Keep calm and buy corporate loans
Calm heads prevailed in 2018. Markets were volatile and risk retention was supposed to cause problems, but there was no need to panic and volumes went on to break records set in 2014

Global CLO league tables: new year, new issues
Momentum in the CLO market at the start of 2019 is less forceful than it was at the beginning of 2018 and 2017, on the basis of opening volumes

Euro CLO league tables: New issues dominate in record-breaking year
The European CLO market bloomed to the fullest in 2018 and new issue volumes broke all records as €27.59 billion of new paper entered the market. Including all forms of refinancings, 2018 volumes reached €43.68 billion – just €2.05 billion short of 2017’s figures

Brigade pours €414.4 million into largest Armada CLO to date
Brigade Capital Management has priced its largest European CLO to date, following a €414.4 million new issue deal named Armada Euro CLO III

Ex-Citi CDO trading chief joins Jefferies as head of European fixed income
Jefferies has appointed a former Citi European credit and pre-crisis CDO trading head to lead its European fixed income business

GoldenTree turns into a forest with second multi-arranger Euro CLO
GoldenTree Loan Management has used several arrangers to issue its second new CLO in Europe this year, known as GoldenTree Loan Management EUR CLO 2

Euro CLO league tables: Rockford Tower debuts to take manager list up to 41
European CLO volumes picked up in October as €2.4 billion of new issue paper priced, taking up 62.2% of overall volumes as repricings took a back seat.

Rockford Tower fortifies global CLO business with first European deal
Rockford Tower Capital Management has expanded its global reach by pricing its inaugural European CLO

Euro CLO league tables: issuance breaks full-year records
Europe’s CLO market entered unchartered territory last month as deal issuance levels smashed both annual and quarterly records

Europe's CLO industry to welcome a new manager as King Street markets debut deal
Rockford Tower Capital Management is marketing its first ever European CLO

GoldenTree resets European 2.0 for 4.5 years with triple As at 94.5bp
GoldenTree Asset Management priced a €412.65 million CLO reset today via Citi, reworking its 2016 European 2.0 transaction named Laurelin 2016-1

Halcyon resets 2016 European CLO with unusual capped triple A notes
Halcyon Loan Management has reset its 2016 deal Halcyon Loan Advisors European Funding 2016 via Citi

Spreads jump tighter again as KKR prices new European CLO
CLO triple A spreads in Europe have been inconsistent of late with recent deals pricing within a 10 basis point range. The latest CLO to be issued on the continent emerged late on Friday and its pricing is tight relative to market spreads

Euribor cap makes second appearance as Citi prices reset for Alcentra
Citi has issued a second CLO featuring a capped tranche at the triple A level, according to market sources

Euro CLO league tables: PGIM climbs to the top after sterling effort
PGIM is leading 2018 European CLO manager rankings. Its recent deals include a sterling-denominated CLO and a reset of a 2014 deal

CLO investors doff caps to Citi for creating fixed-rate substitute
Euribor floors have been a mainstay of the European CLO market for years, but last month Hayfin Capital Management and Citi teamed up to price the first CLO tranche to feature a ‘Euribor cap’.

Weighted average life divides CLO industry
Creditflux’s second CLO Census reveals stark differences of opinion on weighted average life and par-flush for US CLOs. But there is a clear consensus on which bank is best at CLO execution

Alcentra plans its second European CLO transaction of the year
Alcentra is marketing its first European CLO reset of 2018, with price talk for the triple A notes ranging from 90 to 92 basis points

Euro CLO league tables: €5 million separates Carlyle and GSO as volumes hit new heights
As temperatures in Europe soar, so do CLO volumes. Meanwhile Carlyle Group and GSO Capital Partners are separated by the narrowest of margins

BNP Paribas AM prices its first new issue CLO since September 2017
A European CLO manager priced its first new issue CLO of the year yesterday

Not a bad time to try your hand at CLOs

Citi brings 'Euribor caps' to CLOs as it prices new deal for Hayfin
A new manager is already making waves in Europe after pricing its first European BSL CLO via Citi on Friday

Global CLO manager prices ninth transaction of 2018 as spreads widen
A global CLO manager teamed up with Citi yesterday to issue its sixth new European CLO

Evolving strategy takes Norinchukin close to top spot in CLO investment
Over the years, Nochu has tweaked its cov-lite stipulations, and added mid market and European CLO exposure to its CLO investments. It’s now nearly the market’s biggest investor  

Euro CLO league tables: 2018 volumes hit €22.6 billion after flurry of deals in June
The first two quarters of this year have delivered €22.6 billion worth of CLO issuance in Europe, almost matching the €22.7 billion that was issued in the first half 2017