Antares raises USD 8.5bn for senior direct lending
The alternative credit manager held a final close for its third Senior Loan Fund after raising capital from new and existing investors

KKR to support FS KKR BDC with USD 300m via investment, tender offers
The listed business development company will focus on reducing leverage, repurchasing stock, and managing existing investments instead of deployment

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

BlackRock TCP crystallises losses from restructurings, lowers nonaccruals
The listed business development company has been using sales, paydowns, and partial exits to strengthen the balance sheet, CEO Philip Tseng said on the earnings call

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

Mubadala leans into private credit despite negative headlines
Other panellists during the 2026 Milken Institute Global Conference also said they expect the asset class to grow and support companies’ capital expenditure needs

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

Private rating defaults hit record high – Fitch
The US private credit default rate increased to 5.7% in the trailing 12 months ending 1Q26, while the downgrade-to-upgrade ratio for Fitch’s privately monitored private credit ratings portfolio hit 6.3x in the first quarter, the highest level since the second quarter of 2023

Brookfield-backed Primary Wave raises USD 2.2bn for music royalties fund
Brookfield Asset Management, which holds a minority stake in the firm, contributed to the latest fundraising effort, a source familiar told Creditflux

Lazard to acquire Campbell Lutyens in private funds push
The USD 575m acquisition will create a third global division known as “Lazard CL” that will focus on fund placement, advisory on fund secondaries and GP capital advisory

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

Trimaran prices first new CLO for 2026
Trimaran CAVU 2026-1 was valued at USD 404.6m, and follows two CLO repricings from the manager in January

Silver Rock Capital Partners corrals USD 4bn for private capital solutions strategy
The firm closed on more than USD 4bn for its latest Tactical Allocation Strategy vintage, which will invest in private corporate and real-asset debt across the credit cycle

Saks e-commerce debtors file liquidation plan wiping out equity and handing unsecured creditors trust interests
Plan cancels equity, pays consignors in full, routes unsecured recoveries through liquidation trust

Investors should stay the course on private credit even amid valuation uncertainties—Mariner
EXCLUSIVE: Institutional investors can generally ride out any market bumpiness, and these internal marks do not necessarily reflect final returns, head of Mariner Institutional Mike Welker said 

NAV lending concerns abate, borrowing costs decline – survey
Survey respondents in the Haynes Boones fund financing report said pricing for net-asset-value loans and subscription lines has come down in 2025 compared to 2024 

Apogem reprices 2019-vintage private credit CLO for third time
Apogem Capital has repriced a 2019-vintage private credit CLO for the third time, with the USD 348m reset coming two years after the CLO was last reset in March 2024

Oaktree prices tightest US CLO in a month
The manager’s latest new US BSL CLO priced at the market’s narrowest level since the end of March, issuing its triple As at SOFR plus 123bps

LBOs, new loan supply expectations reset amid Iran war, AI-related disruptions
Loans in previously overlooked sectors are gaining more attention amid the upheaval, according to panellists at this week’s Creditflux CLO Symposium