Euro CLO league tables: refi market opens up to give KKR best of both worlds
European CLO issuance in October crossed €5 billion for the second month this year as managers took advantage of falling spreads and increased demand. In one example, KKR obtained tight senior CLO financing to go with tight mezz spreads from 2017 in a demonstration of expert timing 

KKR bucks trend to refinance older vintage CLO from 2014
KKR Credit partially refinanced its 2014 vintage European CLO named Avoca CLO XI yesterday, according to market sources

Kroll fires back at ‘factual errors’ in WSJ CLO rating report
Kroll Bond Rating Agency has hit back at the Wall Street Journal article that suggested the firm gives higher ratings to CLOs than its competitors

Euro CLO league tables: repricings take centre stage in bumper month as CVC leaps into first
The European CLO market returned with a bang in September as €4.8 billion of issuance priced of which €2.7 billion was in repricings.

Euro CLO round-up: debt investors own the floor as tempo picks up
It was one of those rare weeks in Europe when volumes surpassed the much larger US CLO market and, to cap it all off, spreads made a big jump tighter.

KKR resets 2016 euro CLO as triple A spreads drop back into double figures
Triple A spreads tightened for the second consecutive day in Europe yesterday as KKR reset its 2016 CLO Avoca XVII

CLO pipeline: Carlyle and KKR plan swift re-entries
Carlyle Group and KKR are included in the CLO pipeline this week as both managers have started marketing their latest transactions as the US CLO pipeline begins to look full after a quiet week

CLO pipeline: Black Diamond looks to brush itself off and jump back in ring after year out
Black Diamond Capital Management features twice in our CLO pipeline this week, as the firm is planning a return to both the European and the US CLO market.

Euro CLO round-up: a tale of two extremes
It as the longest (dated) of CLOs, it was the shortest-dated of CLOs

KKR prices Europe's most leveraged new issue 2.0 CLO
Leverage has steadily risen in the European CLO market – but today KKR Credit priced the most levered new issue deal on record

KKR markets new European CLO with triple As subject
KKR Credit is looking to issue its first European CLO September

European CLO equity in focus for secondary market with 50% trade rate
European CLO equity valuations ranged from the 50s to 70s, but only two our of four positions traded yesterday

Spreads jump tighter again as KKR prices new European CLO
CLO triple A spreads in Europe have been inconsistent of late with recent deals pricing within a 10 basis point range. The latest CLO to be issued on the continent emerged late on Friday and its pricing is tight relative to market spreads

Pricing balance between 'floored' and 'unfloored' CLO tranches shifts as two deals price
The use of ‘unfloored’ mezzanine tranches in European CLOs is becoming more widespread with Barings and KKR Credit each pricing deals incorporating such features on Friday

CLO b-wic line-up: $42 million of double B CLOs go up for sale
$41.9 million of double B notes are up for grabs today via b-wics. Out of these 16 line items, GSO Capital Partners’ Seneca Park is a noteworthy deal with the CLO being just two months away from the end of its reinvestment period

Global CLO manager prices first European new issue of 2018 via Barclays
A manager issued its first new CLO in Europe of 2018 on Thursday, according to market sources

B-wic round-up: secondary CLO market is looking more and more like new issue
2017 and 2018 CLOs flooded the secondary market last week, with bonds referencing Ares Management, LCM Asset Management and Napier Park Global Capital going on sale

Boutique US CLO manager hires from KKR as part of expansion into Europe
Credit Value Partners, the US CLO and credit fund manager owned by New York Life Investments, has hired Brian McNamara from KKR Credit Partners

Europe's CLO reset spreads tighten by 2bp as KKR prices deal
European CLO reset spreads tightened again on Friday as KKR Credit Advisors priced the second largest reset transaction on record

Dublin-based CLO manager plans €522.1 million reset via Deutsche Bank
The manager is preparing to launch its first CLO transaction of 2018 by resetting a 2015 deal

KKR promotes recent hire to its European credit business
KKR has revealed a list of promotions across its private credit strategies. They include the promotion of Matthieu Boulanger – who joined KKR only mere three months ago – to partner

L-shaped risk retention gains momentum as two managers price CLO resets
Two US managers have priced CLO resets holding L-shaped risk retention, according to market sources

Euro CLO round-up: KKR Credit prices record-setting CLO
Times are good for European CLO managers (on the liability side of things at least) with CLO spreads as tight as they have been since the rebirth of the market in 2013

KKR prices Europe's tightest 2.0 CLO reset, with triple As at 81bp
KKR Credit Advisors priced its fourth European CLO transaction of the year yesterday

KKR plans €519.8 million European CLO reset
The Dublin based team is expecting to price the transaction on 16 October, according to market sources