Banks predict steady year ahead
It’s the season for predictions and the CLO market is no exception, with all the banks having their say. We’ve rounded up their forecasts for new issuance and resets in the US and Europe

Global head of CLOs and loans switches firm to focus on private credit
Dan Robinson, Man Group's managing partner of capital asset solutions and global head of CLOs and loans has moved to a new asset manager

European structured finance market constructive on rates pause — market snapshot
European ABS and CLOs had a constructive week in the secondary market, reflecting better sentiment in broader credit

European CLOs win out against US deals
Last month, our analysis explored the performance of US CLOs that were previously reset. We found that they delivered higher distributions than deals which weren’t reset, with the exception of the 2017 and 2018 vintages (Creditflux September 2023 — Do resets help CLOs perform better?). This article expands that analysis to the European market, and compares the performance of US BSL and EU CLO equity tranches.

Question your assumptions
Valuing CLO paper is complicated, and loan prepayments are one of the trickiest parts. When pricing a new issue CLO, the market generally assumes that 15-20% of loans will prepay their principal annually. This prepayment rate is important because it essentially determines the pace at which a CLO’s rated debt is paid off after the reinvestment period, when the CLO pays down its own principal.

CLO co-head parts ways with Accunia
One of Accunia's CLO portfolio managers is understood to have parted ways with the firm last month

Aegon agrees to buy NIBC's CLO platform
Aegon Asset Management has agreed to buy NIBC’s North Westerly European CLO platform, which includes three deals alongside the NIBC CLO team

Brigade requests restructuring flex for pre-covid European CLOs
Brigade Capital is proposing to amend documentation in some of its pre-covid European CLOs to include new restructuring language, the firm wrote in a letter to investors in Armada Euro CLO II and Armada Euro CLO III 

Experienced European CLO portfolio manager lands at Serone
Serone Capital Management has hired a well-known CLO specialist as head of European performing credit

Fund performance: European CLO funds lead the way
February was a positive month for many funds, as only one quarter failed to reach the black. This builds off a stellar start to the year: 96% of funds reached a positive return in January

Senior global CLO trader leaves JP Morgan after 20 years
A senior global CLO trader has parted ways with the bank after two decades

Pimco promotes global lev fin and CLO head to managing director
Pimco's leveraged finance head is one of five senior officials promoted to managing director

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

Onex promotes key CLO official to managing director in London
Onex Credit Partners has promoted its European CLO head 

Carlyle appoint former Goldman executive as CEO
Carlyle Group have appointed former Goldman Sachs Co-President and CO-Chief Operating Officer Harvey Schwartz as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board, the firm has announced.

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

Not every CLO can be a winner
The CLO industry has undeniably performed well enough to justify the plaudits it receives. But there will always be some unloved CLO tranches that slip into triple C territory

Bain holds final close on $650 million fund to buy own CLO equity globally
Bain Capital Credit has closed its second captive equity fund with $650 million commitments, thought to be among the largest manager-controlled CLO equity funds raised

Experienced CLO PM parts ways with Angelo Gordon
An experienced CLO portfolio manager has left the firm, having built out its European platform

New credit hedge fund explores European CLO management
A relatively new credit hedge fund has become the latest firm to explore European CLO management, joining the growing list of prospective debut managers

Euro CLO manager closes second captive equity strategy at €228 million
An experienced European CLO manager is taking care of its CLO issuance for the next few years 

Manager targets €300 million for structured credit fund with CLO/CSO mix
The fund will invest primarily in European CLO equity 

Credit Suisse to streamline European CLO manager client list
Credit Suisse is unlikely to be among the heavyweights in European CLO origination with market sources indicating that the bank is reducing its CLO manager client list

Sculptor CEO Levin refutes "personal issue" accusation by ex-chief Och
Sculptor Capital Management’s independent board and the company’s chief executive officer and chief investment officer Jimmy Levin have fired back at former CEO and founder Daniel Och after he cited a “personal issue” in reference to Levin’s past

Past returns: US firms become Euro CLO issuers
Five years ago in Creditflux we reported on CIFC Asset Management and Voya Investment Management harbouring European CLO ambitions as US issuers became accustomed to risk retention.