Ares issues new CLO valued at over USD 700m
The deal priced almost USD 450m of senior triple A paper at SOFR plus 122bps

Bain prices BSL and private credit CLOs in same day
The manager’s new US issue, along with its reset of a 2018-vintage private credit CLO, totalled just under USD 1.06bn in value

Carlyle prices market’s first private credit CLO in two weeks
Carlyle Direct Lending CLO 2026-1 priced its senior triple A paper at SOFR plus 165bps, reflecting widening in the market since the beginning of the month

Birch Grove and Napier Park price US BSL CLOs
Birch Grove CLO 16 priced its triple As at 120bps, while Napier Park’s Regatta 36 Funding saw its senior top-of-stack paper clear 5bps wider

Elmwood, Garnet price similarly-structured US BSL CLOs
Elmwood CLO 48 was arranged by Citi, while Garnet maintained its impressive rate of issuance with its sixth deal in just 10 months

Nassau prices third US CLO
Arranged by Wells Fargo, the USD 404m offering priced its triple As at SOFR plus 131bps, toward the wider end of the current primary market

New US CLOs see mezz widening even as issuance maintains steady pace
Over USD 2.4bn of new CLO paper priced on Tuesday and Wednesday as Blackstone, Nuveen, Voya, Sixth Street and KKR all printed new BSL transactions

Spreads widen and issuances pause as CLO managers react to market volatility
EXCLUSIVE: Triple-A tranches are widening by up to 10bps amid a slowdown in CLO reset and issuance activity, according to multiple sources

CLOs at a glance – January 2026
Our list of recent CLO pricings globally

Mid-market manager Kohlberg prices second CLO
Following on from the manager’s first deal in April last year, the private credit issue was valued at just under USD 451m and was arranged via Scotiabank

Golub reset sets fresh AAA market tight for private credit CLOs
Golub Capital Partners CLO 71(M)-R issued its top-of-stack paper at SOFR plus 135bps, two bps inside the previous low

T. Rowe Price issues inaugural CLO, debuts as new manager
Rowe CLO 2026-1 is the first CLO to emerge from T. Rowe Price’s own platform; the firm also owns prominent CLO issuer Oak Hill Advisors

Muzinich prices first new CLO in 12 months
The USD 407m BSL CLO priced via BNP Paribas, with the senior triple As clearing at SOFR plus 117bps

Carlyle prices its first new CLO for 2026
The USD 505m Carlyle CLO 2026-1 priced its senior triple A notes at SOFR plus 116bps

New loan shop Mountain Point becomes 2026’s first debut US CLO manager
The recently-launched credit manager priced its first CLO via Bank of America as a USD 507m BSL issue

US CLO AAAs tighten to 12-month tight as Oak Hill Advisors prices new deal at 113bps
The mark is the tightest since the same manager priced OHA Credit Funding 20 with triple As at 110bps over the base rate on 28 February last year

BSP is latest to issue US CLO AAAs at 115bps, as New Mountain and CQS also price new deals
Benefit Street Partners issued its second new US CLO of the year, with Bank of America arranging the USD 502.6m transaction

New Antares US BSL CLO prices AAAs at 115bps
Antares has matched the existing new-issue tight for US BSL CLOs with its latest print, Orion CLO 2026-7, priced via SMBC Nikko

Private credit manager Varagon prices second CLO
Arranged by BNP Paribas, the USD 592m MDL Structured Notes II is the manager’s first CLO issue since its market debut in October 2024

More than USD 2bn of new US BSL CLO paper prices on a busy Thursday
Blackstone issued a sizeable USD 710m BSL CLO that matched the current triple-A market tight for new US issues, on a busy Thursday that also saw fresh BSL deals price from Aristotle Pacific, MidOcean, and Elmwood

Investcorp, Garnet, UBS, and CTM price new US CLOs
New US BSL CLO issues this week from Investcorp, Garnet, UBS, and CTM Asset Management totalled USD 1.86bn in value

Diameter prices its first private credit CLO
Arranged by Morgan Stanley, the USD 400m issue priced its senior triple As at SOFR plus 149bps

First BCRED deal for 2026 lowers AAA tight for private credit CLOs
The deal issued its top-of-stack paper at SOFR plus 137bps

Northwestern Mutual prices first new CLO in six months
The manager’s initial print for 2026 saw its triple As clear just outside the market tight for new issues

CLOs at a glance – December 2025
Our list of recent CLO pricings globally