Redding Ridge prints third European CLO since March sell-off
Redding Ridge Asset Management has priced its latest European CLO named RRE 5

CLO pipeline: primary tightening opens door for CLO managers to print new issues
The CLO primary market is hitting a fast pace as it enters the last quarter of 2020. Last week brought a surge of new issuance as 11 US, two European and one mid market CLO manager priced their latest transactions

Ares markets first European CLO of 2020
Ares Management is set to price its first European CLO of 2020 later this month, after an 11-month hiatus from the market

Barings prints largest post-covid European CLO via Natixis
Barings priced the largest European post-covid CLO on Friday in a €452.8 million transaction named Barings Euro CLO 2020-1

PGIM embarks on European CLO comeback with first deal since early March
PGIM is set to price its first post-covid European CLO as the manager markets Dryden 79 with triple A notes within range of a deal which it priced in early March

Napier Park plans second European CLO in four months
Napier Park Global is set to price its third European CLO, Henley CLO III, with the transaction anticipated to price next week

CLO pipeline: managers prepare to end quarter with a bang
CLO issuance is showing no signs of slowing down as spreads continue to grind tighter and election day draws ever closer

Investcorp markets third 2020 European CLO with triple As guided at 110bp
BNP Paribas is arranging a new CLO for Investcorp Credit Management, marking a first time partnership. The pair expect to price the transaction early next week, with a portfolio that is about 45% ramped as things stand

Fair Oaks sprints its way to second European CLO in four months
Fair Oaks Capital has priced its third European CLO transaction and second in four months, according to market sources, with the London-based manager opting for a print-and-sprint route for this deal.

Euro CLO primary spreads hit new tights as BlackRock prices first 2020 deal
European primary CLO spreads have finally begun to tighten, as BlackRock today printed triple A notes on BlackRock CLO X at Euribor plus 120 basis points

Fair Oaks rotates to Euro CLO equity after 32% gain on double Bs
Fair Oaks Capital is starting to rotate back to CLO equity positions after taking advantage of the stabilising market and using profits from its higher-quality, more opportunistic trades earlier this year to carefully dial up the risk

CLO triple As expected to tighten to low 120s as CVC markets European deal
CVC Credit Partners is marketing a European CLO with triple As guided at Euribor plus 120 basis points to 125bp

CLO pipeline: managers large, small and new ready to price in post-Labour Day surge
US managers are preparing a wave of new issue CLOs in the coming days, as the usual post-Labour Day pricing surge comes to fruition even in this most unusual of years

Dach mid-market lending is 'back to business', GCA Altium survey reveals
Mid-market lenders in the German-speaking region appear to be back to business, with around 90% of banks and debt funds open to evaluate new financing opportunities, according to a September survey by GCA Altium

BlackRock plans first European CLO of 2020
Barclays has begun marketing its second European CLO in September with the bank arranging a deal for a large asset manager

The length of a CLO’s reinvestment period has no substantive effect on its resilience to defaults
Three-year reinvestment CLOs are the norm, but debt investors should be locking in historically wide spreads for longer

It’s been a while — how’s tricks?

Fair Oaks markets third European CLO
Fair Oaks Capital is marketing a third European CLO, Fair Oaks Loan Funding III, just five months after pricing its second deal

Euro CLO league tables: Deer Park takes GSO to top and gets Deutsche off the mark
For the second time in as many months a new name sits at the top of the European rankings as GSO Capital Partners takes the throne

Global CLO league tables - August 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - August 2020 YTD

Ticked off: European loan docs turn aggressive
Documentation for European loans tightened in the immediate aftermath of the March sell-off, with lender-friendly terms around additional debt baskets, dividend levels and acquisition thresholds. But aggressive terms are creeping back into the market

CLOs at a glance: CLO managers are quite partial to a refi
There was a wave of CLO partial refinancing in August as equity investors capitalised on lower interest rates to cut the coupon on fixed rate tranches

Deutsche Bank upsizes comeback European CLO in €344 million GSO deal
GSO Capital Partners has issued its second CLO in Europe since the coronavirus pandemic outbreak, upsizing the transaction by almost €50 million in the 24 hours before pricing

Palmer Square prices first European CLO
Palmer Square Capital Management has priced an inaugural European CLO via JP Morgan

CLO pipeline: a marathon for some, a sprint for others
Following a week in which there were three US CLO refinancings, one new issue CLO and one upsizing, three more US CLO managers are marketing latest new issue CLOs after varying times away