Concerns growing about potential turn in the credit cycle – Goldman 2026 outlook
Investors should monitor signs of late-cycle behaviours, with the possibility that pressure on leverage ratios may result in credit ratings downgrades, Goldman Sachs Asset Management said in its 2026 investment outlook

Watch out for the cockroaches
After the collapse of First Brands, some of the biggest hitters in global finance have been quick to argue that any bugs in the system won’t affect them — but are bad news for everyone else

BDT & MSD launches senior direct lending fund
The new fund comes after the firm hired Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s former global head of private credit earlier this year

US CLOs hit SOFR plus 120bps benchmark as BlackRock prints tight
Magnetite LI also issued particularly tight in the lower mezz, with all tranches including single Bs pricing at par

Garnet, Sagard-HalseyPoint price upsized new US CLOs
A pair of upsized US BSL CLO new issues priced on Thursday from Garnet Credit Management and Sagard-HalseyPoint, totalling some USD 1.16bn in deal value

Anchorage prints 11th US deal of the year
The USD 402.5m BSL new issue priced via Goldman Sachs

Resets prove lynchpin of US issuance as deal flow ramps up
US CLO issuance this week was dominated by a brace of resets, with deals issuing from the likes of AGL, AMMC, PPM, Sycamore Tree and Saratoga Investment Management

Principal Asset Management hires MD for sponsor-backed direct lending
EXCLUSIVE: Jordon Thompson, who most recently worked for Cerberus Capital Management, now covers sponsor relationships for Principal Asset Management 

CalPERS, LACERS among pensions disclosing recent private credit investments
CalPERS invests USD 1bn in climate-focused private credit fund by Goldman Sachs, while LACERS commits USD 170m to TPG Twin Brook, Sixth Street funds

Goldman, T. Rowe partner on public-private asset products for individual investors
As part of the agreement, Goldman Sachs will take a small stake in T. Rowe Price by purchasing up to USD 1bn in the publicly traded asset manager’s common stock

US market focuses on resets as PGIM, Trimaran and Fortress price deals
The trio of transactions together added almost USD 1.4bn to repricing volume for August

Goldman acts as joint bookrunner on senior AAAs in new UBS CLO
The USD 503m new issue – the manager's first new print since May – priced its top-of-stack paper at SOFR plus 130bps

Private debt market fundraising shows shift to Europe – Goldman Sachs
Private credit market fundraising has been pivoting to Europe, while global defaults remain below historical averages, according to new research from Goldman Sachs

Sixth Street to open Singapore office, hires head of APAC
The private credit manager has created the new role to better raise investor capital and expand the firm’s investment capabilities in the region

Carlyle snags Goldman’s Alex Chi for head of direct lending
Chi most recently served as co-head of Americas private credit at Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Goldman launches private credit fund for retirement portfolios
The product will be used in a retirement product backed by Great Gray, BlackRock and Wilshire Advisors to give individual investors access to public and private assets

Octagon prints new vanilla US BSL deal
The half-billion-dollar CLO priced its sole tranche of triple As at SOFR plus 130bps

Carlyle prices 2023-vintage US reset
The triple As on the manager's latest primary market deal cleared at SOFR plus 132bps

CLOs to maintain strong performance, offer attractive carry opportunities – Goldman Sachs
The asset class offers an appealing investment given underlying fundamentals and narrowing IG spreads, according to an investment outlook briefing from the firm this week

Carlyle trims 58bps off AAAs with 2023-vintage reset
The reworked US BSL CLO reduced its cost of funding across the stack by over 85bps

Goldman launches its ninth mezzanine private debt fund
The latest fund follows the USD 15.2bn West Street Mezzanine Partners VIII that closed in 2023

First Eagle becomes latest manager to reset 2023-vintage US CLO
The reset trimmed 37bps off the triple As

Fortress shifts to short-dated timetable with latest US reset
Unusually, the USD 364m BSL repricing maintained the same reinvestment expiration date

Cleary hires Goldman Sachs MD for capital solutions, private credit
The law firm welcomed back the partner to focus on private credit originations

AXA IM issues first CLO since announcement of US tariff regime
The manager's second new US BSL deal of the year has emerged as a USD 508m offering