Past returns: Ares constructs private CLO
In Creditflux 10 years ago we reported on Ares Management putting together a quasi-CLO in a bilateral transaction involving senior debt investor Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Direct lenders look to support venture backed businesses
European direct lenders are exploring deal transactions based on annual recurring revenue (ARR) financings, according to market sources

"‘B-level’ assets could struggle to find optimal valuations"
Acquisitions are increasing and companies focused on health and technology could benefit

Madison Capital refis 2019 mid market CLO via Natixis
Madison Capital teamed up with Natixis on Thursday to refinance its most recent CLO from 2019

Monroe markets first reinvesting middle market CLO linked to Sofr
Monroe Capital has launched a new middle market CLO with Deutsche Bank, which is believed to be the first reinvesting mid market deal linked to Sofr

Fortress prints first Sofr-linked middle market CLO
Fortress Investment Group has priced the first middle market CLO with liabilities linked to Sofr

Re-issues show their worth after mid market deal morphs into BSL CLO
Re-issues are scarce in the CLO market, but a transaction late last year highlights how managers can use these effectively to make radical CLO transformations

Guggenheim prints second new CLO in as many months
Guggenheim Investments has priced its second middle market CLO in as many months, teaming up with Wells Fargo as bookrunner and Capital One Securities as co-placement agent to print the $450.4 million Guggenheim MM CLO 2021-4

"Some observers believe Europe’s opportunity in private debt lies at the lower end of the middle market"
European private debt has lagged its counterpart in the US. But a growth spurt may not be far off

Golub prices another $1bn CLO in second-largest new deal of 2021
Golub Capital Partners has priced the second-largest new CLO of 2021 and its second $1 billion deal in as many months

MidCap returns to mid market CLO primary with first new deal in year
MidCap Financial has returned to the CLO primary market with its first new middle market deal in over a year

Panagram takes on 'structure advisor' role for mid market CLO as two deals price
Panagram Structured Asset Management has taken an advisor role for a BlackRock mid market CLO - one of two mid market deals Natixis arranged this week, with another for Nuveen Asset Management

Firm claims to cut loan settlement times with blockchain based securitisation
Cadeia, a German technology firm, claims to have undertaken the first ever fully blockchain based corporate loan securitisation transaction

GreensLedge takes reins and maps out Deerpath CLO
Deerpath Capital on Monday priced its second middle market CLO of the year, named Deerpath CLO 2021-2

Muzinich adds UK and Ireland institutional sales head
Muzinich & Co has hired a head institutional sales for the UK and Ireland

Mid market CLO league tables: deal record breaks as Wells Fargo gains new issue lead
The mid market CLO space had a record-breaking month in November on three counts

AB sharply tightens mid-market CLO debt stack with refi
AB Private Credit Investors (formerly AllianceBernstein) has refinanced  debt tranches from late 2020 mid-market CLO, greatly narrowing spreads in the capital stack

Mount Logan adds junior debt in reset of 2018 mid-market CLO
Mount Logan has reset a Us mid-market CLO it signed in 2018, increasing the size of the deal and shaving the cost of the capital stack and adding junior tranches

Golub prices second billion dollar and second-largest CLO of 2021
Golub Capital has priced the second largest CLO of 2021

Angelo Gordon keeps hold of mezz tranches with mid market CLO
Angelo Gordon has moved into middle market CLOs by printing its first deal backed by loans to middle market companies. The firm retained all junior and mezzanine liabilities in a deal that appears not to carry a public rating

Antares and Palmer Square give new life to legacy CLOs via resets
Antares Capital Management and Palmer Square Capital Management each reset a CLO on Tuesday, with the two deals worth a combined $964.8 million

Maranon prints first new issue of year with Wells Fargo
Maranon Capital on Monday evening priced its first new issue CLO of the year, via Wells Fargo

Bain and Blue Owl upsize middle market CLOs with resets
Bain Capital Credit and Blue Owl Capital each reset a middle market CLO on Monday, with both managers opting to upsize their vehicles without changing the equity tranche sizes

Barings jostles cap stack with mid-market CLO reset
Barings has reset a middle market CLO it signed in 2017, increasing the overall size of the deal slightly with a shift in weighting between the single A minus and triple B minus pieces

Angelo Gordon unit set to break into mid market CLOs
Twin Brook Capital Partners is preparing its first middle market CLO, in a move which would put Angelo Gordon alongside Blackstone as the firms with the most rounded CLO businesses