CLO primary market in Europe to go quiet amid oil price upheaval – Acer Tree
EXCLUSIVE: No new issues are expected to reach the market this week as investors and managers take a wait-and-see approach following new geopolitical pressures 

Acer Tree and Arini price latest deals as market winds down
Acer Tree and Arini have issued new European CLOs to round out the year, with Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs acting as arrangers on the respective deals

Fund performance – March 2025
Corporate distressed stays positive as other categories take a dive

Credit funds at a glance – April 2025
Our roundup of top performers and moves in credit

Acer Tree prices second deal, first since 2022
The deal is the first after the manager inked a strategic partnership with Nordic CLO investor Ymer in January

CLO manager M&A driven by search for talent and scale
Irradiant’s star investor Maji set to depart as firm is acquired

Acer Tree inks strategic growth plan with equity investor Ymer
Acer Tree Investment Management launched a strategic partnership with equity investor Ymer that will help underpin the expansion of its CLO platform

Past returns: US firms become Euro CLO issuers
Five years ago in Creditflux we reported on CIFC Asset Management and Voya Investment Management harbouring European CLO ambitions as US issuers became accustomed to risk retention.

Fund performance: Credit bounces back from February blues
March performance figures were a slight improvement from the market turn in February; 47% of funds made positive returns, an increase on 17% the previous month

Appetite for CLO warehouse investing increases in Europe
The investor base for European CLO warehouse risk has grown in the past few months, and is supporting the increasing number of CLOs where the equity tranche has come from widely syndicated sources

Acer Tree flowers with debut European CLO
The CLO market welcomed a new manager on Friday as Acer Tree Investment Management priced its inaugural deal via Barclays

CLO pipeline: US manager base poised to hit 119 and Europe 57
The CLO market is open to newcomers as both the US and European are set to welcome first time CLO issuers – BlueBay Asset Management in the US and Acer Tree Investment Management in Europe

Fund performance: Wasserstein's early 2021 performance drives it to the top
The final top 10 of 2021 featured a variety of funds as five different strategies were ranked among the best. US high yield was the most highly represented with two BlackRock funds and an Angel Oak in the top 10

CLO pipeline: biggest managers come to market as Rockford Tower sets sight on CBO
The Sofr-era of CLOs is well and truly upon us judging by the pipeline, with 14 US CLO managers marketing their first Sofr CLOs. and six European CLO managers are locked in a race to bring the first new issue of 2022

Fund performance: long-short funds challenge CLO strategies
CLO funds are maintaining their stranglehold on our top 10, but long-short credit funds are giving them a run for their money

Ex-CVC official to make CLO comeback at new firm after mandating Barclays
A recently launched credit manager is moving into European CLO management after hiring Barclays to arrange its debut, which could price in the fourth quarter.

Credit funds at a glance (April 2021)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Experienced CLO PM Bowers launches asset manager with private equity backing
Jonathan Bowers, a former partner and senior portfolio manager at CVC Credit Partners, has established an asset manager in partnership with a private equity firm