Europe

US CLO Issuance Remains Muted in February at $2.1B

U.S. CLO issuance remained muted in February, with just five deals pricing totaling $2.1 billion, according to Thomson Reuters LPC. However that was an increase from the $826 million from two deals posted in January.

Largest CLO Managers Lose Some Ground

Moody’s Investors Service’s ranking of the top 10 managers of collateralized loan obligations at year-end 2015 was largely unchanged from mid-year, both in terms of deal count or AUM. But the biggest players collectively lost some market share to their mid-sized brethren.

UK’s Skipton Launching £524.4M RMBS Pool

A £524.4 million (US$755.6 million) series of prime, owner-occupied mortgage loans originated by UK’s Skipton Building Society will be packaged into the fourth securitization pieced together by the UK financial institution.

MotoVoto Plans Auto-Lease Backed ABS

MotoVoto Finance, one of the U.K.’s largest players in used car financing, is preparing to market its sixth securitization of an undetermined volume of its fixed-rate consumer auto leases.