Mid-market repricings keep coming, with deals from Deerpath and MidCap
The two transactions at the end of last week together totalled USD 1.3bn

European mid-market CLOs drawing investors from non-traditional buyers: Barings PM
Speaking at a conference in London this week, Oliver Harker-Smith said last year’s inaugural private credit deal attracted interest from investors new to CLOs  

Golub prints largest CLO ever in reset of 2023-vintage middle market deal
The USD 2.32bn reset brings the total capitalisation of Golub Capital Partners CLO 65(M) to USD 2.5bn

Antares resets another super-sized middle market CLO
The transaction added USD 72m in equity and USD 450m worth of triple A paper

PennantPark prints second new middle market CLO in two months
The private credit deal priced the top of the stack at SOFR plus 145bps

Golub prices tight with latest five-year middle market deal
The new issue equalled the market low for triple A spreads on private credit CLOs

Ares adds to middle market issuance with first new deal for the year
Ares Direct Lending CLO 5 priced the top of the stack at SOFR plus 138bps

CLO manager M&A driven by search for talent and scale

Daniel Loeb’s Third Point agrees to acquire Birch Grove
Billionaire Daniel Loeb’s Third Point said it will acquire AS Birch Grove from American Securities, in a move designed to expand the hedge fund's credit capabilities, according to a press release

Monroe knocks 103bps off triple-As in refinancing of middle-market CLO
Monroe Capital Partners has refinanced its Monroe Capital MML CLO XIV, a middle-market deal from two years ago, tightening the spread at the top of the stack dramatically

BlackRock resets middle-market deal from 2022
BlackRock has reset a middle-market deal called BlackRock Maroon Bells MM CLO, simplifying the top of the deal’s structure in the process

US MM CLO Rankings - November 2024
Golub continues to dominate our latest manager rankings for the US MM CLO market, with SocGen standing out among the arrangers

Willow Tree prices second middle-market CLO
Willow Tree Credit Partners has priced a new middle-market CLO, three months after the manager’s debut offering in September

Barings prices Europe’s first ever private credit CLO
Barings and BNP Paribas have priced Europe’s first ever private credit CLO, achieving a historical feat that had eluded the region so far

Deerpath resets and upsizes private credit CLO from 2022
The reset of Deerpath Capital CLO 2022-1 almost doubled the size of the CLO from an original USD 374m to the new USD 725m

Blue Owl resets 2022 middle-market CLO
Blue Owl Capital has reset its US private-credit backed Owl Rock CLO IX, adding a small equity infusion in the process

Fortress Credit prints its second new middle-market CLO of 2024
The senior triple-As priced at 159bps in Fortress' second private credit CLO, a full 61bps tighter than the manager's previous deal back in January 

US MM CLO Rankings - October 2024
Golub continues to dominate our latest manager rankings for the US MM CLO market, with SocGen standing out among the arrangers

Cerberus prints short-dated MM CLO that matches BSL spread levels
The triple-As for the 1Y/2Y private credit CLO priced at 135bps, on top of current levels for longer dated 2Y/5Y BSL CLOs

Blackstone prices ultra-tight private credit CLO
Blackstone has followed fellow US behemoth KKR in rethinking its approach to private credit CLOs, with the first such deal under the Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL) shelf

Antares sets new AAA tight for a middle-market CLO (again)
Antares beat its own triple-A benchmark when it priced Antares CLO 2024-6 with a senior spread of SOFR plus 156bps

Ares sets new tight for new issue middle-market CLOs
A simple structure with two debt tranches included triple-As that priced at SOFR plus 154bps, the tightest level yet for a middle market CLO 

Golub resets billion-dollar middle-market CLO from 2019
The reset of Golub's monster deal from 2019 includes a fresh equity injection that takes the total deal size to USD 1.07bn

First Eagle resets middle-market CLO
A reset of Lake Shore MM CLO IV, a 2021 vintage middle-market CLO, saw the triple As split into note and loan tranches, which both priced at 170bps

The middle market goes mainstream
Middle market CLOs were a niche product. Now we call them private credit CLOs — and they are growing faster than BSL CLOs