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Top stories on creditflux.com: spreads widen and outflows increase as war hits credit

CLO secondary dynamics – April 2026
US CLO market softens as spreads widen and trading conditions moderate

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

Outstanding performers – Creditflux announces 2026 CLO Awards finalists
This is our list of the best US and European CLOs, CLO funds and CLO managers. Winners will be announced at the 18th Creditflux awards, at the Chancery Rosewood in London on 21 April

CLO Symposium 2026
The Creditflux CLO Symposium will be held at the The Chancery Rosewood, London on 20-21 April 2026

CVC issues 2024-vintage US CLO reset
The reset of Apidos CLO 47 added USD 3.4m in equity as part of the USD 467.4m transaction

PGIM upsizes with reset of its first private credit CLO
The USD 462m rework of Windhill CLO 1 priced its triple As at SOFR plus 155bps

CLO demand to remain elevated regardless of Fed rate changes – Janus Henderson
EXCLUSIVE: CLOs will continue to be attractive to investors even if the Federal Reserve cuts rates, Janus Henderson’s Jessica Shill believes

Brazil’s BTG Pactual hires CLO veteran
EXCLUSIVE: Brazilian firm BTG Pactual Asset Management has hired a senior portfolio manager and trader, signalling the firm’s entry into the CLO space, according to a source familiar

GoldenTree prices new US CLO as overall issuance slows
GoldenTree issued an upsized USD 602.1m US BSL CLO via Bank of America on Tuesday, even as the overall market experiences a significant slowdown in the overall volume of new issuance activity as managers take stock amidst an increasingly volatile overall market backdrop

Latest new US Anchorage CLO prices with triple As at 127bps
Anchorage’s newest US BSL CLO priced as a USD 399m transaction via Wells Fargo

Diameter prices second private credit CLO with triple As at 170bps
The manager has followed up the pricing of its inaugural private credit CLO in February with its second such deal six weeks subsequent

Blackstone prices rare static private credit CLO amid challenging market conditions
Wednesday’s issue saw the pari passu triple As price at SOFR plus 128bps, reflecting the significant widening out seen in private credit CLO spreads over the past month

US managers turn to print-and-sprints as loan prices dip
EXCLUSIVE: A number of print-and-sprint deals have been priced in recent weeks, as US CLO managers take advantage of lower loan pricing

Ares issues new CLO valued at over USD 700m
The deal priced almost USD 450m of senior triple A paper at SOFR plus 122bps

CLO ETFs trade up after Trump hints at Iran deal
Janus Henderson’s market-leading JAAA CLO ETF traded higher at the opening of the market on Monday morning, hours after US President Trump spoke of deal talks with Iran

Bain prices BSL and private credit CLOs in same day
The manager’s new US issue, along with its reset of a 2018-vintage private credit CLO, totalled just under USD 1.06bn in value

Carlyle prices market’s first private credit CLO in two weeks
Carlyle Direct Lending CLO 2026-1 priced its senior triple A paper at SOFR plus 165bps, reflecting widening in the market since the beginning of the month

Birch Grove and Napier Park price US BSL CLOs
Birch Grove CLO 16 priced its triple As at 120bps, while Napier Park’s Regatta 36 Funding saw its senior top-of-stack paper clear 5bps wider

Elmwood, Garnet price similarly-structured US BSL CLOs
Elmwood CLO 48 was arranged by Citi, while Garnet maintained its impressive rate of issuance with its sixth deal in just 10 months

US Bank recruits veteran securities executive as head of global investment services
The leading CLO trustee has hired Alan Flanagan from BNY

JPMorgan Commercial Bank taps new head of syndicated finance
The new head previously worked as head of Northeast and Canada regional leveraged finance in the global investment banking group

CLO investing veteran preps to launch own firm with hedge fund backing
EXCLUSIVE: The new CLO investing firm already has a website and a new name

US private credit CLO rankings – February 2026
Blackstone’s latest USD 1bn BCRED print helped it to the top of Creditflux’s year-to-date private credit CLO issuance rankings for February, ahead of Blue Owl and BlackRock/HPS. Scotiabank, meanwhile, emerged as the top arranger, with 17.8% market share