CLO investors need to consider country-level exposure in Europe — KKR
EXCLUSIVE: CLO market performance is becoming more differentiated across sectors and countries in Europe, says KKR’s Eddie O’Neill

New Euro CLOs price from market heavyweights KKR and Carlyle
Heavy hitters KKR and Carlyle have both priced new, conventionally-structured European CLOs, with KKR's Avoca CLO XXXVI pricing its triple As at the current market tight of 124bps over Euribor

‘Walk, don’t run’ to take advantage of software disruption, says KKR
Eddie O’Neill and Jeremiah Lane, co-heads of global leveraged credit at KKR, give their view on the headwinds and opportunities in CLOs

News in brief
Top stories on creditflux.com: from First Trust’s CLO start to Apollo’s next generation

Euro AAAs tighten to mid-120s with new KKR issue
Avoca CLO XXXIV lowered the existing market tight by two bps, to Euribor plus 126bps

KKR’s Avoca XXX resets at current Euro tight
The deal matches KKR's own triple A tight of Euribor plus 128bps, set with the reset of Avoca CLO XXIX at the end of August

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

KKR keeps busy with new Euro print
The deal comes the day after the manager priced the tightest European reset since April, both deals issuing their triple As at Euribor plus 132bps

KKR prices tightest Euro reset since April
Tuesday's reworking of the nine-year-old Avoca CLO XVII issued its triple As at Euribor plus 132bps

KKR prices second new Euro issue for the year
The deal saw its triple As clear at Euribor plus 133bps

KKR resets 2019-vintage Euro deal with increased cost of funding
Friday's print was the second repricing of Avoca CLO XX, following a partial refi in 2021

KKR reprices second ultra-tight Euro deal
The transaction was the manager's second reset of a 2015-vintage European CLO in the space of a week

Credit markets have become more stable and behave differently – KKR’s Eddie O’Neill
PODCAST: The co-head of global liquid credit at KKR sees opportunities and reasons for optimism after the recent market upheaval, especially in Europe and Asia in the latest "Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee" podcast

KKR sees funding costs widen with reset of ultra-tight Euro deal
Triple As priced at Euribor plus 138bps in the latest reset

KKR prints tight with its triple As in new European issue
The manager’s first new issue of 2025 saw strong demand for its triple As, but reflected a broader widening trend in the lower mezz  

KKR’s latest Euro CLO reset records tightest overall funding cost of 2024
KKR has priced the tightest long-duration European reset of 2024 measured by overall cost of funding with a 2018-vintage issue arranged by Jefferies

KKR resets European CLO with increased cost of funding
KKR has priced a second reset of Avoca CLO XVI, a 2016 deal reset in 2018, in a transaction that priced tightly but still saw the overall cost of funding jump out

KKR joins CLO captive equity rush
Investment giant KKR is fundraising for a new CLO captive equity fund with an impressive target size, joining managers like Bain, Beach Point and Brigade who all hit the news this week 

Euro reset sees KKR extend one of its longest-running deals
The latest reset of a 2014 vintage CLO by KKR saw a hefty cost-of-debt increase, as a prior partial refi in 2019 had locked in extremely tight spreads 

KKR prices static Euro CLO with triple-As at 97bps
KKR printed its first static European CLO in style with one of the tightest deals of the year, with a total weighted cost of debt of Euribor plus 148.08bps

European CLO double-B spreads hit 2024 low, signalling investor confidence
European CLO double-B spreads are falling lower, hitting year-to-date tights for both new issue and reset deals in the past week. Investors are waving off worries about a potential economic slowdown and opting for primary deals over secondary paper.

KKR prices tightest European deal since August with latest reset
KKR has reset and upsized an early 2023 European CLO, and priced the deal with senior spreads below 130bps

What August slowdown? Blackstone prices new CLO in Europe
Blackstone prints new European CLO with triple-A spreads at 135bps via BNP

New KKR CLO sees European triple-As hit 125
While the overall pace of European CLO spread tightening has flattened out somewhat the latest print saw another new tight for triple-As from KKR