Blue Owl launches second tech CLO
Building on an already-busy month, Blue Owl has priced its third CLO in as many weeks, with an upsized pricing of a new single-sector private credit CLO. 

Blue Owl goes BSL for latest deal
Just a week after pricing its last middle-market CLO, Blue Owl returned to the primary market with another offering, Wise CLO 2023-2

Blue Owl prices latest MM CLO
American private credit specialist Blue Owl yesterday priced its fifth new deal of the year, market sources said, in a USD 397.3m US transaction arranged by Société Générale

Florida-based pension commits USD 20 million to direct lending fund
The Jacksonville, Fla. Police and Fire Pension Fund approved a USD 20m commitment to a diversified lending fund

Direct lending firm hires partner from Blue Owl
The newest addition to the team will focus on product and business development

Abu Dhabi-based sovereign investors put $1 billion into tech-focused credit platform
Abu Dhabi-based sovereign investor forms strategic partnership with US asset manager as it focuses on technology lending strategy

Ex-Wellfleet CLO team issues first new CLO under Blue Owl branding
Blue Owl Capital has priced its first CLO backed by broadly syndicated loans under its own branding

CLO round-up: blinded by the tights
Secondary CLO spreads continued to grind tighter this week and, at last, the primary market began to follow in both the US and Europe

Scotiabank gets first CLO deal with Blue Owl tech reset
Scotiabank scored its first CLO arranging credit on Monday after serving as joint bookrunner with MUFG on a $204 million reset for Blue Owl Capital

CLO round-up: sentiment improves as multiple breakthrough transactions emerge
New CLO formation slowed this week in the US, while Europe had its second zero-issuance week of the quarter. But there were three major developments: the first CLO refi in15 months, a major investor's first entry into a CLO at the reset stage, and the first middle market CLO arranged by Goldman Sachs.

Goldman Sachs makes middle market CLO debut arranging deal for Blue Owl
Goldman Sachs became a middle market CLO arranger for the first time on Tuesday after issuing a deal for Blue Owl Capital named Owl Rock CLO XIII

Scotiabank clocks first CLO arranging credit on upcoming Owl Rock reset
Scotiabank is set to claim its first CLO issuance later this month after it emerged that the bank is acting as joint bookrunner on a reset of Owl Rock Technology Financing 2020-1

Blue Owl surpasses $1 billion mid market CLOs in 2023 as asset class booms
Blue Owl Capital became the second firm to print three middle market CLOs in 2023 on Tuesday, surpassing $1 billion in volumes for the year

Owl Rock prints its first CLO via SMBC Nikko
Blue Owl Capital priced a new middle market CLO on Wednesday, working with SMBC Nikko as arranger for the first time to print the deal

Recurring revenue ABS: meet the latest CLO variant
A new asset class is being added to Creditflux’s middle market CLO league tables with an increasing number of firms moving into recurring revenue ABS

Blue Owl lands with low-levered, mid-market CLO
Blue Owl Capital has priced a middle market CLO which conforms to its usual low-levered template. 

Global CLO league tables - November 2022 YTD
Global CLO league tables - November 2022 YTD

Owl Rock becomes first manager to print three middle market CLOs in 2022
Blue Owl Capital became the first CLO issuer to price a third middle market CLO this year on Friday

Calpers allocates $2.75 billion to two credit managers
US pension heavyweight California Public Employees Retirement System earmarked $3 billion to credit funds in the third quarter of 2022, according to recent board materials 

Mid market CLO league tables: Golub gains ground on Blackstone with rare euro-tranche deal
Four managers - Blue Owl, Golub, Monroe and PennantPark - priced new issue mid market CLOs in September

Credit funds at a glance (October 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
 

   

LP round up: $2.7bn flows to 20 credit managers as investors battle PE overallocation
Investors faced huge headwinds in September with inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical turmoil, alongside the UK gilts sell-off at month end

Owl Rock prints first middle market CLO of September
Owl Rock Capital is the first manager this month to have issued a middle market CLO, bringing the total volume of mid market deals priced in 2022 to $7.6 billion

Michigan pension pledges over $1 billion to three US credit managers
Michigan Retirement System has pledged just over $1 billion to three credit managers

Mid market CLO league tables: KeyBank notches first new issue credit
Managers priced one new issue and one reset in the mid market CLO space in June for a total of $603.1 million, the lowest monthly figure since January when $590 million was priced