Triple A delayed-draw structure helps European CLOs beat negative carry
The first quarter of this year saw a trio of unusual deals in the European market: new issues that include delayed-draw options on triple A coupons. It is the first time this facility has been seen on CLO triple A notes.

Milbank staffs up after slew of London lawyers follow Goldfinch to Allen & Overy
Milbank has reacted quickly after five attorneys — including veteran European CLO lawyer John Goldfinch — moved to rival law firm Allen & Overy.

2022 vintage deals score again as COLF is called with 49% gross IRR
2022 vintage deals score again as COLF is called with 49% gross IRR

Unveiling our shortlist for the best performers of 2023
The 16th edition of Creditflux’s annual celebration of the best CLOs, CLO funds and CLO managers, in Europe and the US, will be held on 15 May at the Landmark Hotel in London

Neuberger Berman keeps it tight for new European CLO
The European market saw another deal print at this year’s record tight of 147bps yesterday, when Neuberger Berman priced its first Euro deal of 2024

European resets return as Carlyle reworks 2022 vintage deal
This week’s latest European CLO reset from Carlyle Group maintained the market’s trend so far this year for sub-150bps pricing levels

Canyon returns in a big way for second European CLO
Thirteen months after its European debut, Canyon Partners priced its upsized second European deal yesterday

Deutsche Bank upgrades European new issue forecast
Deutsche Bank has upgraded its European new CLO issuance forecast for 2024 to a total of EUR 37bn

Palmer Square joins the European CLO index party
Palmer Square is the latest firm to launch an index designed to benchmark the European CLO market, following two other launches in March.

Another European CLO single B gets drawn by Blackstone
Blackstone priced its second delayed draw issue in three weeks via BNP Paribas, this week targeting Glenbrook Park CLO 

Bridgepoint hits the mark with sixth European CLO
As new figures showed the European CLO market enjoyed its strongest first quarter since 2007, Bridgepoint Capital became the first manager to price a European CLO after Easter

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.

Blackstone chooses static structure for new European CLO
Blackstone’s sixth CLO deal of the year priced yesterday in the market’s third static European deal of 2024

Europe sees another delayed-draw AAA as Onex prices
Onex Credit Partners became the third manager to bring to market a deal with a triple-A tranche in a delayed-draw format, when it priced OCP Euro CLO 2024-9 yesterday

Permira prices tenth European Providus CLO
Permira Credit threw their hat into the increasingly crowded European ring with their first deal of 2024

Rockford Tower prints the first short-dated European CLO this year
Rockford Tower has reset Rockford Tower Europe CLO 2018-1 in the first short-dated European deal of 2024

Carlyle joins European rush with new CLO
Carlyle returned to the European CLO market for the first time in 18 months with Carlyle Euro CLO 2024-1

KKR leads flood of European CLOs
The first European print of 2024 for KKR, arranged by JP Morgan, came on a busy day for Euro CLOs

European CLO market cautious but upbeat, conference hears
Yesterday’s annual IMN Euro CLO Forum in London exuded an air of ‘upbeat caution’ around the European market over the course of 2024, with a broadly positive outlook around issuance

Deutsche Bank and PSL launch index for European CLOs
Deutsche Bank has launched a total-return benchmark index for euro-denominated CLO debt.

Blackstone CLO gets bushier as delayed draw tranche issues
Blackstone added its contribution to 2024’s accelerating run of delayed draw single-B issues yesterday, as it priced a drawn-down class-F tranche

Palmer Square prices delayed draw for 2023 CLO
The latest in a sequence of delayed-draw European issues hit the primary market on Friday, when Palmer Square priced the F-class notes of a 2023 CLO

CVC leaves triple As unchanged in rare refi
Goldman Sachs arranged a second European deal of 2024 for CVC Credit Partners last week, with a refi that left the triple As unchanged

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