Euro CLO seniors firm up, but mezz widens as Jefferies prints Spire new issue and CSAM reset
Jefferies has expanded its European CLO arranging lead as senior spreads remain in line with recent deals, mezz appears to have leaked slightly wider and deals continue to feature capped tranches

Bank picks up first co-bookrunner mandate on forthcoming European CLO
Jefferies on Tuesday kicked off marketing Spire Partners' latest new issue European CLO, with the bank sole arranger and co-bookrunner on the deal alongside a new entrant

CSAM launches reset of 2020 European CLO
Credit Suisse Asset Management has launched a rare reset in the CLO market, reworking its 2020 European deal named Madison Park Euro CLO XV

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

Euro CLO league tables: Jefferies takes huge lead as managers bunch up
The increased volatility and geopolitical risk brought about by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine meant European CLO issuance dropped off in March after a strong February

Investcorp triple As hit 110bp in first Euro CLO of year
Jefferies arranged the €451.9 million deal, named Harvest XXVIII, which Investcorp upsized from €400 million

Napier prints short-dated Euro CLO with low ramped warehouse
Standard Chartered picked up another co-placement agent role, while Jefferies was lead arranger on the upsized Henley CLO VII

Euro CLO cost of debt retraces to 2020 year-end levels as BofA revises reset forecasts
Blackstone Credit and CVC Credit printed the first new issues since the loan market wobble, while Bank of America has revised its refi/reset forecast down from €35 billion to €19 billion

Euro CLO league tables: primary issuance shuts down amid extreme market volatility
European CLO issuance initially picked up in February with €7.82bn in total pricings, compared to just €2.44bn in January, before extreme market volatility preceding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine halted the primary market.

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

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

Euro CLO triple As show signs of succumbing to macro volatility as €1 billion paper prints
Over €1 billion worth of European CLO paper priced on Wednesday with two new issues from KKR and Spire, alongside a reset from ICG

Euro CLO mezz widens amid macro concerns as Cairn prints new issue and Oaktree pulls reset
Cairn priced its latest European CLO new issue, Cairn CLO XV, with the widening non-IG tranches reflective of broader macro and geopolitical stresses

Euro CLO mezz widens but seniors hold firm as BlueBay and Sound Point price new issues
BlueBay Asset Management and Sound Point Capital Management became the latest CLO managers to price European new issues

European CLO benchmark could drop to 90bp for triple As as Cairn markets new issue
The European CLO triple A benchmark look set to drop to 90 basis points over Euribor this week, following an updated price guidance on Cairn’s latest new issue

Euro CLO league tables: Dry January means focus switches to refis and resets
It is healthy to take a break after what was a bumper 2021. And Europe's CLO market has taken that to heart by abstaining from new issues and instead reworking older CLOs

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

You wait a month for a new European CLO and two come along at once
Guggenheim Investments and Onex Credit kicked the European CLO new issue market into gear on Wednesday

Jefferies adds to European CLO structuring team
Jefferies has added to its CLO structuring team in London

Jefferies builds on strong January as it markets Cairn European CLO
Jefferies is marketing its fourth European CLO of the year, this time pairing with Cairn Investments on a new issue

CSAM refis European CLO with two-year triple As at 82bp
The CLO’s triple As priced at 82 basis points over Euribor, down from 95bp, in line the deal’s most recent guidance but wider than the 77-79bp original guidance

Euro CLO league tables: Upstarts Jefferies and Palmer Square fall just short of market leaders
ABC as easy as 1, 2, 3: Apollo leads new issuance as Barclays and CVC emerge as overall leaders, despite the efforts of newcomers Jefferies and Palmer Square. The European CLO market had a record year in 2021 as overall issuance fell just €3.2 billion short of €100 billion, more than double the previous record set in 2017 of €45.7 billion and a 325% increase on the coronavirus-impacted market in 2020

Global 2021 CLO league tables
Global 2021 CLO league tables

Jefferies European securitised markets co-head set to leave role
One of Jefferies' co-heads of Emea securitised markets is set to leave their role 

Euro CLO league tables: Record new issuance month as CVC and Barclays jump back to top
November set yet another record for the European CLO market as managers priced €6.3 billion of new paper, the most in a month in the 2.0 era