Euro CLO round-up: five deals hit pipeline after BlueMountain keeps up momentum
BlueMountain Fuji CLO Management ended its seven-month absence from the new issue European CLO market and also broke the market’s silence this week. The firm partnered with Deutsche Bank to price its fourth deal in Europe - BlueMountain Fuji Euro CLO IV.

Spire teams with BAML for the first time on a CLO as it markets €407 million deal
Price talk has emerged for a new European CLO being marketed by Spire Partners, according to market sources

BlueMountain partners with Deutsche Bank to price European CLO
European CLO spreads remain in the high 100s after BlueMountain Fuji Management priced a new issue deal, BlueMountain Fuji CLO IV, with the blended triple As at 109.96 basis points over Euribor

Keep calm and buy corporate loans
Calm heads prevailed in 2018. Markets were volatile and risk retention was supposed to cause problems, but there was no need to panic and volumes went on to break records set in 2014

Retail fund pain is a CLO manager’s gain
Retail funds dumped loans in record volumes late in 2018, creating ideal conditions for CLOs to capitalise with performing credits available in the mid-90s for the first time in years

Global CLO league tables: new year, new issues
Momentum in the CLO market at the start of 2019 is less forceful than it was at the beginning of 2018 and 2017, on the basis of opening volumes

BlueMountain teams up with Deutche Bank for European CLO
BlueMountain Fuji Management is marketing its fourth European CLO new issue is partnering with Deutsche Bank as arranger for the first time post-crisis

Senior CLO spreads tier up as CarVal prices its second deal
US CLO spreads remain dispersed in the opening weeks of 2019 with CarVal Investors pricing a CLO which saw triple-A debt price with a coupon of 148 basis points

Euro CLO round-up: largest managers brave primary market amid regulatory squeeze
Two seasoned European CLO managers stepped into the primary market to price new issue deals amid a period of uncertainty as the Securitisation Regulation put forth by the European Securities & Markets Association (Esma) beds in

GSO prices Europe's largest new issue CLO in over six months
 Europe’s CLO primary market is taking off, with GSO Capital Partners today becoming the third manager to price a new issue deal on the continent

Carlyle prices Europe's second CLO of the year as triple As stick at 108bp
Carlyle Group has priced Europe’s second CLO of 2019, following a €409.1 million transaction arranged by BNP Paribas

European CLO round-up: single B basis between US and Europe narrows
The European CLO market finally came out of its issuance shutdown on Friday when Credit Suisse Asset Management partnered with Barclays to price Cadogan Square CLO XIII.

CSAM sheds light on CLO pricing as it reopens European market
Credit Suisse Asset Management has priced Europe’s first CLO in two months, according to market sources

GreensLedge and NatWest score GSO as euro CLO client
GSO Capital Partners has mandated GreensLedge and NatWest Markets as co-arrangers for its first new CLO of the year, named Crosthwaite Park

CSAM European CLO price talk points to wide junior debt benchmarks
A much-awaited deal provides colour on the state of the European CLO market as the price talk for Credit Suisse Asset Management’s inaugural 2019 European deal, Cadogan Square CLO XII, circulates across the industry

Carlyle Group and BNP Paribas market new issue euro CLO
Carlyle Group is in the market with its first CLO transaction of the year, according to market sources

Euro CLO league tables: New issues dominate in record-breaking year
The European CLO market bloomed to the fullest in 2018 and new issue volumes broke all records as €27.59 billion of new paper entered the market. Including all forms of refinancings, 2018 volumes reached €43.68 billion – just €2.05 billion short of 2017’s figures

Global 2018 CLO league tables at a glance
A snapshot of the overall league tables as of 31 December 2018

Ellington opens inaugural European CLO warehouse via Barclays
The US-headquartered manager has hired Barclays to warehouse Ellington European CLO I

2018 breaks more records as US new issue CLO volumes pass $125 billion
US new issue CLO volumes for 2018 currently stand at $125.68 billion, making 2018 a record-breaking year for the sector, according to CLO-i data

Loan volumes fall in Europe but rise in US
European CLO managers seem to be eating into the loan market with more appetite than their, US counterparts, who are perhaps spoiled for choice. But background risks lurk in both markets

Points up front: “I always think of myself as Bruce Lee when I’m investing in CLO equity”
An analytical mind, a strong network of industry contacts and an eye for value are vital for a competent CLO equity investor. But don’t forget the one-inch punch

Spanish bank prices €972 million SRT with triple As paying 31bp
Cajamar Caja Rural, based in southern Spain, has priced a €972.1 million significant risk transfer (SRT), according to market sources

European CLO volumes to drop in 2019, but mezz could benefit, says BNP Paribas
Demand for European leveraged loans will be lower in 2019 due to lower CLO issuance, predicts BNP Paribas

JP Morgan embraces Euribor cap with new issue CLO for Partners Group
Partners Group has priced its fourth new issue CLO of 2018, following a €413.9 million deal arranged by JP Morgan