Euro loan trading: CLOs hang up on top speed-dial contact
Telco Altice, the most prevalent holding for European CLOs, became the most sold issuer of the month, but ION Corporates was the most popular 

Onex resets debut euro CLO with triple As printing at 100bp
Onex Credit Partners has reset its debut European CLO via JP Morgan, as demand for triple A-rated euro CLOs continues to soften

CLO pipeline: DFG keeps its finger on the pulse
It will be a busy year-end for new issue CLOs in the US. DFG is returning with Pulsar II, using collateral sourced entirely from the secondary market

US buyers take punt on Europe's first 2.0 SME CLO
Investors in Be-Spoke Capital’s Alhambra SME Funding 2019-1 are mostly European asset managers, but some banks and US-based institutions also invested in the precedent setting transaction 

Senior European CLO spreads edge wider as PGIM markets reset
PGIM is marketing a reset of a 2014-vintage European CLO with price talk on the floating rate senior notes at 98 basis points, say market sources

EIB confirms investment in European mid market CLO
The European Investment Bank has confirmed it invested €61 million in Alhambra SME Funding 2019-1 – the first European 2.0 CLO backed by middle market loans

CLO pipeline: high triple C bucket opens a Gateway to pricing
In less than ideal market conditions, even experienced CLO managers are learning new tricks to keep the pipeline full. Of the 11 US new CLOs that appear in the pipeline this week, two are high triple C bucket transactions

Global CLO b-wic round-up: Junior mezz covers return while triple A supply drives big week
Narrowing of the bid-ask gap that has plagued junior mezzanine tranches could bring a change of fortunes in the US CLO secondary market 

Norinchukin's CLO portfolio decreases for first time in years
Japanese CLO heavyweight Norinchukin posted its financial statements yesterday, where it reported a 1.42% drop from its statements at the end of the second quarter

NIBC prices 'first fully-compliant' ESG CLO
NIBC Bank has priced North Westerly VI in a transaction which the firm describes as “the first CLO fully compliant with ESG best practices”

CLO tranche investor leaves Carlyle after 12 years
The New York-based co-head of global structured credit has parted ways with Carlyle, sources say. The firm is understood to have appointed a replacement in London

European CLO round-up: new look turbos power up junior CLO tranches
Junior CLO debt investors are getting more defensive and this has resulted in the emergence of new-look CLO turbo tranches

Oak Hill prices first CLO transaction in Europe this year with refi
Oak Hill Advisors on Friday priced its first 2019 CLO transaction in Europe, teaming up with Morgan Stanley to refinance the triple A notes of Oak Hill European Partners V

European CLO spreads widen as Commerzbank prices first 2019 CLO
European CLO spreads widened sharply on Friday as Commerzbank issued a new CLO with triple As paying 101 basis points over Euribor

SME CLOs arrive in Europe as Be-Spoke prices Spanish loan securitisation
Middle market CLOs have arrived in Europe after Be-Spoke Capital priced the continent’s first post-crisis SME loan securitisation

CLO pipeline: ESG, risk retention and secondary loans come to the fore
Managers new and old are trying different strategies and structures to price their latest deals    

Guggenheim prices its second mid market CLO
Guggenheim Partners yesterday partnered with Barclays to issue its second US CLO of 2019, and its first of the year backed by loans to middle market companies

CSAM becomes 10th manager to reset European CLO in 2019
Credit Suisse Asset Management priced a €481.9 million reset of its 2016 European CLO named Madison Park Euro VIII, according to market sources, becoming just the 10^th European CLO manager to reset a deal this year

GSO adds turbo tranche feature to European CLO as part of reset
GSO Capital Partners has issued a novel single B-rated European CLO tranche that is designed to amortise quickly

Euro CLO league tables: refi market opens up to give KKR best of both worlds
European CLO issuance in October crossed €5 billion for the second month this year as managers took advantage of falling spreads and increased demand. In one example, KKR obtained tight senior CLO financing to go with tight mezz spreads from 2017 in a demonstration of expert timing 

Global CLO league tables at a glance - October 2019 YTD
Global CLO league tables at a glance - October 2019 YTD

Wings of the structure fly in opposite directions as Alcentra prices European CLO
Alcentra has priced its latest new issue CLO in Europe, and its second issue of 2019 on the continent

Established firms say managers new to European CLOs will struggle to attract assets
New managers making their way in the European CLO market may have a fight on their hands, with sources noting the difficulty these firms face in getting sizeable allocations.

Search for clarity over reporting templates leads European CLO managers to tech solutions
Service providers are seeking to help European CLO managers comply with their disclosure requirements under the EU securitisation regulation after it emerged last month that relevant reporting must be submitted by March at the latest.

European CLO manager hires MUFG for first 'fully compliant' ESG CLO
A CLO issuer is looking to take ESG compliance in European CLOs to another level by pitching its upcoming CLO as the “first fully ESG compliant CLO”, according to marketing materials seen by Creditflux