Euro CLO league tables: Rockford Tower debuts to take manager list up to 41
European CLO volumes picked up in October as €2.4 billion of new issue paper priced, taking up 62.2% of overall volumes as repricings took a back seat.

Global CLO league tables at a glance - October 2018
A snapshot of the overall league tables as of 31 October

Tikehau’s private debt AUM hits €7.5 billion
Tikehau Capital, the Paris-based asset management and investment firm, has reached €7.5 billion in private debt assets under management (AUM) as of September 2018. This represents an increase of 17% for the third quarter, amounting to €1.1 billion  

List of debut managers in Europe grows as Invesco crosses the ocean
Invesco has added its name to the list of US CLO managers crossing the Altantic after launching its first 2.0 deal in the European market

JP Morgan continues European CLO push with its third new issue in Q4
JP Morgan is marketing a new issue CLO for Partners Group

GoldenTree's Euro CLO business blossoms with second 2018 deal in sight
GoldenTree Loan Management is planning its second new issue CLO in Europe since it returned to the market earlier this year

Mezzanine notes price tight as Permira Debt produces another ESG-friendly CLO
Permira Debt Managers has priced its second CLO of the year in a deal which, much like the manager’s debut 2.0 CLO, adheres to environmental, social and governance guidelines

European loan issuance set to decline in 2019, says Moody's
The outlook for European leveraged loan issuance remains strong for next year, according to report by Moody’s, although levels will depend on M&A activity

PGIM gets its kicks on Dryden 66 European CLO
PGIM has brought its sixth European CLO of the year, pricing the €411 million Dryden 66 via Credit Suisse, according to market sources. The transaction’s €238 million triple-A tranche hit the tight end of recent European deals at a coupon of Libor plus 96bp

Buy and hold isn’t only option for CLO equity
New US CLO equity is being more regularly flipped into b-wics. Figures suggest that equity pieces of 2017 and 2018 US deals made up 22% of the b-wic market over the past four quarters

Widening whisks market back to 2017
Right now, CLO volumes are healthy and the list of active managers is steadily growing. But with CLO liability spreads reverting to where they were a year ago, some issuers are a little nervous.

Kartesia invests in equity of 2018 European CLO
Kartesia has invested in the equity of KKR’s latest European CLO 

JP Morgan hires former Apollo official to its European CLO team
An experienced structured credit official, who had recently been concentrating on SRTs, is seto to join JP Morgan's European CLO team

First European SME CLO 2.0 edges closer after warehouse tweaks
Be-Spoke Capital’s European SME CLO is nearing the finishing line, with sources indicating NatWest Markets aims to price the deal, Alhambra SME Funding 2018-1, in early December. The development comes after the CLO exceeded the warehouse’s 12-month ramp-up period

Och-Ziff pairs with Credit Suisse on new €412 million European CLO
Och Ziff has priced a €412 million CLO via Credit Suisse, its second new issue European deal of the year and its 12^th transaction overall in 2018, according to market sources

Ares ups its target for US senior direct lending growth to $4.7 billion
Following $5 billion of inflows into global direct lending in the third quarter, Ares has upped the target for its US direct lending strategy 

Buy and hold isn't only option for CLO equity
New US CLO equity is being more regularly flipped into b-wics. Figures suggest that equity pieces of 2017 and 2018 US deals made up 22% of the b-wic market over the past four quarters

GSO turns 20 following €410.25 million CLO reset
GSO priced its 20th CLO transaction of the year yesterday, teaming up with Deutsche Bank to reset Griffith Park CLO

BlackRock prices €411.25 million CLO via Barclays
BlackRock priced its third new issue European CLO yesterday in a €411.25 million transaction arranged by Barclays

Permira markets second new issue since bringing ESG criteria to CLO docs
Permira Debt Managers is back in the market with its second 2.0 CLO named Providus CLO II, which could price as early as next week

Ellington hires London-based loan PM to build European CLO platform
The US-headquartered manager has hired a London-based portfolio manager specialising in European corporate credit with a view to building a European CLO platform, according to a person familiar with the matter

Alcentra issues new European CLO via Morgan Stanley
Alcentra has become the seventh CLO manager to price a new issue deal in Europe this month following a €411.1 million deal arranged by Morgan Stanley

Rockford Tower fortifies global CLO business with first European deal
Rockford Tower Capital Management has expanded its global reach by pricing its inaugural European CLO

Five Arrows CLO points to triple A spreads settling back inside 100bp
Triple A spread widening for European CLOs has stalled as Five Arrows prices a new issue deal

CVC markets new issue CLO via BNP Paribas
Europe’s CLO pipeline continues to add more names, with CVC Credit Partners the latest to target a new issue transaction on the continent in coming weeks