US BSL CLO Rankings - February 2024 YTD
Our latest rankings for the US BSL CLO market, including arranger and manager league tables

CLO round-up: February 2024
Our roundup of all the action in another spectacular month for the CLO market

Deadline nears for 16th Creditflux Manager Awards submissions
The deadline for entries to the 16th annual Creditflux Manager Awards is closing in, with entries accepted until Thursday 22nd February.

CLOs at a glance
CLOs at a glance

Fresh wave of CLO calls looms as US equity distributions drop
Equity distributions for US CLOs outside their reinvestment period continue to fall as prepayments cut into cashflows

CLOs round-up: Jan 2024 - back with a bang
Our roundup of CLO primary activity in January shows that the market got off to a dramatic start in January, especially in the US BSL space

European CLO primary spreads still have a long way to go
Are European CLO spreads in the primary market cheap or expensive? Our latest research shows that while US managers can celebrate AAAs reaching the 150s, in Europe spreads still have a long way to go to reach historical norms.

Blackstone is back as the largest CLO manager in the world: 2023 manager rankings by AUM
Our full-year 2023 rankings for CLO managers by total CLO AUM are out, with Blackstone moving into top place.

The Caribbean is back on the menu as EU announces removal of Cayman from its blacklist
On 18 January 2024, the European Commission published the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024163 in the Official Journal of the EU, announcing that the Cayman Islands will be removed from its anti-money laundering list of 'high-risk third countries'

Global CLO rankings - FY 2023
Our full rankings for the global CLO market, including arrangers, law firms and trustees

New research says that CLO arb is better than you think, but still not good enough
New research by Barclays’ Powell Eddins and Pranava Boyidapu suggests that CLO arbitrage is in a better place than many investors think, but that BBs are still more attractive

Captive equity is still an option as Carlyle raises fund
Despite predictions of poor returns, captive equity funds can still be raised. The latest manager to hit the market is Carlyle Group, the world’s largest CLO manager according to our 3Q23 Creditflux rankings. According to market sources, Carlyle is raising a half-billion-dollar equity fund, which is expected to be complete by the end of the year.

Banks support triple As as insurers and asset managers step awa
While attention is focused on what the proposed risk-weighted asset (RWA) implementation of Basel 3 will mean for US banks, European banks have already become the dominate buyers of CLO triple A paper.

CLOs at a glance
CLOs at a glance

CLO market round-up: 27 Nov - 1 Dec
After a busy Thanksgiving week, CLO pricing activity was substantially quieter last week, with only a handful of deals in the market.

CLO market round-up: 20 - 24 Nov 2023
Thanksgiving or not, last week was a banner week for middle market CLO deals, with no fewer than five pricing

BlackRock launches securitised asset fund
BlackRock has launched a new securitised asset fund dubbed the BlackRock Senior Securitised Fund with at least 65% exposure to ABS and no more than 35% to CLOs

CLO market round-up: 13 - 17 Nov 2023
Who said it was a slow market in Europe? Pricing action in the primary European CLO market put paid to that notion over the past week with a trio of European deals pricing, including two debuts.

Creditflux CLO Symposium opens for booking
Our flagship CLO Symposium & Managers Awards is now open for registration. We will once again be returning to the Landmark Hotel in London on 15 May for this staple of the CLO community.

CLOs at a glance
Recent CLO primary market activity

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

3Q23 manager rankings by AUM
Carlyle Group is now the largest CLO manager in the world, according to the latest update to our rankings of the CLO manager universe published today