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.

US buyers take punt on Europe's first 2.0 SME CLO
Investors in Be-Spoke Capital’s Alhambra SME Funding 2019-1 are mostly European asset managers, but some banks and US-based institutions also invested in the precedent setting transaction 

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

SME CLOs arrive in Europe as Be-Spoke prices Spanish loan securitisation
Middle market CLOs have arrived in Europe after Be-Spoke Capital priced the continent’s first post-crisis SME loan securitisation

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

Direct lenders start to overcome bank dominance in Spain
Spain is becoming a popular destination for direct lenders — despite the competitive terms offered by local banks. Sources say that borrowers are starting to look beyond pricing to ease of execution and flexible documentation.

Be-Spoke one week away from pricing breakthrough SME CLO
Be-spoke Capital has moved a step closer to pricing its SME loan securitisation, with price talk emerging for the forthcoming Alhambra SME Funding 2019-1

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

NNIP's private debt head moves to private equity job
The team leader for direct lending, loan portfolio financing and non-performing loan securitisations at NN Investment Partners has moved to a senior private equity job at AnaCap Financial Partners

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.

Direct lenders accused of exaggerating terms in lender education
Sources say that some direct lenders in Europe are submitting standard indicative lender terms with limited or no internal discussions with their respective credit committees.

UK direct lending deal flow picks up with 99 deals in H1, finds GCA Altium
While loan volumes in the UK were much higher than expected, activity in Germany was lower compared to H1 last year, according to the GCA Altium MidCap Monitor Q2 2019

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