BlackRock prices first Euro CLO since January
The reset of the three-year-old deal included some EUR 9m of additional equity

BNP Paribas taps alts head for combined BNP, AXA IM group
Isabelle Scemama will oversee more than EUR 300bn in assets as the two groups merge

European CLO veteran Boris Okuliar departs Ares
The exit sees the loss of Ares’ co-head of its global liquid credit business after nine years at the firm, to spend more time with family and explore new opportunities

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

News in brief
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Opportunity in CLO double B tranches
Given their low default rates, double B CLO tranches offer much higher coupons than might be expected — suggesting they offer some of the best risk/return trade-offs in all of fixed income

‘It’s rare something is both issuer and investor friendly’
In 2015, Apollo’s Albert Huntington invented CLO resets. But the most important thing he learned back then was how flexible CLOs can be if you get consent from all equity holders

Differences in scale and sector exposure mean US and European CLOs offer different risks and rewards
European CLOs offer more sustainable arbitrage opportunities than US CLOs

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Credit funds at a glance – May 2025
Our roundup of top performers, fundraising and moves in credit

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