Wendel announces purchase of majority stake in Monroe Capital
French investment firm Wendel announced on Tuesday it has agreed to acquire 75% of US private credit firm and CLO manager Monroe Capital for USD 1.13bn, as part of its planned expansion into third-party asset management.

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

Antares sets new triple-A tight with mid-market print
The relentless tightening of MM CLO spreads has continued with Antares pricing  a new MM CLO with triple-As paying SOFR plus 157bps

US MM CLO Rankings - September 2024
Golub continues to pull away from the pack in our latest manager and arranger rankings for the US MM CLO market

Mizuho takes minority stake in Golub, strikes distribution agreement
Mizuho Financial Group has acquired a passive, minority stake in Golub Capital’s management companies as part of a strategic partnership

Middle market CLO spreads continue to tighten as Cerberus prices
The latest new middle market CLO from Cerberus priced with some of the tightest levels seen this year

MidCap resets brings in middle market CLO senior spreads 110bps
Apollo affiliate MidCap Financial's reset of a static middle market CLO from 2023 led to an eye-catching reduction in the triple-A spreads   

A new manager debuts as Willow Tree prices middle-market CLO
The CLO world welcomed a new manager on Tuesday when Willow Tree Credit Partners printed its debut CLO: a middle-market deal arranged by GreensLedge

KBRA hires Scott Duggal as it raids buy-side, sell-side, and journalism
Ratings agency KBRA has turned to the buy-side, sell-side, and journalism for a raft of senior hires in Europe

Clearlake Capital agrees to buy MV Credit
Clearlake Capital has agreed to purchase European credit manager MV Credit Partners from Natixis Investment Managers

Ares lowers 2024 tights with new middle market CLO
Ares continued its busy year with its 22nd transaction – a new middle market CLO that set a new triple-A tight for 2024

Barings prices reset of 2023 middle market CLO
Barings has reset a 2023-vintage static CLO into a reinvesting deal, bringing in the triple-As 77bps at the same time

Credit funds at a glance
Top performers, recent hires and recent fundraising

US MM CLO Rankings - July 2024
Our latest rankings for the US MM CLO market, including arranger and manager league tables

ABPCI reduces equity size in reset of 2017 middle market CLO
AB Private Credit Investors on Friday printed a reset of ABPCI Direct Lending Fund CLO II, the second reset of the 2017 vintage deal

Deerpath resets debut MM CLO for the second time
Deerpath Capital Management has priced a reset of US middle-market deal Deerpath Capital CLO 2018-1, the first-ever CLO from the manager

Hayfin agrees to Arctos-backed management buyout
The management team at Hayfin Capital Management is taking over the company in a management buyout backed by Arctos Partners

Blue Owl prices first tech private credit CLO with 5Y RP
Blue Owl has printed a new middle-market CLO dubbed Athena CLO IV which is the first technology CLO with a 5-year reinvestment schedule

Jefferies stokes middle market with new CLO
Middle market CLO issuance has slowed a little in recent weeks, but that changed last week when Jefferies Credit Partners priced its first deal in 13 months

Blackstone reports 18% return from private credit over last 12 months
Blackstone's private credit and liquid credit returns outperform private equity investments in the last 12 months

Rapid growth shows middle market CLO no longer BSL’s little brother
Middle market CLOs, the once niche sector that securitises private credit loans, is seeing a growth spurt. What was a junior partner to the much larger BSL world is now a sizeable entity of its own.

Credit funds at a glance
Top indices; recent hires; recent fundraising

US MM CLO Rankings - June 2024
Our latest rankings for the US MM CLO market, including arranger and manager league tables

Golub goes with 5Y RP for latest MM CLO reset
Rounding off a prolific month, Golub Capital priced its third deal in three weeks last Friday, with a reset of a middle market CLO.

New survey explores middle-market CLO operations
S&P Global Market Intelligence, in collaboration with Creditflux, conducted a study of middle-market CLO managers to assess how specialists are adapting their operations to tap this burgeoning opportunity