ELFA names Rinaldi as co-Chair of CLO investor committee
The European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) has named Elena Rinaldi as the new co-chair of its CLO Investor Committee

European resets return as Carlyle reworks 2022 vintage deal
This week’s latest European CLO reset from Carlyle Group maintained the market’s trend so far this year for sub-150bps pricing levels

Canyon returns in a big way for second European CLO
Thirteen months after its European debut, Canyon Partners priced its upsized second European deal yesterday

Deutsche Bank upgrades European new issue forecast
Deutsche Bank has upgraded its European new CLO issuance forecast for 2024 to a total of EUR 37bn

Napier Park resets 2017 vintage
Napier Park Global reset its Regatta IX Funding yesterday according to market sources, adding four tranches and a fixed-rate coupon

Palmer Square joins the European CLO index party
Palmer Square is the latest firm to launch an index designed to benchmark the European CLO market, following two other launches in March.

Muzinich hires head of alternative credit solutions and strategy
Muzinich has hired Rehan Virani in the newly-created role of head of alternative credit solutions and strategy as the New York and London-headquartered credit specialist continues to expand its private credit and CLO strategies

Another European CLO single B gets drawn by Blackstone
Blackstone priced its second delayed draw issue in three weeks via BNP Paribas, this week targeting Glenbrook Park CLO 

The Last Tranche with JP Morgan's Ferris: new managers should focus on equity
In this episode of our podcast The Last Tranche, Christine Ferris, JP Morgan's Global Head of CLO Primary talks about why she loves working with debut managers, despite the extra challenges they face

Bridgepoint hits the mark with sixth European CLO
As new figures showed the European CLO market enjoyed its strongest first quarter since 2007, Bridgepoint Capital became the first manager to price a European CLO after Easter

AlbaCore expands with senior research hires
London-based AlbaCore Capital Group announced the expansion of its investment team last week, with the addition of a new Head of Research

CLO round-up: March 2024
March was another busy month for the CLO market, with eighty deals pricing. That total includes ten new European deals as that side of the market finally kicked into gear.

Nassau joins delayed draw issuance wave
The latest manager to draw down a delayed draw tranche in the run-up to Easter was Nassau Corporate Credit, the ninth such draw-down so far this year

Blackstone chooses static structure for new European CLO
Blackstone’s sixth CLO deal of the year priced yesterday in the market’s third static European deal of 2024

Europe sees another delayed-draw AAA as Onex prices
Onex Credit Partners became the third manager to bring to market a deal with a triple-A tranche in a delayed-draw format, when it priced OCP Euro CLO 2024-9 yesterday

Altice isn’t just a European CLO problem
The latest BofA research estimates that US CLO OC test breaches could jump to as high as 17% if all Altice entiites are downgraded

Fair Oaks makes punchy return to European CLO primary
Fair Oaks Capital returned to the primary market for the first time in two years, getting tight pricing on its Fair Oaks Loan Funding V

Permira prices tenth European Providus CLO
Permira Credit threw their hat into the increasingly crowded European ring with their first deal of 2024

Rockford Tower prints the first short-dated European CLO this year
Rockford Tower has reset Rockford Tower Europe CLO 2018-1 in the first short-dated European deal of 2024

Carlyle joins European rush with new CLO
Carlyle returned to the European CLO market for the first time in 18 months with Carlyle Euro CLO 2024-1

KKR leads flood of European CLOs
The first European print of 2024 for KKR, arranged by JP Morgan, came on a busy day for Euro CLOs

Sculptor returns to European CLO market after two year gap
Sculptor priced its fourth deal of the year on Wednesday, and its first European CLO in over two years

Arini is already back as second CLO prices
Continuing its rapid advance in the European market, Arini Capital priced its second CLO last week

European CLO market cautious but upbeat, conference hears
Yesterday’s annual IMN Euro CLO Forum in London exuded an air of ‘upbeat caution’ around the European market over the course of 2024, with a broadly positive outlook around issuance