Monroe Capital Partners returns to primary market with first 2025 print
The deal’s upper mezz priced in line with earlier investor guidance, but the triple Bs priced notably wide, with the spread remaining unchanged from its pre-reset level

Monroe knocks 103bps off triple-As in refinancing of middle-market CLO
Monroe Capital Partners has refinanced its Monroe Capital MML CLO XIV, a middle-market deal from two years ago, tightening the spread at the top of the stack dramatically

Wendel announces purchase of majority stake in Monroe Capital
French investment firm Wendel announced on Tuesday it has agreed to acquire 75% of US private credit firm and CLO manager Monroe Capital for USD 1.13bn, as part of its planned expansion into third-party asset management.

Monroe Capital prices its first middle-market CLO of 2024
Monroe Capital Management Advisors' latest middle-market CLO has priced, falling just short of the tightest such AAA spread of the year

CLO round-up: blinded by the tights
Secondary CLO spreads continued to grind tighter this week and, at last, the primary market began to follow in both the US and Europe

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

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

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

CLOs at a glance (November 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

Mid market CLO league tables: Golub gains ground on Blackstone with rare euro-tranche deal
Four managers - Blue Owl, Golub, Monroe and PennantPark - priced new issue mid market CLOs in September

Monroe prints second middle market CLO of the year
Monroe Capital Partners priced its first middle market CLO since February on Tuesday, and the largest middle market CLO in four months

CLO managers added to their pool of analysts last year: Fitch
CLO asset managers staffed up last year as primary issuance volume soared, with Fitch Ratings finding the average analyst team size increased from 16 to 17

Credit funds at a glance (June 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
 
   

CLOs at a glance (May 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month
   

Mid market CLO sales explode with BlackRock, Churchill and Monroe printing deals
Middle market CLO sales flared on Friday, with managers pricing three deals worth a combined $1.2 billion

Monroe prints first reinvesting mid market CLO linked to Sofr
Monroe Capital has become the second middle market CLO issuer to print a new deal in 2022 by teaming up with Deutsche Bank on Wednesday to print Monroe Capital MML CLO XIII at $456.5 million

CLO pipeline: biggest managers come to market as Rockford Tower sets sight on CBO
The Sofr-era of CLOs is well and truly upon us judging by the pipeline, with 14 US CLO managers marketing their first Sofr CLOs. and six European CLO managers are locked in a race to bring the first new issue of 2022

Monroe markets first reinvesting middle market CLO linked to Sofr
Monroe Capital has launched a new middle market CLO with Deutsche Bank, which is believed to be the first reinvesting mid market deal linked to Sofr

Credit funds at a glance (November 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

LP round up: no Stoptober as investors allocate $5 billion to credit
US institutional investors allocated $5 billion to credit funds in October, with Oak Hill and Pimco among the biggest mandates    

CIFC, Generate and Monroe secure combined $1.3 billion CLO resets
CIFC Asset Management, Generate Advisors and Monroe Capital each reset a CLO on Monday with the three deals amounting to $1.34 billion

Monroe promotes PM as CEO Koenig drops president title
Monroe Capital has promoted a partner and portfolio manager to president. Ted Koenig remains the firm’s chairman and CEO

Credit funds at a glance (October 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

CSAM regains best manager throne
Upstart CLO managers overtook more experienced rivals at last year’s Creditflux Manager Awards, but CSAM and other large firms, such as PGIM, emerged victorious in London this time around