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

Barings resets pre-Covid BSL CLO
Barings hit reset on a US BSL from the pre-Covid period: Barings CLO 2019-IV.

Barings and Barclays bring 2018 refi
The end of last week saw Barings pricing its first deal since January – a USD 375m refinancing of a 2018-vintage CLO

Barings shrugs off team liftout with new private credit deal
Barings is putting up a fight in the private credit market despite the dramatic loss of 20 members, acting as lead agent on a new private credit deal

Barings launches legal proceedings against Corinthia and two senior defectors
Barings has commenced legal proceedings against two former senior executives who last week defected to Corinthia Global Management

Nomura-backed Corinthia lifts private credit team from Barings
More than 20 members of the global private credit team at Barings have jumped ship and joined Corinthia Global Management, a new platform backed by Nomura Holdings

Barings prices new US CLO
Pricing details have emerged for last week’s USD 408m Barings' CLO in its first new issuance since November’s single-day double-deal.

Barings sneaks in final refi of a 2022 vintage deal
Barings closed the year on a high note with a partial refi of Barings Loan Partners CLO 3, in a deal arranged by Bank of America

Barings prices two deals in a day
In a highly unusual move, Barings yesterday priced two middle market CLOs, worth a combined USD 862.15m, within hours of each other

Second 2020 vintage CLO this month resets
Barings has announced a reset of one of its 2020 US CLO deals, according to market sources.

Ohio Police & Fire commits $50 million to private credit
Ohio Police & Fire pension system makes first private credit commitment for the year to a Barings fund

US CLO liabilities continue to tighten as Morgan Stanley prices new deal
Morgan Stanley priced a new broadly syndicated US CLO for Barings yesterday in another extremely tight print

Barings strikes strategic partnership agreement with Lakemore to support CLO issuance
Barings has entered into a strategic partnership with Lakemore Partners to support the growth of the manager's CLO platform

Barings scores tightest debt execution for five-year CLO in over a month
Barings priced its second CLO of the year on Wednesday and secured the tightest debt costs of any five-year reinvestment deal in over a month

Landmark new CLOs from Barings and Oak Hill pull triple A spreads to 175bp
Barings and Oak Hill Advisors priced new CLOs on Wednesday, securing the tightest triple A debt spreads since June last year in the process

US CLO pipeline: busy January sets the tone for the year
US CLO new issuance in January has exceeded 2022’s volumes with $6.4 billion priced last month compared to $4.6 billion last year, and the market is showing no signs of slowing down

Beneath the triple C: Stormy October hits CLOs with rising tide of downgrades
After a slight respite in the pace of downgrades over the summer for CLOs, October brought renewed momentum as macro-economic pressures - primarily high interest rate burdens for corporate borrowers and supply side inflation - became the recurring rationale

CLOs at a glance (November 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

CLOs can weather a short recession, but maybe not a long one, conference hears
The US economy is likely to enter a recession in the first half of 2023, attendees at IMN's ABS East conference heard on Tuesday. While the severity of the downturn is unknown despite the Federal Reserve aiming for a 'soft landing', CLOs are well positioned to weather the storm - as long as the recession is contained in a relatively short period