Palmer Square propels Euro CLO AUM to €2.5 billion in just over a year
2020 debutant Palmer Square has priced its sixth European CLO - and has partnered for the first time with Goldman Sachs (JP Morgan arranged the manager's five other deals)

It's All Relative: CQS, Capital Four and Tikehau look for CLO breakthrough as debutant premiums drop
The number of US CLO issuers in 2021 could be about to reach 106 with Capital Four, CQS and Tikehau looking to price debut deals, with price talk set at ambitious levels

Citadel promotes credit head to co-CIO
Citadel has promoted its global credit head to co-chief investment officer

2020 debutant Bridgepoint brings CLO AUM to €1 billion with third new issue
Bridgepoint Capital priced its third ever European CLO on Wednesday, bringing the firm’s CLO assets under management to over €1 billion in just 12 months

Tikehau markets first European CLO new issue since PM change
The deal includes ESG scores on all credits, 'full ESG exclusion policy' and language related to the Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulations

CLO issuance set for big slump as managers relax on Sofr: JP Morgan
CLO new issue supply will likely decline sharply from this month to next, with the rush to complete deals ahead of the transition to Sofr base rates having added to November's historical heavy weighting over December, say JP Morgan structured credit strategists

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

Fidelity appoints former CVC official as global head of private assets solutions
Fidelity has hired from CVC to a newly created role of global head of private assets solutions, following the expansion of its private credit businesses earlier this year

Redding Ridge jumps to third spot as it resets 2020 European CLO
JP Morgan reset and upsized Redding Ridge's European CLO, RRE 5

Nassau debuts in CLO management with Nassau Euro CLO I
Nassau Corporate Credit has become Europe’s latest debut CLO manager, pricing Nassau Euro CLO I via Barclays Friday afternoon

Apollo breaks into CLO co-placement agent role on first Euro third-party deal
Apollo has typically served as co-placement on its own Redding Ridge European CLOs, but on Thursday was co-placement agent on a HPS European CLO new issue

Credit Suisse beefs up European CLO trading with buy side hire
Credit Suisse has run secondary CLO trading – US and European – out of New York for the past few years. But now it has hired a London-based trader

Elfa launches ESG exclusion checklist to streamline process for CLO managers
The European Leveraged Finance Association has launched an environmental, social and governance exclusion checklist, which it says is designed to “streamline the negative screening and exclusion” for CLO managers

Assured confirms Bain Euro CLO wrap trade
Assured Guaranty has confirmed it guaranteed the triple A tranche of the European CLO

Investcorp reworks 2020 European CLO via BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas arranged the €443 million transaction, which cuts the CLO’s cost of debt by over 18 basis points to 190.3bp

ICG opens Dubai office with senior hire
The firm has hired a senior official from LGT to lead the expansion

Fidelity breaks through with Article 8-aligned European CLO
Fidelity International has paired with Barclays on its first new issue European CLO since lifting out and onboarding MeDirect’s leveraged loan and CLO team

The only way is up: single A investor expresses rates view through BlackRock Euro CLO
BlackRock has printed its second European new issue CLO of 2021, BlackRock European CLO XII, achieving triple A tights in the process

Euro CLO league tables: Jefferies nips ahead of Barclays as overall leader
The European CLO market has added laurels to a record-breaking year with one of the highest issuance months for new paper.

Global CLO league tables - Oct 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - Oct 2021 YTD

CB bond purchase 'greening' is game changer for credit: BofA
Confirmation by the Bank of England that its corporate bond purchase scheme will be ‘greened’ is a game changing moment for credit markets, say Bank of America strategists

Rockford Tower prints second new issue European CLO of 2021
Morgan Stanley arranged the €409.2 million deal, named Rockford Tower Europe CLO 2021-2

Citi's former correlation trading star takes on new risk head role
Citi's former head of credit correlation trading has taken on a new role in the bank, becoming head of in-business market risk for global markets

Natwest partners with GreensLedge for second European CLO arranging role this year
GreensLedge and Natwest have teamed up for what will be their second European CLO arranging role in 2021

Sound Point upsizes and prints 5yr Euro CLO with triple As at 96bp
Sound Point Capital Management has priced its latest European CLO new issue, upsizing the deal by €100 million since marketing. Barclays arranged the €505.4 million deal,