Deutsche Bank European CLO researcher joins Orchard as portfolio manager
Orchard Global Asset Management has hired from Deutsche Bank’s European ABS research team in a bid to grow its CLO investment business.

CLO pipeline: Man GLG resurfaces from six-year absence as deals exiting call-lock fill pipeline
CLO spreads have leaked out in recent weeks but deal economics are still favourable, encouraging managers to come back to the primary market for the first time this year

Napier Park resets debut European CLO
Napier Park Global Capital has reset its inaugural European CLO, Henley CLO I via Deutsche Bank

Spire opts for unusual reissue of 2016 Euro CLO with capped triple A tranche
Spire Partners has taken the unusual route of reissuing a 2016 European CLO, Aurium CLO II

Spire European CLO features Euribor caps and tight single As
Euribor caps have made a comeback in European CLOs with Spire Partners' new deal, Aurium CLO VIII, the latest to feature such a tranche

Refi triple As widen as ICG prices partial European CLO refi
Intermediate Capital Group has refinanced the triple A notes on its 2014 European CLO, St Paul’s CLO X, with spreads wide of 2021 averages

NIBC takes ESG-scored European CLO tally to two with strong execution
NIBC has priced its latest ESG-branded European CLO, North Westerly VII

CLO triple As leak wider but mezz comes in as Carlyle, PGIM and KKR price Euro new issues
CLO heavyweights Carlyle, KKR and PGIM all took to the primary market on Friday pricing a total of €1.22 billion issuance

CLO pipeline: go long! new issues and resets push refis aside
The CLO market is ready to go beyond refinancings - after this year's opening blitz of those deals - into the longer tenored territory of resets and new issues

Beneath the triple C: CLOs benefit as upgrades make for lighter triple C buckets
For the first time since the sell off in March last year, downgrades to triple C have come to a near-standstill

CLO pipeline: Deutsche Bank and Carlson hit comeback trail
The CLO market is preparing to be very active in the coming weeks, as the issuance slow-down is set to be in the rear view mirror

Blackstone reaches €2 billion European CLO volume with 2016 deal reset
Blackstone has reset a 2016 vintage European deal, Elm Park CLO, taking the manager's year-to-date volume in Europe to almost €2 billion

Axa IM combines single As in European CLO refi
Deutsche Bank arranged the € 274.7 million transaction, which cuts cost of debt by 31.8 basis points

BofA forecasts record European CLO volume in 2021 as another reset prices
Carlyle Group has become the first manager in March to reset a European CLO, while BofA estimates the European CLO market might break a new record in 2021

Alcentra, BlackRock and CVC refi €1.5 billion of European CLO paper
Deutsche Bank arranged the transactions for BlackRock and CVC while Morgan Stanley arranged partial refinancings for three of Alcentra’s deals

Commerzbank prices CLO as it replaces Tikehau-bound official
Deutsche Bank arranged the €360.5 million deal for Commerzbank

European CLO spreads set to tighten as BlackRock markets refi
BlackRock is looking to partially refinance the senior-most tranches of a 2018 CLO

Euro CLO single As and triple Bs could tighten by 10bp with CVC refi
CVC Credit Partners is looking to refinance the five most senior tranches of its 2018 European CLO, CVC Cordatus Loan Fund VII. Price talk on mezzanine tranches suggests a big shift in prevailing spreads  

Carlyle adds equity and seeks tight pricing with 2016 European CLO reset
Carlyle Group is looking to add equity and price triple A debt tight to the primary CLO market with a €434.3 million reset of its 2016 transaction, Carlyle Global Market Strategies Euro CLO 2016-2

Euro CLO repricing hits €4bn as Jefferies arranges first deal and Investcorp drops double Bs
Spread compression is driving European CLO refinancing activity, with three transactions pricing on Friday: Carlyle Euro CLO 2017-2, Harvest CLO XVI and Man GLG Euro CLO III

CLO pipeline: snow business like the CLO business
CLO issuers are putting aside the cold snap and are warming up with a flurry of deals.

2020 absentee launches new European CLO with 85% ramp
A European CLO manager is coming back to the market, after sitting out 2020, with a deal that is close to being fully ramped

Investcorp preps first CLO refi in Europe with triple and double Bs since 2019
Investcorp Credit Management is working with Deutsche Bank to refinance six tranches of its 2018-vintage CLO named Harvest XVI

GSO European CLO adopts 'loss mitigation loan' concept to boost workout flexibility
GSO Capital Partner’s Deer Park CLO has introduced the concept of loss mitigation loans to European CLOs, according to a report by Fitch Ratings today

Faith in structures has been rewarded
CLOs have been resilient against covid-19 fallout, said speakers at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium last month. But there’s always room to improve and 3.0 deals may add ESG and bullet tranches