Palmer Square hits 10 Euro deals for the year with latest reset
Palmer Square has reset a 2023-vintage that priced notably tight in the lower mezz   

Sculptor continues flow of European dealmaking with new CLO
Sculptor has priced its second new European issue of the year via BNP Paribas  

New Invesco Euro CLO prices wide of recent market levels
Invesco’s first new European deal in six months saw its triple-As priced at Euribor plus 134bps   

PGIM prices wide of mezz guidance in return to European primary issuance
The US manager’s first European deal in two years followed the recent trend and showed some weakness in the mezz compared to initial price talk

Aegon bucks up with second print in a day
Aegon had a busy day yesterday, pricing both a US CLO reset and this new-issue European deal arranged by Deutsche Bank

European double-Bs continue to narrow with new Sound Point CLO
Sound Point has priced its latest newshowed  issue CLO – its third new European deal of 2024, with year-to-date tight double-B spreads

Making the grade: CLO managers move into IG bonds
CLO managers have been using the incredible volatility in credit markets this year to add an unfamiliar asset to their portfolios – investment grade bonds

Seeds sewn for carbon credit market to flower into CLOs
Long-time structured credit specialist Jan Phillip Wassenaar has joined start-up NatureCredits as a senior advisor to support the evolving carbon credit industry

"Do not rush to set up a check-box approach with negative screening and start de-investing"
Instead of rushing through an ESG framework, asset managers need to adopt a long- and short-term approach

Axa IM extends palm oil policy to cover ecosystem protection and deforestation
Axa Investment Managers says it is expanding its 2014 policy of excluding investments in companies which do not have sustainable palm oil production certificates by factoring in deforestation and ecosystem protection

The imperfect incorporation of ESG is no excuse not to act
Managers’ legal ESG responsibilities may be vague, but they must still set up a credible strategy

ABS investors show increased interest in green securitisations to reach EU climate targets
Securitisation is being touted as a tool to help close the yearly investment gap of €180 billion needed to achieve the EU’s climate and energy targets by 2030, as identified in the European Commission’s sustainable finance action plan, which was published last year.

ICG reissues three European CLOs still bound by call locks in risk retention move
Intermediate Capital Group has shifted its CLO risk retention strategy to an originator structure by reissuing three of its deals

BlackRock prices triple As at 85bp in new European CLO
BlackRock priced its second new issue European CLO of 2017 yesterday

Bain prices its first new issue European CLO of the year
The deal, which was arranged by Citi, will close on 12th October according to market sources

European loan manager prices its third 2.0 CLO
Morgan Stanley priced a €373.7 million CLO for a European loan manager, according to market sources.

Morgan Stanley cuts triple-A coupon by 53bp as it resets euro CLO
Morgan Stanley has reset a global CLO manager's 2014 deal, securing a triple-A spread of 87bp in the process