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ELFA starts drive for consistent climate reporting in CLOs
5 months ago
The European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA) has published a new report on CLO carbon and climate disclosures -
Elfa confirms launch of CLO ESG questionnaire
1 year ago
The European Leveraged Finance Association confirmed the launch of its new CLO ESG questionnaire which it says aims to “improve the quality of ESG reporting and data in the CLO market." -
Elfa prepares standardised ESG CLO questionnaire
1 year ago
The European Leveraged Finance Association is in the final stages of launching a standardised ESG questionnaire for the CLO market. Sources anticipate it will be published and distributed before the end of the year. -
Fitch launches ESG scoring for Euro lev fin issuers with 75% CLO coverage
1 year ago
Fitch has scored 430 individual borrowers in the European market, which are on average more than 75% of the portfolio in an average Fitch-rated European CLO -
Impact investor earns $146 million from US body for second CLO
1 year ago
An impact investment firm owned by M&G is poised to launch its second CLO, according to filings seen by Creditflux -
FinDox steps in on climate disclosure reporting for CLOs
1 year ago
FinDox has become involved in reporting on carbon data for climate-related financial disclosure regulations, having been mandated by leading CLO managers to source relevant ESG key performance indicators -
European CLO triple As widen to 140bp with long-awaited Permira deal
1 year ago
European CLO triple As have widened out to 140 basis points over Euribor, as Permira Credit breaks the two-week CLO market silence by pricing its long-awaited new issue deal, Providus CLO VII -
Managers debate ethics of investments in arms makers
The armaments industry has for a long time been negatively perceived by CLO managers and investors alike. But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked debate on the subject1 year ago -
Elfa launches ESG exclusion checklist to streamline process for CLO managers
2 years ago
The European Leveraged Finance Association has launched an environmental, social and governance exclusion checklist, which it says is designed to “streamline the negative screening and exclusion” for CLO managers -
CLO managers join forces as they line up behind SFDR
2 years ago
A plethora of European CLO managers have teamed up with regulatory reporting provider FinDox to form a working group focused on Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), sources tell Creditflux. -
CLO Census latest: voting crosses 200 as range of dealers lead in CLO origination
2 years ago
CLO market participants are placing value on the specialist service that dealers are providing, according to Creditflux’s CLO Census, with three different banks leading the way for US CLO execution, structuring and syndication. A silimar trend is in play in Europe -
The Last Tranche with Capital Four: 26% of new European loans have an ESG-linked margin ratchet, and the US could follow fast
2 years ago
In this episode of the Last Tranche, Capital Four's Torben Skødeberg and Jim Wiant discuss the emergence of loans linked to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria -
Fidelity to add ESG portfolio test in Article 8-aligned CLO
2 years ago
Fidelity International has taken ESG scoring in the CLO market a step further by including a new ESG portfolio profile test on an upcoming European CLO -
Elfa taps Hermes to chair CLO investor committee
2 years ago
Trade body the European Leveraged Finance Association has formed a CLO investor committee it hopes will be a forum for various industry initiatives, including environmental, social and governance standards -
CLO managers embed new EU sustainable disclosure language in docs after investor push
2 years ago
Bridgepoint, CSAM and Pinebridge are among managers to include language related to the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, following a push from CLO investor Lupus alpha -
LSTA, LMA and Elfa publish standardised ESG questionnaire for CLO managers
2 years ago
The Loan Syndications & Trading Association (LSTA), Europe’s Loan Markets Association (LMA) and the European Leveraged Finance Association (Elfa) – have teamed up to launch a new ‘standardised’ ESG due diligence questionnaire for CLO managers -
Elfa adds to ESG fact sheet range in standardisation drive
2 years ago
The European Leveraged Finance Association (Elfa) will shortly publish sector-specific fact sheets for the transport and healthcare industries, sources say, bringing its total of ESG fact sheets to 12 -
Partners prints five-year European CLO with ESG-scored deal
2 years ago
Partners becomes second European CLO manager to breakthrough the five year reinvestment period -
Partners joins ESG-scoring CLO managers but standardisation doubts persist
2 years ago
Partners will implement its scoring system across its European CLOs, US CLOs and non-CLO funds -
Investor uses Paris Agreement as template for ESG language
2 years ago
Lupus Alpha Asset Management is supporting the advance of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) criteria in European CLOs by embedding language into deal documentation that is linked to the European Union Paris-aligned Benchmark (which derives from the Paris Climate Agreement). -
Axa IM leads as ESG grows in European CLO industry
3 years ago
European CLOs are increasingly launching with express ESG mandates embedded as issuers seek to get ahead of what appears to be an inevitable shift towards ethical investing -
UN PRI's upcoming report on ESG in CLOs finds bar is very low
3 years ago
In a preview of the upcoming report, Carmen Nuzzo, head of fixed income at UN Principles for Responsible Investment, reveals to Creditflux key highlights from its ESG in securitisation report -
Capital Four markets four-year European CLO
3 years ago
Capital Four is marketing its second European CLO, just over a year after making its debut in CLO management -
CLO Census latest: ESG trashed and lauded, while b-wic no shows draw ire
3 years ago
The CLO community is making its voice heard courtesy of Creditflux’s CLO Census, with ESG proving divisive in the early stages of voting -
CLO managers offer views on ESG for upcoming PRI report
3 years ago
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is set to unveil a report detailing results from its ESG structured credit survey in the next few months, and the institution anticipates that this will be a launch pad for further investigation about ESG integration into the asset class
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