NYS Common Retirement Fund to invest USD 100m in Pearl Diver's distressed CLO fund
Public Pensions, Private Pursuits: New York State, Ohio pensions reveal recent private credit investments 

Private credit managers find “white space” even as capital concentrates among the few – Mercer
Institutional investors commit most of their capital to established private credit firms of scale, but they’re often more willing to take a chance on newcomers in strategies outside of direct lending

Blackstone prices US private credit CLO – its third static deal of 2025
The manager has issued its third non-reinvesting CLO for the year in a near-USD 600m transaction

AB upsizes new-issue private credit CLO
The manager's first new mid-market print since February priced its triple As at SOFR plus 153bps

Jefferies resets 2023 middle market CLO, cuts AAA spread by 100bps
The deal priced its senior triple As at SOFR plus 165bps

Audax sets lowest AAA tight for new mid-market CLOs in three months
The manager's latest new issue priced its triple As at SOFR plus 160bps, a low for the current market

Golub and Antares price almost USD 2.5bn of mid-market CLOs on bumper day of issuance
BNP Paribas arranged a trio of CLO resets between the two managers

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

Turning Rock hires head of credit
The new head of credit joins from Z Capital Group, where he oversaw both funds and CLOs

Bain tightens triple A benchmark for private credit CLOs
The USD 349.13m private credit CLO lowered the current triple A tight for mid-market CLOs by one basis point, to SOFR plus 162bps

BlackRock issues new private credit CLO with triple As at emerging mid-160 level
BlackRock Mt. Lassen CLO XV is the manager's first new mid-market deal since July last year

HPS prints new private credit CLO with triple As at 165
The deal is the second mid-market issue for HPS so far this year

Blackstone prices static BCRED CLO
The transaction is the first non-reinvesting deal to price under the BCRED shelf

Mid-market PE firm becomes newest CLO manager with USD 402m print
Kohlberg & Co. priced its inaugural deal on Monday, with the market’s first new private credit CLO in three weeks

Brightwood prices first new CLO in more than 12 months
The middle market specialist's first primary market activity of 2025 was also the first new private credit deal to price in three weeks

Audax prices unusual mezz-only mid-market refi
The deal saw the double As price 90bps narrow of the untouched triple As

Mid-market CLO refis price from Cerberus and PennantPark
The two deals both priced their senior triple As at SOFR plus 135bps

Apollo’s MidCap resets second mid-market deal in quick order
The reset of middle market CLO Woodmont 2023-11 Trust followed shortly after the manager had repriced another such deal

Antares resets another super-sized middle market CLO
The transaction added USD 72m in equity and USD 450m worth of triple A paper

PennantPark prints second new middle market CLO in two months
The private credit deal priced the top of the stack at SOFR plus 145bps

Daniel Loeb’s Third Point agrees to acquire Birch Grove
Billionaire Daniel Loeb’s Third Point said it will acquire AS Birch Grove from American Securities, in a move designed to expand the hedge fund's credit capabilities, according to a press release

BlackRock resets middle-market deal from 2022
BlackRock has reset a middle-market deal called BlackRock Maroon Bells MM CLO, simplifying the top of the deal’s structure in the process

Fortress Credit prints its second new middle-market CLO of 2024
The senior triple-As priced at 159bps in Fortress' second private credit CLO, a full 61bps tighter than the manager's previous deal back in January 

Antares sets new AAA tight for a middle-market CLO (again)
Antares beat its own triple-A benchmark when it priced Antares CLO 2024-6 with a senior spread of SOFR plus 156bps

First Eagle resets middle-market CLO
A reset of Lake Shore MM CLO IV, a 2021 vintage middle-market CLO, saw the triple As split into note and loan tranches, which both priced at 170bps