Napier Park loses CLO portfolio manager to established European rival
EXCLUSIVE: The CLO market has seen a number of portfolio managers changing seats in Europe

Napier Park’s European CLO portfolio manager leaves firm
EXCLUSIVE: London-based director Diarmuid Curran has resigned from the alternative credit manager  

Silver Point recruits CLO PM Elliott-Taylor as it edges closer to European management launch
The firm hired away its latest recruit from a fellow European CLO management aspirant  

Ares adds to middle market issuance with first new deal for the year
Ares Direct Lending CLO 5 priced the top of the stack at SOFR plus 138bps

Spain’s Arcano Partners debuts as a new CLO manager
Arcano has priced its first CLO transaction, making the Spanish firm the first new manager of the year

European CLO spreads flare wider due to policy uncertainty and weaker relative value
ANALYSIS: Increased worries about policy uncertainty have started to weigh as tiering becomes more evident in the lower mezz  

BlueBay prices its first Euro CLO for 2025 with a new issue
The transaction was the first European pricing activity for the manager in five months  

Rockford Tower adds to rush of European new issues
The upsized half-billion-euro deal from the King Street Capital Management affiliate was its first Euro pricing activity for the year  

New Canyon CLO sees mezz spreads print wide of guidance
The BSL transaction was the first new US issue of the year from the manager  

Clifford Chance adds Mayer Brown partner to meet CLO demand
The law firm is expanding its CLO capabilities in the US to meet a growing demand in the market

Morgan Stanley Eaton Vance prices first new deal since 2023
The new US BSL CLO is the manager’s first print since it priced two deals in November

Ex-Barclays senior CLO banker heads to Japanese bank
EXCLUSIVE: In a bout of musical chairs, a senior CLO banker formerly in the US arm of Barclays finds a new home at a smaller arranger

Nassau prints only second new US BSL CLO in two years
The USD 409m deal incorporated a relatively complex capital structure  

Bill Lemberg helms CLO team as Post Advisory mulls sales
Lemberg has put his retirement plans on hold following the quick departure of Marc Boatwright
 

Elmwood signals entry into Europe with BlackRock hire
EXCLUSIVE: US-based asset manager Elmwood has hired a European CLO veteran from BlackRock 

Brigade prices first new European issue in 10 months
The latest print in the manager’s Armada series was the tightest European deal so far this month  

Nuveen prices latest new Symphony CLO
It’s the first new US BSL issue from the manager this year and its fourth deal overall in 2025  

Arcano readies to price first European CLO next week and debut as a new manager
The Madrid-based manager is currently marketing a EUR 406.5m deal via Jefferies  

New Centerbridge print shows only slight mezz tightening compared to late 2024 levels
The manager’s first print of the year tightened triple As significantly from its last print in December, but priced only slightly narrower further down the stack  

The rise of LME blockers in Europe: valuable protection or an empty gesture?
A special report by Xtract Research, our sister product covenant analysis service, on LME blockers in Europe

Apollo’s Redding Ridge resets 2021-vintage CLO
The reworking of RR 19 priced its triple As in line with the current market average for US BSL resets  

Silver Point preps for first European CLO deal, hires trader for region
Silver Point is currently preparing its first deal and actively recruiting for its European platform 

AB prints its first new-issue private credit CLO in five months
The half-billion-dollar deal was the latest middle market CLO to price its triple As below SOFR plus 140bps  

Hamza Lemssouguer’s Arini aims to become a new US CLO manager
EXCLUSIVE: The European hedge fund has hired Goldman Sachs as arranger for its first US deal 

CLO banker Rachel Russell leaves Morgan Stanley for Brookfield
The bank’s head of global new CLO issuance departs after two decades at Morgan Stanley