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

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

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 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

Bain adds to two-year-old CLO reset wave with latest US repricing
The reworking of the BSL CLO lowered the overall cost of funding by almost 60bps

Expect wider credit spreads, compelling opportunities in CLOs – Bain Capital’s John Wright
PODCAST: Latest guest on the Credit Exchange podcast is "pretty excited" about CLO debt and expects spreads to widen

New Bain Euro issue prints wide of guidance in mezz
The deal suggests investor demand is weakening in the middle mezz, even as triple A demand remains strong  

Bain reworks 2019-vintage CLO a second time
The refi of Bain Capital Credit 2019-4 comes nearly three years to the day after a reset of the CLO  

Bain markets new CLO with price talk at fresh European AAA tights
Hot on the heels of a new year-to-date triple A tight for European CLOs, Bain Capital Credit is attempting to drive spreads even lower  

Bain’s second refi of 2025 prints triple-As at 98bps
Bain CLO's top of the stack has priced inside the year-to-date average for US BSL refis

Bain and CVC are marketing new European CLOs looking to price next week
Price talk is circulating for two new European CLO issues from Bain and CVC, both valued at around EUR 405m and arranged by Jefferies  

New issue US CLOs from Bain and Diameter flirt with market tight
Bain Capital Credit and Diameter have priced new US BSL CLOs via Mizuho and Morgan Stanley, respectively

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  

Bain Capital prices new US BSL CLO
Bain Capital Credit has priced its sixth new US BSL CLO this year, with CIBC serving as the arranger of the USD 510m transaction.

Bain Capital fundraising for third captive CLO equity vehicle
Bain Capital Credit has become the latest CLO manager to start fundraising for a new captive equity fund