Are European CLOs back from the dead?

Astonishing investor inflows into the loan market on both sides of the Atlantic since the beginning of the year have raised the tantalizing prospect of the CLO market returning to Europe.

Liberty Global’s $23.3 billion cash and stock bid for UK cable operator Virgin Media has been cheered by many in the capital markets. The shouting might, however, be loudest in an unexpected quarter – the European loan market. The fact that these two firms – among the largest and most familiar issuers in the high-yield bond markets – have opted to include a big loan component in the deal is being hailed as a watershed moment for the market.

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