European CLOs utilise first payment reserve for first time, conference hears
European CLOs have, for the first time ever, started to utilise their first payment reserves, according to panellists at IMN European CLO and leverage loan conference today, in part due to underlying loan obligors shifting from three to six-month Euribo

Dechert adds CLO specialist to London team
Dechert says it has appointed a CLO specialist to partner in its London office.

AlbaCore and Anchorage market European CLOs
AlbaCore Capital and Anchorage Group are the latest managers to brave the new issue European CLO market amid market volatility

CVC aims to break European CLO market silence amid difficult loan market
CVC Credit is aiming to break European CLO market silence arising from market volatility amid SVB’s collapse and the Credit Suisse turmoil, which has led to no new European CLOs pricing since 13 March

DLA Piper hires CLO lawyer from Paul Hastings as partner
DLA Piper has hired Konstantinos Vavelidis as partner on its CLO legal team in London

Credit Suisse CLO trader/strategist joins Barclays
Barclays has added to its ABS research desk

Deutsche Bank European CLO head leaves as bank lines up high profile replacement
Deutsche Bank has reshuffled its European CLO desk, with several sources indicating its head of European CLO new issue has parted ways with the bank. Simultaneously, the bank have made a senior hire 

Euro CLO exposure to financial sector 'limited', say Fitch
European CLO exposure to the financial sector is 'limited' and CLO ratings will not be impacted by UBS's acquisition of Credit Suisse, according to new data from Fitch Ratings

Loan trading within European CLOs drops to 0.6%: BofA
European CLO manager trading activity declined sharply this year amid less leveraged loan primary supply and declining secondary liquidity, according to Bank of America research

Board aims to grant Blackstone fund ability to invest directly in primary CLOs
The board of publicly traded fund Blackstone Loan Financing is proposing to amend its investment policy to allow it to directly invest in primary CLO opportunities, following the results of its shareholder consultation announced today.  Changes to NAV valuation methodology alongside various potential exit opportunities was also discussed.

Pimco promotes global lev fin and CLO head to managing director
Pimco's leveraged finance head is one of five senior officials promoted to managing director

Carlyle liquidates European CLO warehouse as Credit Suisse exposure drops to zero
Carlyle Group has become the latest European CLO manager to liquidate its warehouse with Credit Suisse, according to sources, leaving the bank with no European CLO warehouse exposure

CLO portfolio manager parts ways with Hayfin
An experienced figure in the European loan and CLO market has left Hayfin Capital Management in London

CLO investor expands into IG tranches with new global fund
The junior CLO debt and equity investor is going up the capital stack to invest in single A and triple B tranches

Canyon makes good impression with European CLO debut
Canyon Partners has priced its inaugural European CLO new issue, Canyon Euro CLO 2022-1 

Permira prints European CLO via Jefferies
Permira Credit priced its €398 million new issue European CLO, Providus CLO VIII end of last week via Jefferies

TwentyFour AM heaps praise on ICG for CLO's enhanced investor protections
TwentyFour Asset Management has hailed Intermediate Capital Group for enhancing documentation protections for mezzanine debt investors in its latest European CLO that priced last Monday via JP Morgan

Permira targets Euro CLO pricing today with split triple Bs and turbo single Bs
Permira Credit is aiming to price a new issue European CLO, Providus CLO VIII, via Jefferies

Voya prints short-dated European CLO via Barclays
Barclays priced its first European CLO new issue of the year on Friday

Five issuers account for 22% of Euro CLO triple Cs: BofA
22% of triple C-rated debt in European CLOs originates from just five issuers, according to analysis from Bank of America research this morning

ICG prints Euro CLO as junior CLO spreads widen
Intermediate Capital Group priced a new issue European CLO, ICG Euro CLO 2023-1, via JP Morgan this afternoon

Euro CLO league tables: BofA and Goldman Sachs make early moves with Jefferies absent
The European CLO market exploded to life in February with €3.75 billion of new issuance being priced by 10 different managers

Global CLO league tables - February 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - February 2023 YTD

Tikehau prints third Euro CLO in seven months
Tikehau and BNP Paribas teamed up to print a new issue European CLO named Tikehau CLO IX this afternoon

Barclays won't let sleeping dogs lie after another Newfoundland CLO reset
Newfoundland CLO, the long running and world's largest balance-sheet CLO, has been given a new leash of life by upsizing in a reset yesterday, according to announcements from Moody’s and Scope Ratings.