Arthur Cox bolsters structured finance team with Walkers hires
EXCLUSIVE: Two structured finance specialists will leave Walkers to join Arthur Cox over the summer

2026 kicks off with a lot of thunder and not much lightning
ANALYSIS: A lot of noise around geopolitics, Fed interference and market volatility has had little effect on the global CLO market, for now  

Trinitas and Oaktree price European resets with AAAs at 130
Trinitas reset a 2024-vintage deal, while Oaktree repriced a nine-year-old transaction that was last reset in 2021 at historic tights

Five Arrows resets CLO with EUR 100m equity injection for first 2025 print
The EUR 476m transaction repriced a CLO last reset in 2018, and saw total equity boosted to EUR 142m

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

European CLO veteran Boris Okuliar departs Ares
The exit sees the loss of Ares’ co-head of its global liquid credit business after nine years at the firm, to spend more time with family and explore new opportunities

AXA IM reissue sees lower mezz tranches print well wide of guidance
The reissue of the 2016-vintage European CLO saw lower mezz spreads widen markedly compared with earlier guidance to investors three weeks ago

Napier Park loses CLO portfolio manager to established European rival
EXCLUSIVE: The CLO market has seen a number of portfolio managers changing seats in Europe

December deal downpour shatters issuance records in Europe
December sees the most issuance for the month on record as reset activity jumps to the most this year

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

PSL acquired by investment bank Houlihan Lokey
London-based CLO valuation service Prytania Solutions Ltd. (PSL) has been acquired by investment bank Houlihan Lokey

Alcentra hits reset again on 2014-vintage Euro CLO
Alcentra has reset a 2014-vintage European CLO for a second time valued a EUR 375m via Barclays  

SMBC swoops in to take JPMorgan’s CLO leadership
In one of the most dramatic moves the CLO market has ever seen, SMBC Nikko has swooped in and hired three of the most senior members of JPMorgan’s CLO leadership team

CVC resets older Euro CLO deal with smaller equity infusion than guidance
CVC has priced a reset of a 2016-vintage European CLO that made significant changes to the capital structure including an equity injection

Pinebridge reworks 2016-vintage CLO for the third time
Pinebrides has priced a refinancing of a 2016-vintage CLO for the third time via JP Morgan

CVC gears up to reset a 2016-vintage European CLO
CVC has joined the Autumn deal calendar and has been marketing a reset of a 2016-vintage CLO via Natixis

AlbaCore expands with senior research hires
London-based AlbaCore Capital Group announced the expansion of its investment team last week, with the addition of a new Head of Research

CLO manager Accunia promotes Jacob Jensen
Copenhagen-based specialised asset manager Accunia Credit Management has promoted partner and Chief Business Officer Jacob Jensen to the role of Director, alongside the firm’s CEO Henrik Nordby Christensen

Sona joins the CLO roster with pricing of first European deal
Sona Asset Management priced their first CLO today, Sona Fios CLO I, which at EUR 423.9m is the largest European deal from a debut CLO platform in the 2.0 era

Trepp launches new CLO data service
Trepp, a New York-based data provider, has launched a new leveraged loan and corporate CLO analysis database called TreppCLO

CLO rankings: manager AUM, advisory firm and trustees Q1 2023
Two acquisitions close to shake up the top and Dechert takes early lead over Milbank in manager counsel rankings

Board aims to grant Blackstone fund ability to invest directly in primary CLOs
The board of publicly traded fund Blackstone Loan Financing is proposing to amend its investment policy to allow it to directly invest in primary CLO opportunities, following the results of its shareholder consultation announced today.  Changes to NAV valuation methodology alongside various potential exit opportunities was also discussed.

CLO portfolio manager parts ways with Hayfin
An experienced figure in the European loan and CLO market has left Hayfin Capital Management in London

Sound Point holding CLO M&A talks which could catapult it to fifth-largest manager
Sound Point Capital Management is locked in talks with a large, global CLO manager over a deal that could take its CLO AUM north of $36 billion

PM lands at $3 billion credit shop to build European CLO platform
The European CLO manager universe looks set to grow even further, with a Five Arrows portfolio manager having been hired to help build a CLO platform