line with recent deals, mezz appears to have leaked slightly wider and deals continue to feature capped tranches

High yield / loan slowdown affects year-end projections and pricing: Barclays
A sharp decline in primary market activity means expectations for high yield bond and even leveraged loan issuance need to be lowered, say Barclays credit strategists. And that in turn has implications for relative value

PGIM opts for two-year reinvestment on Euro CLO with triple As at 110bp
BNP Paribas arranged the €401.3 million deal, which features a shorter than traditional reinvestment and non-call period 

ICG hops into Easter with new CLO as European pipeline builds
The European CLO pipeline is slowly building 

Appetite for CLO warehouse investing increases in Europe
The investor base for European CLO warehouse risk has grown in the past few months, and is supporting the increasing number of CLOs where the equity tranche has come from widely syndicated sources

Arb work pays off
With day-one arbitrage alone delivering projected CLO cash-on-cash returns of 20-25%, 2021 may have been the best year ever for equity investors — at least until CLO spreads began to widen  

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