M&A dealmaker denial over world’s ‘morbid symptoms’ risks rude awakening – Continental Drift
OPINION: Deal bullishness rules as geopolitical rupture rocks Western world; Carney draws line under old world order with Davos intervention, as inflation, consumer weakness and credit signals point to shaky reality

New Crescent US CLO prices AAAs at SOFR plus 128bps
The manager paired with arranger Jefferies to price Atlas XXVII as a USD 409.6m transaction

Invesco prices its first deal of 2026 via Barclays
The reset of Invesco 2023-4 saw the senior triple As narrow 53bps from their original issue level

Invading Greenland would be a 'red line' for markets – Federated Hermes deputy CIO of fixed income R.J. Gallo
PODCAST: Federated Hermes’ incoming CIO of fixed income tells the Credit Exchange podcast with Lisa Lee that he is cautious on fixed income at the moment and wary of emerging geopolitical risks

Private credit investors chase higher risk-return—Campbell Lutyens
A new survey shows investors are seeking higher returning strategies amid expectations of lower rates, while also turning away from the dominant North American market

CLO ETFs attracted USD 14.8bn of investor cash in 2025 – Morningstar
Total net inflows for US-domiciled CLO ETFs fell short of the highs seen in 2024

Onex and CIFC price tightest resets of 2026 so far
Onex 2021-23 was arranged via CIBC as a USD 372m offering, while CIFC engaged Bank of America for its reworking of CIFC 2023-III

Benefit Street Partners issues 2026's first new CLO
SMBC Nikko was the sole arranger for Benefit Street Partners CLO 47, which priced as a USD 506m offering

Mid-market CLO rankings – full-year 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Golub extended its reign at the top on the manager tables, but BlackRock/HPS vaulted into second place ahead of Apollo, while Wells Fargo secured the arranger crown

2026 kicks off with a lot of thunder and not much lightning
ANALYSIS: A lot of noise around geopolitics, Fed interference and market volatility has had little effect on the global CLO market, for now  

US BSL CLO rankings – full-year 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Blackstone returns to the top of the tree as the leading US BSL CLO issuer in 2025 in Creditflux's full-year manager rankings, while Bank of America comfortably topped the arranger tables. Behind them though, there was plenty of movement

Blackstone US resets prices AAAs at SOFR plus 121
DeWolf Park CLO, a 2017-vintage US BSL deal, was more than three years past the end of its reinvestment period and had paid down more than half its total capitalisation

Announcing the 2026 Creditflux CLO Symposium – April 20-21, London
Save the date for the 18th Creditflux Symposium at a new exciting venue at The Chancery Rosewood in Mayfair, London

Anchorage re-rates AA debt to AAA in 2024 US CLO refi
The full refinancing of the 2024-vintage deal was arranged by Morgan Stanley

Former Tikehau US CLO leaders reappear at Serone
Erika Morris and Wes Seifer join Serone Capital Management to build a US performing credit business

M&A resurgence to power new US private credit CLO issuance
ANALYSIS: The anticipated interest rate cuts should create a more attractive environment for issuance, but there are concerns about middle market portfolios that have weakened over the last year

Private credit CLOs scaled new heights in 2025
CHART: Mid-market CLOs enjoyed their biggest issuance year ever, powered by a high number of pricings and underpinned by an especially prolific opening quarter

Aegon resets post-RP US CLO
The repricing of Cedar Funding V was arranged by Jefferies, with the arranger bank enjoying a brisk start to the year

US and European CLO markets to diverge amid volatility concern
EXCLUSIVE: High investor demand and strong technicals will protect the European CLO market from volatility

AI to boost credit markets in 'bullish' 2026 – Janus Henderson head of multi-sector credit John Lloyd
A productivity boost powered by AI is just one of the reasons for investors to be upbeat about fixed income and credit generally, says John Lloyd, global head of multi-sector credit at Janus Henderson, on the latest episode of Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee

Jefferies kicks off US BSL issuance activity with repricings for Five Arrows and Bain
The reset for Five Arrows and a refinancing for Bain totalled to a value of just under USD 788.5m

US CLO pipeline in Q1 gears for strong start
ANALYSIS: The market is expecting healthy first quarter CLO issuance that will likely match the high bar set last year 

US BSL CLOs in 2025 saw strong year despite macro upheavals
Notwithstanding the upheaval caused by tariffs, technicals and investor demand contributed to an issuance total not far off 2024's record level

CLO industry in push to increase use of AI in 2026
ANALYSIS: Investors are already using AI to evaluate managers and CLO documentation