Natixis markets new AXA European CLO
AXA is among the managers boosting the pipeline of forthcoming European deals, with the manager currently marketing a new European issue via Natixis

Manager tiering reaches Europe as credit dispersion rises in mezzanine credit
Long a fixture of the US market, tiering has not played a significant role in Europe. But there is growing evidence of differentiation starting to emerge between managers, especially at the lower end of the capital stack.

Lupus alpha celebrates as CLO fund surpasses €100m NAV
Fresh from its success at the 2024 Creditflux CLO Manager Awards, where it took the prize for Best CLO Fund under USD 150m, Lupus alpha has hit another milestone

Fund performance
CLO funds dominate again as they take 18 spots in top 30 list

What a difference a year makes
Speakers at this year’s CLO Symposium were united in their optimism — they feel the CLO markets in the US and Europe are doing well, and that should continue for the rest of 2024

Fidelity markets new European CLO that would match YTD tights
Fidelity is marketing a new issue European deal with the triple-As poised to equal year-to-date tights, suggesting prints in the 130s are becoming ‘the new normal’

Palmer Square takes its turn lowering the Euro AAA CLO benchmark
Less than a week after Partners Group set a new AAA benchmark for new European CLOs, Palmer Square has tightened the mark further

ICG returns to the European CLO market
Intermediate Capital Group’s first primary market deal this year took the form of a new issue European transaction

European triple-As move in 5bps as Partners prices new CLO
Partners Group took a big step towards tightening spreads further in Europe, with its latest new issue on Friday pricing its triple-As at 136bps over Euribor

Golub prints tightest new middle-market CLO of 2024
Golub Capital, working with RBC Capital Markets, has priced a new middle market CLO with the tightest senior and mezz spreads so far this year

New European CLO sees triple-As at 141bps
Bain Capital yesterday kick-started new European issuance with a EUR 404m transaction that matched the tightest triple-A print this year

Barcelona mood restrained despite red-hot pace of CLO deals
For a market on pace for a historically large new issuance year, CLO participants at the AFME & Invisso Global ABS conference in Barcelona were less than euphoric

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

European CLO market gearing for record new issuance, conference hears
Along the length and breadth of the corridors of the AFME & Invisso Global ABS conference in Barcelona, the discussion is about the remarkable strength of the European CLO market

Barclays loses two veteran CLO bankers
Barclays European team has lost two key bankers just as new deal issuance booms in the region

New European CLO priced by Investcorp
Investcorp paired up with Deutsche Bank to price one last European deal before the start of this year’s Global ABS Conference

Hayfin prices short-dated reset of European CLO
A reset of Hayfin Emerald CLO X came with a twist – a short-dated, two-year reinvestment schedule

2022-vintage Apollo European CLO gets mezz-only refi
With four 2022-vintage CLOs being reworked in a single day, the anticipated boom in European reset and refinancing issuance kicked off in earnest on Friday

Invesco prices mezz-only European CLO refi
Last Friday also saw the pricing of two unusual mezz-only refis. Jefferies arranging the reworking of one of them, Invesco Euro CLO VIII

Barings prices first European new issue CLO this year
Barings has priced its first European deal of 2024, a EUR 407.85m CLO arranged by BNP Paribas

European CLOs are sticking with Altice, research finds
Altice’s debt has been one of the biggest headaches for the CLO market in Europe this year but most managers have refrained from selling the debt according to a recent research report

European CLO round-up: senior spreads grind tighter in busy week for the market
Last week proved a busy one for European issuance, with no fewer than five deals pricing, all with AAAs below 150bps

Apollo brings European CLO triple As down to 141
The European primary market hit a new year-to-date tight just in advance of the long weekend, when Apollo affiliate Redding Ridge lowered the triple-A benchmark to 141bps over Euribor

Nassau follows last week's US CLO with new European deal
After printing its first new US deal of the year last week, Nassau continued the current strong bout of new European issuance on Thursday

Resets return to Europe
The European CLO market is seeing an uptick of resets and refinancings, driven by lower liabilities prices and an improved economic outlook, with a building deal pipeline now in place