Audax adds bumper MM CLO
Audax Private Debt added to this week’s parade of middle market deals, pricing the second-largest MM CLO of the year on Wednesday

Churchill adds new private credit CLO to roster
While most market attention in recent weeks has been on the BSL side of the ledger, Churchill announced the pricing of a new USD 298.06m middle market transaction on Friday, the third CLO from Nuveen Churchill Direct Lending Corp and its first of 2024

Guggenheim returns to middle market CLO issuance after 18 months away
Guggenheim Investments priced its first middle market CLO in over 18 months on Thursday in a deal structured by Natixis

Blue Owl surpasses $1 billion mid market CLOs in 2023 as asset class booms
Blue Owl Capital became the second firm to print three middle market CLOs in 2023 on Tuesday, surpassing $1 billion in volumes for the year

Fortress issues 2023's first CLO backed by middle market loans
Fortress Investment Group has priced the first middle market CLO of the new year

Fortress prints first Sofr-linked middle market CLO
Fortress Investment Group has priced the first middle market CLO with liabilities linked to Sofr

First Eagle prints fourth middle market CLO
First Eagle Investment Management has priced its fourth and largest middle market CLO, bringing its mid market deals under management to $1.5 billion

Audax prints its largest middle market CLO to date
Audax Private Debt has issued its largest CLO to date named Audax Senior Debt CLO 6, which came in at $601.35 million

SMBC Nikko builds on CLO momentum with mid market deal for Monroe
SMBC Nikko has picked up its third CLO credit this year

Golub issues 2021's third-largest middle market CLO
Golub Capital Partners has issued the third-largest middle market CLO of 2021 to date

LP round up: big name managers win direct lending mandates amid $1.5 billion allocations
Apollo, Ares, Barings and CVC were among the beneficiaries of the direct lending rush in May 

KKR, Oak Hill and Madison print combined $1.3 billion CLO resets
KKR Credit, Oak Hill Advisors and Madison Capital each priced a CLO reset on Wednesday, with the three deals amounting to $1.27 billion

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

It's all relative: CLOs march tighter as macro traders open positive CDS skews
Credit default swaps are back near where they started the year after giving up their early-February gains amid a rise in government bonds. CDS curves steepened over the past month and macro hedging has left indices trading with positive skews. But CLOs paint a calmer picture in which spreads have inched tighter  

Credit fundraising: Dubai manager gets in on the act as direct lending takes off
Shuaa launches credit fund in the Gulf as Ares, Contingency, HPS and Perceptive are among those to close billion-plus funds

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

Golub sets new record with seventh US CLO of 2019
Golub Capital Partners has become the first CLO manager to price seven new issues in the US market since 2010

Mid-market CLO issuance crosses $10 billion as Madison prices reset
Madison Capital Funding priced a reset of a 2014 middle-market CLO this week, according to market sources

Pension fund puts another $60 million into Asian direct lending strategy
An Asia-focused direct lending fund that has attracted interest from scores of institutional investors, has netted a repeat investment from one of its clients after delivering 10% capital appreciation