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Spire prices CLO triple As at 105bp as Euribor rates slide
Spire Partners scored Europe’s tightest triple A CLO print of the year yesterday with market sources indicating that this is a reflection of how attractive CLO tranches are given the recent drop in Euribor rates

Mid market CLO league tables: Barclays makes entrance as AB picks up the pace
Barclays was involved in its first ever middle market CLO, as July marked the first month of 2019 that Natixis did not arrange a mid market CLO this year.

Euro CLO spreads could tighten further as Spire targets 105bp triple A print
Spire Partners is looking to bring Europe’s CLO market even tighter as it readies a reset of its inaugural deal named Aurium CLO I

LCM refinances senior tranches of 2013 CLO
LCM Asset Management has refinanced its 2013 vintage CLO named LCM XIII via Barclays in a deal worth $375.55 million

Barclays makes mid market CLO breakthrough with first transaction
Barclays has got its middle market CLO business off the ground

Bridge markets fourth CRE CLO
With three prior deals outstanding, Bridge Investments last visited the market in December

Junior triple A tranches return as GSO prices US CLO
GSO Capital Partners has tapped the CLO market once again with another new issue transaction via Barclays

GoldenTree prices new issue European CLO as continental volumes pass €2 billion
GoldenTree Loan Management priced its latest European CLO offering yesterday as July new issue volumes on the continent passed the €2 billion mark

Euro CLO league tables: three debutants, but familiar faces stay top
June brought €3.4 billion of European CLO issuance between seven new issues and two refinancings. Of the seven new issue European CLOs priced last month, three were from debut managers to the continent 

MeDirect prices debut European CLO as equity goes to third parties
MeDirect Bank has priced a new European CLO via Barclays today in a deal where the equity was syndicated to third parties. Chief investment officer Michael Curtis tells Creditflux that this is part of the firm's build out of an asset management busines

CLO pipeline: Barclays and Goldman branch out to mid market
The US CLO pipeline has been full in recent weeks and this continues, with 18 new issue CLOs and a further nine refinancings appearing this week.

Symphony reworks 2012 vintage CLO via Barclays
Symphony Asset Management on Friday priced a $617.85 million reset of a CLO that it first brought to market in 2012

Kayne Anderson prices new issue CLO as spreads tighten dramatically
Kayne Anderson has priced its fifth CLO overall, and third this year

Barclays rehires high yield credit trader from Goldman Sachs
A high yield specialist has become the second credit trader in as many months to rejoin Barclays from Goldman Sachs

Euro CLO league tables: May’s refinancings fall just shy of €1 billion
European CLO monthly issuance has stayed roughly level since February what has differed recently though is the volumes of all forms of refinancings.

MeDirect to make CLO comeback as it markets European deal via Barclays
MeDirect Bank is looking to issue a European CLO for the first time since 2013, according to market sources

Credit traders' kickstand: grave times for UK banks and corps as May goes away
UK banks have been among the main underperformers in credit this week, with market sources noting that today’s notice of Prime Minister Theresa May’s intention to resign on 7 June increases the likelihood of a no-deal Brexit. And UK 'zombie' companies appear to be forming a herd

Deutsche Bank rehires Nordic sales head after senior official moves to buy side
The bank is bringing in a Barclays official to replace him, in a slightly more broader role, say market sources

Barclays financials credit trader jumps to another bank
A Barclays senior financials credit trader in London has left the firm and is heading to another bank, say market sources

Crescent prices second new issue CLO of 2019
Crescent Capital Group priced its second new CLO of the year yesterday named Atlas Senior Loan Fund XIV

Euro CLO league tables: at long last - a reset, a refi and a debut
A chill swept through the European CLO market in April. While managers priced €3.16 billion of CLOs, it was the slowest month since January. 

Barclays re-hires credit structurer
A credit structurer in London has returned to Barclays after taking a career break from the bank

Sound Point opts for fixed rate triple As with latest US new issue CLO
Sound Point Capital Management priced a $608.15 million new issue CLO on Friday named Sound Point CLO XXIII

Neuberger Berman prices senior CLO triple As at 133bp
Neuberger Berman priced $504.8 million CLO via Barclays last week

Carlyle resets 2012 CLO for a second time in $615 million deal
Carlyle hits the market with its second reset of the year