North American and European credit defaults to fall next year – S&P Global
Global credit default rates will remain contained next year with North American defaults falling to around 4% 

CLO issuance projected to hit new records in 2026 – KBRA
The ratings agency projects USD 220bn in issuance across US BSL CLOs and private credit CLOs as well as five to six European private credit CLOs next year

Apollo Debt Solutions issues second direct lending CLO
The print follows the manager’s inaugural such deal at the end of April, arranged by RBC and Apollo

Private credit managers find “white space” even as capital concentrates among the few – Mercer
Institutional investors commit most of their capital to established private credit firms of scale, but they’re often more willing to take a chance on newcomers in strategies outside of direct lending

Man Group to acquire CLO and private credit manager Bardin Hill
The USD 3bn credit manager, now named Bardin Hill, is a private credit and US CLO shop based in New York

Monroe launches client solutions group to build blended portfolios
EXCLUSIVE: The private credit firm is forming a team to build products that mix investments across strategies such as direct lending, CLOs, structured credit, venture and more

As direct lenders seek efficient, scalable financing tools, private credit CLOs are growing fast
PCLOs have reached USD 135bn, or 13% of the overall CLO market

Partners Group seeks to more than double private credit AUM
The alternative investment firm plans to grow private credit AUM to more than USD 70bn and could consider acquisitions

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.

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

First Eagle prices the market’s second MM refi of 2024
First Eagle last week priced a rare refinancing of a private credit deal - Lake Shore MM CLO II, a middle-market CLO from 2019

Golub raises USD 2bn for sixth credit opportunities fund
Golub Capital has held the final close of the sixth vintage of its credit opportunities fund, raising USD 2bn

Antares hires CSAM managing director
Antares Capital has hired a new managing director and global head of product strategy and development from CSAM

185bps settles in as MM CLO benchmark as Cerberus prices
Specialist middle market manager Cerberus added a second new issue to its 2024 roster on Friday, arranged by GreensLedge

BlackRock keeps up issuance with new middle market CLO
In a flurry of activity, BlackRock followed its Magnetite XVII reset last Tuesday with a new middle market CLO deal the following Wednesday, just outside the tightest such deal recorded so far this year

Golub resets 2019 vintage middle market CLO
Golub Capital Investment Management reset Golub Capital Partners CLO 46 last week

Golub keeps up the pace with big static BSL CLO
Golub has returned to the market with another typically sizeable offering, adding the fifth-largest deal of the year to their portfolio 

Deerpath prices new MM CLO
Deerpath Capital yesterday dipped its toe back in the primary market water for the first time since December

Big is beautiful for latest Antares MM CLO
Last week saw Antares Capital Advisers price its first new CLO of the year, a giant middle-market deal that also priced extremely tightly

Blue Owl pulls off tight reset for 2020 middle market CLO
Another Covid-era middle market deal was restructured yesterday, as Blue Owl pulled the trigger on a USD 395.31m reset 

Refi of PennantPark V middle-market CLO tightens triple-A by 90bps
Pennant Park has refinanced its PennantPark V CLO, a middle-market deal from late 2022

CLO managers laud market’s shift away from direct lending
This year’s annual SFVegas shindig had a record 8,900 registered delegates, and every CLO panel included a discussion of two key themes, including the highly publicised fight between the broadly syndicated loan space and private credit lenders.

Arrangers optimistic on prospects for CLO-like recurring revenue deals
Recurring revenue (RR) securitisations, one of the more obscure corners of the ABS market, are seeing a surge of interest, according to market sources, with at least three deals in the pipeline.

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