Rich fees help pull in growing crowd of CLO debutants
US financial giant State Street, private equity shop Abry Partners, the Princely family of Liechtenstein’s LGT Capital Partners, and even India’s Vivriti Asset Management are among a burgeoning list of asset managers looking to get into the CLO management business

First actively-managed direct lending CLO in Europe sets template for others to follow
Last month, Ares made history by launching Europe’s first actively-managed direct lending CLO. But unlike Barings' static issue last year, Ares chose to create a reinvesting CLO, opening up a new seam of structured credit solutions for European managers and investors

‘CLOs are strategic, all-weather investments’
CIO and managing partner Pearl Diver Capital, Chandrajit Chakraborty, says it's important not to chase yield at the expense of fundamental credit quality

Proposals for European SRT labelled ‘relentlessly positive’ for small banks and insurers
Europe’s significant risk transfer market could be transformed under sweeping European Commission proposals that aim to rewire the continent’s strict securitisation framework

US challenges keep number of CLO hopefuls similar across Atlantic
Both the US and European CLO markets have a long list of financial firms looking to start management businesses, but the smaller European market’s list is longer, relative to its size

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CLOs at a glance – June 2025
Our list of recent CLO pricings globally

Fortress prints second Euro CLO
The EUR 408m deal – co-arranged by Natixis and HSBC – comes eight months after the manager’s inaugural European print

Sona prices second new CLO for 2025, third overall for the year
The manager has priced its fifth new CLO since its management debut in November 2023 – a EUR 405.6m issue arranged via Morgan Stanley

TCW makes London-based securitisation hire from Apollo
EXCLUSIVE: TCW builds out its securitisation team in Europe with a hire from Apollo

Euro Oaktree reset prices slightly wide of guidance
The transaction – the manager’s third European print of 2025 – tightened spreads on its triple A paper by 35bps

CVC markets new European CLO via Natixis
The issue would be CVC’s third new Euro issue for the year, following prints in February and May

European CLO portfolio manager departs Partners Group
EXCLUSIVE: The firm’s long-standing head of European CLOs has left the firm to take some personal time with his family, a spokesperson said

Cross Ocean resets two-year-old Euro deal
Bosphorus CLO VIII was reset by Deutsche Bank with a small equity injection

Napier Park prices third new Euro issue of the year
The triple As for last week's EUR 405m transaction cleared at Euribor plus 133bps

Royal London gears up for debut CLO issue later this year
EXCLUSIVE: The asset management firm, part of the Royal London Group, has hired an arranger and is planning to price its inaugural deal later this year in Europe  

Arini follows up debut US print with first Euro issue for 2025
The fast-growing manager has priced its sixth European deal since its debut as a CLO issuer some 20 months ago

Guggenheim prices first new European CLO since 2022
Bilbao CLO V printed on Thursday as a EUR 406.8m transaction arranged by Jefferies – the manager's first new-issue European deal in over three years

Onex issues full refi of previously-reset 2022 Euro CLO
The deal, which initially priced as a static issue, was reset in 2023 on a standard-duration timetable

Euro CVC reset prices AAAs at 133
The reset of the 10-year-old deal follows a previous refinancing in 2019

Nascent European CLO ETF market could catch up to US—S&P
Positive European sentiment will help drive European ETF adoption, according to a new report

Former Investcorp Credit CEO Jeremy Ghose joins The Chatterjee Group
Ghose told Creditflux that his role as President would be a strategic one that “looked to enhance the enterprise value” of the overall group, with the aim of boosting cash flow to develop the firm’s philanthropic operations

State Street Investment Management eyes CLO entrance
The traditional asset manager is planning to launch a new CLO business, sources familiar tell Creditflux.

Sound Point hires former Alcentra president as CFO steps down
CFO Kevin Gerlitz is retiring from the role after 16 years

Sculptor prices new euro CLO amidst busy market
Sculptor European CLO XIII was the manager's first new European issue in over six months