Euro CLO manager closes second captive equity strategy at €228 million
An experienced European CLO manager is taking care of its CLO issuance for the next few years 

Polus 2022 European CLO tops Fitch ESG ranking
Cairn CLO XV has scored the highest ESG score among Fitch-rated European CLOs

Onex prints Europe's seventh static CLO of year
Onex Credit wrapped up a static European CLO late on Wednesday, with Citi and NatWest arranging the €339 million deal

Bridgepoint set to become 43rd European CLO issuer in 2022
Bridgepoint Credit Management is poised to end a one-year absence from new issue European CLOs with a forthcoming deal expected to price next week

Tikehau prints second new issue of the year
Tikehau Capital has priced its second new issue of the year, partnering with Goldman Sachs and Societe Generale on Tikehau VIII

Axa IM claims "more than 15 investors" in new European CLO
Axa Investment Managers says that “more than 15” investors allocated to its static European CLO, Adagio X, which closed on Friday

Blackstone's new Euro CLO volumes pass €1 billion for 2022
Blackstone Credit's new European CLO volumes for 2022 passed €1 billion on Friday after it priced its third new issue named Edmondstown Park CLO

European CLO managers trade loans to avoid (par) burn
Between March and July, European CLO managers traded €21 billion of assets within CLOs that were still in their reinvestment period as opportunities arose amid a weaker macro environment and Russia’s war with Ukraine

Fidelity adds European CLO structurer to team from buyside
A European CLO structurer is understood to have left PGIM ahead of a move to Fidelity International, according to market sources

Fitch raises European default rate assumptions with loans in tougher spot than bonds
Analysts at Fitch Ratings have raised their base-case leveraged loan default rate for end-2023 in Europe to 4.5% from 3.5%, and their severe-case rate to 6%

The Last Tranche with AlbaCore's Cohen Malka: The UK gilts crisis showed the CLO market is more liquid than people thought
In this episode of The Last Tranche, Deborah Cohen Malka, partner and portfolio manager at AlbaCore Capital Group, discusses the performance and challenges facing the European CLO market

Manager targets €300 million for structured credit fund with CLO/CSO mix
The fund will invest primarily in European CLO equity 

Static European CLOs gain traction with Onex marketing via Citi and NatWest
Onex Credit Partners is marketing Europe’s seventh static CLO of the year

Palmer Square includes senior/junior triple As and delayed draw double Bs in Euro CLO
Barclays arranged the €400.8 million deal, which features a one-year reinvestment period 

KKR pulls low-ramp European CLO amid loan rally
KKR is understood to have pulled its new issue European CLO Avoca XXVIII, according to multiple sources. The deal was due to price this week

Virtus to step in as collateral admin on several Blackstone CLOs as US Bank resigns
US Bank has resigned as collateral administrator on a set of Blackstone Credit European CLOs

Blackstone targets next week for Euro CLO via BNP Paribas
The €380.36 million deal is anticipated to price next week and is around 59.5% ramped 

Credit Suisse to streamline European CLO manager client list
Credit Suisse is unlikely to be among the heavyweights in European CLO origination with market sources indicating that the bank is reducing its CLO manager client list

Napier Park prints static European CLO
Napier Park has opted to print a static CLO. The €282 million deal has a one-year non-call period.

Credit Suisse European CLO syndication and origination head leaves amid restructuring
Credit Suisse’s head of European CLO syndication and origination is understood to have left the bank

Beneath the triple C: Stormy October hits CLOs with rising tide of downgrades
After a slight respite in the pace of downgrades over the summer for CLOs, October brought renewed momentum as macro-economic pressures - primarily high interest rate burdens for corporate borrowers and supply side inflation - became the recurring rationale

CVC and PGIM add to European CLO new issue surge
CVC and PGIM joined Ares, Neuberger and Oaktree in pricing new issues last week

Euro CLO league tables: Barings €20 million behind PGIM in overall issuance as Jefferies extends lead
The European CLO manager base reaches 41 as six new issues priced for a total of €1.9 billion

Global CLO league tables - October 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - October 2022 YTD

Tikehau targets mid-November for new issue Euro CLO
Société Générale has picked up another co-arranger and co-placement agent role with Goldman Sachs on Tikehau CLO VIII, which is targeted to price in mid-November