Blackstone exits GP stakes position in Marathon after CVC buyout
Blackstone to receive USD 280m for stake; the asset manager first invested in Marathon in 2016

Cadwalader eyes CLO comeback post-merger
EXCLUSIVE: Cadwalader confirms plans to remain in the CLO business, and hopes to expand its client offering after the Hogan Lovells merger

First Brands seeks to extend plan exclusivity to 22 April in 'massive, complicated' bankruptcy
Complexity cited, with 112 debtor entities and over 100 non-debtor subsidiaries; USD 1.1bn in new money DIP financing secured, with stabilisation efforts ongoing

Silver Point and OFS add to new US CLO issuance with inaugural 2026 prints
Bank of America was the arranger for Silver Point’s half-billion-dollar offering, while OFS paired with Goldman Sachs for its first new CLO in 10  months

Euro market kicks into high gear as end of week sees flurry of pricings
Friday was the busiest day thus far of 2026 for European CLO primary, with two new issues and two resets adding more than USD 1.7bn in fresh paper to the market

Leveraged Finance Fights Melanoma (LFFM) to hold charity event in London on Wednesday, 28 January
Leveraged Finance Fights Melanoma (LFFM), the flagship philanthropic event for leaders across the UK and European leveraged finance and private equity communities, will take place at The British Museum on Wednesday, 28 January

CVC enhances US credit offering with Marathon acquisition
CVC Credit has extended its reach in the asset based, real estate, opportunistic and public credit markets by acquiring US credit manager Marathon Asset Management

Golub prices its first new BSL issue of the year
Golub Capital CLO 87(B) was priced at USD 407.7m, and arranged by BNP Paribas

Euro CLO market to see up to 15 deal launches next week
EXCLUSIVE: The dealflow will build on around 10 others that began marketing this week, with uncertainty stemming from President Trump’s address to the World Economic Forum proving temporary, according to market sources

Apollo prints narrow; benchmark European reset AAA spreads dip to 123 bps
Apollo has priced the tightest standard-duration European CLO reset since Liberation Day, with the reworking of RRME 18 trimming 4 bps off the existing market low

US CLO managers primed for European invasion
EXCLUSIVE: US-based managers are expected to lead an anticipated flood of new European CLO managers this year due to regulatory and infrastructure advantages 

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

Barings issues Euro market’s first reset for 2026
BNP Paribas was the sole arranger for Barings Euro CLO 2024-1, which was valued at EUR 376.5m

Kartesia taps Fortress director and CLO management specialist for new role
EXCLUSIVE: Kartesia's new hire follows reports that the CLO investor is planning to enter the European CLO management space

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

Fair Oaks prices first deal in six months
The refinancing of the 2024-vintage Fair Oaks Loan Funding V was also the first deal of the year for arranger Goldman Sachs

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

European CLO primary activity kicks off as M&G prices refi
The first European pricing activity of 2026 took place Friday as BNP Paribas arranged a repricing of M&G’s Margay CLO II

European CLO rankings – full-year 2025
CVC leapt to the top of the European CLO manager issuance pile in 2025, while Jefferies extended its run of annual victories amongst arrangers to four in a row

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