Euro CLO league tables: Dry January means focus switches to refis and resets
It is healthy to take a break after what was a bumper 2021. And Europe's CLO market has taken that to heart by abstaining from new issues and instead reworking older CLOs

Global CLO league tables - January 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Jan YTD

CLOs at a glance (February 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

European CLO market gets underway with two refis, one reset and bubbling pipeline
Managers priced two European CLO refis and one European CLO reset on Thursday as Barings, Blackstone and Carlyle all reworked deals

Barings and BNP Paribas team up for first European CLO reset of year
BNP Paribas has reset Barings Euro CLO 2015-1 with all tranches (bar the double Bs) pricing roughly in line with December resets.

CLOs at a glance (January 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

Barings prints Euro CLO double Bs at widest levels of 2021, but seniors hold firm
European CLO mezzanine tranches widened on Friday with Barings’ latest European CLO new issue as November issuance passed €5 billion

CLOs at a glance (November 2021)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

Barings becomes latest to include sustainable disclosure language in new Euro CLO
Barings has printed its second European CLO of the year, with deal the latest to include ESG-focused language relating to the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation’s 'principle adverse impact' effects

CLO pipeline: four US and two European managers prepare first 2021 CLOs
The CLO market is set to carry on roaring with the pipeline as full as ever despite the summer slowdown just around the corner  

CLO pipeline: Man GLG resurfaces from six-year absence as deals exiting call-lock fill pipeline
CLO spreads have leaked out in recent weeks but deal economics are still favourable, encouraging managers to come back to the primary market for the first time this year

Global CLO trading lab: quality and optionality shine as 2020 and 2019 mezz trades up
The primary and secondary CLO markets are moving in tandem with both markets drifting wider amid a wealth of supply

HIG WhiteHorse adds Dach head to European direct lending team
HIG WhiteHorse has hired a former Barings official as principal and head of the Germany, Austria and Switzerland region 

LP round up: big name managers win direct lending mandates amid $1.5 billion allocations
Apollo, Ares, Barings and CVC were among the beneficiaries of the direct lending rush in May 

Credit fundraising: Audax scores big in lighter month
Fundraising markedly dropped in May, but credit funds still amassed $12.8 billion and 10 credit funds reached final closes across a variety of different strategies

Credit funds at a glance (June 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

LP round up: $3.2 billion flows to 21 managers as private credit illiquidity premium holds firm
Investors allocated at least $3.2 billion to credit managers in April - and direct lending funds were in favour with Churchill and Ares being awarded two mandates

Euro CLO triple Bs widen to 375bp as manager prices second new issue in four months
Euro new issue CLO triple Bs have widened since the start of the year, averaging 344bp in March, up from 320.3bp in February and 306.6bp in January, according to Creditflux data  

Global CLO b-wic round-up: record level of CLO paper stalls rally
Record levels of primary and secondary CLO supply has left investors spoilt for choice and led to the CLO rally stalling

Past returns: Highland sells European CLOs at second attempt
In Creditflux 10 years ago, we reported that Highland Capital Management was offloading its European CLOs, with Alcentra and Barings among the frontrunner

CLO pipeline: US adds deals at frenetic pace as Europe catches breath after record start
US CLO investors have numerous deals to consider with 13 new issues and 15 repricings being prepared to flood the market in the coming days

At least 2020 wasn’t dreadful for CLOs
Last year’s downturn was another in which CLOs survived and in many cases thrived as active management and Libor floors helped managers deliver 13%-plus returns to equity

OC health check: 41 CLOs heal their breaches
147 CLOs breached an over-collateralisation test in October, down from 183 in September. 41 CLOs that breached an OC test in September passed all OC tests in October, most of which had October payment dates

Elements work against CLO managers in Q3
CLO equity distributions fell in Q3 largely due to factors, such as Libor mismatches, that CLO managers can’t control. But these headwinds could turn in favour of managers in the near future

Six European CLO managers switch to Ireland after Dutch tax hike
European CLO managers have been rapidly shifting their Netherlands-domiciled SPVs to Irish DAC vehicles, according to sources, including PGIM, Barings and Cairn