The wall is coming down
Refis and extensions have greatly reduced the height of the maturity wall looming over European CLOs in the near term — but, further out, WAL test cushions remain critical

Barings makes it two European CLOs this year
Barings priced its second European CLO of the year last week and its fifth overall of 2023 in a EUR 400.5m transaction

JP Morgan makes it eleven for Palmer Square
Hot on the heels of its fourth European CLO pricing earlier in October, Palmer Square priced its fifth European CLO of 2023 on the last day of the month

Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling partners affirm merger
The partnership will help both firms expand internationally while changing the legal landscape

Despite CLO gloom in Europe and greater take up of private credit in the US, markets on both sides of the Atlantic are similar
I’ve just returned from a trip to London, my first since taking on the mantle of editing Creditflux, and was struck as always by how stubbornly far apart the European and the US markets remain.

What do you think?
The Creditflux CLO Census is back for its seventh instalment. Our annual stock-take of the global CLO industry begins on Monday, 2 October — it’s your chance to make your voice heard

News in brief
News in brief

Creditflux announces date for 2024 CLO Symposium & Manager Awards
Our flagship CLO Symposium & Manager Awards will be returning on Wednesday 15 May 2024, and will once again be held at the Landmark Hotel in London

More than 45% of Euro CLOs to be out of RP by Q1 2024, Fitch says
More than 45% of Fitch-rated reinvesting European CLOs are anticipated to be out of their reinvestment period by the end of Q1 2024, up from around a third as of April, which could lead to rating pressure for mezzanine tranches in those deals

M&G marks re-entry into European primary market with new issue CLO
The world welcomed a new CLO manager on Wednesday as M&G Investments priced a new issue in Europe

BlackRock prints European CLO at tight end of guidance
BlackRock has priced its European CLO new issue, BlackRock European CLO XIV

TwentyFour AM heaps praise on ICG for CLO's enhanced investor protections
TwentyFour Asset Management has hailed Intermediate Capital Group for enhancing documentation protections for mezzanine debt investors in its latest European CLO that priced last Monday via JP Morgan

Palmer Square sheds light on flatness of curve after pricing static European CLO
Palmer Square Capital Management, one of the most prolific CLO issuers globally, has priced its first European new issue of 2023 in a €396.2 million static deal

Invesco and BNP smash Euro CLO benchmark with 165bp triple A print
The European CLO triple A benchmark this year has dropped to 165 basis points over Euribor, 20bp inside deals earlier this year

GoldenTree and Partners print European CLOs with 185bp triple As
European CLO triple As have tightened further to 185 basis points over Euribor with both Partners Group and GoldenTree Asset Management pricing deals Friday afternoon

Euro CLO market re-opens as HPS breaks new issue duck with triple As at 205bp
HPS Investment Management has become the first European CLO issuer of the year, pricing Aqueduct European CLO 7-2022 and shaving off 10bp off triple A price guidance

Not every CLO can be a winner
The CLO industry has undeniably performed well enough to justify the plaudits it receives. But there will always be some unloved CLO tranches that slip into triple C territory

Blackstone's new Euro CLO volumes pass €1 billion for 2022
Blackstone Credit's new European CLO volumes for 2022 passed €1 billion on Friday after it priced its third new issue named Edmondstown Park CLO

Fitch raises European default rate assumptions with loans in tougher spot than bonds
Analysts at Fitch Ratings have raised their base-case leveraged loan default rate for end-2023 in Europe to 4.5% from 3.5%, and their severe-case rate to 6%

Investors scoop up €228 million of senior European CLOs after record b-wic
Record European CLO secondary volume has been easily digested, with a large $228.2 million b-wic on Tuesday providing a prime example

Euro CLOs demonstrate "considerable resiliency" to upcoming CLO maturity wall, says S&P
Managers and investors should keep an eye on upcoming CLO maturity wall with “potential adverse effects” amid tighter financing conditions and the impact that could have on CLO performance and ratings

We can cope with downgrades again

Euro CLO mezz widens but seniors hold firm as BlueBay and Sound Point price new issues
BlueBay Asset Management and Sound Point Capital Management became the latest CLO managers to price European new issues

KKR matches CSAM senior notes in Euro CLO refi, but goes tighter with mezz
JP Morgan has arranged a refinancing of KKR's 2016 European CLO Avoca XVII, which has around 2.2 years left of reinvestment with its non-call ending next February

CSAM refis European CLO with two-year triple As at 82bp
The CLO’s triple As priced at 82 basis points over Euribor, down from 95bp, in line the deal’s most recent guidance but wider than the 77-79bp original guidance