Barings works with Pacer to launch two CLO-focused ETFs
One product will focus on investment grade CLO tranches while the other will aim to provide sub-IG CLO and secured debt exposures

GreensLedge head of structured credit investments retires
Matthew Natcharian, a CLO and CBO industry veteran with nearly 30 years of experience, announced his exit this week

Palmer Square prices new US CLO with weighted cost of debt under 148bps
The beginning of the week also saw Arini price its seventh US CLO via Scotiabank

DWS issues 15th infrastructure CLO
DWS has priced RIN XV, the latest in its series of BSL infrastructure CLOs, as a USD 405.4m transaction via Scotiabank

US private credit CLO performance shows resilience—S&P
A new report from S&P Global Ratings shows US private credit CLO performance continued to show resilience in April, despite negative headlines

Sona prices second US CLO less than two months after inaugural deal
The London-headquartered alternative asset manager followed up its debut US issue in early April with an upsized EUR 502.5m transaction on Thursday

GoldenTree tightens US CLO AAA benchmark to 118bps with USD 726m new issue
Unusually, the deal featured three arrangers, with Bank of America taking the lead and Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo acting as co-arrangers

Bain prices USD 612m BSL CLO
The transaction, arranged by Jefferies, was the manager's third new US issue for the year

BBAM prices seventh US CLO, plans four more deals globally over next 12 months
BBAM US CLO VII issued its senior triple A paper at SOFR plus 123bps

CLO equity and private credit offer comparable returns—Texas TRS
EXCLUSIVE: The US institutional investor giant approaches credit investments opportunistically and as it seeks to achieve a 7% return target for its overall portfolio, CIO Jase Auby told Creditflux

US CLO spreads break 120bp barrier as Oak Hill Advisors prices latest issue
OHA Credit Funding 26 priced the tightest standard-duration US deal in almost two months, while the end of the week also saw KKR printing its latest new-issue deal

New US BSL CLOs issue from Elmwood, Apollo and Five Arrows as AAA spreads solidify at 120bps
Elmwood and Apollo have priced new half-billion-dollar US BSL CLOs this week, as Five Arrows also printed a new USD 405m transaction via Citi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Guggenheim prices first new US BSL CLO in more than three years
The manager's first US BSL CLO since 2022 emerged as a USD 560m issue arranged by Bank of America

First Trust Advisors plans CLO business, hires former First Eagle MD
EXCLUSIVE: The firm tapped the former head of trading for First Eagle Alternative Credit’s Tradable Credit team to help build the new business