BMO makes new issue CLO breakthrough with first lead arranger role
BMO Capital Markets has completed its first solo CLO assignment as arranger by pricing a middle market CLO for its affiliate BMO Asset Management on Friday

Barclays' head of middle market CLOs leaves bank
Barclays' middle market CLO head has parted ways with the bank

Madison matches mid-market tights with first CLO primary deal since July
Madison Capital priced its first CLO deal in eight months on Wednesday, teaming up with Wells Fargo to reset 2017's MCF CLO V for an extra four years of reinvestment

Mid market CLO spreads reach tightest point since 2018 as Fortress prices new issue
Four-year triple A spreads on middle market CLOs reached new post-covid tights on Friday as Fortress Investment Group issued a deal with first-pays at just 155 basis points over Libor

BlackRock scores biggest mid market CLO since 2018
BlackRock has teamed up with Barclays to print a second CLO backed by loans to middle market companies following its buyout of Tennenbaum Capital Partners in 2018

Credit manager prices second tech-focused CLO after 2.5-year break
Vista Credit Opportunities has priced its second ever CLO backed by loans to middle market companies in the technology sector

Owl Rock prices tech-focused CLO
Owl Rock Capital Partners has priced a rare middle market CLO backed by loans to companies in the technology sector

Mount Logan completes mid market CLO acquisition for $3 million
Mount Logan Capital has completed the acquisition of management rights for two middle market CLO contracts from Garrison Capital. The firm disclosed in an announcement it paid $3 million for the transaction which included the two contracts plus ‘certain side letter agreements

Monroe saves 18bp with first ever mid market CLO repricing
Monroe Capital has shaved just over 18 basis points off a 2018 middle market CLO named Monroe Capital MML CLO VII with a repricing

BlackRock prices first middle market CLO following Tennenbaum buyout
BlackRock has priced its first CLO backed by loans to middle market companies since acquiring private credit manager Tennenbaum Capital Partners in 2018

Canadian direct lender takes on US mid market CLO
Toronto-based Mount Logan Capital is set to acquire portfolio management rights to a middle market CLO issued by Garrison Investment Group named Garrison MML CLO 2019-1. Pending investor approval, Mount Logan would become the first Canada-based firm to manage a US CLO

Owl Rock plans first lien loan-only mid market CLO
Owl Rock Capital Advisors is taking a new approach with plans for a middle market CLO formed exclusively of US first lien loans

Mid-market CLO issuance returns as Fortress prices $390 million deal
Fortress Investment Group has overcome mid-market CLO headwinds to become only the second manager to price a new issue deal since covid-19

Raymond James scores first arranging credit with Deerpath CLO
Deerpath Capital Management has priced its second CLO backed by loans to middle market companies as Raymond James scored its first CLO arranging credit as co-placement agent

Global mid market CLO league tables: Golub and Natixis lead by a distance
Golub Capital and Natixis dominated the mid market CLO space in 2019 in the manager and arranger league tables, respectively

Crescent swoops into mid market CLOs with 'reverse-sequential' ramp-up strategy
Crescent Capital Group is launching its debut CLO backed by middle market loans and has opted to use an unusual ramp-up tactic

Churchill splits double Bs for first mid market CLO in two years
Churchill Asset Management has priced its first middle market CLO of the year in a transaction which underlines how lower-rated CLO debt tranches are increasingly being carved up into senior and junior pieces

Mid market CLO league tables: springing back into life after September drought
After a September hiatus, three managers returned to mid market CLOs in October to bring issuance back on track as monthly volume exceeded $1 billion for the sixth time this year

BlackRock’s first mid-market CLO to be managed by experienced team acquired from Tennenbaum in 2018
BlackRock is on track to become the latest manager to start issuing CLOs backed by loans to middle market companies.

Barings prices CLO backed by mid market loans
Barings has produced its third CLO transaction backed by loans to middle market companies

Mid market CLO league tables: Golub and Natixis increase their leads
August saw over $2 billion of issuance in the mid market space with managers that have been active this year, returning managers and debut managers all pricing last month. 

Guggenheim CLO syndicate co-head joins sports and media finance company
A Guggenheim Partners managing director has left the firm to join sports and entertainment financing provider 23 Capital

Barclays makes mid market CLO breakthrough with first transaction
Barclays has got its middle market CLO business off the ground

Mid market CLO league tables: Natixis and Golub reign supreme
June brought just three middle market CLOs pricings with two new issues and one refinancing that totalled $1.6 billion, bringing the year-to-date volume to $9.9 billion. Natixis is the leading arranger, having a hand in 38% of deals

Barings shows way forward with BDC-sponsored CLO
The unusual move by Barings BDC to issue a US CLO suggests a new way for BDCs to lock in cheap financing and withstand volatility.