CLO hiring market heats up ahead of summer break
The CLO hiring market is boiling over – here’s a roundup of the moves we’ve seen over the last couple of weeks

JPMorgan combines private credit financing and CLO businesses
The bank has announced that former global head of private credit financing James Greenfield will head the new entity, with existing global head of CLO primary Steve Baker set to report to Greenfield

JPMorgan’s Lacey Vigmostad jumps to Soros’ family office
EXCLUSIVE: Vigmostad is joining Soros Fund Management, the family office founded by George Soros, as COO of investment

Obra closes fourth CLO
The manager's latest deal takes its total CLO AUM to over USD 1.75bn since its market debut in November 2024

LBOs, new loan supply expectations reset amid Iran war, AI-related disruptions
Loans in previously overlooked sectors are gaining more attention amid the upheaval, according to panellists at this week’s Creditflux CLO Symposium

JPMorgan Commercial Bank taps new head of syndicated finance
The new head previously worked as head of Northeast and Canada regional leveraged finance in the global investment banking group

Record gross supply but meagre risk/reward ratio for CLOs next year, says JPMorgan in 2026 outlook
The bank is forecasting a new record gross supply figure of half a trillion dollars next year for the US CLO market, but that headline figure belies the ‘recycled’ nature of much of the supply, with new origination expected to decline by around 20%

Allstate matches market tight with latest US print
Allstate has priced tight with its latest new US CLO, with the half-billion-dollar deal issuing its senior triple A paper at the market low of SOFR plus 120bps

Dimon warns of double leverage risk in CLOs
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon suggested there may be additional risks in CLOs during a downturn

US reset issuance hits over USD 15bn for September as PGIM, Fidelity and Barings print deals
The trio of repriced transactions, together worth USD 1.4bn, featured similar sizes and capital structures

Eldridge returns to CLO issuance for first time since CBAM sale
The new CLO platform falls under a new wholly-owned asset management and insurance holding company launched in December last year by Eldridge Industries

Oak Hill and CIFC latest to print US resets at 125
Two more US resets have issued at the current market triple A benchmark, while Trinitas priced its latest reset at SOFR plus 131bps

Golub hits 20 deals for 2025 with new BSL issue
Golub has priced its fourth new BSL issue of the year, with both the triple As and mezz pricing close to current market tights

Benefit Street Partners prices tight in mezz with new BSL CLO
Tight pricing through the mezz helped the manager's latest deal record one of the lowest overall costs of funding since April, as CLO liabilities reinforce their current tightening trend

HIG issues second new mid-market issue for 2025
The deal, which priced its senior triple A paper at SOFR plus 155bps comes as mid-market CLOs have taken a significant step tighter in spreads

Trio of new US issues from Barings, Birch Grove and UBS
US CLO issuance continues to run at a steady pace, with similarly-priced new issues printing over the past couple of days

New Mountain prices fifth CLO of 2025, fourth reset
The repricing of the 2021-vintage deal totalled just under USD 512m

Garnet prices second CLO a couple of months after debut print
Valued at USD 505m, the standard-duration 2Y/5Y deal showed relatively tight pricing for a manager early in its issuance schedule

Whitebox prints first new CLO in over two years
The manager's first new issue since February 2023 follows resets of all four of its existing deals in the last 12 months

Benefit Street Partners adds another new CLO to its 2025 roster
The manager has priced its ninth primary market issue of the year, with its total 2025 issuance approaching USD 5bn

Sculptor resets three-year-old US CLO
The USD 369m reworking of the 2022-vintage deal repriced its triple As at SOFR plus 145bps

US CLO spreads to widen as uncertainty and tariffs bite – JPMorgan
Higher US tariff levels may lead to CLO spreads widening and pressure US CLO market growth, but new origination has been more resilient than expected, according to JPMorgan analysts in their mid-year CLO outlook report

CarVal prints first new US issue in nine months
It follows a new European CLO from the manager in March this year

New York Life refinances 2023-vintage CLO
The refi cut 56bps off the triple A spread

Generate prints second new CLO of 2025
The triple As for the US BSL deal priced 10bps wider than on the manager’s last new issue eight weeks earlier