Mid market deal flow picks up as Antares prices $400 million CLO
Middle market CLO formation has picked up with Antares Capital pricing a $400.8 million yesterday to mark the ninth transaction since the start of November

Golub sets new record with seventh US CLO of 2019
Golub Capital Partners has become the first CLO manager to price seven new issues in the US market since 2010

Mid market CLO league tables: first time managers crack the top five
Five new issue middle market CLOs priced in November for a combined total of $2 billion with Audax and Owl Rock doubling down in 2019.

Crescent swoops into mid market CLOs with 'reverse-sequential' ramp-up strategy
Crescent Capital Group is launching its debut CLO backed by middle market loans and has opted to use an unusual ramp-up tactic

HSBC notches up first US CLO arranging credit
HSBC has teamed up with Natixis as co-arranger on the latest new issue CLO from Cerberus Business Finance

Audax goes for longer reinvestment period with second mid market CLO
Audax Private Debt yesterday priced its second CLO backed by loans to middle market companies, according to market sources

Churchill splits double Bs for first mid market CLO in two years
Churchill Asset Management has priced its first middle market CLO of the year in a transaction which underlines how lower-rated CLO debt tranches are increasingly being carved up into senior and junior pieces

Owl Rock gives two hoots after issuing second low-levered CLO
Owl Rock is sticking to its low-levered CLO strategy after pricing Owl Rock CLO II, backed by middle market loans, on Friday

Mid market CLO league tables: springing back into life after September drought
After a September hiatus, three managers returned to mid market CLOs in October to bring issuance back on track as monthly volume exceeded $1 billion for the sixth time this year

Barings prices CLO backed by mid market loans
Barings has produced its third CLO transaction backed by loans to middle market companies

Mid market CLO league tables: Golub and Natixis increase their leads
August saw over $2 billion of issuance in the mid market space with managers that have been active this year, returning managers and debut managers all pricing last month. 

Europe and US diverge on covenant lite structures
Direct lending is syphoning away traditional loan supply

PennantPark makes CLO market debut amid fundraising spree
PennantPark Investment Advisers, a New York-headquartered direct lending firm, yesterday priced its first ever CLO, becoming the US market’s eighth debut manager of 2019

Direct lenders brace themselves for distressed opportunities
Credit managers are launching distressed vehicles with a twist by narrowing their focus down to the direct lending market.

Barclays makes mid market CLO breakthrough with first transaction
Barclays has got its middle market CLO business off the ground

Mid market CLO league tables: Natixis and Golub reign supreme
June brought just three middle market CLOs pricings with two new issues and one refinancing that totalled $1.6 billion, bringing the year-to-date volume to $9.9 billion. Natixis is the leading arranger, having a hand in 38% of deals

Upper mid-market yields value on price and leverage
Direct lenders are getting access to greater deal flow in the upper middle-market with private equity sponsors leaning towards private credit after a torrid end to last year in the broadly syndicated loan market.

Apollo's MidCap returns to mid market CLOs with $509 million deal
MidCap Financial priced its first middle market CLO of the year yesterday, ending the manager’s 11 month hiatus

PE hold periods have shrunk but fast acquisitions can lead to botched integrations
Buyout multiples are likely to stay high – but moving fast and specialising can help firms make money

BMO makes rare CLO appearance with mid market deal
Greensledge has helped BMO Asset Management price its first middle market CLO since 2015

KKR and FS Investments' BDC platform markets new issue CLO
KKR and FS Investments’ business development company, FS KKR Capital Corp, is marketing a new issue CLO via Citi named FS KKR MM CLO 1

Carlyle and PSP join forces for mid market CLO
Middle Market Credit Fund - a joint venture between Canadian pension fund PSP Investments and Carlyle Group - priced its second middle market CLO

Mid market CLO round-up: eyes (wide) open as mid-market CLOs re-awaken
AB returned to the middle market CLO space this week after a year out to price ABPCI V. It is the second middle market CLO of the year after Fortress Investment Group refinanced Fortress Credit Opportunities VII. 

AB returns to CLOs by pricing 2019's first mid-market new issue
AB Private Credit Investors, the middle market credit arm of AB, has become the first manager to price a new issue CLO backed by mid-market loans in 2019