Paul Hastings hires Shearman & Sterling lawyer as partner in London
Paul Hastings has hired a new partner and restructuring and special situations attorney, the latest in a string of European restructuring hires for the firm  

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

BlackRock reshuffles European fixed income group leadership
BlackRock is rearranging its European fundamental fixed income group with a new senior-level promotion, as veteran Michael Krautzberger plans his departure

DWS head of direct lending departs
Marcus Herbig, head of direct lending at DWS, has left the firm, according to people familiar with the matter

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.

LGIM launches alternative investment fund
European asset manager Legal & General has launched a new private credit fund which will sit on a newly-created Reserved Alternative Investment Fund, or RAIF platform

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 

Hayfin adds managing director in private credit from BlackRock
London-based Michaela Campbell and will be responsible for leading the private credit team’s portfolio monitoring and risk profile

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.

Funds round up: private credit reaches for retail
A number of new credit funds launched last month to round out 2024's first quarter, including ones in Europe aimed at retail investors

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

Global Loan Highlights 1Q24: Don’t call it a comeback
Loan refinancing share hits historic high, but IG issuance stymies YoY global growth

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

Swedish credit specialist closes European lending fund with EUR 1.7bn
A Swedish credit specialist has closed its fifth non-sponsored direct lending fund with more than EUR 1.7bn raised

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

Pemberton raises EUR 2.3bn for opportunistic direct lending fund
Pemberton Asset Management recently held the final close of its Strategic Credit Fund III with EUR 2.3bn raised

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