Raistone enters Chapter 7 following First Brands filing; judge in Highland Chapter 11 case recuses herself after allegations about her novels
Judge Stacey Jernigan of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas recused herself from multiple matters in Highland Capital Management's Chapter 11 case after parties argued that novels she authored portrayed a hedge fund executive involved in the case

A historical SFVegas confab marked by snow, fire and AI
Software leveraged loans sold off during the annual industry meeting in Las Vegas

Royal London issues upsized second CLO
The European asset manager priced the EUR 509.5m Hambridge Euro CLO 2, following its debut as a CLO issuer last September

Muzinich prices first new CLO in 12 months
The USD 407m BSL CLO priced via BNP Paribas, with the senior triple As clearing at SOFR plus 117bps

Carlyle prices its first new CLO for 2026
The USD 505m Carlyle CLO 2026-1 priced its senior triple A notes at SOFR plus 116bps

US managers to gear up European private credit CLO market
EXCLUSIVE: A slew of European private credit CLOs are set to come to market this year, with US-based managers leading the charge

Golub lines up private credit CLO for European market debut
The US asset manager is set to price Golub Capital Partners Euro CLO 89(M) as its first CLO issue on the continent; it comes as the firm is simultaneously ramping up a BSL CLO platform in the region

New loan shop Mountain Point becomes 2026’s first debut US CLO manager
The recently-launched credit manager priced its first CLO via Bank of America as a USD 507m BSL issue

First Brands adequate protection fight with Evolution yields appellate court ruling friendly to allegedly secured lenders – Legal Analysis
District Court remands dispute back to Bankruptcy Court for further findings and corrected analysis; District Court sets precedent for Chapter 11 cases in Southern District of Texas that prima facie showing of security interest entitles creditors to adequate protection

First Brands Group extends mediation period through 27 February
Multiple complaints filed, alleging duplicate factoring and insider transactions; examiner investigates factoring activity and related transfers

Elmwood and Diameter price inaugural European CLOs
The senior triple A notes for Elmwood’s first European CLO priced at a notably tight level for a debut manager, issuing at Euribor plus 122bps

Software sell-off leads to improved CLO equity arb – BNPP
BNP Paribas is currently bullish on H2 2024 CLO equity in the US, largely due to its low NAV and low software exposure

US CLO AAAs tighten to 12-month tight as Oak Hill Advisors prices new deal at 113bps
The mark is the tightest since the same manager priced OHA Credit Funding 20 with triple As at 110bps over the base rate on 28 February last year

Early 2026 US CLO equity data does not point to improved performance over 2025 – Deutsche Bank
The median quarterly distribution for US CLO equity in 1Q across all deals reporting fell to 2.4%, the lowest number in three years and the seventh consecutive quarterly decline, according to new research from the bank

Whitebox Advisors readies captive CLO equity fund
EXCLUSIVE: The CLO manager is in talks with prospective anchor investors for a new fund that will help the firm issue new CLOs by investing in the equity and providing warehouse financing, a source familiar told Creditflux

Private credit CLOs gather steam in Europe as Ares prices its first euro/sterling deal
The transaction follows the pioneering euro/sterling transaction from Barings last October, which also priced via BNP Paribas, and is the second private credit CLO for Ares in Europe

Janus launches higher risk-return CLO ETF for institutional investors
The new CLO ETF will focus on investing in AA to A CLO tranches and will offer a slightly higher target return than the firm’s flagship AAA CLO ETF product

New Euro CLOs price from CIFC, Investcorp, and CQS
CIFC and Investcorp have issued new European CLOs with triple-A paper priced at 120bps over Euribor, while CQS priced its first new Euro deal of the year on the same day as its first US issue 

Software selloff hits CLO equity, BB MVOCs – Barclays
The percentage of US loans trading above par has tumbled to 27%, introducing mark-to-market risk for CLO tranche investors

US BSL CLO rankings – January 2026
It’s early days in the new year, but there’s a surprise in Creditflux’s US BSL league table rankings for January, with SMBC Nikko claiming second spot in the arranger table

BSP is latest to issue US CLO AAAs at 115bps, as New Mountain and CQS also price new deals
Benefit Street Partners issued its second new US CLO of the year, with Bank of America arranging the USD 502.6m transaction

Software sell-off weighs on growing share of European single-B CLO tranches
Around 7%-8% of single-B tranches no longer covered on MVOC basis; manager tiering re-emerges

US private credit CLO rankings – January 2026
January saw a tentative start to the year for US private credit CLO issuance, with Blue Owl and JPMorgan heading Creditflux's manager and arranger league tables respectively last month

European CLO rankings – January 2026
Apollo and Bank of America take an early lead in 2026 European CLO issuance, according to Creditflux’s January rankings

New Antares US BSL CLO prices AAAs at 115bps
Antares has matched the existing new-issue tight for US BSL CLOs with its latest print, Orion CLO 2026-7, priced via SMBC Nikko