Temasek taps Pinegrove for venture debt partnership
The Singaporean state investment firm intends to lend directly to growth stage technology and life sciences companies

Golub shakes up leadership with co-CEOs, co-Presidents appointments
The alternative credit manager will have three co-presidents after promoting Spyro Alexopoulos and hiring two new executives

New SEC enforcement director puts private credit funds under the microscope
The US regulator is monitoring stresses in some portfolios as well as risks related to liquidity, valuations, conflicts of interest, and fees, the new enforcement chief said in a speech

Permira upsizes for second new US CLO of 2026
Arranged by SMBC Nikko, the BSL deal was upsized to a target par of USD 425m

New York, Connecticut among systems pursuing alternative credit strategies
NYSCRF allocates USD 450m to net-lease, GP stakes funds; San Diego, San Mateo pensions commit to asset-based finance funds

Antares raises USD 8.5bn for senior direct lending
The alternative credit manager held a final close for its third Senior Loan Fund after raising capital from new and existing investors

KKR to support FS KKR BDC with USD 300m via investment, tender offers
The listed business development company will focus on reducing leverage, repurchasing stock, and managing existing investments instead of deployment

CIFC lowers US CLO reset AAA benchmark to 121bps
The repricing of the 2021-vintage BSL transaction was the tightest for a US reset in almost a month, while Aristotle Pacific also priced a reset as its first issue for the year

Abry Private Debt acquires USD 330m private credit portfolio
Abry partnered with Coller Capital on the credit secondaries transaction

Spire prices tight across capital structure as Euro CLO AAAs tighten to 126bps
The manager’s first issue in 11 months, and its first since its acquisition by Macquarie Asset Management was announced in March, trimmed benchmark European CLO triple As to 126bps over Euribor

Arini prices second new Euro CLO for 2026
Issuing as a EUR 429.375m transaction via Citi, Arini European CLO X follows the manager’s last issue six weeks ago

Primary regains momentum amid high demand for paper – Europe Loan Digest
BASF Coatings doubles book on tight margin; Archroma widens final print after fraud disclosure; Cooper Consumer Health prices A&E with a dividend recap

Morgan Stanley alum joins as SMBC managing director
The new hire will work in securitized products and capital solutions, adding to SMBC’s expanding global securitization capabilities

Partners prints European CLO reset at sub-128bps
Partners has trimmed the current triple A market tight for European CLOs, repricing Penta CLO 10 for the first time since its original issuance in 2021

Allstate prices US CLO reset at 120bps as Trinitas, Post Advisory Group also issue repricings

BlackRock TCP crystallises losses from restructurings, lowers nonaccruals
The listed business development company has been using sales, paydowns, and partial exits to strengthen the balance sheet, CEO Philip Tseng said on the earnings call

Bank loan growth driven by lending to private credit and other funds—S&P
Total loan growth in the US banking system was driven by lending to nonbank financial institutions like investment funds from 2024 to 2025, the ratings agency found

Hayfin names Goldman Sachs veteran as head of investments
Goldman Sachs veteran Michael Marsh has been hired to the newly created role

US CLO resets issue from Oak Hill, CIFC and BSP
The trio of transactions totalled just over USD 1.4bn in value, with Oak Hill's deal matching the new-issue triple A benchmark of 120bps over SOFR

Mubadala leans into private credit despite negative headlines
Other panellists during the 2026 Milken Institute Global Conference also said they expect the asset class to grow and support companies’ capital expenditure needs

US CLO AAAs fall to 120bps as end of week sees USD 2bn worth of new issues price
Onex priced its latest deal with its triple As at 120bps above SOFR, while there were also half-billion-dollar new issues from Neuberger Berman, Ares and UBS

Private rating defaults hit record high – Fitch
The US private credit default rate increased to 5.7% in the trailing 12 months ending 1Q26, while the downgrade-to-upgrade ratio for Fitch’s privately monitored private credit ratings portfolio hit 6.3x in the first quarter, the highest level since the second quarter of 2023

Brookfield-backed Primary Wave raises USD 2.2bn for music royalties fund
Brookfield Asset Management, which holds a minority stake in the firm, contributed to the latest fundraising effort, a source familiar told Creditflux

Lazard to acquire Campbell Lutyens in private funds push
The USD 575m acquisition will create a third global division known as “Lazard CL” that will focus on fund placement, advisory on fund secondaries and GP capital advisory