Euro CLO round-up: five banks combine to launch GoldenTree deal
While GoldenTree priced a novel CLO this week, Ares's newest European CLO priced just this afternoon with an impressive headline triple A print of 68bp

Ares makes dramatic return to European CLOs with tightest ever triple A print
Ares Management has priced its first new CLO in Europe since December 2016, according to market sources

Hayfin prices first US CLO after Kingsland acquisition
The asset manager has priced a $606.25 million new issue US CLO via Citi, according to market sources

GoldenTree plants its multi-arranger CLO concept on European soil
GoldenTree Loan Management has brought its multi-arranger CLO strategy to the European market with five banks cooperating to price a first-of-its-kind deal

Deadline looms for Creditflux's annual Manager Awards
The deadline for this year’s Creditflux Manager Awards is fast approaching as managers across the CLO, credit hedge fund and direct lending industries compete for the eighth consecutive year

Global CLO giant prices its first European deal of the year
A global asset manager has priced its first new issue European CLO of the year via Barclays in a €413 million transaction

Fair Oaks expands into European loans with major hire
Fair Oaks Capital – one of the largest CLO equity investors in the market – has hired a well-known figure in the CLO industry to build a European corporate loan business

Euro CLO round-up: Managers race to the bottom as spreads dip below 70bp
With the recent ruling in the US causing uncertainty, managers including Blackrock and Bain have been ensuring they’re risk retention compliant on both sides of the Atlantic. Meanwhile, European CLO spreads continue on a monumental rally

BlackRock prices reset of debut Euro CLO
BlackRock Investment Management has reset its debut European CLO from 2016, according to market sources

London manager prices its largest ever CLO transaction via BNP Paribas
The manager teamed up with BNP Paribas to price its first CLO transaction of the year yesterday

Ares plans to launch first new European CLO since 2016
Ares Management is preparing to issue its first new CLO in Europe since December 2016, market sources say

Marble Point lists CLO equity fund on London Stock Exchange
Marble Point Capital Managment has completed an IPO for its new listed fund named Marble Point Loan Financing

CLO equity and mezzanine fund liquidates two years before reinvestment period
BK Opportunities Fund-2 has liquidated two years before the end of its reinvestment period with annualised net return since inception at 12.4%, Creditflux has learned

Europe's CLO reset spreads tighten by 2bp as KKR prices deal
European CLO reset spreads tightened again on Friday as KKR Credit Advisors priced the second largest reset transaction on record

European CLO new issue spreads fall below 70bp for first time in 2.0 era
A CLO manager has priced its triple A notes at 69bp via Barclays, according to market sources

Alcentra creeps closer to $300 million target with third structured credit fund
London-headquartered Alcentra, the alternative fixed income specialist for BNY Mellon Investment Management, appears to have raised more than $214 million for its third Clareant structured credit opportunities fund

Euro league tables: January CLO volumes up 39% on last year
The European CLO market has got off to a strong start in 2018 with €2.5 billion of issuance in January, an increase of 38.9% on January 2017

Manager prices first new issue CLO in Europe since September 2016
The New York-headquartered manager has launched its first new issue CLO in Europe since 2016, pricing a €411 million deal via Morgan Stanley yesterday

London manager plots return to CLO market by launching debut BSL deal
The manager has hired Citi to price its first ever CLO backed by broadly syndicated loans

European CLO round-up: who's going to be first to break 70bp?
European CLO spreads continue to rally and the question on everyone’s lips right now is: “when [not if] will triple As dip below 70 basis points?” Most likely the next question posed will be “are US CLO market participants fretting upon similar quandaries?”

New wave of CLO funds emerge as managers capitalise on tight spreads
Credit managers have raised an abundance of capital in the last few months with the aim of stocking up on their CLO investments

Past returns: pension scheme gets stung after regulators rewrite CLO rules
Five years ago, we reported that US pension funds were boosting their allocation to euro-denominated credit. One institution in particular led the way by supporting the first European CLO to be issued since the global financial crisis

Managers predict skill will win out
We asked managers to predict the year ahead across a range of credit strategies. Overall, they had a positive outlook. By Grace Jennings-Edquist

Who predicted $145 billion of issuance?
That went better than expected: US risk retention came in, and $145 billion of global new issuance later, it’s clear that CLOs aren’t disappearing. By Tanvi Gupta and Sam Robinson