Spire wins Creditflux Manager of the Year award
Spire Partners was the big winner at Creditflux's Manager Awards last night as the London-based manager scooped the award for the manager of the year. On top of this, the firm picked up awards for Best European CLO Manager and Best European CLO for Aurium CLO II

KKR and FS Investments' BDC platform markets new issue CLO
KKR and FS Investments’ business development company, FS KKR Capital Corp, is marketing a new issue CLO via Citi named FS KKR MM CLO 1

Mid market CLO round-up: eyes (wide) open as mid-market CLOs re-awaken
AB returned to the middle market CLO space this week after a year out to price ABPCI V. It is the second middle market CLO of the year after Fortress Investment Group refinanced Fortress Credit Opportunities VII. 

AB returns to CLOs by pricing 2019's first mid-market new issue
AB Private Credit Investors, the middle market credit arm of AB, has become the first manager to price a new issue CLO backed by mid-market loans in 2019

CLO manager base to boom as four debut managers plan first-quarter launch with JP Morgan top choice of arranger
The US CLO market welcomed four new managers in 2018, but this year the same number could be launching in just the first quarter

Monroe prices second new issue mid-market CLO of 2018
Monroe Capital Partners has priced its second new issue middle market CLO of the year, according to market sources

Mid market CLO league tables: GSO and Vista join the party
The US middle market CLO industry is booming with two new managers moving into this area

GSO debuts in mid market CLOs with Diamond CLO
GSO Capital Partners' Diamond CLO is for one year with the manager pricing a short-dated mid-market deal

Apollo's MidCap unit takes CLO AUM beyond $2.5 billion
MidCap Financial has taken its CLO AUM beyond $2.5 billion just 17 months after pricing its debut CLO in February 2017

Mid market CLO league tables: Ivy Hill closes in on Golub
Mid market CLO volumes this year have reached $9.4 billion - $1.04 billion more than the first half of 2017

Mid-market CLO league tables: volumes hit $6.7 billion in 2018
$6.7 billion of middle market CLO paper has priced so far in 2018, a 30.8% increased from the same period in 2017

Freshfields CLO lawyer hired by rival firm in New York
Ryan Suda, who has joined Mayer Brown as a partner, advises financial institutions, asset managers, private equity funds and hedge funds in structured finance transactions and other complex financings

Ivy Hill prices first billion-dollar mid market CLO of 2018
The Los Angeles-based firm issued its first new middle-market CLO in almost 12 months on Friday

Mid market CLO round-up: Antares leads the way as triple As price at 125bp
Although US mid-market CLOs had a slow start to the year, the last two weeks have seen heightened activity in this sector with established players such as Antares Capital, Cerberus Capital Management, Fortress Investments and Midcap Financial pricing new CLOs

Wells Fargo prices three CLO transactions in a single day
Wells Fargo priced three CLO transactions on Thursday, totalling $1.47 billion issuance, according to market sources

2.0 mid market spreads jump tighter following refi of 2014 Golub CLO
A Chicago-based middle market CLO manager has priced its triple A notes at 95bp following a refi

Mid market specialist prepares first new issue CLO since September 2016
A manager has teamed up with Natixis to price the second CLO of the year backed by a portfolio of middle-market loans

Monroe's new CLO suggests increasing demand for mid market deals
The basis between middle market CLOs and CLOs backed by broadly syndicated loans is (slowly) shrinking