Barings reorganises leadership team, taps new president
Barings President Eric Lloyd is transitioning to the role of vice chairman

Barings co-head of global investments says investors can expect to see more trading of private credit loans
PODCAST: Speaking on the latest episode of the Credit Exchange podcast with Lisa Lee, David Mihalick says it is natural to expect an increase in activity as people increase their portfolio allocations to private markets

Barings raises more than USD 19bn for global direct lending strategy
The firm raised capital from institutional, insurance and private wealth investors globally

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

Barings issues Euro market’s first reset for 2026
BNP Paribas was the sole arranger for Barings Euro CLO 2024-1, which was valued at EUR 376.5m

Barings to reset static middle market CLO as multi-currency, reinvesting deal
EXCLUSIVE: Barings is resetting its EUR Middle Market CLO 2024-1, converting it from a static euro to a reinvesting multi-currency deal

European private credit CLOs ramp up, with Pemberton, Ares readying new deals
Pemberton to join Ares with new issues next year, while Barings looks at a reset of its initial static deal

Carlyle, Barings market new European CLOs
The two managers are marketing new European CLOs with similar sizings and spreads – but Carlyle’s deal is set to print as a standard-duration five-year CLO, while Barings is offering a short-duration three-year reinvestment period

Investor demand for diversification drove multi-currency CLO
EXCLUSIVE: Geographical diversification was a driving force behind the creation of Europe’s first sterling/euro middle market CLO

More European multi-currency CLOs expected after Barings issuance
EXCLUSIVE: More sterling/euro private credit CLOs are expected to launch next year, following the successful pricing of Barings’ pioneering multi-currency deal

Barings prices multi-currency European mid-market CLO
The primarily euro-denominated deal included a GBP 103m triple A tranche issued in sterling

Barings to launch first European multi-currency private credit CLO
EXCLUSIVE: Sterling-euro deal will be the third European private credit CLO to hit the market

Barings moves toward second Euro private credit CLO as Blackstone, Apollo mull initial deals
EXCLUSIVE: The firm that cracked the European private credit CLO market open last year is working on its second such deal, while Blackstone and Apollo eye a market entry

Barings prices first 2025 Euro deal
The two-year-old CLO was reset with triple As at Euribor plus 149bps

European mid-market CLOs drawing investors from non-traditional buyers: Barings PM
Speaking at a conference in London this week, Oliver Harker-Smith said last year’s inaugural private credit deal attracted interest from investors new to CLOs  

Corinthia Global Management secures USD 5bn in capital commitments
Corinthia Global Management has raised about USD 5bn for its first direct-lending fund and expects to fund deals by March at the latest

Barings puts together first ever European middle market CLO
It’s been a long time coming, but the successful pricing last month of the first European private credit CLO marked a milestone in opening up the region to one of the CLO market’s most dramatic growth stories in recent years.

Barings prices Europe’s first ever private credit CLO
Barings and BNP Paribas have priced Europe’s first ever private credit CLO, achieving a historical feat that had eluded the region so far

Barings sees weakness in lower mezz with latest Euro CLO
Barings has printed its first European deal in over five months, joining other European managers rushing to conclude pricings before the US election

Corinthia eyes EUR 1bn first close for maiden European direct lending strategy
Corinthia is on the cusp of holding a EUR 1bn first close for its inaugural European direct-lending strategy, four sources familiar with the situation said. 

Barings lines up second European CLO for 2024
Barings is currently marketing its second European BSL deal of 2024, with Natixis arranging the transaction

Barings opens warehouse in step towards first middle market CLO in Europe
Barings has opened up a warehouse for a European middle-market CLO, a concrete step towards issuing the region's first ‘true’ version of the strategy 

Corinthia Global Management eyes deployment in 4Q24
The upstart direct lender sued for lifting more than 20 staff from Barings is preparing to begin deploying capital as it announces a flurry of senior appointments

Barings prices first European new issue CLO this year
Barings has priced its first European deal of 2024, a EUR 407.85m CLO arranged by BNP Paribas

Corinthia eyes mid-June start
Corinthia Global Management, the start-up firm that’s shaking up the USD 1.7trn private credit space, is laying the foundations for mid-June market entrance