JPMorgan cuts back lending to private credit funds after loan markdowns
The pullback comes after the bank marked down the value of certain loans held by private credit funds that served as collateral

First Brands seeks expedited sale of Walbro business for USD 50m to Overdrive Capital
USD 50m cash purchase price plus assumed liabilities, Polaris Industries as guarantor; expedited approval needed due to funding constraints and potential job losses

Eagle Point raises USD 559m to lend to credit funds
The Eagle Point Defensive Income Fund III exceeds the initial USD 500m hard cap

Citi announces debt capital markets co-heads, including a hire from BofA
The new co-heads will fill the open spot left by head of global debt capital markets Rich Zogheb, who is retiring after 40 years in the industry

CalPERS, CalSTRS disclose large commitments to Blackstone credit vehicles
CalPERS invests USD 5.75bn in 3Q25 across seven vehicles; CalSTRS, LACERA reveal allocations totalling USD 750m each

Carlyle, Sixth Street BDCs find yield boost in CLOs
ANALYSIS: The two firms recently struck a joint venture that will buy up broadly syndicated loans and issue CLOs managed by the two teams

Blue Owl takes a hit as ‘retail investors may favor headlines over reality’ – Morningstar DBRS
Offering private market products to retail investors can result in reputational damage even when the terms of the product are respected, the ratings agency wrote

T. Rowe Price issues inaugural CLO, debuts as new manager
Rowe CLO 2026-1 is the first CLO to emerge from T. Rowe Price’s own platform; the firm also owns prominent CLO issuer Oak Hill Advisors

Muzinich prices first new CLO in 12 months
The USD 407m BSL CLO priced via BNP Paribas, with the senior triple As clearing at SOFR plus 117bps

Carlyle prices its first new CLO for 2026
The USD 505m Carlyle CLO 2026-1 priced its senior triple A notes at SOFR plus 116bps

Maine, New Mexico systems eye large bets in senior direct lending
Maine PERS plans USD 375m for Blackstone funds; New Mexico SIC allocates USD 300m to Neuberger Berman; LADWP, Ventura County pensions also disclose recent moves

New loan shop Mountain Point becomes 2026’s first debut US CLO manager
The recently-launched credit manager priced its first CLO via Bank of America as a USD 507m BSL issue

US CLO AAAs tighten to 12-month tight as Oak Hill Advisors prices new deal at 113bps
The mark is the tightest since the same manager priced OHA Credit Funding 20 with triple As at 110bps over the base rate on 28 February last year

Blue Owl saw strong demand for USD 1.4bn of direct loans sold to investors
Blue Owl expanded the number of BDCs that sold private credit positions, including internet and software loans, to North American institutional investors at 99.7% of par value 

Inflows for nontraded BDCs slow while redemptions rise – Fitch
The negative investor sentiment seen last year for listed BDCs now hits perpetual, non-traded BDCs

Software selloff hits CLO equity, BB MVOCs – Barclays
The percentage of US loans trading above par has tumbled to 27%, introducing mark-to-market risk for CLO tranche investors

BSP is latest to issue US CLO AAAs at 115bps, as New Mountain and CQS also price new deals
Benefit Street Partners issued its second new US CLO of the year, with Bank of America arranging the USD 502.6m transaction

NYS system commits USD 500m as Illinois plans private credit RFP
NYSCRF allocates USD 500m to BlackRock, Ares and Pearl Diver; Boston, San Joaquin pensions also reveal recent commitments; Illinois police pension plans private credit search in June

New Antares US BSL CLO prices AAAs at 115bps
Antares has matched the existing new-issue tight for US BSL CLOs with its latest print, Orion CLO 2026-7, priced via SMBC Nikko

Private credit manager Varagon prices second CLO
Arranged by BNP Paribas, the USD 592m MDL Structured Notes II is the manager’s first CLO issue since its market debut in October 2024

Brigade raises USD 1bn for debut private credit fund
The firm will use the fund to make first-lien loans to companies in the lower and middle market

More than USD 2bn of new US BSL CLO paper prices on a busy Thursday
Blackstone issued a sizeable USD 710m BSL CLO that matched the current triple-A market tight for new US issues, on a busy Thursday that also saw fresh BSL deals price from Aristotle Pacific, MidOcean, and Elmwood

Investcorp, Garnet, UBS, and CTM price new US CLOs
New US BSL CLO issues this week from Investcorp, Garnet, UBS, and CTM Asset Management totalled USD 1.86bn in value

Software private credit names face refinancing risks amid AI fears – KBRA
ANALYSIS: The ratings agency also noted that software exposure alone is not a risk to BDCs, private credit CLOs and direct lending portfolios

Former Ares CLO leader Boris Okuliar joins Corinthia
London-based Okuliar is now Corinthia’s chief strategy officer and head of global diversified credit, signalling the private credit firm’s expansion into public credit