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

Ares prints new issue Euro CLO via BofA
Ares Management has priced a new issue European CLO, Ares European CLO XVI

New US CLOs brace for EU’s Article 7 reporting requirements
Investors now need Article 7 reporting compliance for new non-EU securitisation investments (such as US CLOs). This includes high-level portfolio reporting to investors, including loan-by-loan data in greater depth than even CLO trustee reports provide.

European CLO market weathers liability-driven investment crisis as just 4% of b-wics fail to trade
European CLO b-wic supply surged in September as liability-driven investment strategies sought to raise collateral via the floating rate CLO market.

Apollo scooped up $1.1 billion CLO paper amid UK LDI crisis, officials confirm
Apollo Global Management bought a whopping $1.1 billion of triple A and double A-rated CLO paper yielding over 8% in the three weeks of elevated bwic supply in October

Nuveen raises $150 million to invest further in CLOs
Nuveen is expanding its CLO product suite with the launch of a new CLO opportunities fund, according to recent regulatory filings

Refi wall looms over CLOs as a fifth exit reinvestment
Loan and high yield issuers have a decent runway before they have to think about refinancing their debt, but CLO issuers are not sitting quite as comfortably.

Nochu turns tables after experiencing CLO walkouts
Norinchukin Bank’s retreat from global CLO investing — having agreed to take down the senior notes of several upcoming CLOs — has disappointed market participants. However, although they don’t condone such actions, sources say there were mitigating circumstances

CLOs at a glance (November 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

Ares targets today for European CLO pricing
Ares Management is targeting today to price its new issue European CLO, Ares European CLO XVI

Double, double, but no toil and trouble as Neuberger and Oaktree deliver Euro CLO treats
The primary CLO market was revived yesterday after two managers brewed new European deals, taking new issue 2022 volumes to just over €22 billion

Ares markets first 2022 CLO in Europe
Ares Management is targeting Wednesday to price a new issue European CLO 

CQS returns to Euro market with first new CLO since 2015
CQS has priced its first European CLO in seven and a half years, opting for a short reinvestment and non-call period

Private equity firms are becoming CLO converts: TwentyFour
Private equity firms have increasingly bought CLO and other securitised debt tranches in recent weeks instead of their usual preference for physical assets - a trade TwentyFour believes "makes perfect sense"

Creditflux CLO Census results: JP Morgan claims clean sweep of US CLO arranging categories
Following the close of this year’s census, JP Morgan was a quadruple winners in the US, with results declaring it the best at syndicating, structuring and providing both the best access to loans and the best warehouse service

PE firm Nile buys minority stake in Prytania AM
Nile Capital Group has bought a minority stake in a structured credit specialist 

CVC markets another Euro CLO following Nochu-withdrawal
CVC Credit is wasting no time in getting back to the Euro CLO arena and marketing a full five-year reinvestment European CLO, CVC Cordatus Loan Fund XXVI. The firm had originally had originally lined up CVC Cordatus Loan Fund XXV via Citi to print first, but lost triple A anchor investor Norinchukin earlier this month

Sofr away from me – basis puts new CLO triple As in dire straits
A relative value gap has opened between secondary and primary market CLO triple A tranches, with the former looking attractive as volatility heightens and the basis grows between Libor and Sofr. This presents an additional problem for managers hoping to do new business

Elfa confirms launch of CLO ESG questionnaire
The European Leveraged Finance Association confirmed the launch of its new CLO ESG questionnaire which it says aims to “improve the quality of ESG reporting and data in the CLO market."

Oaktree rejigs cap stack and cuts reinvestment on upcoming European CLO
Jefferies is targeting next week to price Arbour CLO IX, with changes to the reinvestment period and a smaller overall deal. As expected, price talk has widened since September marketing 

Experienced CLO trader parts ways with Deutsche Bank
A Euro trader with nearly two decades of experience in the CLO industry has left Deutsche Bank 

US credit manager builds European CLO business with Bain hire
A Minneapolis-headquartered manager is understood to be building a European CLO platform, adding to the growing number of expected debutants on the continent

Barings gets short-dated Euro CLO over line with fixed triple A and delayed single B tranches
Goldman Sachs arranged the €301.5 million deal, which as a one-year reinvestment and one-year non-call

CLO market responds en masse as Creditflux CLO Census 2022 closes
A massive 388 market participants submitted their answers to the CLO market’s most burning questions as Creditflux’s CLO Census 2022 closed Wednesday night

US managers brace for CLO reporting overhaul as new EU investments become subject to Article 7
US CLO managers could face an administrative headache with EU investors investing in new and secondary market US CLOs now requiring more exacting detail of underlying portfolios. This follows the long-awaited European Commission Securitisation Regulation report overhauling investment rules