Fortress reinforces primary market presence with latest BSL CLO
Fortress has followed up a static private credit CLO print earlier this week with its latest BSL deal

Goldman Sachs scopes out private credit opportunity
Opportunities are “everywhere” in private credit, as the dust starts to settle around the software sell-off, according to Goldman Sachs’ co-head of private credit James Reynolds

CalPERS expands Goldman Sachs credit commitments, South Carolina picks Barings fund
CalPERS commits another USD 750m to West Street credit vehicles; South Carolina RSIC allocates USD 250m to a Barings fund

Goldman’s global co-head of private credit says dispersion in performance is increasing
PODCAST: Speaking with Lisa Lee on the latest episode of the Credit Exchange podcast, Goldman Sachs’ global co-head of private credit James Reynolds says LPs are currently flocking to quality and scale

Goldman Sachs is selling USD1bn of private credit loans bought from Apollo
EXCLUSIVE: The banking division has been in the process of selling a portfolio of loans acquired from Apollo

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

Credit secondaries surge as GP-led deals dominate and pricing stays tight
Private credit more than doubles share of global secondaries; GP-led deals now 75% of activity, with demand driven by need to generate liquidity ahead

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

Silver Point and OFS add to new US CLO issuance with inaugural 2026 prints
Bank of America was the arranger for Silver Point’s half-billion-dollar offering, while OFS paired with Goldman Sachs for its first new CLO in 10  months

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