Private credit CLOs gather steam in Europe as Ares prices its first euro/sterling deal
The transaction follows the pioneering euro/sterling transaction from Barings last October, which also priced via BNP Paribas, and is the second private credit CLO for Ares in Europe

New Euro CLOs price from CIFC, Investcorp, and CQS
CIFC and Investcorp have issued new European CLOs with triple-A paper priced at 120bps over Euribor, while CQS priced its first new Euro deal of the year on the same day as its first US issue 

BSP is latest to issue US CLO AAAs at 115bps, as New Mountain and CQS also price new deals
Benefit Street Partners issued its second new US CLO of the year, with Bank of America arranging the USD 502.6m transaction

New Antares US BSL CLO prices AAAs at 115bps
Antares has matched the existing new-issue tight for US BSL CLOs with its latest print, Orion CLO 2026-7, priced via SMBC Nikko

Onex, AXA, Five Arrows and Serone print new Euro deals
Onex priced its first new European CLO issue of 2026, one of four new Euro CLOs that issued toward the close of last week

Private credit manager Varagon prices second CLO
Arranged by BNP Paribas, the USD 592m MDL Structured Notes II is the manager’s first CLO issue since its market debut in October 2024

More than USD 2bn of new US BSL CLO paper prices on a busy Thursday
Blackstone issued a sizeable USD 710m BSL CLO that matched the current triple-A market tight for new US issues, on a busy Thursday that also saw fresh BSL deals price from Aristotle Pacific, MidOcean, and Elmwood

Investcorp, Garnet, UBS, and CTM price new US CLOs
New US BSL CLO issues this week from Investcorp, Garnet, UBS, and CTM Asset Management totalled USD 1.86bn in value

European CLO AAAs drop below 120bps with latest Apollo issue
European CLO triple As dipped under the 120bps-over-Euribor barrier for the first time in 11 months, with the pricing of RRE 28 via BNP Paribas

Diameter and Elmwood market inaugural European CLOs
EXCLUSIVE: The US managers are set to price their debut European prints as early as this week

Diameter prices its first private credit CLO
Arranged by Morgan Stanley, the USD 400m issue priced its senior triple As at SOFR plus 149bps

First BCRED deal for 2026 lowers AAA tight for private credit CLOs
The deal issued its top-of-stack paper at SOFR plus 137bps

Northwestern Mutual prices first new CLO in six months
The manager’s initial print for 2026 saw its triple As clear just outside the market tight for new issues

CLOs at a glance – December 2025
Our list of recent CLO pricings globally

KKR prices second deal in programmatic private credit CLO strategy
The transaction is the second in the manager’s series of private credit CLO issues under the KIMM (KKR Institutional Middle Market CLO) banner, following the pricing of KIMM CLO I in October 2024

New Euro CLOs price from Signal and Cross Ocean
Signal Harmonic CLO Vi was arranged by JPMorgan and takes the total AUM for Signal's CLO platform to EUR 2.7bn, while Cross Ocean Bosphorus CLO XII issued via Morgan Stanley

PennantPark resets 2024-vintage private credit CLO
PennantPark has reset a 2024-vintage private credit CLO, tightening its senior triple A spreads by 87bps from the level they issued at two years ago

Benchmark US CLO AAAs narrow again with Oak Hill reissue
The market’s triple-A spread has now tightened 5bps since the end of last year

PineBridge prices first new European CLO in seven years
The EUR 356m issue also marked the first European CLO primary issuance activity of any kind from the manager since 2021

Partners reset tips Euro CLO AAA tight down to 121bps
Partners’ latest European CLO reset set a new tight for European CLO triple A spreads, as the rapid bout of spread tightening taking place in both the US and Europe over the last couple of weeks showed little immediate sign of abating

GoldenTree US CLO reset sees AAAs tighten in to 115bps
GoldenTree’s triple-A spread has the market approaching the tights last seen 12 months ago, before growing supply and US tariff policies saw spreads widen significantly 

Apollo nudges European AAAs down to 122bps
Barclays was the lead arranger on the reset of RRE 19 Loan Management, valued at EUR 362.5m, which also included Apollo as a co-placement agent

US CLO AAAs narrow as CIFC prints tightest deal since March
CIFC Funding 2026-I is the tightest standard-duration US BSL CLO to price since New York Life’s Flatiron 30 issued in March last year

BlackRock prices unusual single-tranche static CLO
The USD 399m deal, arranged by Morgan Stanley, was split almost evenly between a single triple A-rated loan tranche, and LP interests

European reset benchmark lowered to 123bps with CIFC pricing
The reset benchmark now matches the current tight for new European issues, with the 2020-vintage transaction reset via Morgan Stanley