HPS teams up with Bank of America to print its second middle market CLO
HPS Investment Partners has teamed up with Bank of America to print a middle market CLO named HLEND CLO 2023-1, its second entry into the private credit CLO space

Golub prints 2023's third largest new CLO
Golub Capital priced the third largest new CLO of the year on Wednesday

Cerberus's 2023 mid market CLO volumes rise to $1.25 billion after third deal
Cerberus Business Finance has priced its third middle market CLO of 2023 and brought its issuance volumes for the year to $1.25 billion, thus becoming the third manager to pass the $1 billion threshold

Monroe returns to CLO primary with first mid market deal of 2023
Monroe Capital Partners priced its first CLO in almost a year on Friday at a size of $399.2 million

Scotiabank gets first CLO deal with Blue Owl tech reset
Scotiabank scored its first CLO arranging credit on Monday after serving as joint bookrunner with MUFG on a $204 million reset for Blue Owl Capital

Goldman Sachs makes middle market CLO debut arranging deal for Blue Owl
Goldman Sachs became a middle market CLO arranger for the first time on Tuesday after issuing a deal for Blue Owl Capital named Owl Rock CLO XIII

Scotiabank clocks first CLO arranging credit on upcoming Owl Rock reset
Scotiabank is set to claim its first CLO issuance later this month after it emerged that the bank is acting as joint bookrunner on a reset of Owl Rock Technology Financing 2020-1

Deerpath resets middle market CLO from 2020
Deerpath Capital Management reset a 2020 era CLO on Monday, becoming the second manager this year to rework a deal backed by middle market loans

Guggenheim returns to middle market CLO issuance after 18 months away
Guggenheim Investments priced its first middle market CLO in over 18 months on Thursday in a deal structured by Natixis

2023's mid market CLO volumes pass $13 billion as Ivy Hill prices
Ivy Hill Asset Management priced its second middle market CLO of the year on Wednesday named Ivy Hill Middle Market Credit Fund XXI

Asset management firm creates new credit platform
Insurance and asset management firm Nassau launches new credit platform with more than $8 billion in assets under management. 

Bain is back with first mid market CLO in four years
Bain Capital is back just two weeks after pricing their last CLO with a new US middle market CLO, the first for the Boston-based manager since 2019.

Points up front
Get off the bus, but don't despair

PennantPark's mid market CLO volumes pass $2 billion after latest new issue
PennantPark Investment Advisors teamed up with BNP Paribas on Friday to print a new middle market CLO named PennantPark CLO VII

ICG hires new global head of credit
Asset management firm ICG has hired ScION Tech Growth Chief Executive Officer Mathew Cestar as the firm's global head of credit

Carlyle names future CFO
Carlyle has named John Redett its new chief financial officer and head of corporate strategy, the company has said.

Letter from the editor
It’s a curious thing to come back to your beginning, but that’s where I find myself, writing this letter as the new editor of Creditflux. I first joined 17 years ago, fresh out of university. 

Credit funds at a glance
Fund raising and people moves

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge fund returns

Fund performance
A roundup of fund performance

Blue Owl surpasses $1 billion mid market CLOs in 2023 as asset class booms
Blue Owl Capital became the second firm to print three middle market CLOs in 2023 on Tuesday, surpassing $1 billion in volumes for the year

BMO hires ex-Deutsche Bank CLO structurer
BMO Capital Markets has hired an ex-Deutsche Bank structurer to lead its structured credit origination business in North America.

Mid market CLO issuance tops $2bn for the month as MidCap prices
Apollo affiliate MidCap Financial priced a middle market CLO on Friday named Woodmont CLO 2023-12, a deal that brought mid market CLO issuance for the month over $2 billion

Maranon prints its first mid market CLO of 2023
Maranon Management priced a new middle market CLO today at $405.8 million, according to market sources. Named Maranon CLO 2023-1

Direct lenders grab larger share of loan market despite fundraising slowdown
With Debtwire’s European direct lending conference in London next Thursday, we speak to market participants about the dynamic between European syndicated loan market and direct lending