Manulife Investment agrees deal to buy CQS
Manulife Investment Management, the global wealth and asset management portion of Manulife Financial Corporation, has agreed to buy London-based alternative credit manager CQS, including the CQS credit platform and CQS brand

Setting standards for emissions data
Macroeconomic trends may have pushed the topic of ESG reporting down the news agenda this year, but this is changing with a raft of new regulations in countries around the world

The wall is coming down
Refis and extensions have greatly reduced the height of the maturity wall looming over European CLOs in the near term — but, further out, WAL test cushions remain critical

CLO Census: It’s time to put the shop in order
After a lacklustre year for the CLO market, the 539 respondents to our comprehensive survey are increasingly calling for structural changes, from electronic trading to standardised documents

Fund performance
No autumnal fall for CLOs as category rises to 16.1% year to date

Credit hedge funds
Hedge fund performance tables

Credit funds at a glance
Fund performance; people hires; fundraising 

CLOs at a glance
Recent CLO primary market activity

Europe greets new CLO manager
The latest debut manager has joined the European CLO market thanks to a new deal arranged by Bank of America

European structured finance market constructive on rates pause — market snapshot
European ABS and CLOs had a constructive week in the secondary market, reflecting better sentiment in broader credit

European CLO rankings - October 2023 YTD
Our latest rankings for the CLO primary market in Europe up to the end of October

Barclays arranges third European reset of the year
Neuberger Berman issued a reset of its 2022-vintage Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers Euro CLO 5 marking the third European reset this year, after October’s Adagio X and Bosphorus CLO VII deals

Five Arrows sticks with unfunded single B for new European CLO
Five Arrows priced its latest Euro CLO, Contego CLO XII, yesterday and featuring an undrawn B-class tranche.

MV Credit prices third European CLO
MV Credit priced a new CLO last week in a EUR 332.25m deal arranged by Citi

Demand for European loan format notes increases as Onex prices latest CLO
Consolidating its busy year, Onex Capital Partners has followed up its EUR 351.6m August CLO issuance with another transaction on Friday, arranged by BNP Paribas

Barings makes it two European CLOs this year
Barings priced its second European CLO of the year last week and its fifth overall of 2023 in a EUR 400.5m transaction

European triple As go back to 170bps for new Partners Group CLO
Partners Group has priced a new European CLO arranged by Morgan Stanley, with Mizuho acting as co-placement agent

JP Morgan makes it eleven for Palmer Square
Hot on the heels of its fourth European CLO pricing earlier in October, Palmer Square priced its fifth European CLO of 2023 on the last day of the month

Axa ups the tempo for second European CLO reset this year
Europe saw its second CLO reset of the year last week as the 2022 vintage Adagio X was reset by Barclays

European secondary activity quieter as CLO spreads widen further
Activity in the secondary market was quieter for a second week, especially with half-term holidays in the UK, according to market sources

Permira returns with second European CLO this year
Permira Credit has priced its second new European CLO this year in a deal arranged by Jefferies 

Ares turbocharges European CLO
Jefferies arranged a new European CLO on Thursday featuring a turbo feature for the class F notes

Polls close tomorrow for the Creditflux CLO Census 2023
With two days of voting left the seventh instalment of Creditflux’s CLO Census is already the biggest ever with 397 participants

3Q23 YTD CLO rankings
Our latest set of CLO issuance rankings for 2023 showcase the most active CLO arrangers, lawyers and trustees over a challenging nine months