Oaktree prices tight as it gets off the mark in Europe for 2025
The deal comes amongst a suite of deals that indicates European CLO spreads are currently in the midst of a rapid tightening movement    

Oaktree lowered its distressed debt fundraise to USD 16bn
The market and investment environment for distressed debt shifted, and investors asked whether the original target was too big.

The Last Tranche with Oaktree's Jones: why CLO equity is attractive again
In this episode of the Last Tranche, Oaktree's Madelaine Jones discusses why investors are finding CLO equity more attractive

A touch of déjà vu as Oaktree resets second 2019 Euro CLO
Oaktree has priced a European CLO deal that mirrors a preceding reset print from September 

Oaktree raises EUR 84m to invest in European CLOs
Alternative asset manager Oaktree has raised EUR 84m for its second fund that will invest in European CLOs

Connecticut pension allocates USD 300m to Oaktree’s distressed credit fundraising
Connecticut pension system commits to Oaktree latest flagship distressed credit fund

Lloyds Bank joins forces with Oaktree for European direct lending platform
Lloyds Bank and Oaktree Capital Management have formed a new multi-year European direct lending facility

Oaktree pushes European CLO triple-As down to a neat 130
Spreads on new-issue European triple-As hit a new low of 130bps over Euribor on Friday, when Oaktree priced its latest CLO

Oaktree keeps it short-dated for European 2022 vintage reset
Oaktree’s third deal of 2024 – the manager’s first European offering since September last year – priced on Thursday as an unusual short-dated reset

Oaktree prints first European CLO this year
JP Morgan has priced Oaktree Capital Management's first European CLO this year

LP round up: HPS wins $550m mandate as Ares launches third US direct lending fund
US institutional investors allocated nearly $3 billion to credit funds in April. The news comes amid a BlackRock survey in the month which showed significant investor interest in private credit

Virginia pension discloses $800 million in credit allocations
Virginia Retirement System has disclosed $800 million in credit fund allocations made over the first quarter of this year

Credit Rendezvous: Make yourself comfortable, there’s a storm coming
In our Q1 outlook, we speak to Edwin Wilches, PGIM (US CLOs), Mikkel Sckerl and Flemming Dose, Capital Four (European CLOs),  Jim Fitzpatrick, CQS (US loans), Loic Prevot, Polus (European loans), Madelaine Jones, Oaktree (global high yield), Art Penn, Pennant Park (US direct lending), Mattis Poetter, Arcmont (European direct lending), Keerthi Raghavan, Waterfall (structured credit), Ray Costa, Benefit Street (distressed), Grant Webster, Ninety One (Emerging markets), Oumar Diallo, Aeon (real assets) for their views for the upcoming quarter. 

Senior credit origination head joins Oaktree in London
Oaktree Capital Management has hired a managing director for sourcing and origination

Euro CLO league tables: Barings €20 million behind PGIM in overall issuance as Jefferies extends lead
The European CLO manager base reaches 41 as six new issues priced for a total of €1.9 billion

Double, double, but no toil and trouble as Neuberger and Oaktree deliver Euro CLO treats
The primary CLO market was revived yesterday after two managers brewed new European deals, taking new issue 2022 volumes to just over €22 billion

Oaktree rejigs cap stack and cuts reinvestment on upcoming European CLO
Jefferies is targeting next week to price Arbour CLO IX, with changes to the reinvestment period and a smaller overall deal. As expected, price talk has widened since September marketing 

CLOs at a glance (October 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month  

LP round up: $2.7bn flows to 20 credit managers as investors battle PE overallocation
Investors faced huge headwinds in September with inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical turmoil, alongside the UK gilts sell-off at month end

Oaktree targets next week for Euro CLO
Oaktree Capital Management plans to price a European CLO named Arbour CLO XI next week

Oaktree launches global high yield Ucits fund with low-carbon emissions focus
Oaktree has launched a global high yield responsible Ucits fund, which it says will offer investors the “opportunity to gain exposure to the asset class while promoting progress toward a low-carbon economy.”

LP round up: Magnetar and Värde among winners as $3 billion flows to credit
Institutional investors allocated at least $3 billion to credit funds in August

Credit funds at a glance (August 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
   

European CLO managers wait for stability as loans slide
European loan prices have dipped into the high 80s, as Creditflux goes to press, which should create an attractive entry point for loan buyers. But, in reality, the bid for these assets has not been strong, particularly from CLOs amid fears loans could slump further still