Luxembourg plays to win in musical chairs dance for CLOs
Hopes are high in Luxembourg that the Grand Duchy this year will be able to claim a sizeable chunk of a growing European market for Collateralised Loan Obligations (CLOs), a structured financial product pooling corporate debts. With an update in its securitisation regime that allows active management Luxembourg wants to be competitive and seduce CLO managers from other countries, notably Ireland, to move their business.