CLO pipeline preview: resets and refis set to make a comeback
Despite a slow build up, the pipeline offers respite with many deals lined up to come to market

Euro CLO b-wic round-up: mezz is where the money is
This year, there has been one constant: junior mezzanine tranches have accounted for most listings on the secondary market

Securitisation Regulation hits European ABS issuance
Issuance in traditional European ABS has been notably slow in the first two months of 2019 following the introduction of the new Securitisation Regulation.

CLO managers make arbitrage work by boosting leverage
Leverage in European CLOs is now averaging 9.6 times debt to equity versus 8.3 times in the first quarter of 2017

Basis between Japanese and syndicated CLO triple As may narrow, says Permira
The basis between Japanese anchor and broadly syndicated CLO triple As is likely to narrow, according to Permira Debt Managers

Euro CLO league tables: repricings take a back seat while new issues get going
The European CLO market showed signs of kicking back into gear in February with €3.32 billion of issuance

Guggenheim prices European CLO triple As at 114bp
Guggenheim Investments priced its second European CLO since its return to the market last year, teaming up with Citi to price Bilbao CLO II

Global CLO b-wic round-up: record February underscores secondary market value
A roaring February, bringing $2.615 billion listed in the US CLO b-wic market, ended with only a murmur last week

Ares prices European CLO as senior triple As edge wider by 0.5bp
Ares Management returned to the European primary market on Friday to price a new issue CLO via Citi

Global CLO b-wic round-up: momentum stalls in CLO secondary market
Only $589.94 million worth of assets were posted on CLO b-wics last week with a US public holiday disrupting the flow. But the trade rate was high with some $422.74 million of CLOs changing hands.

Tail wags dog as European CLOs' 108bp benchmark drags loans
European CLOs usually price on the back of where underlying loans are printing, but this year the reverse looks to be true

CLOs are not like CDOs, says Barclays, but warns of loan quality impact
CLOs are far removed from the kinds of structured products that contributed to the 2008/09 global financial crisis, Barclays has argued in a wide-ranging research piece this week

Euro CLO b-wic round-up: triple A notes boost volumes
At first glance, the European CLO secondary market has matched its US counterpart with b-wic volumes peaking last week

Euro CLO round-up: Spire and CVC take roads less travelled
The European CLO market was reinvigorated this week as the two deals which priced brought something fresh to the table.

HPS returns to European primary CLO market with Aqueduct deal
HPS Investment Partners has priced its third new European CLO, following a €411.6 million deal arranged by Citi

Euro CLO round-up: five deals hit pipeline after BlueMountain keeps up momentum
BlueMountain Fuji CLO Management ended its seven-month absence from the new issue European CLO market and also broke the market’s silence this week. The firm partnered with Deutsche Bank to price its fourth deal in Europe - BlueMountain Fuji Euro CLO IV.

Keep calm and buy corporate loans
Calm heads prevailed in 2018. Markets were volatile and risk retention was supposed to cause problems, but there was no need to panic and volumes went on to break records set in 2014

Market welcomes Esma loosening of securitisation regs but questions remain
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)'s revision of the reporting templates that must be completed under the securitisation regulations addresses many of the concerns raised by market participants but leaves some points of difficulty, according to industry lawyers

Global CLO league tables: new year, new issues
Momentum in the CLO market at the start of 2019 is less forceful than it was at the beginning of 2018 and 2017, on the basis of opening volumes

Euro CLO round-up: largest managers brave primary market amid regulatory squeeze
Two seasoned European CLO managers stepped into the primary market to price new issue deals amid a period of uncertainty as the Securitisation Regulation put forth by the European Securities & Markets Association (Esma) beds in

GSO prices Europe's largest new issue CLO in over six months
 Europe’s CLO primary market is taking off, with GSO Capital Partners today becoming the third manager to price a new issue deal on the continent

CIFC launches its first CLO Ucits fund
CIFC Asset Management has become the latest manager to launch a new CLO Ucits fund

European CLO round-up: single B basis between US and Europe narrows
The European CLO market finally came out of its issuance shutdown on Friday when Credit Suisse Asset Management partnered with Barclays to price Cadogan Square CLO XIII.

GreensLedge and NatWest score GSO as euro CLO client
GSO Capital Partners has mandated GreensLedge and NatWest Markets as co-arrangers for its first new CLO of the year, named Crosthwaite Park