Senior CLO trader tipped to join Standard Chartered as global securitised products trading head
Standard Chartered has hired a senior official to its lead its global securitised products trading

CLO 2023 Outlook: CLOs look set to rise to the challenge of a tough 2023
CLO researchers had an (understandable) inability to accurately predict the staggering array of macro shocks that affected the CLO market this year. So it comes as a surprise that overall CLO issuance reached a lot closer to anticipated levels than many would have expected back in Q2

Global CLO league tables - October 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - October 2022 YTD

Experienced CLO trader parts ways with Deutsche Bank
A Euro trader with nearly two decades of experience in the CLO industry has left Deutsche Bank 

Deutsche hires credit strategy head from rival bank
Deutsche Bank has hired a new head to oversee European and US credit strategy

Four Euro CLOs emerge with target pricings as early as tomorrow
According to the latest marketing blasts, WhiteStar is targeting pricing tomorrow, Palmer Square and Cross Ocean are aiming for ‘as early as’ tomorrow and Five Arrows will aim for early-to-mid next week

Credit structuring head lands at Deutsche Bank in expanded role
Deutsche Bank has hired former Credit Suisse global credit structuring head Paul Bajer in a broader remit as global co-head of cross asset structuring

Euro CLO league tables: gear shift brings flurry of new issues before summer break
After a slow June, the European market picked up its pace in July with managers eager to price deals before the summer lull 

CLO arrangers take down triple As to get European deals completed
European CLO arrangers are taking down large chunks of triple A paper to get deals over the line amid market volatility, according to market sources. Others, meanwhile, have committed to investing in triple As to secure future mandates

Global CLO league tables - June 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - June YTD

Sound Point breaks one month European CLO market silence as pipeline builds
After the longest pause in the European CLO primary market since December 2018, Sound Point has broken the silence with a static new issue while other managers are exploring static and print and sprints to get deals done

Sound Point explores European static CLO with turbo tranche
Sound Point Capital Management has opted to explore a static structure for its latest European CLO, in the latest sign of managers trying to be innovative to get the market moving

CEO steps down after DWS greenwashing allegations lead to police raid
A tumultuous 24 hours for DWS Group, in which police and regulators raided its office, has been compounded by the resignation of its chief executive officer Asoka Woehrmann on Wednesday morning

We’ll get through this awkward patch
Wide liabilities have made pricing CLOs trickier in the past few months. But speakers at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium were optimistic that the arbitrage is OK — so long as you can place those triple As

Global CLO league tables - April 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April YTD

Managers look at rating agency combos as weighted average life drops
CLO managers are looking closely at rating agency pairings as investors opt for shorter risk horizons, according to market participants.

Global CLO league tables - March 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - March YTD

Global CLO league tables - February 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Feb YTD

Global CLO league tables - January 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Jan YTD

BNP Paribas bolsters CLO sales team with hire from DB
BNP Paribas has hired a Frankfurt-based CLO and ABS sales director

CLO 2022 Outlook: 2021 is hard act to follow, but CLO buyers have positives aplenty
New CLO issuance in 2022 will remain elevated but below 2021’s record numbers, banks agree. But there is no consensus among strategy desks on the volume of repricings to come, partly due to the unknown impact of the Sofr transition.   

Euro CLO triple A benchmark drops to 94bp as CVC edges to top spot
The benchmark for European CLO triple As has dropped further with levels tightening to 94 basis points over Euribor on CVC’s latest new issue

CLO Census results: Citi and JP Morgan still top in US but Jefferies breaks through in Europe
Citi and JP Morgan are the clear favourites in US CLO arranging – the pair are locked in a close battle for supremacy over deal volumes and they have been voted joint-best at US CLO execution, according to the results of Creditflux’s CLO Census

Deutsche Bank to hold triple As as Blackstone resets another European CLO
Deutsche Bank has reset a 2019 Blackstone-managed European CLO named Dunedin Park. The bank will also hold a portion of the deal's triple As, subject to one investor approval

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