Arcano readies to price first European CLO next week and debut as a new manager
The Madrid-based manager is currently marketing a EUR 406.5m deal via Jefferies  

New Centerbridge print shows only slight mezz tightening compared to late 2024 levels
The manager’s first print of the year tightened triple As significantly from its last print in December, but priced only slightly narrower further down the stack  

The rise of LME blockers in Europe: valuable protection or an empty gesture?
A special report by Xtract Research, our sister product covenant analysis service, on LME blockers in Europe

Apollo’s Redding Ridge resets 2021-vintage CLO
The reworking of RR 19 priced its triple As in line with the current market average for US BSL resets  

Silver Point preps for first European CLO deal, hires trader for region
Silver Point is currently preparing its first deal and actively recruiting for its European platform 

State Street, Apollo’s private credit ETF launched before addressing all regulatory concerns - SEC
The SEC published an open letter implying that the industry’s first private credit ETF launched this week without getting proper approval.

AB prints its first new-issue private credit CLO in five months
The half-billion-dollar deal was the latest middle market CLO to price its triple As below SOFR plus 140bps  

Hamza Lemssouguer’s Arini aims to become a new US CLO manager
EXCLUSIVE: The European hedge fund has hired Goldman Sachs as arranger for its first US deal 

Blackstone plays ‘banker with a balance sheet’ to find lending deals
Blackstone’s BDC retreated to deploying in the upper middle market as the broadly syndicated market reclaimed large cap deals  

CLO banker Rachel Russell leaves Morgan Stanley for Brookfield
The bank’s head of global new CLO issuance departs after two decades at Morgan Stanley  

Citigroup’s Jim Hughes departs for TPG Angelo Gordon
TPG Angelo Gordon has nabbed the more than 20-year Citi veteran.

DWS prints the first infrastructure CLO of 2025
The latest deal in the RIN series is the first infrastructure-focused CLO this year

Audax and Nuveen price their first private credit CLOs of 2025
The deals – one new issue and one reset -- are the first middle market activity from either manager this year  

Alcentra raises over USD 1bn to invest in third-party as well as own CLOs
The funding will invest in CLO mezz and equity through the firm’s third-party CLO tranche investing platform and for its own issuance in Europe

M&G prices third new European CLO in post-crisis era
While spreads for the deal were generally fairly tight, there was some evidence of emerging weakness in the single As  

Apollo’s Redding Ridge agrees to acquire Irradiant to become top 5 CLO manager
The deal will also see Irradiant Partners’s senior management team take up positions across Redding Ridge and Apollo

Ex-Panagram CEO, CLO team launch new credit manager
The new Reckoner Capital Management is backed by RedBird Capital Partners

February global CLO issuance on track to beat 2021 record
Monthly global CLO issuance has passed the 100-deal mark in February, with a week of dealmaking still to go

Tikehau in ‘expansion mode’ to compete in the big leagues, mulls European private credit CLO
The French alternatives manager unveils partnership and expansion plans to compete with the alternative giants of the US market  

Alcentra returns to market with large new Euro issue
The deal is the first new European CLO from the manager since September  

CVC blows past fundraising target on its European direct lending fund
The alternative investment manager has already increased the fundraising target once for the 2023 vintage fund  

Northwestern Mutual prints 2025’s first new short-dated US CLO
The issue also marked the manager’s first issuance activity for the year

Deadline nears for 17th Creditflux Manager Awards submissions
The deadline for entries to the 17th annual Creditflux Manager Awards in May in London is closing in, with entries accepted until Tuesday 25th February.  

Large cap deals generating higher percentage of private credit defaults, S&P says
Larger private debt deals were also more likely to include a payment-in-kind feature

Alaska ups private credit co-investing to combat fund fees
The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation faces fee drag of around 15% for the asset class