ANALYSIS: US CLO spreads tighten rapidly with 120bps in sight
ANALYSIS: For months CLO spreads were stubbornly stuck. Finally US spreads are falling, with triple A levels hitting fresh lows seemingly every day – and more tightening is set to come

Aegon issues first Euro CLO in almost a year
The manager has teamed with Deutsche Bank to price its first European deal in 11 months, in the form of a new EUR 454m issue dubbed North Westerly X ESG CLO

Trinitas prints second new Euro CLO of 2025
Both the triple A and mezz tranches priced toward the tighter end of the current market, with the triple Bs issuing at the narrowest level for a standard-duration Euro CLO since late August

Permira pairs with SMBC Nikko for latest US CLO
Upsized to USD 531m, Permira’s latest new issue was the third from the manager since it launched its US platform in November last year

Bridgepoint prices new Euro BBs at sub-500
Bridgepoint's second new European CLO of 2025 recorded a post-March tight for new European CLO BB spreads, of Euribor plus 490bps

US refis issue from TPG Angelo Gordon, Invesco and Columbia
The three managers refinanced US CLOs at the close of last week, with the repriced paper totalling just over USD 1bn in value

Trio of Euro resets reinforce tightening trend as CVC revisits 175 AAs
CVC and Onex both printed resets with triple As at 130, while Sculptor upsized its latest print to a target par of EUR 450m

Resets prove lynchpin of US issuance as deal flow ramps up
US CLO issuance this week was dominated by a brace of resets, with deals issuing from the likes of AGL, AMMC, PPM, Sycamore Tree and Saratoga Investment Management

New Euro AAAs breach 130 as Oaktree prices latest deal
The transaction hit fresh new-issue market tights for the triple As, double As, double Bs and single Bs

New Euro issuance returns with a flourish as HPS, Brigade and Palmer Square price deals
European managers are well and truly back from summer holidays, with three new CLOs printing on Wednesday – the first new European issues to price in four weeks

Starwood’s latest infra CLO issues via five arrangers
Jefferies led the cohort of five banks that worked on the deal, the manager’s second of 2025

Investcorp prices 2020-vintage US reset
Investcorp’s 11th CLO issue of the year has priced via CIBC, issuing its top-of-stack paper at SOFR plus 130bps

Proposed changes to Solvency II capital charges “remain significantly more conservative” than other jurisdictions – AFME
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe argues that a more “risk-sensitive” framework has the potential to unlock up to EUR 210bn in additional financing for the EU economy

Rithm acquires Crestline, creating USD 98bn alts platform
Crestline adds USD 17bn in assets under management and capabilities across direct lending, fund liquidity solutions and insurance

HPS markets new issue as European deal activity ramps up
The manager is marketing its newest European CLO, one of a brace of new issues and resets set to price this month

KKR breaks 130 barrier for Euro CLOs as brace of resets wrap up August
KKR has smashed the 130 barrier for standard-duration European CLO triple As for the first time since April, while Redding Ridge and BlueBay also priced resets to end the month

Credit quality of European CLOs improved since start of year – Fitch
A new report from Fitch Ratings points toward higher quality CLO portfolio credit in the year to date, despite a lower default recovery rate

Trio of new US issues from Barings, Birch Grove and UBS
US CLO issuance continues to run at a steady pace, with similarly-priced new issues printing over the past couple of days

Goldman acts as joint bookrunner on senior AAAs in new UBS CLO
The USD 503m new issue – the manager's first new print since May – priced its top-of-stack paper at SOFR plus 130bps

LGT Capital Partners makes CLO management debut with first Euro print
The Swiss alternative investment manager has upsized and priced its first CLO, after launching its Legato CLO management platform two months ago

European new-issue AAA level reinforced at 130 as Partners prices latest Penta CLO
The deal matched Blackstone's Beckett Park CLO print at that level, and undercut its overall cost of funding by one basis point

Blackstone prints seventh US CLO reset of 2025
The deal included an equity upsizing of USD 20.8m

Capital Four raises around USD 120m for first global captive CLO equity fund
EXCLUSIVE: The firm has held a first close for its latest CLO equity fund, which will fund the firm’s future CLOs in both the US and Europe

Blackstone prices tightest European CLO since April
The new-issue CLO priced at the tight end of investor guidance for both the triple As and mezz, as European CLO investors clamour for new-issue paper from tier-1 and tier-2 investors

Garnet prices second CLO a couple of months after debut print
Valued at USD 505m, the standard-duration 2Y/5Y deal showed relatively tight pricing for a manager early in its issuance schedule