Ex-Morgan Stanley head of originations starts as Octagon’s head of private credit
EXCLUSIVE: The new hire will lead the liquid credit shop’s new direct-lending strategy, launched earlier this year

Clearlake seals largest new direct lending deal for Dun & Bradstreet
Ares leads deal, taking USD 1.5bn; Morgan Stanley, Clearlake Capital Markets, Golub and Blue Owl also helped arrange the largest new unitranche ever

Clearlake, direct lenders plan to ink USD 5bn private credit loan for Dun & Bradstreet
EXCLUSIVE: A group of direct lenders led by Ares are wrapping up a USD 5bn term loan and USD 500m revolver, prepping to sign commitment documents within hours

Morgan Stanley launches European direct lending fund open to Europe's wealthy
The investment management arm of Morgan Stanley hopes to leverage its US wealth experience to distribute the new product to European clients  

Oaktree picks Morgan Stanley managing director for credit team
Oaktree Capital Management has hired Morgan Stanley's Loris Nazarian as managing director and assistant portfolio manager

Arrow Global names new senior-level hires
London-based asset manager announces new CIO of credit and direct lending

Opale selects three funds for tactical credit investment strategy
Digital platform for French investors launches first private debt investment strategy

Morgan Stanley snags Credit Suisse structuring veteran
Morgan Stanley has hired a structured credit veteran to run its corporate credit financing business in EMEA

BlackRock prints middle market CLO via two arranging banks
BlackRock priced a new CLO named Mt Hood CLO X on Tuesday, the first new transaction pbacked by middle market loans to print in three weeks

Golub prices second billion dollar and second-largest CLO of 2021
Golub Capital has priced the second largest CLO of 2021

Credit funds at a glance (June 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

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

BlackRock issues mid market CLO after refinancing warehouse line with Morgan Stanley
BlackRock has priced an unusual middle market CLO that refinances a warehouse line Morgan Stanley provided 

Credit funds at a glance (May 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit 

Morgan Stanley flies the banner for Brigade and Maranon new CLOs
Morgan Stanley printed two new CLOs this week after scoring mandates from Brigade Capital Management and Maranon Capital

Golub prints its largest CLO of 2021 at $603 million
Golub has teamed up with Morgan Stanley to print its largest CLO transaction so far in 2021

Three managers print middle market CLOs worth $1.3 billion
Three managers - Apollo affilliate MidCap, Cerberus, and Maranon - brought new CLOs to market backed by loans to middle market companies on Friday. Worth a total of $1.32 billion, the three CLOs account for 16% of 2020 mid market CLO issuance and 21% of total issuance post-covid

Morgan Stanley grows direct lending arm in New York with two hires
The bank has added a second hire to its private debt team having appointed an ex-Carlyle official to a newly created role as head of direct lending 

Ivy Hill prices first billion-dollar mid market CLO of 2018
The Los Angeles-based firm issued its first new middle-market CLO in almost 12 months on Friday

Ares raises $2.15 billion in seven months for private credit strategy
Ares Management has raised about $2.15 billion for a private credit fund over just seven months, as it creeps close to its $2.5 billion cap