Guggenheim’s Zable warns on rapid pace of AI disruption
EXCLUSIVE: Most managers are not prepared for the pace of change in the software loan space, Guggenheim CLO chief Rob Zable said at the Creditflux CLO Symposium

CLO community turns out in force for 18th annual Creditflux Symposium and Awards
EXCLUSIVE: Award winners celebrated, while the stars of the CLO industry came out in force to share predictions, tips and deal making opportunities

Cautious optimism prevails at second day of Creditflux CLO Symposium
EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of delegates gathered at the Chancery Rosewood in London to talk software, shipping, and the shifting dynamics in the global CLO market

Iran War to increase corporate default rates globally — IACPM Survey
Though the credit market is absorbing new leveraged loan issuance amid geopolitical uncertainty, credit managers expect the war to drive a rise in defaults

US private credit CLO rankings – March 2026
Blackstone led Creditflux's rankings for private credit CLO issuance in 1Q 2026, pricing around USD 340m more than established market leader Golub, while BNP Paribas raced ahead in the arranger tables, accounting for more than a quarter of all deals issued

Blue Owl resets 2023-vintage private credit CLO, trims weighted cost of debt by more than 110bps
SMBC Nikko arranged the USD 272m repricing of Owl Rock CLO XI, which cut spreads on the deal's triple A paper by 105bps

Golub upsizes with newest private credit CLO
Golub Capital Partners CLO 90(M), which priced via Mizuho as a USD 450m issue, is the manager’s sixth deal of the year and its second new mid-market transaction so far in 2026

Finding the upside in private credit CLOs
Compared to the first quarter of 2025, the opening months of 2026 have been tough. Managers are still issuing private credit CLOs, but the timing has to be right as the macro backdrop shifts

PGIM upsizes with reset of its first private credit CLO
The USD 462m rework of Windhill CLO 1 priced its triple As at SOFR plus 155bps

Maturity wall threatens high-risk AI private credit names – KBRA
Direct lenders are showing an unwillingness to extend maturities for companies that are vulnerable to artificial intelligence or underperforming already 

Diameter prices second private credit CLO with triple As at 170bps
The manager has followed up the pricing of its inaugural private credit CLO in February with its second such deal six weeks subsequent

JPMorgan Asset Management mixes public, private credit in new semi-liquid fund
JPMorgan’s asset management arm offers exposure to various credit investments across the public and private markets in a new interval fund for affluent individuals

Opportunities for private credit emerge following software selloff - Canyon Partners
EXCLUSIVE: There are “increasingly interesting opportunities” for private credit managers in the software space following the recent selloff, says Jeff Kivitz, partner and CIO at Canyon Partners 

Blackstone prices rare static private credit CLO amid challenging market conditions
Wednesday’s issue saw the pari passu triple As price at SOFR plus 128bps, reflecting the significant widening out seen in private credit CLO spreads over the past month

Bain prices BSL and private credit CLOs in same day
The manager’s new US issue, along with its reset of a 2018-vintage private credit CLO, totalled just under USD 1.06bn in value

T. Rowe Price and OHA launch credit interval fund with CLO exposure
The multi-strategy interval fund will allow wealth clients in the US to access public and private credit investments including CLOs

Carlyle prices market’s first private credit CLO in two weeks
Carlyle Direct Lending CLO 2026-1 priced its senior triple A paper at SOFR plus 165bps, reflecting widening in the market since the beginning of the month

US private credit CLO rankings – February 2026
Blackstone’s latest USD 1bn BCRED print helped it to the top of Creditflux’s year-to-date private credit CLO issuance rankings for February, ahead of Blue Owl and BlackRock/HPS. Scotiabank, meanwhile, emerged as the top arranger, with 17.8% market share

Private credit still deploying despite increasing risks – head of credit at CVC
PODCAST: Andrew Davies, head of credit at CVC Capital Partners, says the present uncertainty offered opportunities to reconsider the pricing of transactions, and the ability to structure those deals more conservatively

Mid-market manager Kohlberg prices second CLO
Following on from the manager’s first deal in April last year, the private credit issue was valued at just under USD 451m and was arranged via Scotiabank

New York Life Investment Management and Candriam increase Kartesia stake to 80%
The two firms previously held 33% of the ownership of the private debt company, which is expected to enter the European CLO market soon

Moody’s hires global head of leveraged finance
The US head of leveraged finance, Christina Padgett, retired in November, the ratings agency said.  

Golub reset sets fresh AAA market tight for private credit CLOs
Golub Capital Partners CLO 71(M)-R issued its top-of-stack paper at SOFR plus 135bps, two bps inside the previous low

US private credit CLO rankings – January 2026
January saw a tentative start to the year for US private credit CLO issuance, with Blue Owl and JPMorgan heading Creditflux's manager and arranger league tables respectively last month

Private credit manager Varagon prices second CLO
Arranged by BNP Paribas, the USD 592m MDL Structured Notes II is the manager’s first CLO issue since its market debut in October 2024