US BSL CLO rankings – June 2026
As the first half of the year drew to a close, Carlyle enjoyed a strong month of issuance in June that saw it extend its lead over Elmwood and Blackstone at the top of Creditflux’s year-to-date US BSL CLO issuance tables

Carlyle maintains strong CLO issuance pace with fourth new US print this year
The manager paired with Bank of America to price Carlyle US CLO 2026-4, which was valued at USD 507.1m

US BSL CLO rankings – May 2026
Carlyle leads narrowly from Elmwood and Blackstone in Creditflux's latest year-to-date US BSL CLO issuance rankings, while SMBC Nikko consolidates its rise in the arranger ranks, claiming a 5.25% market share

Carlyle’s deputy CIO of credit says inflationary cost pressures starting to emerge
PODCAST: Inflationary impacts are beginning to emerge and are hard to ignore, although they remain manageable for now, according to Carlyle's deputy CIO of global credit Alex Chi on the latest episode of Credit Exchange

AllianceBernstein, Brookfield, and Carlyle to offer private markets products for retirement plans
The three firms will offer a turnkey private markets product for retirement savers

Virginia, Arkansas among systems expanding into alternative credit strategies
Recent Ares funds gain momentum with allocations from VRS, TCDRS; Arkansas Teachers plan multi-strategy credit SMAs with KKR, Brookfield

Carlyle prices market’s first private credit CLO in two weeks
Carlyle Direct Lending CLO 2026-1 priced its senior triple A paper at SOFR plus 165bps, reflecting widening in the market since the beginning of the month

Cash-poor LPs find side door to Carlyle’s new buyout fund
The alternative asset manager is offering select institutional investors an alternative to committing new cash to its upcoming private equity fund

Carlyle, Sixth Street BDCs find yield boost in CLOs
ANALYSIS: The two firms recently struck a joint venture that will buy up broadly syndicated loans and issue CLOs managed by the two teams

Carlyle prices its first new CLO for 2026
The USD 505m Carlyle CLO 2026-1 priced its senior triple A notes at SOFR plus 116bps

AI’s improvements to workflow will be felt in months, not years – Carlyle co-president Mark Jenkins
PODCAST: Speaking on the latest episode of Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee, Jenkins predicts the next stage will involve how corporates implement AI tools into their workflows, and that the process is “really in the first innings of implementation”

Carlyle AlpInvest backs USD 1.5bn Eldridge credit fund
Eldridge used a secondaries transaction to help establish its first private credit fund

‘In 2026 we will see data-centre term loans’
2026 outlook with Lauren Basmadjian, global head of liquid credit at Carlyle

Carlyle and Fidelity issue comparably structured new US CLOs
The comparably sized Carlyle US CLO 2025-7 and Ballyrock CLO 32 featured similar spreads through their capital structures

Latest Carlyle CLO issues AAAs at SOFR plus 122bps
The manager's newest US CLO priced on Tuesday as a USD 509m print via Deutsche Bank

Carlyle anticipates 4Q25 exit uptick from USD 4bn realization pipeline
Medline IPO not expected in 4Q25; More than USD 1bn raised from UBS private wealth partnership

US resets flow as Oak Hill Advisors sets new AA benchmark
Around USD 1.38bn of resets priced this week from Oak Hill Advisors, Carlyle, UBS and Intermediate Capital Group, with OHA's print setting a new benchmark in the double As of SOFR plus 150bps

Former Claren Road execs launch new private credit business
EXCLUSIVE: The new firm, Claren Road Private Credit Solutions, has already started managing assets for SMA clients

Carlyle’s US CLO PM leaves for Elmwood
New York-based portfolio manager Megan Saltzman has moved to Elmwood from her previous role as MD in Carlyle's structured credit group

Carlyle nabs head of direct lending origination from Golub
EXCLUSIVE: The firm also hired a second managing director focused on originations as it re-staffs its direct lending franchise

Palmer Square and Carlyle print latest resets
Palmer Square and Caryle priced US BSL resets to round out last week, with the deals together totalling just under USD 860m

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

Private credit firms lean on origination partners to push into asset-backed lending
The private credit juggernaut keeps trundling on, with firms such as Carlyle and Fortress thrusting into the private asset-backed finance market, which by some estimates could be worth USD 30tn

We are seeing a slowdown in sales and earnings growth – Carlyle’s Lauren Basmadjian
The roll out of tariffs and economic uncertainty that kicked off earlier this year is starting to take a toll on portfolio companies, and Carlyle’s head of liquid credit is taking a more conservative stance as spreads remain remarkably tight