Northwestern Mutual resets second-ever CLO
The reworking of the two-year-old US BSL deal largely maintained the size and structure of the initial issue

New Ares US CLO prices top of stack at SOFR plus 140bps
The triple As priced 10bps wide of the rolling two-week average for new US CLO pricings

Franklin resets second deal of 2025
The repricing of the 2022-vintage deal priced the top of the stack at SOFR plus 125bps

Jamie Dimon’s JPMorgan is angling to be a major private credit lender. But it may come back to bite

CLO manager M&A driven by search for talent and scale
Irradiant’s star investor Maji set to depart as firm is acquired

PineBridge prices new USD 555m BSL CLO in its first deal of the year
The manager’s first new issue since last September included an unusual trifurcated triple B structure

Sixth Street knocks 67bps off triple As in reset of 2023-vintage CLO
The reset of Sixth Street CLO XXII is the third this year by the manager  

AGL prices USD 505m US BSL CLO
The transaction takes the manager’s issuance in 2025 to almost USD 3bn  

Welcome to Miami, good luck getting on the deal
JPM leveraged finance conference attracts over 3000 to South Beach where participants expect LME activity to remain high and saw increased private credit presence
 

Multiple managers price first new-issue CLOs of 2025 as dealmaking heats up
Birch Grove, Napier Park, Muzinich and FS Structured Products Advisor have all priced new US BSL CLOs  

Audax and Nuveen price their first private credit CLOs of 2025
The deals – one new issue and one reset -- are the first middle market activity from either manager this year  

JPMorgan strikes private credit partnership with Octagon
EXCLUSIVE: JPMorgan and Octagon's private credit tie-up comes as both expand into the private credit space

JPMorgan, co-lenders commit USD 65bn to direct lending
USD 50bn from the bank’s own balance sheet to support private credit deals

JPMorgan to kick start private debt fund for wealthy individuals
Structured as an interval fund, JPMorgan Asset Management plans to use the fund to invest across direct lending, asset based finance and distressed debt investments.

HPS's massive deal sets new low for private credit CLO spreads
HPS has priced its first new private credit CLO since its purchase by BlackRock, clearing a massive USD 1.25bn deal 

Trimaran prices first deal for 2025 with half-billion-dollar new issue
The deal is the first print from Trimaran Advisors since November

Benefit Street reset doubles equity, slashes AAA spread
Benefit Street Partners has reset a nearly USD 1bn 2022-vintage US BSL-backed CLO arranged by JPMorgan 

JPMorgan names new CLO leadership team to replace trio of senior departures
The CLO market's biggest arranger has named a new global head as well as other CLO leaders to replace Christine Ferris, Anusha Joly, and Mussie Tizazu

JPMorgan arranges two new US BSL issues amongst hectic end-of-year flurry
ORIX Advisers and Golub Capital both have priced new US CLOs at the end of last week  

Run in to holidays sees brace of US CLO refis price
Bain, TCW, Palmer Square and ArrowMark has priced refis totalling over USD 1.75bn  

US CLO resets price from Octagon, Trimaran, Sculptor and UBS
Four managers -- Octagon, Trimaran, Sculptor and UBS -- has priced end-of-year US BSL resets totalling USD 2bn  

Centerbridge prints its second new US CLO of 2024
Centerbridge has issued its second new US BSL deal this year: a USD 431.85m deal called Park Blue CLO 2024-VI

Northwestern Mutual resets, downsizes its inaugural CLO
Northwestern Mutual last week printed a reset of US BSL-backed 720 East CLO 2022-I, reducing the equity in the deal by USD 15.80m

JPMorgan forecasts strong new CLO supply, 120bp AAAs, in 2025 outlook
JPMorgan's CLO research team has forecast ongoing strong US CLO new issuance for next year to some USD 180bn in 2025 while Europe is also expected to maintain its record new-issue performance with some EUR 45bn in new issuance next year

Permira prices first US CLO marking its debut as a manager in the region
European-based manager priced its first US deal via JPMorgan becoming the third US BSL manager to debut this year