Audax ties Churchill in 1H26 US direct-lender rankings as deal sizes increase – 1H26 US Direct Lender Rankings
US direct lending volume was broadly stable in the first half of 2026, reaching USD 155.6bn across 1,645 deals, compared with USD 154.2bn across 1,716 transactions in 1H25, according to Debtwire's 1H26 US Direct Lender Rankings report

Oklahoma system allocates USD 1.3bn as others set 2026 targets
OTRS commits USD 1.3bn to Blackstone, KKR private credit funds, while Los Angeles, New Hampshire, San Antonio pensions disclose recent moves

Audax slashes cost of debt with two-year-old reset
The reworking of Audax Senior Debt CLO 8 saw the top-of-stack paper tighten in by 95bps, while the overall cost of funding was reduced by over 132bps

South Carolina, Virginia among pensions revealing recent credit-focused investments
South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission allocates over USD 900m to four managers; Virginia, Los Angeles pensions also disclose recent private credit investments, while East Bay Municipal Utility District and City of Jacksonville pensions seek to expand private credit exposure

Audax reworks 2021-vintage issue with fifth deal of the year
The triple A paper, split as part of the reset into discrete loan and note tranches, issued at SOFR plus 150bps

Audax sets lowest AAA tight for new mid-market CLOs in three months
The manager's latest new issue priced its triple As at SOFR plus 160bps, a low for the current market

Audax launches private BDC with USD 1.1bn
The new product is aimed at wealthy individual investors in the US

Audax prints second mezz-only refi in two weeks
The refinancing of Audax Senior Debt CLO 4 is the second repricing for the 2020-vintage CLO, following a reset in 2023

Audax prices unusual mezz-only mid-market refi
The deal saw the double As price 90bps narrow of the untouched triple As

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  

Audax resets its debut middle-market deal from 2019 second time
Audax has reset Audax Senior Debt CLO 1 for a second time, deleveraging the deal in the process with a USD 16.6m decrease in the equity tranche

Audax Private Debt hires from Stifel in wealth push
Audax has become the latest addition a string of private credit managers strengtheing their wealth management sales teams

Audax sees senior spreads come in 30bps in 3 months as new MM CLO prices
Audax Senior Debt, the senior debt direct lending arm of Audax Private Debt, has priced its second new middle-market CLO of the year

Audax adds bumper MM CLO
Audax Private Debt added to this week’s parade of middle market deals, pricing the second-largest MM CLO of the year on Wednesday

Audax adds new middle market CLO
Audax Senior Debt CLO 8, arranged by BNP Paribas, was upsized to USD 505.5m

Mid market CLO league tables: AB crosses $1 billion and Natixis $2 billion to lead the way
Mid market CLO issuance in April was down for the second straight month with $2.15 billion pricing, compared to $3 billion in March and $3.5 billion in February

Mid market CLO league tables: Serial winners Natixis and Golub return to the top
For the second straight month, there was over $3 billion of mid market CLO issuance in March

Global CLO league tables - April 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April 2023 YTD

Audax becomes first manager of 2023 to reset a CLO
Audax Private Debt has become the first manager of 2023 to complete a CLO reset, teaming with Bank of America to rework its 2020 middle market deal named Audax Senior Debt CLO 4

US CLO pipeline: issuers takes credit sell-off in their stride as supply picks up
Despite the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in the last week, the CLO machine has continued to churn with just shy of $5 billion of US and mid market CLO issuance this week

Mid market CLO league tables: February volumes exceed any 2022 month with Natixis setting the pace
New mid market CLO issuance totalled $3.5 billion in February, the highest monthly volume since November 2021

Global CLO league tables - February 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - February 2023 YTD

Global CLO league tables - January 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - January 2023 YTD

Audax prices its largest ever middle market CLO
Audax Group teamed up with BNP Paribas on Friday to price the firm's largest middle market CLO to date

Audax raises $3 billion for unitranche direct lending fund
With leverage, the fund has around $4.5 billion total investable capital