CLO markets enter “new regime of volatility” – BNP Paribas research

Donald Trump’s tariffs could make CLOs more volatile, while potential oversupply and weakening fundamentals could hit spreads. Primary triple-As, IG mezz, and quality long-dated CLO equity “attractive”

Europe sees first reinvesting private credit CLO as Ares prices rare sterling deal
The second private credit CLO in Europe is comprised of over 50 middle-market companies based in the UK, primarily operating in defensive industries

AXA resets 2022 European CLO second time
The EUR 321.66m repricing included a substantial equity upsizing

Golub prints mid-market CLO with tightest triple As since April
The USD 1.15bn transaction priced its senior triple A paper at SOFR plus 163bps

Euro CLO spreads tighten as Onex prices latest new issue
The CLO was the tightest to price in Europe since the resumption of issuance three weeks ago, both for triple As and the mezz

Oak Hill goes short for newest US CLO
The 1Y/3Y issue priced its senior triple As at 133bps above SOFR

Napier Park prices second new issue in eight days
The triple As for Regatta 34 Funding priced five basis points inside the manager's previous deal from a week beforehand

Blackstone prices Euro market’s first reset in a month
The deal is the first European repricing since Sculptor European CLO IV was reset on 3 April

Apollo Debt Solutions BDC prices its debut CLO
The private credit transaction from the fund, which is run by Apollo Credit Management, is the market’s second debut CLO pricing in three days

BNP Paribas partners with Scottish Widows, bringing private credit to retirement channel
BNP Paribas Asset Management will manage a diversified private credit portfolio for Scottish Widows’ new UK retirement product

Nuveen surpasses USD 2.3bn in year-to-date issuance with 2023 US reset
Symphony CLO 38 priced its triple As at SOFR plus 145bps

Elmwood follows up print-and-sprint with second new issue in eight days
The deal takes the manager’s total CLO issuance in 2025 to over USD 4.1bn

Audax prices unusual mezz-only mid-market refi
The deal saw the double As price 90bps narrow of the untouched triple As

Onex soars past USD 3bn of US CLO issuance in 2025 with latest offering
OCP CLO 2025-42 is the manager’s seventh US deal of the year

Steele Creek resets most recent new issue with third pricing of the year
After a quiet couple of years in the primary market, the North Carolina manager has reset a 2022-vintage US CLO

Spire resets Euro CLO 18 months after initial pricing
The European manager has repriced Aurium CLO XI, a 2023-vintage deal, at the earliest opportunity

Sculptor prints first new CLO for 2025
The US BSL deal included three fixed-rate tranches

AGL resets 2020-vintage CLO a second time
The reset substantially altered the structure of what had been a vanilla deal

Apollo stuns market with end-of-week Euro triple-header
The US-based asset manager priced three European CLOs on Friday, together valued at over EUR 1.28bn

Apollo’s latest Euro deal reflects market’s mezz widening
RRE 25 priced narrow compared to other recent transactions, but there was evidence of widening out in the lower-rated tranches compared to  February

Steele Creek refis second deal this year after long period of pricing inactivity
This is the second time the manager has refinanced Steele Creek CLO 2019-1

CarVal prices first Euro deal in eight months
The deal priced relatively wide in the mezz compared to other recent Euro transactions  

HPS, Capital Four print 2019-vintage Euro resets
Both deals widened spreads on their triple As and increased their overall cost of funding as part of the repricings  

New issue from Oak Hill sets fresh US market tight for triple As
The US BSL CLO lowered the existing tight by three basis points  

KKR prints two US CLO repricings on same day
The two deals, both priced via BNP Paribas, totalled some USD 886m