Ellington sells large chunk of assets from European CLO warehouse
Ellington Management sold €69.5 million from its CLO warehouse on a b-wic dated 12 March, according to market sources

Triple A spreads widen by over 30bp since February as CSAM prices euro CLO
European CLO spreads have blown out to their widest levels in almost four years. Sources say that Credit Suisse Asset Management priced its latest deal, named Madison Park Euro Funding XV, today with the triple As clearing at a blended spread of 122.68 basis points over Euribor

European CLO single Bs jump to 1,100bp with GSO deal - but seniors hold firm
Junior European CLO spreads have slumped, with GSO Capital Partners pricing new issue single Bs at 1,100 basis points on Friday

Making arb work of it

PGIM brings first European CLO to brave coronavirus sell-off
PGIM has priced the first European CLO following the market selloff triggered by the coronavirus outbreak, according to market sources

PGIM revises price talk as European CLO spreads jump wider
Price talk has been hiked up for PGIM’s forthcoming European CLO, Dryden 74 Euro CLO 2018 following coronavirus-related market volatility    

Euro CLO league tables: Carlyle doubles down in February as 2019's leaders look on
Carlyle Group has jumped to the top of the European CLO manager league tables after bringing two deals to the market in February

Global CLO league tables - February 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - February 2020 YTD

Making arb work of it
In 2019, some CLO managers hoped that good timing would enable them to lock in favourable arbitrage levels, but others opted for aggressive or conservative tactics when building portfolios. 

KKR beats CIFC's European CLO benchmark one day later
KKR Credit brought new issue CLO Avoca XXI via Bank of America last night and in doing so, set a new triple A spread benchmark for European CLO managers of 89bp and a cost of debt of 164.5bp

CIFC pushes European CLO spreads to new tights
CIFC Asset Management’s second CLO in the European market, CIFC European Funding CLO II, has set a new benchmark for the year as triple A spreads move tighter to 90bp with a cost of debt of 165.6bp.

Voya matches European CLO triple A tights and offloads single Bs
92 basis points is the spread to beat in Europe for triple-A tranches, as Voya Alternative Asset Management brought its third CLO on the continent, Voya Euro CLO III, via Credit Suisse

Carlyle prices triple As at market tights with new European CLO
Carlyle Group has priced its first new European CLO since July 2019 with triple As printing at market tights of 92 basis points

EIB buys mezzanine tranche in Commerzbank SRT
Commerzbank has launched a €1.5 billion significant risk transfer with the European Investment Bank (EIB) announcing that it has invested in the mezzanine tranche of the securitisation

ICG scores tightest euro CLO print of 2020
Senior CLO spreads tightened in Europe today as Intermediate Capital Group priced its latest new issue, with triple As clearing at 92 basis points over Euribor

Price talk for PGIM European CLO suggests triple A-spread tightening
Triple A spreads could be about to tighten in Europe’s CLO market as PGIM markets its latest new issue deal, Dryden 74 Senior Loan Fund, with price talk in the range of 92-95 basis points over Euribor

CLO pipeline: new loves kindle as managers finish with old flames
US new issue CLO paper is back on the agenda after a January dominated by refinancings. 14 new deals are in the pipeline, but refis are holding steady with eight of these in the works. CLO refinancings have been the front runners this year, with 22 CLO refis versus 12 new US CLOs. 

European unitranche deal flow increased 11% last year, finds GCA
European direct lending unitranche deals completed in 2019 increased by 11%, according to GCA Altum's Q4 2019 MidCap Monitor, marking a record year for the industry 

Manager markets European CLO as single B attachments drop to 6.75%
Attachment points for CLO single B tranches are dropping with market sources indicating that a large European CLO manager is launching a deal with single Bs attaching at 6.75%

Invesco sets new benchmark in European CLO market
Invesco priced Europe’s sixth new issue CLO of the year on Friday, according to market sources. Invesco Euro IV pays 93bp over Euribor on its triple As, the tightest print of any European CLO with four or more years of reinvestment  

CLO pipeline: make some noise for repricings
CLOs may be a bit late to the spread-tightening party, but a hoard of CLO repricings is aiming to make up for it by sheer volume

Euro CLO league tables: three new issues make January just right
Three European managers braved the waters in January to kickstart the CLO primary market

Global CLO league tables - January 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - January 2020 YTD

CSO arrangers take notes from success of CLOs
CSO arrangers are looking to follow the CLO template in more ways than one, with sources indicating that some dealers are looking to structure their deals in note format (as opposed to swaps).

US CRE CLO growth spurt encourages Europeans
The US CRE CLO market hit a record $19.2 billion in 2019 and sources say that a first ever European deal will be issued this year. They cite the growing commercial mortgage direct lending market on the continent as laying the foundations for a European CRE CLO.