BlueMountain teams up with Deutche Bank for European CLO
BlueMountain Fuji Management is marketing its fourth European CLO new issue is partnering with Deutsche Bank as arranger for the first time post-crisis

Senior CLO spreads tier up as CarVal prices its second deal
US CLO spreads remain dispersed in the opening weeks of 2019 with CarVal Investors pricing a CLO which saw triple-A debt price with a coupon of 148 basis points

Euro CLO round-up: largest managers brave primary market amid regulatory squeeze
Two seasoned European CLO managers stepped into the primary market to price new issue deals amid a period of uncertainty as the Securitisation Regulation put forth by the European Securities & Markets Association (Esma) beds in

GSO prices Europe's largest new issue CLO in over six months
 Europe’s CLO primary market is taking off, with GSO Capital Partners today becoming the third manager to price a new issue deal on the continent

CLO docs shed light on implementation of Securitisation Regulation
Market participants are beginning to get visibility on how European CLOs are handling the transparency obligation and the risk of fines under the European Securities & Markets Authority’s (Esma) Securitisation Regulation, according to a report on Creditflux’s sister publication Debtwire

Carlyle prices Europe's second CLO of the year as triple As stick at 108bp
Carlyle Group has priced Europe’s second CLO of 2019, following a €409.1 million transaction arranged by BNP Paribas

European CLO round-up: single B basis between US and Europe narrows
The European CLO market finally came out of its issuance shutdown on Friday when Credit Suisse Asset Management partnered with Barclays to price Cadogan Square CLO XIII.

CSAM sheds light on CLO pricing as it reopens European market
Credit Suisse Asset Management has priced Europe’s first CLO in two months, according to market sources

GreensLedge and NatWest score GSO as euro CLO client
GSO Capital Partners has mandated GreensLedge and NatWest Markets as co-arrangers for its first new CLO of the year, named Crosthwaite Park

CSAM European CLO price talk points to wide junior debt benchmarks
A much-awaited deal provides colour on the state of the European CLO market as the price talk for Credit Suisse Asset Management’s inaugural 2019 European deal, Cadogan Square CLO XII, circulates across the industry

Carlyle Group and BNP Paribas market new issue euro CLO
Carlyle Group is in the market with its first CLO transaction of the year, according to market sources

CLO equity a "top trade" for 2019, but beware ratings risk, says JP Morgan
CLO equity is one of the top trades of 2019, according to research analysts at JP Morgan in a research paper published on Friday, noting that the asset class offers ‘sticky capital in a volatile cycle'

Euro CLO league tables: New issues dominate in record-breaking year
The European CLO market bloomed to the fullest in 2018 and new issue volumes broke all records as €27.59 billion of new paper entered the market. Including all forms of refinancings, 2018 volumes reached €43.68 billion – just €2.05 billion short of 2017’s figures

Global 2018 CLO league tables at a glance
A snapshot of the overall league tables as of 31 December 2018

JP Morgan makes big hire to its global credit trading desk
An experienced banker who has covered CLOs, CSOs, loan TRS and credit derivatives, has joined JP Morgan after leaving BNP Paribas 

European CLO secondary market wakes up as several b-wics emerge
European CLO issuance has been non-existent since 26 November, but a flurry of CLO b-wics have been posted over the last few days, which should give investors an indication of where bonds are trading following the prolonged period of inactivity

Ellington opens inaugural European CLO warehouse via Barclays
The US-headquartered manager has hired Barclays to warehouse Ellington European CLO I

Disputes break out over cure contribution terms
CLO market participants are divided over the use of cure contributions — a mechanism that allows majority equity investors to put cash into the CLO to prevent a deal from breaching its overcollateralisation or interest coverage tests. In return for keeping a CLO ticking, sources say equity investors expect to be paid a rate of return of around 20%

2018 breaks more records as US new issue CLO volumes pass $125 billion
US new issue CLO volumes for 2018 currently stand at $125.68 billion, making 2018 a record-breaking year for the sector, according to CLO-i data

ESAs extend reporting olive branch to European CLOs
A group of European supervisory authorities (ESAs) have raised hopes that CLOs could avoid some of the toughest reporting requirements under the securitisation regulations coming into effect in January

CLO warehouse terms free up as stakeholders negotiate
CLO warehouse terms are becoming more flexible as dealers compete for business, and equity investors seek to extract maximum value from their deals. Sources say that warehouse maturities are more frequently rising to three years for certain deals in the US market, and that banks may be moving away from the mark-to-market warehouse model  

Raising a glass to women in CLOs
Creditflux’s inaugural Women In CLOs event took place in New York last month, with a wine tasting forming the perfect backdrop to an evening of networking

Junior debt set to be more attractive, but...
Clearly there are more eyes on the CLO market than ever. But some speakers at the CLO Investor Summit were warning of masquerading managers, free-riders, borrower weapons and zombies