Golub and Antares price almost USD 2.5bn of mid-market CLOs on bumper day of issuance
BNP Paribas arranged a trio of CLO resets between the two managers

US MM CLO Rankings – May 2025
Golub and Wells Fargo emerged on top in Creditflux's latest monthly mid-market CLO rankings for managers and arrangers

Monroe Capital Partners returns to primary market with first 2025 print
The deal’s upper mezz priced in line with earlier investor guidance, but the triple Bs priced notably wide, with the spread remaining unchanged from its pre-reset level

News in brief
US credit returns fail to reflect risk

Silver Point prints new private credit CLO
It is the second new issue private credit CLO from the manager this year

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

BlackRock issues new private credit CLO with triple As at emerging mid-160 level
BlackRock Mt. Lassen CLO XV is the manager's first new mid-market deal since July last year

Mid-market CLO rally unlikely to endure — S&P Global
The positive start to the year has been undercut by uncertainty stemming from the Trump administration’s new tariff regime

Golub prints mid-market CLO with tightest triple As since April
The USD 1.15bn transaction priced its senior triple A paper at SOFR plus 163bps

HPS prints new private credit CLO with triple As at 165
The deal is the second mid-market issue for HPS so far this year

HIG issues first new CLO in 15 months
The deal is the first new print from the manager since it priced HIG WhiteHorse Trinity CLO 2024-1 in February last year

News in brief
Blackstone plays offense amid volatility

Private credit will grow to take as much as 50% of the leveraged finance market: Blue Owl’s Craig Packer
PODCAST: The co-president of Blue Owl joined Creditflux managing editor Lisa Lee on the latest edition of the Credit Exchange podcast

Blackstone prices static BCRED CLO
The transaction is the first non-reinvesting deal to price under the BCRED shelf

Clearlake launches Clearlake Credit to chase private and public credit investments
The new platform will integrate the newly acquired MV Credit and WhiteStar Asset Management

Apollo Debt Solutions BDC prices its debut CLO
The private credit transaction from the fund, which is run by Apollo Credit Management, is the market’s second debut CLO pricing in three days

Churchill prices new mid-market CLO, first since January
The USD 499.7m Churchill NCPCIF CLO-II priced its senior triple-A paper at SOFR plus 166.5bps

Mid-market PE firm becomes newest CLO manager with USD 402m print
Kohlberg & Co. priced its inaugural deal on Monday, with the market’s first new private credit CLO in three weeks

Siepe hires two from US Bank to boost CLO, private credit tools
The software and technology service provider for CLO and private credit managers is expanding its team

Audax prints second mezz-only refi in two weeks
The refinancing of Audax Senior Debt CLO 4 is the second repricing for the 2020-vintage CLO, following a reset in 2023

Brightwood prices first new CLO in more than 12 months
The middle market specialist's first primary market activity of 2025 was also the first new private credit deal to price in three weeks

CLO portfolio values, new issuance face tariff risk—KBRA
Market volatility and uncertainty around tariff plans have already led to some CLO deals being put on hold or delayed

Audax prices unusual mezz-only mid-market refi
The deal saw the double As price 90bps narrow of the untouched triple As

Mid-market CLO refis price from Cerberus and PennantPark
The two deals both priced their senior triple As at SOFR plus 135bps

Apollo’s MidCap resets second mid-market deal in quick order
The reset of middle market CLO Woodmont 2023-11 Trust followed shortly after the manager had repriced another such deal