KBRA hires Scott Duggal as it raids buy-side, sell-side, and journalism
Ratings agency KBRA has turned to the buy-side, sell-side, and journalism for a raft of senior hires in Europe

Clearlake Capital agrees to buy MV Credit
Clearlake Capital has agreed to purchase European credit manager MV Credit Partners from Natixis Investment Managers

Ares lowers 2024 tights with new middle market CLO
Ares continued its busy year with its 22nd transaction – a new middle market CLO that set a new triple-A tight for 2024

Barings prices reset of 2023 middle market CLO
Barings has reset a 2023-vintage static CLO into a reinvesting deal, bringing in the triple-As 77bps at the same time

Credit funds at a glance
Top performers, recent hires and recent fundraising

US MM CLO Rankings - July 2024
Our latest rankings for the US MM CLO market, including arranger and manager league tables

ABPCI reduces equity size in reset of 2017 middle market CLO
AB Private Credit Investors on Friday printed a reset of ABPCI Direct Lending Fund CLO II, the second reset of the 2017 vintage deal

Deerpath resets debut MM CLO for the second time
Deerpath Capital Management has priced a reset of US middle-market deal Deerpath Capital CLO 2018-1, the first-ever CLO from the manager

Hayfin agrees to Arctos-backed management buyout
The management team at Hayfin Capital Management is taking over the company in a management buyout backed by Arctos Partners

Blue Owl prices first tech private credit CLO with 5Y RP
Blue Owl has printed a new middle-market CLO dubbed Athena CLO IV which is the first technology CLO with a 5-year reinvestment schedule

Jefferies stokes middle market with new CLO
Middle market CLO issuance has slowed a little in recent weeks, but that changed last week when Jefferies Credit Partners priced its first deal in 13 months

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

Rapid growth shows middle market CLO no longer BSL’s little brother
Middle market CLOs, the once niche sector that securitises private credit loans, is seeing a growth spurt. What was a junior partner to the much larger BSL world is now a sizeable entity of its own.

Credit funds at a glance
Top indices; recent hires; recent fundraising

US MM CLO Rankings - June 2024
Our latest rankings for the US MM CLO market, including arranger and manager league tables

Golub goes with 5Y RP for latest MM CLO reset
Rounding off a prolific month, Golub Capital priced its third deal in three weeks last Friday, with a reset of a middle market CLO.

New survey explores middle-market CLO operations
S&P Global Market Intelligence, in collaboration with Creditflux, conducted a study of middle-market CLO managers to assess how specialists are adapting their operations to tap this burgeoning opportunity

Crescent Capital shakes up senior-leadership team
Los Angeles-based alternative credit specialist Crescent Capital Group is updating its senior-leadership team with several key promotions

Blue Owl prints middle-market CLO with 5Y RP
Blue Owl Credit Advisors priced a new middle-market CLO Tuesday with the first five year reinvestment periods in a private credit CLO since 2018

Comvest aims to become the first debut US manager of the year
Comvest Capital Advisory Services is in the market with its debut CLO: Comvest Credit 2024-1 CLO, a middle-market deal. The deal will make Comvest the first new US CLO manager of 2024. 

Middle market CLO reset spreads tighten dramatically in new Golub reset
Golub had a busy Friday last week, with a reset of a massive middle-market deal from 2018 showing the tightest such triple A spreads this year

Another US MM CLO reset prices from Deerpath
The reset of the 2021-vintage middle-market Deerpath Capital CLO 2021-1 equalled 2024 tights for this type of deal

US MM CLO Rankings - May 2024
Our latest rankings for the US MM CLO market, including arranger and manager league tables

Carlyle gets tightest middle-market reset senior spreads of 2024
Carlyle has reset its Carlyle Direct Lending CLO 2015-1R, a 2015 vintage with an unusual history, with the tightest senior spread in a middle-market reset this year

Sycamore Tree hires Mizzen Capital’s Head of Business Development
Sycamore Tree has expanded its business development team with the addition of an ex-Mizzen Capital industry veteran