BMO returns with first US middle market CLO since 2021
BMO Asset Management late last week priced Great Lakes CLO VII, a USD 404.87m middle market CLO

Funds round-up: Feb-2024 - managers turn to European wealth
European private credit managers turn to the wealthy in our roundup of notable fundraising in February 2024. 

Wave of legal hires becomes a tsunami
In February alone legal heavyweights Allen & Overy, DLA Piper, Fried Frank, Kirkland & Ellis, Proskauer Rose and White & Case all announced the arrival of partners in the credit space

PennantPark goes short for latest MM CLO
The primary CLO market saw a rarity yesterday when PennantPark Investment Advisers priced the first short-dated middle market CLO of the year

Audax adds bumper MM CLO
Audax Private Debt added to this week’s parade of middle market deals, pricing the second-largest MM CLO of the year on Wednesday

HPS prices new private credit CLO
This week has seen increasing amounts of deal flow emerging in middle market CLOs, and HPS Investment Partners joined in on Wednesday, pricing its first deal of 2024

Private credit CLO AAAs hit 190 as Ares prices new Ivy Hill deal
Ares Capital, via Ivy Hill Asset Management, added weight to middle market CLO issuance last week with a new USD 450.8m deal

Antares resets 2019 vintage MM CLO
Antares Capital Management undertook its first primary market pricing activity of the year last week, with a middle market reset of a 2019-vintage deal arranged by SMBC Nikko

Bain goes back to its MM beginings with reset of BCC Middle Market CLO 2018-1
Bain Capital Credit delved into the archives for its latest deal, with a reset of its first-ever middle market offering, the 2018-vintage BCC Middle Market CLO 2018-1, pricing on Wednesday

Golub secures USD 40m for credit fund from Texas-based pension system
Golub Capital continues to grow its direct lending platform with new commitments, with the New York-headquartered middle-market giant securing a commitment of USD 40m from the pension fund for its GEMS Fund 6

LBC names new deputy chief investment officer
LBC Credit Partners, a division of CIFC Asset Management, has promoted Homyar Choksi to deputy chief investment officer, as the Philadelphia-headquartered middle market asset manager continues to expand

Scotia continues growth with new CLO for Fortress
The middle market has continued its strong start to the year, with Fortress Investment Group yesterday setting a new benchmark for middle market pricing

Oaktree picks Morgan Stanley managing director for credit team
Oaktree Capital Management has hired Morgan Stanley's Loris Nazarian as managing director and assistant portfolio manager

Middle market CLO continue to roll with new Guggenheim deal
The middle market has continued its strong start to the year, with Guggenheim Investments following on from Blue Owl with its own new USD 400m offering, Guggenheim MM CLO 2024-7

San Francisco retirement system puts another USD 100m into private credit
The San Francisco City & County Employees' Retirement System recently disclosed another round of alternative investment commitments, this time totaling USD 365m, including USD 100m for the pension system's private credit portfolio

Managers advise caution despite upbeat outlook for private credit
The golden age of private credit isn’t over yet. In fact, industry experts remain bullish, anticipating continued growth in our breakdown of recent outlooks for the market

Private credit hit by growing pains as agreements get longer and execution slows
The rapid rise in private credit continues to stir up excitement among borrowers. But, despite the sector’s competitive advantages — such as speed of execution and light regulation — deals are taking longer to close as the industry expands.

AustralianSuper increases private credit allocation as it seeks to triple exposure to the market
AustralianSuper has increased its investment mandate with private credit specialist Churchill Asset Management to USD 1.5bn, as Australia's largest pension system looks to triple its exposure in the fast-growing international private credit market

Monroe Capital receives another commitment for flagship credit fund
Monroe Capital's Private Credit Fund V received a USD 10m allocation for its lower middle market direct lending strategy

Blue Owl cuts equity by a third in reset of 2019 CLO
Blue Owl last week capped off a busy 12 months with a dramatic reset of its first-ever private credit CLO, the 2019-vintage Owl Rock CLO I – marking the manager’s 24th middle market deal

Monroe Capital receives USD 5m commitment from Monroe County
Michigan-based pension organization Monroe County Employees' Retirement System approved a commitment to a Monroe Capital-managed private credit fund

Middle market issuance continues with Deerpath deal
Deerpath Capital Management has priced its second new middle market deal this year, a transaction valued at USD 353.65m featuring three fixed-rate tranches

CLO market round-up: 27 Nov - 1 Dec
After a busy Thanksgiving week, CLO pricing activity was substantially quieter last week, with only a handful of deals in the market.

Scotia adds middle-market lead arranger credit with new Guggenheim CLO
Fresh off the back of its first CLO as sole structuring and lead placement agent, Scotiabank has followed up almost immediately with its second lead role in as many days, arranging Guggenheim’s new USD 475m middle-market CLO

PGIM pushes into the middle market with Windhill CLO 1
The latest in a brace of middle-market CLOs to hit the primary market this week was PGIM’s Windhill CLO 1, arranged by Natixis, which marked the manager’s debut in the middle market