New Mountain refinances rated feeder
Wells Fargo arranged the repricing of Guardian IV Rated Feeder I, in a deal valued at just over USD 178m

Kayne Anderson Private Credit issues rated feeder
Kayne Anderson has priced a rated feeder fund for its Kayne Senior Credit Fund V, with Wells Fargo arranging the USD 206.425m transaction

Record 1Q for European ABS primary issuance despite geopolitical volatility
Primary issuance in the first quarter of 2026 reached a record EUR 25.4bn (excluding CLOs), marking a 34% increase on 1Q25, according to Debtwire's European ABS Activity Tracker

European originators hit brakes on ABS primary as geopolitics weigh on market
European ABS market has remained relatively resilient to geopolitical tensions, but originators still opt to pause deals

Generali subsidiary Conning to acquire MGG Investment Group
Conning & Company will acquire a majority stake in US direct lending firm MGG Investment Group

Montana commits to Deerpath, Stellus and Goldentree credit funds
The Montana Board of Investments disclosed commitments to funds managed by Deerpath, Stellus, and GoldenTree during a board meeting last week.

Apollo and Mubadala extend capital solutions originations partnership
Apollo and Mubadala Investment Company have extended a private debt partnership established in 2022 that focuses on finding larger deals that require bespoke capital solutions

Aquarian prints first new CLO in Gallatin series in more than year
A USD 399.80m US BSL CLO is the first new issue from Aquarian since the print of Gallatin X in August of last year

Citi and Apollo launch USD 25bn direct lending program
Apollo Global Management and Citigroup have agreed to form a USD 25bn private credit, direct lending program, involving Athene and Mubadala Investment Company

Guardian transfers USD 30bn of assets to HPS as partnership deepens
Insurance company Guardian will increase its minority equity stake in HPS and transfer USD 30bn of assets as part of expanded strategic partnership 

Loan repricings continue to flood the primary market ahead of August lull
The US primary loan market has seen a steady flow of well-bid deals this week that were either upsized or priced tighter

Blue Owl scoops up Atalaya Capital for USD 450m
Private credit manager Blue Owl Capital is raising the stakes on its place in the USD 1.7trn global market with the purchase of asset-based credit specialist Atalaya Capital

European credit specialist raises EUR 1.8bn for private debt fund
New senior debt strategy invests exclusively in first lien secured loans and will target lower middle market European companies

Davidson Kempner signs on to Alta digital exchange
Davidson Kempner Capital Management has entered a deal to offer access to its multi-strategy and ABL strategies through Alta

Forward flow structures drive surge in private structured finance issuance
A hidden area of the US ABS market is growing fast, according to market sources, as a wide variety of originators join the mania for all things private

Vermont pension system commits USD 125m to private credit
The Vermont Pension Investment Commission recently approved two separate allocations to private credit, totaling USD 125m

Manulife holds final close for USD 752m private credit fund
Toronto-headquartered Manulife Investment Management held the final close of its Manulife Capital Partners VII at USD 752m

Proskauer poaches pair of credit partners from Milbank
Proskauer Rose continues to build out its team with the addition of Eric Reimer and Gayle Berne as partners in the global finance practice

Greensledge arranges new private credit CFO
Churchill Asset Management, an investment-specialist affiliate of Nuveen, announced on Monday it had closed its second collateralised fund obligation, or CFO

Widening spreads settling into renewables debt pricing
Pricing for infrastructure and renewables financing has increased across the board, according to sister publication Infralogic

CLOs at a glance (May 2023)
A round up of recent CLOs

CLOs at a glance
A round-up of recently priced CLOs

Mini loan recovery helps primary pipeline re-emerge
Better than expected inflation numbers at the start of November lifted loan prices to an extent that the primary market for leveraged loans opened up, allowing for a number of regular new issue deals to clear the market

CSO momentum builds as focus turns to fundamentals
Collateralised synthetic obligations (CSOs) have proved to be a bright part of the credit market in 2022. And participants are daring to dream the coming year will be one of the asset’s busiest.

EIB backs German bank's SRT
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg has issued an SRT with support from the European Investment Bank.