Sculptor prices new euro CLO amidst busy market
Sculptor European CLO XIII was the manager's first new European issue in over six months

Banks vie to finance Blue Owl’s Italian data centre
At least eight banks in the running to lend EUR 500m-EUR 600m for Milan property; Blue Owl owns data centre operator IPI Partners  

Barings moves toward second Euro private credit CLO as Blackstone, Apollo mull initial deals
EXCLUSIVE: The firm that cracked the European private credit CLO market open last year is working on its second such deal, while Blackstone and Apollo eye a market entry

KKR prices second new Euro issue for the year
The deal saw its triple As clear at Euribor plus 133bps

Spain’s Arcano markets second European CLO following March market debut
The short-dated EUR 406m issue is being arranged by Jefferies

Palmer Square resets 2021-vintage Euro CLO
The EUR 388m reset of the four-year-old CLO added almost EUR 50m to the debt tranches and some EUR 14m of additional equity

Carlyle prices new Euro CLO at 134
The manager’s second new European CLO of the year follows a short-dated deal at the end of May

Not everything in private credit is rosy – Goldman Sachs’ James Reynolds
The firm's global co-head of private credit spoke to Creditflux managing editor Lisa Lee at the Debtwire Private Credit Forum Europe in London

Oaktree markets two-year-old Euro reset
The reworking of Arbour CLO XII is expected to price next week via Goldman Sachs

European CLO Rankings – May 2025
Apollo is the leading manager in our latest monthly European CLO rankings, while BNP Paribas took the top spot amongst arrangers

KKR resets 2019-vintage Euro deal with increased cost of funding
Friday's print was the second repricing of Avoca CLO XX, following a partial refi in 2021

Blackstone prices tightest Euro AAAs in more than 10 weeks
Ringsend Park CLO lowered the tariff-era benchmark to Euribor plus 131bps

BCI anchors Arini’s debut private credit fund with USD 200m
In addition to backing the new European direct lending fund, the institutional investor giant plans to deploy more than USD 400m in related co-investments

Neuberger Berman restarts post-Barcelona Euro activity with new issue
The manager returned to European primary market issuance for the first time in 14 months with its latest print this week

Ares launches direct lending fund for European wealth investors
The firm’s first ELTIF product will give individual investors access to its existing European direct lending strategy

Blackstone hires Laura Coady from Jefferies to head CLO business
The alternative asset manager has poached Jefferies's top CLO banker to become its global head of CLOs and head its European liquid credit strategies

CLOs to maintain strong performance, offer attractive carry opportunities – Goldman Sachs
The asset class offers an appealing investment given underlying fundamentals and narrowing IG spreads, according to an investment outlook briefing from the firm this week

Squarepoint makes moves to debut as CLO manager
EXCLUSIVE: Global investment firm has been interviewing candidates to launch a CLO business 

Elmwood hires senior Barclays banker for European CLO push
Michael Clarke has joined the firm this week alongside new Head of European Credit Aly Hirji

European Commission proposes securitisation revamp
Formal proposals aim to fuel the European economy by facilitating securitisation

Polus holds EUR 425m initial close for third CLO equity fund
It marks one of Europe’s largest CLO equity capital raises to date

US pensions' push into European private credit involves local expertise pursuit, mid-market strategy differentiation
The European credit market is expected to benefit from recent fiscal stimulus announcements and lower primary tariff impact, while mid-sized managers are likely to see growing demand for differentiated strategies

Santander Asset Management plans SRT fund launch
EXCLUSIVE: Santander Asset Management is planning to launch a fund that will invest in significant risk transfer (SRT) transactions, according to sources familiar

Investors optimistic, bullish on European structured credit – BofA, King Street, Blackstone, Federated Hermes
PODCAST: Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee catches up with Bank of America's Alex Batchvarov, King Street's Young Choi, Blackstone's Alex Leonard and Federated Hermes' Andrew Lennox at the Global ABS conference in Barcelona

Investors say CLO market is hot but caution remains
Optimism is returning to the CLO market in both the US and Europe and momentum is rapidly rebuilding, as investors acclimatise to the policy vagaries of the second Trump administration