A&O promotes CLO lawyer to partner
Allen & Overy has promoted a London-based CLO lawyer to partner

CLO rankings: manager AUM, advisory firm and trustees Q1 2023
Two acquisitions close to shake up the top and Dechert takes early lead over Milbank in manager counsel rankings

Anchorage targets this week to price European CLO
Anchorage Capital is looking to price its European CLO, Anchorage Capital Europe CLO 8, this week

Arini hires European CLO portfolio manager
Arini Capital, the credit hedge fund set up by ex-Credit Suisse star trader Hamza Lemssouguer, has bolstered its efforts to launch a CLO platform by hiring a portfolio manager

CVC upsizes European CLO two weeks after pricing
CVC Credit Partners has upsized its European CLO, CVC Cordatus Loan Fund XXVII, two weeks after original pricing

Experienced European CLO portfolio manager lands at Serone
Serone Capital Management has hired a well-known CLO specialist as head of European performing credit

AlbaCore prints 20th new issue Euro CLO of 2023
AlbaCore Capital priced its fifth European CLO this afternoon, named AlbaCore European CLO V

BlackRock pre-markets European CLO
BlackRock is pre-marketing a new issue European CLO, BlackRock European CLO XIV

CLO market turns international as new investors land
The global CLO market attracted new investors over the first quarter of 2023, according to market sources, while others have moved across the capital stack or into different regions than those to which they have been accustomed

CVC hops into Easter with new European CLO
CVC Cordatus Loan Fund XXVII is the first primary new issuance European CLO since 13 March

Senior global CLO trader leaves JP Morgan after 20 years
A senior global CLO trader has parted ways with the bank after two decades

Euro CLO league tables: Jefferies returns but JP Morgan retains slender lead (update)
After a busy February where €3.75 billion of European CLOs were priced, volumes came back to the mean in March with five managers braving the volatility

Sound Point to take on Assured's asset management business in new partnership
Assured Guaranty and Sound Point Capital Management have struck up a partnership, according to an announcement, which will make Sound Point the fifth largest CLO manager globally.

European CLOs utilise first payment reserve for first time, conference hears
European CLOs have, for the first time ever, started to utilise their first payment reserves, according to panellists at IMN European CLO and leverage loan conference today, in part due to underlying loan obligors shifting from three to six-month Euribo

Dechert adds CLO specialist to London team
Dechert says it has appointed a CLO specialist to partner in its London office.

AlbaCore and Anchorage market European CLOs
AlbaCore Capital and Anchorage Group are the latest managers to brave the new issue European CLO market amid market volatility

CVC aims to break European CLO market silence amid difficult loan market
CVC Credit is aiming to break European CLO market silence arising from market volatility amid SVB’s collapse and the Credit Suisse turmoil, which has led to no new European CLOs pricing since 13 March

DLA Piper hires CLO lawyer from Paul Hastings as partner
DLA Piper has hired Konstantinos Vavelidis as partner on its CLO legal team in London

Credit Suisse CLO trader/strategist joins Barclays
Barclays has added to its ABS research desk

Deutsche Bank European CLO head leaves as bank lines up high profile replacement
Deutsche Bank has reshuffled its European CLO desk, with several sources indicating its head of European CLO new issue has parted ways with the bank. Simultaneously, the bank have made a senior hire 

Euro CLO exposure to financial sector 'limited', say Fitch
European CLO exposure to the financial sector is 'limited' and CLO ratings will not be impacted by UBS's acquisition of Credit Suisse, according to new data from Fitch Ratings

Loan trading within European CLOs drops to 0.6%: BofA
European CLO manager trading activity declined sharply this year amid less leveraged loan primary supply and declining secondary liquidity, according to Bank of America research

Board aims to grant Blackstone fund ability to invest directly in primary CLOs
The board of publicly traded fund Blackstone Loan Financing is proposing to amend its investment policy to allow it to directly invest in primary CLO opportunities, following the results of its shareholder consultation announced today.  Changes to NAV valuation methodology alongside various potential exit opportunities was also discussed.

Pimco promotes global lev fin and CLO head to managing director
Pimco's leveraged finance head is one of five senior officials promoted to managing director