Beneath the triple C: downgrade rate slows as $8 billion of CLO loans tumble
May offered some respite to CLO portfolios as corporate downgrades to triple C were reduced heavily - affecting just $6.67 billion of US CLO paper and €1.09 billion of European CLO portfolios

Global CLO league tables - May 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - May 2020 YTD

Mid market CLO league tables: breakthrough as Owl Rock ends deal drought
After a barren April, mid-market CLO activity returned in May with Owl Rock pricing its second deal of the year

Dishware maker files for bankruptcy as CLOs hold $200 million
CLOs hold $207.58 million of Libbey Glass, which filed for chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on Monday, as a result of the firm's impending debt maturities and the impact of coronavirus

Iowa pension allocates $50 million to two private credit managers
Municipal Fire and Police Retirement System of Iowa has funded a commitment to credit after cutting infrastructure allocation by 2% 

Mid market CLO league tables: Golub keeps hold of top spot
A busy start to March saw three new mid-market deals by three new managers hit the market

Golub becomes second BDC to undertake rights offering this week
Golub Capital has become the second business development company to undertake a rights offering this week, following in the footsteps of Bain Capital, as BDCs seek capital to ride out challenges besetting the market from the coronavirus pandemic 

Credit managers hunker down as idiosyncratic risks persist
A slew of earnings reports from credit managers and business development companies shows that deal-making and performance are robust, but great importance is being placed on credit selection.

BDCs tap bond market to improve funding mix
A plethora of business development companies have turned to the institutional bond market to refinance their debt.

Global CLO league tables - February 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - February 2020 YTD

Mid market CLO league tables: Sumitomo enters the ring
Golub Capital became the first middle market CLO manager to price two deals in 2020 after partnering with first time lead arranger, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Nikko in February

SMBC Nikko arranges its first new issue CLO
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Nikko has scored its first ever new issue CLO arranging credit by pricing Golub Capital Partners’ latest middle market CLO

Golub prices its second largest CLO backed by broadly syndicated loans
Golub Capital Partners has priced its first new CLO backed by broadly syndicated loans for seven months today

US CLO league tables: old deals get a fresh start in the new year
The majority of CLO issuance last month was in all forms of repricings, which totalled $4.8 billion and accounted for 54.5% of US CLO volumes

Global CLO league tables - January 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - January 2020 YTD

Golub BDC originates $271 million in bumper Q4
Golub Capital BDC disclosed last week that it had originated $271.1 million in middle-market investment for the quarter ending 31 December 2019

Golub and Wells Fargo open 2020 CLO primary market
Golub Capital Partners has priced the first transaction in the CLO market this year

Global mid market CLO league tables: Golub and Natixis lead by a distance
Golub Capital and Natixis dominated the mid market CLO space in 2019 in the manager and arranger league tables, respectively

Golub makes its way into Europe with big direct lending hire in London
Golub Capital has ticked off one of its big targets for 2020 – establishing a European direct lending business – with market sources indicating that the firm has hired a senior official from Guggenheim in London

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

Global CLO league tables at a glance - November 2019 YTD
Global CLO league tables at a glance - November 2019 YTD

Mid market CLO league tables: first time managers crack the top five
Five new issue middle market CLOs priced in November for a combined total of $2 billion with Audax and Owl Rock doubling down in 2019.

CLO pipeline: high triple C bucket opens a Gateway to pricing
In less than ideal market conditions, even experienced CLO managers are learning new tricks to keep the pipeline full. Of the 11 US new CLOs that appear in the pipeline this week, two are high triple C bucket transactions