Permira confirms co-heads of credit platform
European alternative credit manager Permira Credit has named David Hirschmann and Ariadna Stefanescu as co-heads, effective immediately, as parent company Permira makes plans to expand the credit business

Middle market CLO continue to roll with new Guggenheim deal
The middle market has continued its strong start to the year, with Guggenheim Investments following on from Blue Owl with its own new USD 400m offering, Guggenheim MM CLO 2024-7

Expect to see a European MM CLO this year, conference hears
A European middle-market CLO is closer than ever to becoming a reality in 2024, according to the consensus view at S&P Global’s 2024 Structured Finance Outlook

Global CLO rankings - FY 2023
Our full rankings for the global CLO market, including arrangers, law firms and trustees

US MM CLO rankings - FY 2023
Our full rankings for the US MM CLO market, including arrangers, managers, law firms and trustees

Blue Owl prices first private credit CLO of the year
Blue Owl yesterday pulled the trigger on its CLO primary market activity in 2024, pricing the first private credit deal of the year, and its own 25th private credit CLO since inception

2023: a bumper year for CLO funds
It looks like 2023 will finish as a solid year for most credit funds, and an outstanding one for CLO funds. But funds pursuing corporate distressed strategies continued to struggle

Blue Owl cuts equity by a third in reset of 2019 CLO
Blue Owl last week capped off a busy 12 months with a dramatic reset of its first-ever private credit CLO, the 2019-vintage Owl Rock CLO I – marking the manager’s 24th middle market deal

US MM CLO rankings - November 2023 YTD
Our latest rankings for the US MM CLO market, including volumes and arranger and manager league tables

Middle market issuance continues with Deerpath deal
Deerpath Capital Management has priced its second new middle market deal this year, a transaction valued at USD 353.65m featuring three fixed-rate tranches

CLO market round-up: 27 Nov - 1 Dec
After a busy Thanksgiving week, CLO pricing activity was substantially quieter last week, with only a handful of deals in the market.

Middle market rush continues as AllianceBernstein prices new CLO
AllianceBernstein is the latest manager to price an end-of-year mid-market CLO, with a USD 397.44m new issue yesterday 

CLO market round-up: 20 - 24 Nov 2023
Thanksgiving or not, last week was a banner week for middle market CLO deals, with no fewer than five pricing

Global head of CLOs and loans switches firm to focus on private credit
Dan Robinson, Man Group's managing partner of capital asset solutions and global head of CLOs and loans has moved to a new asset manager

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. 

Blackstone prices BDC CLO
The past few days have seen a bevy of action in the middle market CLO space – alongside Barings’ double deal and the new Athena II CLO from Blue Owl, Blackstone priced its first offering in the private credit space, with an upsized USD 492.665m transaction.

Scotia adds middle-market lead arranger credit with new Guggenheim CLO
Fresh off the back of its first CLO as sole structuring and lead placement agent, Scotiabank has followed up almost immediately with its second lead role in as many days, arranging Guggenheim’s new USD 475m middle-market CLO

PGIM pushes into the middle market with Windhill CLO 1
The latest in a brace of middle-market CLOs to hit the primary market this week was PGIM’s Windhill CLO 1, arranged by Natixis, which marked the manager’s debut in the middle market 

Barings prices two deals in a day
In a highly unusual move, Barings yesterday priced two middle market CLOs, worth a combined USD 862.15m, within hours of each other

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First CLO reissue since 2021 prices
Cerberus Business Finance has priced the first reissue since 2021, in a reworking of its Cerberus Loan Funding XXIX CLO, according to market sources. The transaction has been renamed Cerberus Loan Funding XLIII.

US MM CLO rankings - October 2023 YTD
Our latest rankings for US MM CLO issuance tp to the end of October

Audax adds new middle market CLO
Audax Senior Debt CLO 8, arranged by BNP Paribas, was upsized to USD 505.5m

CLO market welcomes new middle market manager as BDC CLO prices
The CLO market welcomed merchant bank BDT & MSD Partners to the universe of managers today as Deutsche Bank arranged MSD BDC CLO 1