European private credit CLO market sparks back to life
ANALYSIS: After a brisk start, the European private credit CLO market has stalled somewhat over the past year, but a new issue in the space and the expectation of incoming hybrid issues has breathed new life into the sector

Barings and Canyon price new US BSL CLOs
Barings CLO 2026-III was valued at USD 407.3m, while Canyon CLO 2026-2 weighed in at just over USD 500m

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

Software loan shakeout in CLOs still to come—Barings
As an investor in US CLO tranches, the asset manager has observed that most CLOs have not made major changes to their software book despite concerns about artificial intelligence threatening the sector

Barings recruits BofA lynchpin as head of CLO capital markets
Bank of America’s head of US CLO structuring Ankit Aggarwal is leaving to join Barings as its head of CLO capital markets, sources familiar have told Creditflux

Barings prices latest BSL CLO via Deutsche Bank
The capital structure for Barings CLO 2026-II included senior/junior splits for both the triple As and triple Bs

Barings works with Pacer to launch two CLO-focused ETFs
One product will focus on investment grade CLO tranches while the other will aim to provide sub-IG CLO and secured debt exposures

Barings prices static private credit CLO
The triple A paper for the deal cleared at SOFR plus 145bps

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

Barings prices inaugural infrastructure CLO
Co-arranged via MUFG and Morgan Stanley, Barings Infrastructure CLO 2025-I is the manager's first-ever CLO backed by infrastructure loans

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

Barings opts for short duration with latest new US CLO
Barings CLO 2025-VII priced as a half-billion-dollar deal on Wednesday via Wells Fargo

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

US reset issuance hits over USD 15bn for September as PGIM, Fidelity and Barings print deals
The trio of repriced transactions, together worth USD 1.4bn, featured similar sizes and capital structures

Barings, Benefit Street latest to price US resets at 125
Barings reworked a two-year-old CLO, while Benefit Street Partners issued its fourth reset of a serially-repriced 2014-vintage deal

US resets price from Barings, CVC and Western Asset Management
A trio of US BSL resets from CVC, Barings and Western Asset Management toward the end of last week added over USD 1.3bn to August’s final issuance tally

US CLO AAAs hit another new tight as Barings prices second new CLO in a week
US CLO triple A tights edged lower on Tuesday when Barings priced its latest new primary market transaction

Trio of new US issues from Barings, Birch Grove and UBS
US CLO issuance continues to run at a steady pace, with similarly-priced new issues printing over the past couple of days

Barings inks partial refi of four-year-old US deal
The refi covered three of the six tranches from the initial print