Invesco prices first European new issue of the year
Invesco priced its first full European deal of 2024 last Thursday

Oaktree keeps it short-dated for European 2022 vintage reset
Oaktree’s third deal of 2024 – the manager’s first European offering since September last year – priced on Thursday as an unusual short-dated reset

CLOs and Private Credit can learn to coexist, conference hears
A discussion led by Debtwire's Head of Leveraged Loans Jelena Cvejic, brought together an audience of lawyers, CLO managers and private credit players to hear about the battle between the two. 

Citi anchors CLOs as it chases arranger mandates in Europe
Citigroup was once the dominant arranger in the European CLO market. Now, after years away from the top perch, the bank is angling to regain market share and its former leading status.

European double B spreads widen as loans and bonds sell off
After a strong start to the year, European double B spreads moved out during April in both the primary and secondary markets, although some managers were able to resist the turn better than others.

UK changes to securitisation expected to have limited impact on CLOs
As Creditflux went to press, lawyers across the City of London were coming to grips with the meat of the UK’s new securitisation regime, the so-called Edinburgh Reforms

BofA: innovation and consistency
The first of our new series of CLO arranger profiles takes a look at Bank of America, the largest shop in the market, where one team covers CLO arranging, trading and financing, globally

CLOs grow from strength to strength
The first quarter of 2024 saw such extraordinary issuance across the global CLO market that it was enough to outpace the equally extraordinary amortisation occurring in older deals

Do defaults predict equity returns?
At first glance, recently redeemed European CLOs show some sort of correlation between final IRR and the number of defaults in their portfolio. But what other factors affect performance?

CLO funds maintain strong start to 2024 to stay top year to date
The first quarter of 2024 has been a memorable one for CLO funds, as the category continues its dominant spell, claiming 7 of the top 10 spots in March

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge fund performance

Credit funds at a glance
Credit funds at a glance

CLOs at a glance
CLOs at a glance

Packed CLO conference hears about issuance and violence
The impressive first-quarter issuance has more room to run, said panellists at this morning’s session of the Creditflux CLO Symposium 2024 in London

European BSL CLO Rankings - April 2024
Our latest rankings for the European CLO market, including arranger and manager league tables

M&G is back with European CLO number two
Almost exactly one year after its European managerial market debut, M&G Investment Management returned to price Margay CLO II on Monday

Aegon prices first European CLO
Monday saw a significant moment in the European primary market – the return of the North Westerly CLO platform to new deal issuance after three years, now under the auspices of Aegon Asset Management

Trinitas prices partial refi of 2020 vintage BSL CLO
Trinitas has refinanced four debt tranches of Trinitas CLO XIV, a US BSL CLO from 2020

The Last Tranche with YMER's Warzynski: we like primary equity again
In this episode of the Last Tranche, Hubert Warzynski, Partner and Co-founder of Scandinavian CLO investor YMER talks about why he likes primary European equity again, but only for a handful of managers.

Brigade prices new European CLO
Following a quiet period on the primary market, Brigade Capital Management returned to the primary market this week with its first European issue of the year

DWS grows CLO team in Europe with senior hire
DWS continues to build out its nascent CLO team with the recruitment of a well known CLO portfolio manager

Investcorp does mezz-only refi for 2022 vintage CLO
Jefferies arranged a brace of European deals on Friday, including a partial refinancing of Investcorp’s 2022-vintage Harvest CLO XXVIII

European CLO issuance spree continues with new Trinitas deal
Trinitas wrapped up the week by pricing its sixth CLO of the year and its second deal in Europe

First debut manager of 2024 prices
Yesterday afternoon saw the upsized pricing of a European CLO that marks the first market debutante to emerge this year