AllianceBernstein pairs with RBC to price newest BSL CLO
The capital structure for the USD 403m AB BSL CLO 8 included one note and two loan senior triple A tranches, clearing at SOFR plus 123bps

Euro CLOs maintain issuance through holidays as HPS and Macquarie price new deals
HPS' Aqueduct European CLO 18 printed as an upsized EUR 505.4m transaction through Jefferies, while Macquarie Asset Management's recently-completed acquisition of Spire Partners made Aurim CLO XVI the manager's first CLO pricing in Europe

Capital One building a team in private-fund secondaries, private-capital raising
The Tysons, Virginia-based bank is looking for a managing director to lead the new Capital Solutions team

Foreign currency movements erase credit net returns at CPP Investments
Net returns across private and public credit fell to 3.7% in fiscal 2026 from 14.4% in 2025, the Canadian institutional investor reported

Orrick adds another partner to its CLO practice in New York
Former DLA Piper special counsel Steve Lozner has joined Orrick’s structured finance team as a partner in New York with a focus on CLOs 

More amend-and-extend transactions to come into the market in H2 — Carlyle
EXCLUSIVE: Amend-and-extend transactions are expected to increase over the coming months, as managers get ahead of the 2028 maturity wall

Mountain Point prices second CLO following February market debut
As with the manager's first deal, Bank of America served as the sole arranger for Mountain Point CLO 2

US CLO issuance maintains strong pace as Napier Park, Post Advisory and Blue Owl print BSL deals
The three managers all priced USD 400m par deals on Friday

Fortress issues third CLO in Europe
Fortress Credit Europe BSL 2026-3 follows singular Euro prints from the manager in 2024 and 2025 and was arranged by Citi

More manager dispersion expected for second half of 2026
Multiple market sources have predicted that manager dispersion will characterise the second half of 2026, amid ongoing volatility

US direct lending deal volume falls off in 2Q, even as lenders become more open to AI risk—Configure
Sponsor-backed direct lending deal volume tumbled to less than half of what was recorded for the first quarter

KKR and Sculptor reset seasoned European CLOs
KKR's 2021-vintage Avoca CLO XXI priced through Citi as a EUR 397.6m transaction, while Sculptor European CLO VI, a 2019-vintage issue, was arranged through JPMorgan

CIFC and Palmer Square issue latest new US CLOs at 121bps
CIFC and Palmer Square each priced their third new reinvesting US BSL CLOs for the year on Wednesday, with Citi and Bank of America acting as arrangers for the respective deals

Churchill taps King Street’s former head of capital solutions to lead new strategy
The Nuveen Private Capital subsidiary is launching its own capital solutions strategy that will provide senior and junior private debt to companies seeking customized financing

CarVal's latest new US CLO weighs in at USD 505m
CarVal paired with Deutsche Bank to price its latest offering, Carval CLO XIII-C

Share prices soar as Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman and KKR plan AI financing partnerships with NVIDIA
The technology company specializing in GPU development has signed memorandums of understanding with the six firms to establish independent compute financing platforms and deploy more than USD 500bn of capital

Silver Point enrolls in Learning Care ahead of crucial school year
Silver Point CLO and BDCs active buyers of Learning Care's 2028 term loan; funds managed by Ares, Carlyle sell or reduce positions in term loan

Private credit overthrows public fixed income as insurers’ top allocation priority – Mercer
Many insurers are seeking higher yielding investment options and have excess liquidity in their current investment grade portfolios, Mercer head of insurance solutions Eryn Bacewich told Creditflux

Influx of new European CLO managers could pressure arb further—Carlyle
EXCLUSIVE: Carlyle’s new European head of liquid credit has warned that an expected influx of new European managers could further pressure arbitrage economics

King Street defeats Octagon in heated public dispute over CLO fund
More than two-thirds of shareholders in XA Investments' XFLT fund backed the board's recommendation to replace existing sub-adviser Octagon Credit Investors with King Street subsidiary Rockford Tower

Secondaries emerge as preferred solution to liquidity and deployment pressures – Private Credit Comment
With a subdued M&A market stymying sponsors’ exit opportunities, and confronted with a more challenging backdrop for fundraising, some direct lenders in Europe are eagerly exploring private credit secondaries as a new avenue that can bolster liquidity for the asset class

Some BDCs find early success in race to bring down redemption requests
EXCLUSIVE: Most perpetual nontraded BDCs, however, are expected to see elevated redemption activity throughout 2026 and possibly into 2027

Listed BDC BlackRock TCP will continue to realize losses even after portfolio sale – Fitch Ratings
The ratings agency is holding its negative rating outlook as the USD 523m portfolio sale to deleverage the listed BDC is unlikely to be enough to fight pressure on net investment income and dividend coverage

New Euro CLOs issue from Polus and Nassau
Polus and Nassau Global Credit have issued their latest new European CLOs through Deutsche Bank and Jefferies respectively, with the conventionally-structured transactions weighing in with deal values of just over USD 406m each

Onex and Golub print new US CLOs toward tighter end of current market
Onex and Golub rounded out last week with a pair of new US BSL issues, with both issuing at the narrower end of current spreads