Golub resets 2019 vintage middle market CLO
Golub Capital Investment Management reset Golub Capital Partners CLO 46 last week

AGL and Barclays launch new credit platform
AGL Credit Management and Barclays have teamed up to launch AGL Private Credit, a new private credit investment platform backed by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority 

Funds round up: private credit reaches for retail
A number of new credit funds launched last month to round out 2024's first quarter, including ones in Europe aimed at retail investors

Akin hires Paul Hastings lawyer for private credit practice
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld continues to expand its special situations and private credit practice with the hire of a new partner in the group

Washington State pension system allocates USD 60m to direct lending
The Tacoma Employees’ Retirement System approved two commitments totaling USD 60m to direct lending funds during its March meeting

Golub keeps up the pace with big static BSL CLO
Golub has returned to the market with another typically sizeable offering, adding the fifth-largest deal of the year to their portfolio 

Barings shrugs off team liftout with new private credit deal
Barings is putting up a fight in the private credit market despite the dramatic loss of 20 members, acting as lead agent on a new private credit deal

South Carolina pension system commits USD 100m to asset backed fund
The South Carolina Retirement System recently revealed a commitment made on 27 February of up to USD 100m

New Mexico sovereign wealth fund pumps an additional USD 450m into private credit
The New Mexico State Investment Council latest commitments to private credit total up to USD 450m, spread across three managers

Deerpath prices new MM CLO
Deerpath Capital yesterday dipped its toe back in the primary market water for the first time since December

Big is beautiful for latest Antares MM CLO
Last week saw Antares Capital Advisers price its first new CLO of the year, a giant middle-market deal that also priced extremely tightly

Monroe Capital expands in Middle East with new hire and Abu Dhabi office
Monroe Capital has hired Waleed Noor as managing director and head of Middle East distribution, as private credit funds continue to target LPs in the region

Blue Owl pulls off tight reset for 2020 middle market CLO
Another Covid-era middle market deal was restructured yesterday, as Blue Owl pulled the trigger on a USD 395.31m reset 

Refi of PennantPark V middle-market CLO tightens triple-A by 90bps
Pennant Park has refinanced its PennantPark V CLO, a middle-market deal from late 2022

Apollo launches new BDC backed by Mubadala
Apollo has created a new private BDC that will invest money from Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company, in addition to other institutional investors.

Akin Gump hires Paul Hastings partner for private credit practice
The New York-based partner will join the growing special situations and private credit practice.

Cincinnati Retirement System allocates USD 90m to private credit
The Cincinnati Retirement System committed a total of USD 90m to three separate private credit funds at its 1 February meeting

Barings launches legal proceedings against Corinthia and two senior defectors
Barings has commenced legal proceedings against two former senior executives who last week defected to Corinthia Global Management

CLO managers laud market’s shift away from direct lending
This year’s annual SFVegas shindig had a record 8,900 registered delegates, and every CLO panel included a discussion of two key themes, including the highly publicised fight between the broadly syndicated loan space and private credit lenders.

Advantages of non-sponsored direct lending recognised as pensions increase allocations
Non-sponsored direct lending is on the rise despite its inherent challenges, with pension systems upping allocations to funds dedicated to non-sponsored private credit.

Arrangers optimistic on prospects for CLO-like recurring revenue deals
Recurring revenue (RR) securitisations, one of the more obscure corners of the ABS market, are seeing a surge of interest, according to market sources, with at least three deals in the pipeline.

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge funds

Credit funds at a glance
Credit funds at a glance

Nomura-backed Corinthia lifts private credit team from Barings
More than 20 members of the global private credit team at Barings have jumped ship and joined Corinthia Global Management, a new platform backed by Nomura Holdings

BMO returns with first US middle market CLO since 2021
BMO Asset Management late last week priced Great Lakes CLO VII, a USD 404.87m middle market CLO