Ares 'bespoke' mid-market CLO unlocks UK insurance capital
Ares’ debut mid-market European CLO employs a highly unusual structure that allows it to attract investments from UK insurance firms

The M&A market is normalising – Ares’ Matt Theodorakis
PODCAST: “People are looking to do deals going forward” after taking a pause following ‘Liberation Day’, Theodorakis told Lisa Lee, managing editor at Creditflux, on the latest Credit Exchange podcast

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

Ares hits post-tariff mezz tights with new Euro issue
The manager's second new Euro CLO of 2025 reinforced the tightening trend seen in recent weeks

Ares pulls reset of new Euro CLO amidst market volatility fallout
Expected to price last week, the deal was withdrawn, as overall CLO market activity slows in the wake of tariff-induced upheavals

Ares snatches tightest cost-of-funding crown by slimmest of margins
Ares’ first new European deal of 2025 equalled year-to-date spread tights for every tranche  

Ares prices inside guidance for static European CLO reset
Ares has reset its 2020-vintage Ares European CLO XIV, a static deal, valued as a EUR 235.8m transaction via Goldman Sachs

Ares 2018-vintage reset prices with big equity injection
Ares' latest US BSL CLO reset of Ares XLIX has priced, but introduced a hefty equity injection of USD 61.25m 

Ares plans to swaps short-dated for static in European CLO reset
Ares is marketing a static reset of the short-dated 2020-vintage Ares European CLO XIV, with Goldman Sachs acting as the arranger

2022 vintage European CLO is reset
The third European reset to hit the market in May has priced in a marginally-upsized restructuring of a 2022-vintage CLO

Ares add new European CLO to its roster
The second half of this week saw a renewed rush of European issuance, and Ares was amongst those coming to the market 

Ares turbocharges European CLO
Jefferies arranged a new European CLO on Thursday featuring a turbo feature for the class F notes

CLO round-up: blinded by the tights
Secondary CLO spreads continued to grind tighter this week and, at last, the primary market began to follow in both the US and Europe

Beneath the triple C: Winter is coming for CLOs as downgrades outstrip upgrades
Both US and European issuers have felt downward pressure from the rating agencies as we head towards the end of the year, with downgrades to triple C now firmly outpacing upgrades out of it.

Ares prints new issue Euro CLO via BofA
Ares Management has priced a new issue European CLO, Ares European CLO XVI

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 

CLOs at a glance (July 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month
 
 

   

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

CLOs at a glance (April 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month  

Global CLO league tables - Nov 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Nov 2021 YTD

Ares prints first European CLO new issue this year
Ares Management has returned to the European CLO new issue market for the first time in just over a year

CLOs at a glance (November 2021)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

Global CLO trading lab: bank sells $834 million triple As in quarterly reallocation as hedge fund trades CLO equity
Thursday’s secondary CLO market was the busiest of 2021, with over $1 billion of US CLOs on offer. This featured an enormous b-wic worth $834.3 million, where sources have told Creditflux of the bank behind the aucton. While a large credit hedge fund is said to have sold out of control CLO equity 

Ares prices tight on 2019 Euro CLO refi
2019 Euro CLOs continues to be the prime vintage for refinancing with Ares Management becoming the latest manager to rework a deal