European CLO primary picks up as Partners reset prices
After an August in which only three deals priced in the European market, things appear to be ramping up once more with the reset of Penta CLO 14

European BSL CLO Rankings - August 2024
Our latest rankings for the European CLO market, including arranger and manager league tables

Jefferies markets 2023 European CLO reset
Following a quiet period in August the European CLO market appears poised for activity once more as Jefferies markets a reset of a Penta CLO

Fair Oaks wins approval to launch industry’s first European CLO ETF
Fair Oaks Capital has received approval from Luxembourg-based regulator CSSF to launch the industry’s first European CLO ETF 

Rockford Tower prints a new European CLO in late August
Rockford Tower Capital Management priced a new EUR 405.90m CLO in the second to last week of August in Europe

CLO round-up: CLO market sees slight pressure to widen new issue spreads
CLO market saw robust deal activity with some pressure on liability spreads last week

European CLO issuance rides high but some managers remain on the sidelines
Although European CLO issuance is close to a record pace almost a fifth of managers with at least one active European CLO have not priced a deal this year

Investors voice concern over Euro mezz spreads despite strong CLO performance
The spread contraction in European CLOs over the first half of 2024 showcases one of the market’s strongest performances in years but that rapid tightening has brought concerns

CLO strategies outperform again
In 2023, our index of funds investing in CLO tranches and equity returned 22.9%. In the first six months of this year, the index reached 9.9%, as these funds again delivered outstanding results

CLOs at a glance
CLO issuance table for July 2024

Bain hits the trigger on early-22 vintage Euro CLO reset
Bain has reset a deal from the first half of 2022, another European CLO that have benefited from tightening market conditions in 2024

CLO round-up: Wild week leaves CLOs in a better place
Last week saw spiking volatility, the collapse of the yen carry trade and shelved loan repricings. For CLOs, however, it was business as usual with the market musing that the gyrations may have left the CLOs better off.

CVC prices delayed double-B CLO tranche but withdraws single-B
HSBC has followed up its lead arranging return by pricing one of the two deferred tranches from the refinancing of CVC Cordatus XXII

European BSL CLO Rankings - July 2024
Our latest rankings for the European CLO market, including arranger and manager league tables

Palmer Square prices first static European CLO refi of 2024
Static deal specialist Palmer Square has priced a full refinancing of a static 2023-vintage deal – the first static European refi seen this year

Polus breaks 2024 drought with new issue Euro CLO
Polus Capital Management partnered with Deutsche Bank for its first primary market deal of 2024, a new European CLO

HSBC makes a splash with first lead-arranger credit
HSBC has teamed up with CVC Credit Partners to print a EUR 102.5m partial refinancing of a 2022 vintage CLO in the bank's first lead arranger credit in many years

Napier Park prints tightest Euro refi of the year
Last week saw Napier Park refinance a European CLO from the first half of 2022, recording the tightest print for such a deal in 2024

JP Morgan revises CLO spread target upwards as recession fears mount
Off the back of renewed recession fears JP Morgan has revised its end-of-year AAA CLO spread target upwards to 150bps for both the US and Europe

Sona impresses with tight spreads on third CLO
Sona Asset Management, which debuted as a European CLO manager last year, returned to the primary market with its third new issue since inception

Second 2019 European reset from Alcentra gets priced
Alcentra has priced a European reset of a 2019-vintage CLO – its second restructuring of a pre-2022 deal within a month

Oak Hill seeks to raise new CLO equity fund with mammoth cap
Alternative credit manager Oak Hill is raising a huge new captive CLO equity fund to support global deal activity

Hayfin agrees to Arctos-backed management buyout
The management team at Hayfin Capital Management is taking over the company in a management buyout backed by Arctos Partners

New KKR CLO sees European triple-As hit 125
While the overall pace of European CLO spread tightening has flattened out somewhat the latest print saw another new tight for triple-As from KKR

Trinitas Euro CLO reset shows evidence of mezz wobbles
Trinitas yesterday priced a reset of its Euro CLO II, showing evidence of some weaker-than-expected demand in the middle of the mezz