CLO manager rankings by AUM – Q2 2026
The latest Creditflux CLO manager AUM rankings sees stability in the top rankings following a shake-up in the top 3 last quarter – but a little further down, CIFC has moved ahead of UBS to snare seventh overall behind Ares, while Benefit Street Partners edged out CVC to move into the top 10

BlackRock's latest Euro CLO prints AAAs at 126bps
BlackRock European CLO XVII printed as a EUR 405m transaction through Bank of America

CLO investors need to consider country-level exposure in Europe — KKR
EXCLUSIVE: CLO market performance is becoming more differentiated across sectors and countries in Europe, says KKR’s Eddie O’Neill

RBC BlueBay prices tenth European CLO
BBAM European CLO X issued via Goldman Sachs, with RBC also acting as a co-placement agent on the deal

Year-to-date US CLO performance tops global fixed income products – Janus Henderson
US CLO triple Bs have outperformed all other fixed income sectors in the year-to-date and will likely continue to perform well in a higher interest rate landscape, according to new research from Janus Henderson

European CLO legal counsel rankings – 2Q 2026
Milbank maintained its leading position among European manager counsel ahead of Paul Hastings, while the latter continues to head the arranger counsel rankings ahead of Orrick and Clifford Chance

Global CLO legal counsel rankings – 2Q 2026
Industry heavyweights Milbank and Paul Hastings top Creditflux’s global rankings for CLO manager and arranger legal counsel for the first half of 2026, but there’s ongoing movement further down the tables

Time to get your passport ready
Credit market participants, including Creditflux correspondents, have been trekking the globe — attending conferences in New York, London, Barcelona, Berlin and Rome, to name a few — in search of opportunities

CLO managers play down Santé Cie concerns but case highlights fraud risk
CLO managers and investors have shrugged off concerns that the recent turmoil at French homecare company Santé Cie represents the start of a default wave in Europe – but the case has reawakened concerns around the risk of fraud in CLO portfolios

US CLO industry flies in for summer tour of Europe
American accents are forming the soundtrack in Europe this summer, as the region’s CLO market attracts investor interest from around the globe

‘There’s a difference between perceived and actual safety’
Investor's Corner with Anchorage Capital Advisors’ Soo Kim and Curtis Hardwick

News in brief
Top stories on creditflux.com: including early summer visits to Clearlake and Nearwater

CLOs at a glance – July 2026
Our list of recent CLO pricings globally

European CLO rankings – June 2026
CVC, Apollo’s Redding Ridge and Blackstone claimed the top three spots for European CLO issuance in Creditflux’s rankings for the first half of 2026, while BNP Paribas rose to second in the arranger standings, behind Bank of America and ahead of JPMorgan

Latest new Investcorp Euro CLO sees AAAs clear at 125bps
Investcorp priced Harvest CLO XLI as a EUR 407.25m issue through Goldman Sachs on Thursday

CLO investors remain unruffled amid Santé Cie investigation
EXCLUSIVE: Two CLO investors have told Creditflux they don’t expect to see a significant impact from the fallout of the ongoing Santé Cie investigation

Diameter prints second European issue after February debut
The manager's follow-up Euro offering priced via Barclays as a EUR 406.1m transaction

Banks are piling into the CLO market – BSP
Despite negative headlines around the alternative credit space, banks are still supportive of private debt and the CLO market behind closed doors, according to Benefit Street Partners

US CLO ETF AUM passes USD 50bn, European market hits EUR 2bn: BofA
The global CLO ETF market is hitting new heights, with the US market AUM passing USD 50bn as of last week, according to Bank of America Global Research data

New Euro CLOs price from market heavyweights KKR and Carlyle
Heavy hitters KKR and Carlyle have both priced new, conventionally-structured European CLOs, with KKR's Avoca CLO XXXVI pricing its triple As at the current market tight of 124bps over Euribor

European private credit CLO market sparks back to life
ANALYSIS: After a brisk start, the European private credit CLO market has stalled somewhat over the past year, but a new issue in the space and the expectation of incoming hybrid issues has breathed new life into the sector

EU securitisation rule changes “once in a generation” chance to fix CLO market—Walkers
EXCLUSIVE: Upcoming EU securitisation rule changes could supercharge the European CLO space, says Walkers partner Andrew Traynor

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader launches with eight CLO partners
EXCLUSIVE: The newly merged law firm now has the largest structured finance legal team in the world, with 40-45 partners globally in leveraged finance and fund finance

Golub enters European CLO market with multi-currency private credit print

The world’s largest mid-market CLO issuer by AUM has become the third manager to issue a European private credit CLO, after Barings and Ares

European CLO issuance kicks into gear as spreads tighten in
European triple A spreads tightened this week to a new low of 124bps, with new issues hitting the market from Blackstone, Palmer Square, Apollo, Spire and ICG