Software sell-off leads to improved CLO equity arb – BNPP
BNP Paribas is currently bullish on H2 2024 CLO equity in the US, largely due to its low NAV and low software exposure

Private credit CLOs gather steam in Europe as Ares prices its first euro/sterling deal
The transaction follows the pioneering euro/sterling transaction from Barings last October, which also priced via BNP Paribas, and is the second private credit CLO for Ares in Europe

Onex, AXA, Five Arrows and Serone print new Euro deals
Onex priced its first new European CLO issue of 2026, one of four new Euro CLOs that issued toward the close of last week

European CLO AAAs drop below 120bps with latest Apollo issue
European CLO triple As dipped under the 120bps-over-Euribor barrier for the first time in 11 months, with the pricing of RRE 28 via BNP Paribas

Partners reset tips Euro CLO AAA tight down to 121bps
Partners’ latest European CLO reset set a new tight for European CLO triple A spreads, as the rapid bout of spread tightening taking place in both the US and Europe over the last couple of weeks showed little immediate sign of abating

CLO investors push managers on arb; delaying European issuances
Conversations between CLO investors and managers around arbitrage may be causing a delay in new issuances, sources say

Barings issues Euro market’s first reset for 2026
BNP Paribas was the sole arranger for Barings Euro CLO 2024-1, which was valued at EUR 376.5m

European CLO primary activity kicks off as M&G prices refi
The first European pricing activity of 2026 took place Friday as BNP Paribas arranged a repricing of M&G’s Margay CLO II

Ares preparing to issue second private credit CLO as multi-currency deal
EXCLUSIVE: Ares European Direct Lending CLO 2 will be a euro/sterling deal and is expected to price soon

Barings to reset static middle market CLO as multi-currency, reinvesting deal
EXCLUSIVE: Barings is resetting its EUR Middle Market CLO 2024-1, converting it from a static euro to a reinvesting multi-currency deal

US and European CLO markets to diverge amid volatility concern
EXCLUSIVE: High investor demand and strong technicals will protect the European CLO market from volatility

CLO dispersion set to increase in 2026 – BNP Paribas
Next year is likely to see increasing dispersion in credit performance off the back of a series of idiosyncratic credit events, BNP Paribas has forecast in its 2026 CLO outlook

More European multi-currency CLOs expected after Barings issuance
EXCLUSIVE: More sterling/euro private credit CLOs are expected to launch next year, following the successful pricing of Barings’ pioneering multi-currency deal

Barings prices multi-currency European mid-market CLO
The primarily euro-denominated deal included a GBP 103m triple A tranche issued in sterling

Blackstone matches market tight with new Euro CLO
Blackstone’s latest new European CLO, Apna Park CLO, issued via BNP Paribas on Tuesday in a EUR 405.325m transaction

Capital Four prices first Euro issue since February with upsized reset
The EUR 376m reset saw its top-of-stack paper price at Euribor plus 134bps

Mizuho EMEA names former BNP Paribas exec as CIB head
Matthew Ponsonby will become head of Mizuho EMEA’s corporate and investment bank, and president and CEO of Mizuho International on 1 October

Investcorp is latest to price sub-130 Euro issue
Investcorp’s third new Euro CLO issued on Friday as a EUR 405.8m transaction via BNP Paribas, taking the manager’s overall European issuance for this year to almost EUR 2.14bn

Trinitas prints second new Euro CLO of 2025
Both the triple A and mezz tranches priced toward the tighter end of the current market, with the triple Bs issuing at the narrowest level for a standard-duration Euro CLO since late August

New Euro issuance returns with a flourish as HPS, Brigade and Palmer Square price deals
European managers are well and truly back from summer holidays, with three new CLOs printing on Wednesday – the first new European issues to price in four weeks

HPS markets new issue as European deal activity ramps up
The manager is marketing its newest European CLO, one of a brace of new issues and resets set to price this month

KKR breaks 130 barrier for Euro CLOs as brace of resets wrap up August
KKR has smashed the 130 barrier for standard-duration European CLO triple As for the first time since April, while Redding Ridge and BlueBay also priced resets to end the month

Five Arrows resets CLO with EUR 100m equity injection for first 2025 print
The EUR 476m transaction repriced a CLO last reset in 2018, and saw total equity boosted to EUR 142m

KKR keeps busy with new Euro print
The deal comes the day after the manager priced the tightest European reset since April, both deals issuing their triple As at Euribor plus 132bps

Napier Park prices third new Euro issue of the year
The triple As for last week's EUR 405m transaction cleared at Euribor plus 133bps