Flood of new US CLOs print before long weekend as market wraps up busy week
A hectic day saw new issues pricing from Antares, Barings, CQS and Polus

Direct lending competition ramps up, even in middle market and small cap
Proprietary deal flow is increasingly rare, Barings President Matthew Freund said on a panel during DealCatalyst’s conference in Nashville

Barings prices reset with first BSL deal since February
The repricing of the 2023-vintage CLO was the manager’s fifth deal of the year, taking its total issuance for 2025 to USD 1.94bn

Invesco, Barings team up on private credit for wealth channel
Barings parent MassMutual plans to seed the partnership with an initial USD 650m

Barings prints its first new-issue middle market CLO for 2025
The deal incorporated a notably high 8.27 turns of leverage

Barings becomes latest to match US market tight for new deals
Another new issue US BSL CLO prices AAAs at SOFR plus 113bps    

Barings prints two CLO refis with same spread on the same day
Barings has priced two partial refinancings of US BSL CLO deals via Bank of America 

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 gives 2020-vintage BSL CLO a second reset
Barings has printed a 2020-vintage US BSL CLO, Barings CLO 2020-I, that was previously reset in 2021, via Bank of America 

Barings hires Churchill MD for private debt originations
Barings Global Private Finance has hired a managing director from Churchill Asset Management to serve as a managing director for North America Private Credit

US CLO spreads trend narrower as new deals in pipeline aim for mid-120s
The US CLO market is seeing rapidly narrowing triple-A spreads, with multiple deals currently in market with triple-A spreads heading towards 125bps over SOFR

Barings goes short-dated for 2019 vintage CLO reset
This week's USD 385.98m reset of Barings CLO 2019-II puts the US BSL CLO on a 1Y/3Y timeline

Reissued Barings CLO gets a reset as well
Barings, working with BofA as the arranger, has reset its Barings CLO 2019-II, a USD BSL deal that is a reissue of the earlier Barings CLO 2016-III.

Barings adds two private credit MDs for North America
Barings Global Private Finance has hired two managing directors, Brian Polomsky and Doug Koch, for its North America Private Credit team from Principal Asset Management

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 goes short to get tightest non-static US CLO print this year
Barings’ latest primary market deal has priced, a short-dated 1Y/2Y US BSL CLO with triple-As at SOFR plus 122bps

Barings is back for more with second US CLO reset in a week
Just a week after pricing a reset of its immediate predecessor, Barings has followed up with another 2022-vintage US BSL CLO reset

Barings resets 2022 vintage US BSL CLO
Barings' fourth US BSL CLO reset of Q3 brought spreads down considerably for the September 2022-vintage Barings CLO 2022-III

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 reset of 2023 middle market CLO
Barings has reset a 2023-vintage static CLO into a reinvesting deal, bringing in the triple-As 77bps at the same time

Barings prices its first new middle-market CLO deal of the year
Barings printed its first middle-market CLO of the year sized at USD 340.8m via BofA

Barings piles in with another 135bps US CLO
Barings priced its fourth new US deal of the year on Friday, further affirming 135bps over SOFR as the current US CLO triple-A tight 

Barings prices new US BSL deal
Barings on Friday printed a new US BSL CLO, with a senior tranche of triple-A notes at SOFR plus 143bps

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

Private credit veteran returns to Barings
Barings is rebuilding its private credit team with the return of a veteran private credit alumni as a managing director in its global private finance group