CLO pipeline: snow business like the CLO business
CLO issuers are putting aside the cold snap and are warming up with a flurry of deals.

Fund performance: CLO funds keep up momentum as Napier Park finishes top
2020 ended with funds in our CLOs category taking the top few spots

Napier Park fund ends 2020 on top with massive 29.5% gain
Napier Park Global Capital stormed to the top of our credit hedge fund rankings for 2020, registering a gain of 29.49% through Napier Park Eton Fund.

European CLO mezz tightens as Napier Park prices
Napier Park priced its fourth European CLO today, Henley CLO IV, which has notched up the second-tightest cost of debt since March - and tightest for a deal with single B debt

Credit Rendezvous: heading for homes
Fund managers in structured credit, real assets and distressed are bullish on the prospects for residential housing in 2021. Elsewhere, niche royalty-based strategies are in favour and although a CLO repricing wave is expected, it may not be easy to execute resets. For more, read our 13-page quarterly report on credit. 

2020 wrap: CLO funds bloom despite rocky ground
2020 was a busy year for CLO fundraising, with Creditflux recording at least 30 funds that launched over the 12 months to invest across the CLO capital structure

Napier Park flexible credit fund powers to 17.8% gains in 2020
A European credit fund run by Napier Park Global Capital is up 17.8% in 2020 through to the end of October to sit atop of the list of funds by that metric

CLO pipeline: fixed income giants plan debut 2.0s with Morgan Stanley
Two large fixed income managers are pre-marketing debut 2.0 CLOs

Napier Park completes second euro CLO post-covid
Napier Park Global has priced its second European CLO post-covid, teaming up with BNP Paribas to issue the €353 million Henley CLO III on Wednesday

Fund performance: A third of funds reach positive territory in 2020
August has been another successful month for the CLO category as seven of the top 10 funds invest primarily in CLOs

Napier Park plans second European CLO in four months
Napier Park Global is set to price its third European CLO, Henley CLO III, with the transaction anticipated to price next week

LP round up: $5 billion flows to credit as private market allocations increase
Global institutional investors allocated nearly $5 billion to credit funds this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux

They said it: "Imagine a garden party and all of a sudden a big wasp shows up"
On Creditflux’s US CLO webinar last month, Napier Park’s head of US CLO investments Serhan Secmen described the March sell-off as a garden party

Euro CLO league tables: fresh faces emerge with new deals
May was a month of fresh faces as three new managers entered the ring for the first time in 2020

Napier Park brings covid-era European CLO volumes to €1.5 billion
Napier Park Global today became the sixth CLO issuer in Europe since the onset of the pandemic, according to market sources, bringing volumes on the continent since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic to over €1.5 billion

Single Bs set to return to primary euro CLOs as Napier Park markets new issue
Napier Park Global Capital is set to become the first CLO manager to sell a single B-rated CLO since the covid-19 pandemic onset,

Euro CLO league tables: new issues shatter 2018’s record but total issuance falls
The European CLO market continues to grow at a record shattering pace with 2019 new issuance volumes totalling €29.8 billion, an 8% increase on 2018’s previous record figure, from 53 active managers

Market rallies as key CLO investor retreats

Euro CLO league tables: three debutants, but familiar faces stay top
June brought €3.4 billion of European CLO issuance between seven new issues and two refinancings. Of the seven new issue European CLOs priced last month, three were from debut managers to the continent 

CLOs at a glance

Napier Park joins Europe's CLO manager club after pricing first deal via Citi
Napier Park Global Capital on Friday became the third debut CLO issuer in Europe of 2019, according to market sources

Napier Park targets 114bp triple A print as it markets first euro CLO
Napier Park Global Capital has begun marketing its debut euro CLO and is targeting a 114 basis point print on its triple As

Ex-Goldman Sachs official joins Napier Park as inaugural European CLO nears
The firm has hired an ex-Goldman Sachs official to its European credit team

Napier Park joins growing list of US CLO managers looking to issue in Europe
Napier Park Global Capital has joined the growing list of CLO managers looking to issue in Europe for the first time, according to market sources