Aquarian prices first new CLO under new liquid credit shelf
Aquarian CLO 1 is the first deal to price from Aquarian Liquid Credit, which was established last year as a new group within Aquarian Holdings

Illinois, Sacramento County among systems targeting asset-backed, real estate debt
Illinois commits USD 250m to direct lending, USD 35m to real estate debt; Sacramento, Louisiana pensions commit to USD 8.5bn Ares Pathfinder III

Direct lenders trade USD 5bn Dun & Bradstreet private credit loan at 95 cents on dollar
EXCLUSIVE: The giant USD 5bn unitranche, which brought together more than 20 direct lenders to back Clearlake’s acquisition of Dun & Bradstreet last year, is now being shown to private credit managers at a discount

BlackRock HPS reports exit requests over 13% for semi-liquid direct lending fund
HLEND, the private credit fund designed for individual investors, will repurchase 5% of shares outstanding to create around USD 620m of liquidity for investors

Private credit is undergoing “healthy correction”—Third Point
Retail capital is flowing out, and the industry may see business development companies buy each other or liquidate, panelists said during the iConnections Global Alts conference last week

TPG Credit raises USD 5bn for core, upper mid-market direct lending deals
EXCLUSIVE: The alternative credit arm of TPG has launched a new direct lending strategy and raised third-party capital from institutional investors and insurance companies, sources familiar told Creditflux

US levfin community raises USD 4.3m in annual melanoma research fundraiser
The networking evening at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City brought together members of the leveraged finance community across banks, private credit firms, law firms, LPs, private equity shops and more

PineBridge and Blue Owl print new US BSL CLOs
The two managers each issued new deals valued at just over USD 400m

ZAIS Group prepares captive CLO equity fund
EXCLUSIVE: The firm expects to launch this next fund sometime before year-end, a source familiar tells Creditflux

Ares raises USD 8.5bn for alternative credit in under six months
Pathfinder III, which held a final close, was oversubscribed and will focus on asset-based finance investments

CalPERS expands Goldman Sachs credit commitments, South Carolina picks Barings fund
CalPERS commits another USD 750m to West Street credit vehicles; South Carolina RSIC allocates USD 250m to a Barings fund

Centerbridge prices first new CLO for 2026 via Santander
Park Blue CLO 2026-XI issued as a USD 433.25m print, with its senior triple As priced at SOFR plus 124bps

North Carolina, Wyoming among systems pursuing alternative credit strategies
North Carolina commits USD 500m, plans another USD 2.8bn; Wyoming, Texas, Illinois target ABL, tactical, opportunistic strategies

Barings prices latest BSL CLO via Deutsche Bank
The capital structure for Barings CLO 2026-II included senior/junior splits for both the triple As and triple Bs

Guggenheim resets three-year-old private credit CLO
The triple As priced at SOFR plus 163bps, narrowing 87bps from their existing spread level

Crescent raises USD 10.8bn for direct lending, targeting lower mid-market
The firm’s fourth US direct lending fund was oversubscribed and exceeded its target by more than USD 2.5bn

Obra closes fourth CLO
The manager's latest deal takes its total CLO AUM to over USD 1.75bn since its market debut in November 2024

Oak Hill goes another round with 2013-vintage CLO
Oak Hill Advisors has reset a 13-year-old CLO via Citi, with the USD 576m issue marking the fourth reworking of the deal

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

Older, US direct lending funds hold more equity positions, adding risk – MSCI
EXCLUSIVE: Around 15% of the total assets across US senior direct lending funds tracked by MSCI are equity positions of some kind, MSCI head of private credit research Patrick Warren told Creditflux

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