Lev loan index rule change proposed to meet Sofr switch
Leveraged loan index stakeholders are being asked for feedback on a proposal that would allow the inclusion of loans linked to Sofr and scrap a minimum spread rule

Firm claims to cut loan settlement times with blockchain based securitisation
Cadeia, a German technology firm, claims to have undertaken the first ever fully blockchain based corporate loan securitisation transaction

Muzinich adds UK and Ireland institutional sales head
Muzinich & Co has hired a head institutional sales for the UK and Ireland

AlbaCore raises CLO head to partner in raft of promotions
AlbaCore Capital Group has promoted its top CLO specialist to partner and portfolio manager

Three managers think alike with refis of two-year European CLOs
Three European CLO managers hit the primary market on Friday to print two-year refinancings. This deal profile has been popular of late with seven such deals pricing in little over a month

Tight Oaktree CLO underlines 21% widening in Euro triple As this year
Oaktree Capital Management has priced its second European CLO of 2021 in a deal that highlights how far senior CLO spreads have drifted this year

Euro CLO league tables: Record new issuance month as CVC and Barclays jump back to top
November set yet another record for the European CLO market as managers priced €6.3 billion of new paper, the most in a month in the 2.0 era

Global CLO league tables - Nov 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Nov 2021 YTD

Cairn CLO becomes 30th 2020 Euro CLO to be reset
Bank of America arranged the €373 million transaction for Cairn, which cuts the CLO’s cost of debt by over 40 basis points 

Blackstone reaches €5bn Euro CLO 2021 volume with fourth new issue
Credit Suisse arranged the €404.2 million deal, named Cabinteely Park

Hayfin carves Emerald Euro CLO triple A tranches in two with capped note
The transaction takes Hayfin’s year-to-date Euro CLO volume to just over €3 billion

Oak Hill resets 2016 European CLO via Morgan Stanley
Oak Hill Advisors has reworked its 2016 European CLO Oak Hill European CLO V

Fair Oaks achieves tight cost of debt on new European CLO
The manager has brought a €404.4 million, 13.4 times levered deal that features environmental, social and governance criteria

CLO lower cap stack will outperform with $175bn new issuance in 2022: JP Morgan
Equity and lower rated tranche investors will do best as $175 billion of global new CLO issuance arrives in 2022, predict JP Morgan strategists in their annual outlook, taking market size to $1.2 trillion

Invesco Euro CLO triple As leak wider to 99bp, but mezz tranches print tight
Invesco on Tuesday priced the 90th European CLO new issue of the year with Invesco Euro CLO VII. BNP Paribas arranged the €407.5 million deal

Tikehau prints first new European CLO in 19 months in breakthrough under new CLO head
Tikehau has priced its first European CLO new issue under portfolio manager Christoph Zens, in a month where the firm also made its US CLO debut and announced it hired John Fraser to boost its global structured credit capabilities

Napier Park resets 2020 Euro CLO for five years
Napier Park has reset its 2020 European CLO, Henley CLO III, with Greensledge and NatWest partnering to upsize and inject the CLO with a fresh, full five-year reinvestment period

Barings prints Euro CLO double Bs at widest levels of 2021, but seniors hold firm
European CLO mezzanine tranches widened on Friday with Barings’ latest European CLO new issue as November issuance passed €5 billion

PGIM switches Euro CLO double A tranche from fixed to floating rate with refi
PGIM has refinanced three tranches – the triple As, one double A tranche and triple Bs - of its 2018 European CLO Dryden 66

Partners becomes first manager to refi rather than reset 2020 European CLO
JP Morgan won the mandate to refinance Penta CLO 8, which cuts the deal's cost of debt by 34.6 basis points

Carlyle prints five-year European CLO as it slides into fifth place in league tables
Carlyle Group has printed the 10th European CLO with reinvestment longer than five years

Loans will be winners in bearish year for credit: BNP Paribas
Floating rate loans are best positioned for a year of widening credit spreads, but high yield bonds will outperform investment grade and EM credit is set for losses, says BNP Paribas in its 2022 outlook

KKR offers 105bp area for junior triple As with Avoca Euro CLO refi
KKR Credit Advisors is looking to refinance triple A to triple B minus debt tranches from its Avoca CLO XX this week

Euro CLO 2021 issuance exceeds €90 billion as CVC takes top spot with reset
The reset of CVC Cordatus Loan Fund XVIII also brings CVC’s volume this year past €5 billion and takes the manager into top spot for overall issuance

Palmer Square propels Euro CLO AUM to €2.5 billion in just over a year
2020 debutant Palmer Square has priced its sixth European CLO - and has partnered for the first time with Goldman Sachs (JP Morgan arranged the manager's five other deals)