CLO round-up: March 2024
March was another busy month for the CLO market, with eighty deals pricing. That total includes ten new European deals as that side of the market finally kicked into gear.

Funds round up: private credit reaches for retail
A number of new credit funds launched last month to round out 2024's first quarter, including ones in Europe aimed at retail investors

Global Loan Highlights 1Q24: Don’t call it a comeback
Loan refinancing share hits historic high, but IG issuance stymies YoY global growth

CLO round-up: mid-March 2024
Our roundup of all the action half-way through another spectacular month for the CLO market

Barclays raises 2024 US BSL CLO new issue forecast
Barclays has become the latest bank research desk to increase its 2024 US BSL CLO new issue forecast

Global corporate defaults on fastest pace since 2009 according to S&P
The number of corporate defaults has risen dramatically year-to-date, according to S&P Global Ratings, driven by a doubling of the rate of defaults in Europe

How many CLOs will be reset?
Tightening liability spreads aren’t just driving record new CLO issuance this year — they’re also triggering a wave of resets and refinancings in the US, especially for broadly syndicated CLOs

CLO Symposium 2024 Agenda
The Creditflux CLO Symposium returns to the Landmark London on 15 May 2024

Nomura-backed Corinthia lifts private credit team from Barings
More than 20 members of the global private credit team at Barings have jumped ship and joined Corinthia Global Management, a new platform backed by Nomura Holdings

European CLO equity distributions keep getting better, US keep getting worse
The latest distributions for post-reinvestment US CLOs show the impact of rapid prepayment rates, but post-reinvestment European CLOs are bucking that trend and seem to be improving with age.

US MM CLO Rankings - February 2024 YTD
Our latest rankings for the US middle market CLO market, including arranger and manager league tables

US BSL CLO Rankings - February 2024 YTD
Our latest rankings for the US BSL CLO market, including arranger and manager league tables

Carlyle's head of direct lending departs
Carlyle's Head of Direct Lending has left the firm to pursue other opportunities, according to a company memo

CLO round-up: February 2024
Our roundup of all the action in another spectacular month for the CLO market

Funds round-up: Feb-2024 - managers turn to European wealth
European private credit managers turn to the wealthy in our roundup of notable fundraising in February 2024. 

Wave of legal hires becomes a tsunami
In February alone legal heavyweights Allen & Overy, DLA Piper, Fried Frank, Kirkland & Ellis, Proskauer Rose and White & Case all announced the arrival of partners in the credit space

Recruiters predict renewed private credit hiring spree
While job-hopping has become commonplace in the post-pandemic landscape, companies are expected to slow hiring in 2024. But some sectors are bucking the trend, including private credit.

A strong year for CLO strategies
After the pain of 2022, credit fund managers must have been praying that 2023 turned out better. It did.

Fresh wave of CLO calls looms as US equity distributions drop
Equity distributions for US CLOs outside their reinvestment period continue to fall as prepayments cut into cashflows

Alternative asset managers increasingly tapping wealth channel for private credit fundraising
Wealthy individual investors have become increasingly appealing to alternative asset managers looking to raise money for private credit funds as asset managers look to broaden fundraising beyond institutional investors

CLOs round-up: Jan 2024 - back with a bang
Our roundup of CLO primary activity in January shows that the market got off to a dramatic start in January, especially in the US BSL space

European CLO primary spreads still have a long way to go
Are European CLO spreads in the primary market cheap or expensive? Our latest research shows that while US managers can celebrate AAAs reaching the 150s, in Europe spreads still have a long way to go to reach historical norms.

Blackstone is back as the largest CLO manager in the world: 2023 manager rankings by AUM
Our full-year 2023 rankings for CLO managers by total CLO AUM are out, with Blackstone moving into top place.