The right moment to take a chance
Stephen Ketchum founded Sound Point during the global financial crisis with seed funding of USD 35m. He moved into CLOs in 2012. Today, the firm has many arms and AUM of USD 46bn

Gearing up private credit CLOs in Europe
Hybrid deals are the latest attempt to make private credit CLOs work in Europe. They aim to combine private credit and leveraged loans to create a vehicle that delivers yield and liquidity

Fund performance – July 2026
Smaller gains in May moderate strong April performance

CLOs at a glance – July 2026
Our list of recent CLO pricings globally

European CLO rankings – June 2026
CVC, Apollo’s Redding Ridge and Blackstone claimed the top three spots for European CLO issuance in Creditflux’s rankings for the first half of 2026, while BNP Paribas rose to second in the arranger standings, behind Bank of America and ahead of JPMorgan

Latest new Investcorp Euro CLO sees AAAs clear at 125bps
Investcorp priced Harvest CLO XLI as a EUR 407.25m issue through Goldman Sachs on Thursday

CLO investors remain unruffled amid Santé Cie investigation
EXCLUSIVE: Two CLO investors have told Creditflux they don’t expect to see a significant impact from the fallout of the ongoing Santé Cie investigation

Diameter prints second European issue after February debut
The manager's follow-up Euro offering priced via Barclays as a EUR 406.1m transaction

Banks are piling into the CLO market – BSP
Despite negative headlines around the alternative credit space, banks are still supportive of private debt and the CLO market behind closed doors, according to Benefit Street Partners

US CLO ETF AUM passes USD 50bn, European market hits EUR 2bn: BofA
The global CLO ETF market is hitting new heights, with the US market AUM passing USD 50bn as of last week, according to Bank of America Global Research data

Sante Cie loan rebounds following call to reassure lenders
EUR 820m TLB offered around 80 cents; Gibson Dunn holds call with lender group

New Euro CLOs price from market heavyweights KKR and Carlyle
Heavy hitters KKR and Carlyle have both priced new, conventionally-structured European CLOs, with KKR's Avoca CLO XXXVI pricing its triple As at the current market tight of 124bps over Euribor

The Quality Group pre-markets in quieter primary as buyside battles repricings, Sante Cie loan plunges - Europe Loan Digest
Strong technical pushes prints in new lows; CLOs struggling with arbitrage hold floor for single-Bs; Sante Cie dives in secondary on asset freeze news

European private credit CLO market sparks back to life
ANALYSIS: After a brisk start, the European private credit CLO market has stalled somewhat over the past year, but a new issue in the space and the expectation of incoming hybrid issues has breathed new life into the sector

EU securitisation rule changes “once in a generation” chance to fix CLO market—Walkers
EXCLUSIVE: Upcoming EU securitisation rule changes could supercharge the European CLO space, says Walkers partner Andrew Traynor

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader launches with eight CLO partners
EXCLUSIVE: The newly merged law firm now has the largest structured finance legal team in the world, with 40-45 partners globally in leveraged finance and fund finance

Golub enters European CLO market with multi-currency private credit print

The world’s largest mid-market CLO issuer by AUM has become the third manager to issue a European private credit CLO, after Barings and Ares

European CLO issuance kicks into gear as spreads tighten in
European triple A spreads tightened this week to a new low of 124bps, with new issues hitting the market from Blackstone, Palmer Square, Apollo, Spire and ICG

Elmwood appoints new global head of research
The firm creates new role as the CLO manager builds up its European presence, CEO tells Creditflux

Europe on default watch following Bain downgrade
The most junior tranche of Bain’s Euro CLO 2018-1 has been downgraded to default in a first for the CLO 2.0 regime

Bridgepoint prints tight with second new CLO for 2026
Bridgepoint's latest new European CLO, which issued Wednesday, priced with its weighted average cost of capital ducking beneath 190bps over Euribor

JPMorgan combines private credit financing and CLO businesses
The bank has announced that former global head of private credit financing James Greenfield will head the new entity, with existing global head of CLO primary Steve Baker set to report to Greenfield

UBS adds EUR 29m in equity for reset of 13-year-old Euro CLO
The latest reworking of Madison Park XI priced the triple As at Euribor plus 127bps

Inflation impact on consumers is a key factor to watch – AlbaCore
The ongoing impact of inflation on consumers will be a core factor in assessing future credit performance, Deborah Cohen Malka, partner and portfolio manager at European credit manager AlbaCore, told Creditflux

Software loan shakeout in CLOs still to come—Barings
As an investor in US CLO tranches, the asset manager has observed that most CLOs have not made major changes to their software book despite concerns about artificial intelligence threatening the sector