Ares targets today for European CLO pricing
Ares Management is targeting today to price its new issue European CLO, Ares European CLO XVI

Ares markets first 2022 CLO in Europe
Ares Management is targeting Wednesday to price a new issue European CLO 

Creditflux CLO Census results: JP Morgan claims clean sweep of US CLO arranging categories
Following the close of this year’s census, JP Morgan was a quadruple winners in the US, with results declaring it the best at syndicating, structuring and providing both the best access to loans and the best warehouse service

Global CLO league tables - September YTD
Global CLO league tables - September YTD

US loan index falls below 92 to almost wipe out gains since July
The S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index sank to an average bid of 91.92 cents by Monday, down by two points in as many weeks, wiping out almost all the gains seen in the late-summer market rally

European CLOs emerge as gilt-y pleasure for US investors amid record b-wic volume
European CLO b-wics have flooded the market this week with sources indicating elevated supply on Wednesday and Thursday resulted in some of the busiest days on record. Officials at Bank of America say their weekly trading volume approached €1 billion  

BofA markets new issue European CLO for GoldenTree
The manager priced its last European CLO new issue in February 2021

Global CLO league tables - August 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - August YTD

Keep an eye on gaming, leisure and entertainment issuers in Euro CLOs, says BofA
CLO investors should be mindful of industry concentration exposure, with the gaming, leisure and entertainment sector an area of focus, according to Bank of America research released yesterday

Global CLO league tables - June 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - June YTD

They said it: "We are proud to be moving our industry in a direction that will bring greater liquidity..."
Brian Carosielli, co-head of global credit trading at Bank of America, on a new CLO trading platform 

Points up front: BofA takes both sides
As dealers joined forces for the Octaura electronic trading platform, KopenTech announced a rival...

Loan traders eagerly await electronic trading solution
The announcement of Octaura’s electronic loan and CLO trading platform last month has been met with positivity by market participants, who laud the unified approach taken by large investment banks in supporting the initiative

Octaura's real-time trading solution paves way for loans and CLOs to drop illiquid tag
The unprecedented cooperation between CLO trading desks that culminated last week in the launch of Octaura could change the way credit investors judge the relative value merits of loans and CLOs versus liquid alternatives such as high yield bonds

Euro CLO league tables: short on deals but high on drama as new issuance race tightens up
For the second straight month, European CLO volume was below €2 billion, making it the first time there has been back-to-back months of less than €2 billion issued since November and December 2020

Global CLO league tables - May 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - May YTD

BofA revises Euro CLO new issuance forecasts downwards
Bank of America CLO strategists have cut their base case forecasts for European CLO volume in 2022 to €22.6 billion for new issues and €10 billion for refi/resets, citing slower economic growth and higher tail risks. But further market disruption could take new issuance down to €16.5 billion, they warned

European secondary volumes rise through ups and downs
Europe’s secondary CLO market has been boosted by elevated supply as primary issuance trickles amid market volatility. Sources indicate that around €370 million of paper appeared on b-wics across the capital stack in each of the first two weeks of May.

Angelo Gordon prints 30th European CLO new issue of 2022
The €447.95 million deal, named Northwoods Euro CLO 26, brings CLO new issuance volume this year to €12.6 billion, according to Creditflux data

Euro CLO league tables: PGIM and Jefferies lead as Euribor caps come back in fashion
April was the quietest month of the year in the European CLO market with only €2 billion pricing across four new issues and one reset

Global CLO league tables - April 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April YTD

Managers look at rating agency combos as weighted average life drops
CLO managers are looking closely at rating agency pairings as investors opt for shorter risk horizons, according to market participants.

Mezz and junior debt tighten sharply with BlackRock European CLO
BlackRock has issued its latest European CLO via Bank of America, with pricing on lower mezzanine tranches pointing to tightening in the market

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

BlackRock Euro CLO set to price, with KKR and ICG in line and 115bp emerging as triple A benchmark
BlackRock is expected to price a European CLO issue today via Bank of America. The immediate CLO pipeline is thin, but KKR is marketing a deal via Morgan Stanley and ICG is marketing via Citi