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European CLO primary spreads still have a long way to go
3 months ago
Are European CLO spreads in the primary market cheap or expensive? Our latest research shows that while US managers can celebrate AAAs reaching the 150s, in Europe spreads still have a long way to go to reach historical norms. -
Debut manager joins European CLO market
7 months ago
The European CLO community grew a little bigger yesterday with the pricing of a deal from the first new entrant to the market since May -
M&G marks re-entry into European primary market with new issue CLO
11 months ago
The world welcomed a new CLO manager on Wednesday as M&G Investments priced a new issue in Europe -
BNP launches marketing for Partners Euro CLO
1 year ago
BNP Paribas launched marketing for a Partners Group new issue European CLO yesterday, with pricing anticipated next week. -
Euro CLO market re-opens as HPS breaks new issue duck with triple As at 205bp
1 year ago
HPS Investment Management has become the first European CLO issuer of the year, pricing Aqueduct European CLO 7-2022 and shaving off 10bp off triple A price guidance -
Beneath the triple C: Life could be better, but it’s just a letter, under the CCC
1 year ago
Many market participants were eagerly looking forward to a break in December after a gruelling year, but the rating agencies were in no mood to oblige. -
Beneath the triple C: Stormy October hits CLOs with rising tide of downgrades
1 year ago
After a slight respite in the pace of downgrades over the summer for CLOs, October brought renewed momentum as macro-economic pressures - primarily high interest rate burdens for corporate borrowers and supply side inflation - became the recurring rationale -
UK and Italy in focus as credit rout extends
1 year ago
UK and Italy sovereign credit spreads are heading wider on Wednesday, as the market-wide sell-off takes indices to new extremes for the year -
Euro markets slump against US after slowdown signals drive sell off
1 year ago
European credit is once again underperforming the US, after data pointing to economic slowdown sent the euro to a 20-year low against the dollar -
Global CLO trading lab: Payments season prompts equity to surge but short-dated bonds trade low
2 years ago
Over the last two weeks, $2.8 billion of US CLOs and €640 million of European CLO paper have appeared on b-wics, with equity making up 33% and 40% of the respective markets -
Fair Oaks achieves tight cost of debt on new European CLO
2 years ago
The manager has brought a €404.4 million, 13.4 times levered deal that features environmental, social and governance criteria -
Tikehau prints first new European CLO in 19 months in breakthrough under new CLO head
2 years ago
Tikehau has priced its first European CLO new issue under portfolio manager Christoph Zens, in a month where the firm also made its US CLO debut and announced it hired John Fraser to boost its global structured credit capabilities -
Barings prints Euro CLO double Bs at widest levels of 2021, but seniors hold firm
2 years ago
European CLO mezzanine tranches widened on Friday with Barings’ latest European CLO new issue as November issuance passed €5 billion -
Partners becomes first manager to refi rather than reset 2020 European CLO
2 years ago
JP Morgan won the mandate to refinance Penta CLO 8, which cuts the deal's cost of debt by 34.6 basis points -
2020 debutant Bridgepoint brings CLO AUM to €1 billion with third new issue
2 years ago
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 -
Blackstone Credit names tech investing head
2 years ago
Blackstone Credit has promoted a New York-based official as its global head of technology investing -
Deutsche Bank to hold triple As as Blackstone resets another European CLO
2 years ago
Deutsche Bank has reset a 2019 Blackstone-managed European CLO named Dunedin Park. The bank will also hold a portion of the deal's triple As, subject to one investor approval -
BlackRock resets 2020 European CLO with triple As tightening to 97bp
2 years ago
Bank of America arranged the €351 million BlackRock European CLO X -
Palmer Square's Euro CLO AUM rockets to €1.8 billion in just 14 months
2 years ago
Palmer Square Capital Management has kept strong momentum with its European CLO ambitions after pricing its second European static CLO of the year on Friday via JP Morgan -
Euro CLO newcomer Albacore strikes inside 100bp with triple As
2 years ago
AlbaCore Capital has brought its third European CLO to market, pricing triple As inside the 100bp price band -
CIFC gets Euro CLO over the line with tight prints despite PM departure
2 years ago
CIFC Asset Management got its latest European CLO over the line on Thursday and achieved tight prints, despite the portfolio manager's departure two weeks ago -
Euro CLO league tables: deal flurry takes Barclays and CVC to the top
2 years ago
The European CLO market machine swatted away any suggestion of a summer slowdown in August with €6.74 billion of issuance coming to market -
Euro CLO league tables: Blackstone back on top while Jefferies extends lead as focus turns to new issues
2 years ago
2021 European CLO issuance crossed €60 billion in July, which is more than the 22 months that preceded this year -
Global CLO pricing lab: let’s all point at that 108bp print while spreads leak out
2 years ago
The tsunami of CLO paper coming to market is the biggest technical factor causing spreads to widen, according to sources -
Euro CLO league tables: cramming a year's worth of work in two months
3 years ago
It is no surprise the European CLO market has been experiencing fatigue at times this year with the last two months of issuance alone almost equalling issuance figures for the whole of 2020: last year €22.78 billion worth of European CLOs priced, while in March and April 2021, managers brought €21.48 billion to market
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