PGIM buys majority stake in direct lender Deerpath
PGIM has bought a majority interest in direct lending firm Deerpath Capital Management

MidCap prints 2023's second-largest CLO to date
Apollo affiliate MidCap Financial priced a new middle market CLO on Friday that is the second largest primary market transaction of 2023

Owl Rock prints its first CLO via SMBC Nikko
Blue Owl Capital priced a new middle market CLO on Wednesday, working with SMBC Nikko as arranger for the first time to print the deal

BlackRock prints middle market CLO via two arranging banks
BlackRock priced a new CLO named Mt Hood CLO X on Tuesday, the first new transaction pbacked by middle market loans to print in three weeks

Pimco eyes CLOs as part of new flexible credit interval fund
Pimco is preparing to launch a new closed-ended, non-listed interval fund, named Pimco Flexible Corporate Income Fund, which will invest at least 80% of assets in corporate debt across public and private credit markets

CLO funds make best of a bad situation
It can’t get any worse can it? Well, it did in 2022, when credit spreads kept moving wider. Still, CLO funds were able to withstand the pressure, and they outperformed other credit strategies

Fund performance: European CLO funds lead the way
February was a positive month for many funds, as only one quarter failed to reach the black. This builds off a stellar start to the year: 96% of funds reached a positive return in January

Credit hedge fund returns (April 2023)
Credit hedge fund returns

Credit funds at a glance (April 2023)
A round up of people moves and fundraising

CIFC hires investor relations specialist from BlockTower
CIFC Asset Management has hired a managing director in its investor relations group from BlockTower Capital

First Sentier buys majority stake in credit firm AlbaCore
First Sentier Investors has bought a majority stake in European credit specialist AlbaCore Capital Group, the firms announced today, after identifying alternative credit as a ‘strategically important space’

Audax becomes first manager of 2023 to reset a CLO
Audax Private Debt has become the first manager of 2023 to complete a CLO reset, teaming with Bank of America to rework its 2020 middle market deal named Audax Senior Debt CLO 4

Middle market CLO volumes surpass $2.5 billion in March after Churchill prices
Middle market CLO issuance for March climbed to $2.69 billion on Thursday after Churchill Asset Management priced a new transaction named Churchill MMSLF CLO II

Golub prices $1.4 billion CLOs in a single day
Golub Capital Partners priced two CLOs on Thursday worth a combined $1.4 billion in the biggest day of primary activity for a single manager so far in 2023

PennantPark prints this week's second new middle market CLO
Issuance for middle market CLOs by deal count for the week overtook figures for broadly syndicated CLOs on Thursday after PennantPark Investment Advisers priced a new $297.8 million transaction

Mid market CLO triple A spreads at 255bp after AB prices
AllianceBernstein priced a new middle market CLO named ABPCI Direct Lending Fund CLO XII on Wednesday, with the deal's triple A notes scoring a Sofr plus 255 basis point print

Mid market CLO league tables: February volumes exceed any 2022 month with Natixis setting the pace
New mid market CLO issuance totalled $3.5 billion in February, the highest monthly volume since November 2021

More than $1 billion new mid market CLOs print from Angelo Gordon and Cerberus
Angelo Gordon and Cerberus Business Finance each priced a new middle market CLO on Friday, with the two deals totalling over $1 billion in new issue volume

First Eagle promotes four across syndicated loans and direct lending
First Eagle Alternative Credit has promoted four officials to senior-level roles across its direct lending and syndicated loans businesses

Recurring revenue ABS: meet the latest CLO variant
A new asset class is being added to Creditflux’s middle market CLO league tables with an increasing number of firms moving into recurring revenue ABS

Blue Owl lands with low-levered, mid-market CLO
Blue Owl Capital has priced a middle market CLO which conforms to its usual low-levered template. 

Orix USA makes two senior appointments to investor solutions unit
Orix Corporation USA has hired two managing directors to its investor solutions division

Ivy Hill climbs back into CLO market after Natixis plants mid-market deal
Ivy Hill Asset Management is back with its first middle-market US CLO in two years 

Silver Point issues its second mid market CLO
Silver Point Capital priced its third CLO since 2021 on Friday and its second CLO backed by loans to middle market companies

Carlyle appoint former Goldman executive as CEO
Carlyle Group have appointed former Goldman Sachs Co-President and CO-Chief Operating Officer Harvey Schwartz as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board, the firm has announced.