Rivals mull replicating Apollo's new CLO variant
EXCLUSIVE: Following the recent launch of Apollo’s AMAPS vehicles, at least two other investment managers with CLO businesses are looking at the possibility of creating similar structures of their own

New private credit CLOs print from Apollo and Churchill
Apollo's ADL CLO 3 was valued at USD 515m and issued through Citi, while Churchill paired with Bank of America to price its USD 349m MMSLF CLO-V

Redding Ridge prices newest US BSL CLO with AAAs at 120bps
The manager issued its latest deal via RBC as a USD 506.1m transaction

Apollo predicts banks will trade AMAPS notes someday
EXCLUSIVE: Apollo’s head of asset-backed finance says that Apollo’s newly-launched CLO alternative AMAPS will one day be traded by banks

New US BSL CLOs issue from Elmwood, Apollo and Five Arrows as AAA spreads solidify at 120bps
Elmwood and Apollo have priced new half-billion-dollar US BSL CLOs this week, as Five Arrows also printed a new USD 405m transaction via Citi

Comfortable with being uncomfortable
Despite macro concerns, CLO warehouses remain open. Deals may be delayed, but attendees at the Creditflux CLO Symposium were confident CLO issuance this year will match that of 2025

Apollo introduces new type of ‘next-generation’ CLO
The new product, unveiled by firm CEO Marc Rowan on Apollo’s first-quarter earnings call, looks to take the benefits of existing BSL CLOs and pair them with improved performance for investors

Diameter prices US CLO reset with Apollo as co-placement agent
Barclays was the lead arranger on the USD 458m repricing of the 2024-vintage BSL deal

CLO manager rankings by AUM – FY 2025
Blackstone once again ended the year on top, but Apollo broke through to secure the second spot

An opportunity-rich 2026 also promises fresh challenges for the US CLO market
EXCLUSIVE: A new Fed chair, AI dominance, and heightened fraud awareness are setting the stage for an interesting 2026 in the US CLO market

MidCap prints rare static mid-market CLO
The middle market specialist issued the half-billion-dollar new issue via Bank of America

Apollo, PGIM latest to price new US CLOs at 122bps
Apollo’s USD 555m print was arranged via Citi and was the latest in the line of Rad CLOs from Irradiant, which Apollo purchased earlier this year, while PGIM priced Dryden 120 CLO through Nomura

Prepayment headwinds should diminish after CLO purchase reduction – Apollo
The firm also said that it is preaching risk reduction after previously noting on its last earnings call that CLO spreads had tightened to unsustainable levels

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

Mid-market flurry continues as three private credit deals price
Private credit CLO issuance is powering ahead with three deals, together valued at USD 1.27bn, pricing in a single day from market heavyweights Golub, Carlyle and MidCap

Apollo resets 2021 CLO near market floor
Apollo’s Redding Ridge Asset Management has priced another US CLO reset with triple As close to the market floor at SOFR plus 129bps

Apollo looks elsewhere, saying CLOs suffer from commoditization
The alternative asset manager said CLOs have tightened to levels that are unsustainable

Apollo Debt Solutions BDC issues first BSL CLO
The half-billion-dollar deal follows an initial mid-market print from the non-traded BDC fund at the end of April

Ares and Apollo price US resets at 131
The two leading managers both priced US resets on Wednesday, together valued at almost USD 1.2bn

CLO industry marks 10-year anniversary of the first reset
Apollo Global Management pulled off the very first reset in June 2015, which extended the life of a 2012 CLO

Redding Ridge resets second Irradiant CLO within a week
The reset of Rad CLO 20 comes five days after the manager's reset of another Irradiant deal, Rad CLO 15

Apollo’s Redding Ridge resets Irradiant deal from 2021
The reset of the short-dated deal renewed the timetable as a standard-duration 2Y/5Y

GoldenTree snaps up global award... again
Last year, GoldenTree was named Creditflux Global Manager of the Year. This year it repeated that achievement — but it also swooped for our US manager of the year and closed-end fund awards

Apollo prices newest CLO with triple As at mid-130s
RR 40 issued with its top-of-stack paper at SOFR plus 134bps

Redding Ridge reprices first Irradiant CLO since takeover
Apollo’s CLO management subsidiary priced a reset of a two-year-old BSL deal, moving the short-dated issue to a standard-duration 2Y/5Y timetable