PDM sees no limitations as it brings ESG investing to CLO management
“We look at the level of ESG risk for every credit we buy, as if it was any other kind of risk consideration” - Permira's Ariadna Stefanescu describes PDM's approach to CLO management

Points up front: a few weeks' worth of dual compliance
Dual compliance is so 2017. And yet European CLO managers are pursuing US risk retention compliance. Perhaps memories of 2013 are resurfacing

Making it to the top: women reflect on changes in the CLO industry
As a growing number of women break the glass ceiling and take senior positions in CLO firms, Creditflux asked about the opportunities and challenges they face. By Michelle D’Souza

Join the debate: most memorable moment in credit
At Creditflux we’ve now produced 200 monthly magazines since Fishknife first came up with the idea of tracking the global credit markets in 2001). We asked several key credit industry officials about their most memorable moment in credit

Staying afloat in credit takes care and character
In his final article, our columnist sheds light on his identity and has some 'nice' advice for those navigating credit’s changeable oceans

B-wic round-up: secondary CLO market is looking more and more like new issue
2017 and 2018 CLOs flooded the secondary market last week, with bonds referencing Ares Management, LCM Asset Management and Napier Park Global Capital going on sale

European CLO round-up: Voya debuts in Europe as managers opt for dual-compliance
Europe has today welcomed a new manager with Voya Alternative Asset Management getting off the mark by pricing Voya Euro CLO I. That's now 41 active managers in Europe

Funding costs tumble as BNP Paribas resets 2016 European CLO
BNP Paribas yesterday priced a four-year reset of 2016-vintage European CLO managed by Five Arrows Managers

Spire prices its first dual-compliant European CLO via Citi
London-based Spire Partners has made a long-awaited return to the European new issue CLO market after a year's break

BlackRock prices dual-compliant European CLO
BlackRock priced its first new issue CLO of the year yesterday, which is set to close on 9 May

B-wic round-up: mid market CLOs find new homes in secondary market
The US secondary CLO market has had another eventful week as $908.2 million worth of CLO notes were made available, out of which $693.2 million, or 76.3%, traded successfully

European CLO round-up: senior CLO spreads shift wider - but not for long
2017 was characterised by relentless spread tightening in the European CLO market, but 2018 so far seems to be following a different tune.

Manager hires Citi to reset previously refinanced European CLO
A European CLO manager has started marketing its first CLO transaction of the year, according to market sources

Citi's European CLO head earns another promotion
Citi is streamlining its structured finance business and has assigned additional responsibilities to its primary European CLO head

Five Arrows targets its first CLO transaction of the year
Five Arrows, the Rothschild affiliate, is planning its first CLO transaction of 2018

CVC CLO makes "remedy payment" to class X notes after admin error
A European CLO managed by CVC Credit Partners failed to make a principal payment as scheduled, according to an Irish Stock Exchange notice

Price talk circulates on forthcoming Spire CLO
The manager is planning to launch its fourth CLO later this week via Citi

Past returns: Europe's own risk retention rewrite
Five years ago we reported that European CLO managers were hunting for partners to retain risk retention on their behalf. Shortly after, regulators performed a U-turn (nothing new here) and decided to prohibit third parties from acting as risk retainers

Join the debate: flippin' heck, you're distorting the CLO market
After our report on a CLO investor flipping 2018 bonds before the deals had even closed, one reader pointed out that this "masks true demand"

Points up front: the best way to source direct lending loans is to sit and wait
Spend a few minutes in the company of a direct lending manager and you’re sure to hear about the lengths to which funds go in order to source deals (one firm said that it operates a call centre in order to contact borrowers). Not so Pascal Meysson, managing director at Alcentra.

Brigade sets sail for Europe again as it prices second Armada CLO
Brigade Capital issued its second new CLO in the European market this morning, according to market sources

BlueMountain plans first CLO transaction of 2018
BlueMountain Fuji Management is preparing to price its first CLO transaction of the year within two weeks, according to market sources

Euro league tables: Volumes reach €7 billion as GSO and Citi lead 2018 rankings
2018 is off to a colossal start, with one New York-based global giant boosting February’s volumes  

Boutique US CLO manager hires from KKR as part of expansion into Europe
Credit Value Partners, the US CLO and credit fund manager owned by New York Life Investments, has hired Brian McNamara from KKR Credit Partners