This chapter discusses the increase in private credit CLOs, with $22 billion of new issues in 2021. The speakers debunk misconceptions, highlight the benefits, and explain the rebranding from middle market CLOs to private credit CLOs.
When JP Morgan priced Ivy Hill XXI in July it marked the bank's entry into middle-market CLO arranging and underlined the expansion of the mid-market CLO industry. That deal also re-sparked the inevitable question of whether now is the right time for private credit CLOs in Europe.
For this week’s episode of our podcast, Josie Shillito quizzes Christine Ferris, head of JP Morgan's global CLO primary business on this opportunity.
Is Europe ready? And what would it do to the private credit market as we see it now?