Bain prices its third new private credit CLO for 2026
BCC Middle Market CLO 2026-3 had USD 290m of senior triple A paper that cleared at SOFR plus 155bps

Bain Capital's head of European credit says he’s still a strong believer in services
PODCAST: Speaking with Lisa Lee on the latest episode of Credit Exchange, Gauthier Reymondier says he is still a “strong believer” in the European services sector

Europe on default watch following Bain downgrade
The most junior tranche of Bain’s Euro CLO 2018-1 has been downgraded to default in a first for the CLO 2.0 regime

Bank of England outlines details of latest private market stress test
The central bank is exploring how private markets would respond during a severe global downturn

Bain prices USD 612m BSL CLO
The transaction, arranged by Jefferies, was the manager's third new US issue for the year

Bain CLO’s F-note downgrade could signal incoming trend – Fitch
The recent downgrade of class-F notes in Bain Capital Euro CLO 2018-1 may not prove an isolated case among European CLOs, according to the ratings agency

Bain takes haircut on single Bs for 2018-vintage Euro CLO, first in post-GFC era
Bain has issued a redemption notice for the eight-year-old European CLO, marking the first haircut for a single B tranche on a European deal amongst post-crisis ‘CLO 2.0’ transactions

Indiana, New York systems pursue diversification with large opportunistic credit commitments
INPRS commits USD 1.6bn, NYSTRS USD 450m to opportunistic/specialty funds; Ventura County pension plans USD 220m in private credit commitments

US BSL CLO rankings – March 2026
Bain emerged as the top US BSL CLO issuer across the first three months of 2026, pricing just under USD 4bn worth of transactions according to Creditflux data, while amongst arrangers, Bank of America claimed an imposing 17.64% market share for Q1

Bain closes third CLO captive equity fund
EXCLUSIVE: The fund, which primarily targets majority equity investments in the firm’s US and European CLOs and warehouses, is valued at around USD 1.5bn, the firm’s global head of credit John Wright told Creditflux

Bain prices BSL and private credit CLOs in same day
The manager’s new US issue, along with its reset of a 2018-vintage private credit CLO, totalled just under USD 1.06bn in value

US BSL CLO rankings – February 2026
Blackstone leads Bain and Palmer Square after two months of 2026 US BSL issuance in Creditflux’s latest league table rankings. Among arrangers, it's Bank of America that leads from Citi, but it's SMBC Nikko that is making waves, ranking fifth ahead of JPMorgan

Spreads widen and issuances pause as CLO managers react to market volatility
EXCLUSIVE: Triple-A tranches are widening by up to 10bps amid a slowdown in CLO reset and issuance activity, according to multiple sources

European CLO issuance restarts after brief lull as Bain prints new issue
European CLO issuance kicked into gear on Wednesday morning after a short lull, as Bain Capital priced its first new Euro print for the year with a EUR 403m print via BNP Paribas

Maine, New Mexico systems eye large bets in senior direct lending
Maine PERS plans USD 375m for Blackstone funds; New Mexico SIC allocates USD 300m to Neuberger Berman; LADWP, Ventura County pensions also disclose recent moves

Jefferies kicks off US BSL issuance activity with repricings for Five Arrows and Bain
The reset for Five Arrows and a refinancing for Bain totalled to a value of just under USD 788.5m

Bain special situations, SMBC launch European lending joint venture
The two will provide up to EUR 1.5bn in senior secured debt to borrowers across the UK and Europe in a flexible strategy

New Euro deals issue from BlackRock and Bain
The managers priced new European CLOs via Natixis and SocGen

This has been a year of avoiding the losers – Bain
Gauthier Reymondier, head of Bain Capital Credit Europe, says avoiding losing companies has become more important than choosing winners

New US CLOs price from Neuberger Berman, Bain and MidOcean
The three managers issued new BSL deals this week with comparable capital structures

Bain taps veteran of DWS, Blackstone Credit for global credit COO role
The firm created the new role as the global credit platform scales

Bain prints USD 600m BSL CLO
All three new US BSL issues from the manager this year have topped half a billion dollars in size

Bain resets second mid-market CLO a second time
The deal renewed the 2019-vintage transaction on a short-dated 1Y/2Y schedule

Bain sees moderate narrowing with refi of three-year-old CLO
The USD 544m repricing covered all but the deal's fixed-rate triple A tranche

Bain tightens triple A benchmark for private credit CLOs
The USD 349.13m private credit CLO lowered the current triple A tight for mid-market CLOs by one basis point, to SOFR plus 162bps