Mid-market CLO rankings – August 2025
Market leader Golub approaches USD 10bn in year-to-date issuance in our monthly mid-market rankings, while Wells Fargo leads BNP Paribas in the arranger tables

Mizuho EMEA names former BNP Paribas exec as CIB head
Matthew Ponsonby will become head of Mizuho EMEA’s corporate and investment bank, and president and CEO of Mizuho International on 1 October

Golub prices middle-market CLO with 10-year reinvestment period
The innovative deal sees the reinvestment period set to expire in October 2035, with the non-call period running until 2033

Audax reworks 2021-vintage issue with fifth deal of the year
The triple A paper, split as part of the reset into discrete loan and note tranches, issued at SOFR plus 150bps

Antares massively upsizes 2021 mid-market CLO with USD 1.4bn reset
The reworking of Antares CLO 2021-1 priced its triple As at the tightest level for a mid-market reset since mid-March

Apollo Debt Solutions issues second direct lending CLO
The print follows the manager’s inaugural such deal at the end of April, arranged by RBC and Apollo

Guggenheim resets 2021-vintage mid-market CLO
The transaction repriced a 2021 reissue of a 2019 CLO, with the triple A paper clearing at the wider end of recent mid-market prints

New mid market issues from Ares, Deerpath total over USD 1.3bn
The two managers each priced deals worth over USD 650m on Thursday

Samsung Life becomes latest institution to take minority stake in Hayfin
Insurer Samsung Life joins Mubadala and AXA IM Prime as minority stakeholders in Hayfin

Golub upsizes, resets first private credit fund CLO
The transaction follows the USD 868.57m print of the manager’s second private credit fund CLO last Wednesday, with both deals arranged via SocGen

Beach Point hires president and CIO, product and sales leader
The two new hires arrive after stints at TPG Angelo Gordon and Oak Hill Advisors, respectively

Mid-market flurry continues as three private credit deals price
Private credit CLO issuance is powering ahead with three deals, together valued at USD 1.27bn, pricing in a single day from market heavyweights Golub, Carlyle and MidCap

Private credit CLOs boom to new high
The middle market is seeing record levels of issuance as the smaller corner of the CLO space draws more investor interest, while US BSL primary activity chases 2024 levels

End of week sees private credit CLO issuance rush
The mid-market saw a flurry of issues from Eldridge, Churchill, StepStone and BlackRock toward the end of last week, with the total value of the four deals across Thursday and Friday totalling over USD 1.5bn

HIG issues second new mid-market issue for 2025
The deal, which priced its senior triple A paper at SOFR plus 155bps comes as mid-market CLOs have taken a significant step tighter in spreads

Mid-market CLOs reduce premium over BSL spreads back to narrowest margin of 2025
ANALYSIS: Private credit CLO spreads are seeing rapid tightening, with the difference between BSL and mid-market triple A benchmarks having narrowed back to its tightest level seen this year

Blue Owl lowers private credit CLO spreads with USD 1bn new issue
Blue Owl has set new post-Liberation Day spread tights for mid-market issues with its latest print, a week after setting the previous low for triple As

Private credit inflows face uphill battle even as 401(k) doors open
Although US President Trump’s executive order opens defined contribution retirement plans like 401(k)s to private credit investments, a sudden and meaningful rise in inflows is unlikely 

Manulife to acquire Comvest, creating USD 18.4bn private credit platform
Manulife, through its global wealth and asset management business, will acquire a 75% stake in the private credit manager

Morgan Stanley Direct Lending debuts inaugural private credit CLO
Morgan Stanley Direct Lending Fund, a business development company, has launched its first private credit CLO 

Apollo looks elsewhere, saying CLOs suffer from commoditization
The alternative asset manager said CLOs have tightened to levels that are unsustainable

Ares diversifies away from institutional, commingled private funds
During the second quarter, 55% of capital came from the institutional channel and just 30% of this was for its traditional funds

NYS Common Retirement Fund to invest USD 100m in Pearl Diver's distressed CLO fund
Public Pensions, Private Pursuits: New York State, Ohio pensions reveal recent private credit investments 

Carlyle promotes credit head to co-president amid senior reshuffle
Mark Jenkins joins John Redett and Jeff Nedelman as new co-presidents of Carlyle

Private credit managers find “white space” even as capital concentrates among the few – Mercer
Institutional investors commit most of their capital to established private credit firms of scale, but they’re often more willing to take a chance on newcomers in strategies outside of direct lending