Creativity pays off as investors lap up static euro CLOs
Amid a challenging CLO landscape in Europe, managers and arrangers showed creativity in 2022.

They said it: "You have to question whether the vast array of CLO managers should... "
A credit investor questions the sheer number of CLO managers 

Points up front: Whatever the size, CLO performance dwarfs others
A graphic depicting the investment fund universe was doing the rounds on social media late in 2022...

We made the most of a tricky situation
The contrast between 2021 and the following 12 months could not have been starker. But although some heavy hitters remained on the sidelines, 94 US CLO managers priced new deals in 2022

Not every CLO can be a winner
The CLO industry has undeniably performed well enough to justify the plaudits it receives. But there will always be some unloved CLO tranches that slip into triple C territory

Fund performance: Light at the end of the tunnel for credit funds after difficult year
Following a tough September, credit funds bounced back in October as 59% of funds made positive returns.

Credit hedge fund returns (December 2023)
Credit hedge fund returns

Credit funds at a glance (December 2023)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Nassau prints upsized second Euro CLO
Nassau Corporate Credit has wrapped up its second European CLO today via Jefferies, just over one year after making its debut on the continent

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.

Bain holds final close on $650 million fund to buy own CLO equity globally
Bain Capital Credit has closed its second captive equity fund with $650 million commitments, thought to be among the largest manager-controlled CLO equity funds raised

Axa CLO fund uses swaps and T-notes as hedges for 'more pronounced' 2023 recession
Axa Investment Managers says it is using swaps and T-notes as hedges for its publicly listed CLO fund, Volta Finance, with the firm believing a recession in 2023 may be more pronounced than expected

Belstar partners with Apollo to launch global corporate and structured credit fund
Belstar Management Company has launched a credit fund to invest across global liquid and private credit - including both corporate and structured credit

Details emerge on investor-driven Hayfin European CLO
Hayfin Capital Management priced a European CLO on 1 December, with sources indicating one account took triple As to triple Bs

LP round up: 27 managers find the top corner with investor wins
Credit fund managers like to take it one fund at a time and give it 110% for their 90-minute investor fund pitches - and it's working as $3.8 billion was allocated during November and early December. The gaffer would be proud. 

European CLO equity outperforms single Bs amid high return dispersion: Bank of America
European CLO returns have been negative across the capital structure this year, a research paper from Bank of America has found. Losses have been softened however due to an increasing three-month Euribor rate, high carry relative to corporates and relatively stable equity returns.

Experienced CLO PM parts ways with Angelo Gordon
An experienced CLO portfolio manager has left the firm, having built out its European platform

Global CLO league tables - November 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - November 2022 YTD

Euro CLO league tables: Final whistle beckons in close manager race as Jefferies looks to park the bus
Last month, just shy of €3 billion of European CLO paper was priced in the primary market, the most since March and Russia’s war with Ukraine

PM lands at $3 billion credit shop to build European CLO platform
The European CLO manager universe looks set to grow even further, with a Five Arrows portfolio manager having been hired to help build a CLO platform

New credit hedge fund explores European CLO management
A relatively new credit hedge fund has become the latest firm to explore European CLO management, joining the growing list of prospective debut managers

Euro CLOs have better 2023 entry point than US in $140 billion issuance year: Barclays
CLO performance and issuance may have to wait until the second half of next year for improvement, say Barclays credit strategists in a 2023 outlook piece. But Europe could fare better than the US given starting levels in a year the market faces some challenging regulatory hurdles

Euro CLO new issuance could reach €22 billion in 2023, says BofA
European CLO new issuance will reach €22 billion in 2023, strategists at Bank of America expect, while refinancing / reset volume should reach €3 billion under a ‘base case’ scenario

Euro CLO manager closes second captive equity strategy at €228 million
An experienced European CLO manager is taking care of its CLO issuance for the next few years 

US manager becomes latest to register triple A CLO ETF
The manager joins the likes of BlackRock, PineBridge and VanEck, Janus Henderson and AXS to use exchange traded funds to invest in CLO tranches