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

CalPERS hires Dutch pension alum to head private debt
The new hire fills the empty seat left by Jean Hsu, who retired from the position last year

Octagon prints new vanilla US BSL deal
The half-billion-dollar CLO priced its sole tranche of triple As at SOFR plus 130bps

Octagon refinances three-year-old BSL deal
The US manager priced a USD 731.5m partial repricing of its 2022-vintage Octagon 64 CLO

Octagon prices eighth deal of 2025 with reset of two-year-old US CLO
Arranged by RBC, the repricing of Octagon 61 was the manager’s second reset of the year

Octagon more than doubles equity size in 2022-vintage US BSL reset
The USD 708m transaction also upsized the debt tranches by some USD 90m

CLO manager M&A driven by search for talent and scale
Irradiant’s star investor Maji set to depart as firm is acquired

JPMorgan strikes private credit partnership with Octagon
EXCLUSIVE: JPMorgan and Octagon's private credit tie-up comes as both expand into the private credit space

Octagon launches debut direct lending fund seeded by Generali Investments
EXCLUSIVE: Generali Investments has agreed to provide seed capital for Fund I, which will pursue sponsor-backed direct lending deals in the middle and upper middle market    

CVC, Octagon price new US issues with AAAs at current tight
CVC's print established a new low this year for the overall cost of funding on a standard-duration US CLO with AAAs at 113bps  

Octagon cracks 100bps spread barrier with latest US CLO refi
Octagon has priced its second US BSL-backed refinancing this year    

Three managers print new US BSL CLOs near market tights
New-issue US BSL CLOs deals from Rockford Tower, Golub and Octagon priced triple-A paper between four and eight basis points wide of the year-to-date tight

Octagon prints partial refi of 2019-vintage US BSL CLO
Octagon Credit Investors, working with BNP Paribas as the arranger, has printed a USD 492m partial refinancing 

US CLO resets price from Octagon, Trimaran, Sculptor and UBS
Four managers -- Octagon, Trimaran, Sculptor and UBS -- has priced end-of-year US BSL resets totalling USD 2bn  

Octagon prices its 11th CLO reset this year
Octagon Credit Investors has reset its Octagon 62 deal, a US BSL CLO that dates back to 2022. Citi served as the arranger of the transaction.

Octagon resets 2020 vintage CLO for a second time
A new reset of a 2020 vintage US BSL CLO managed by Octagon has priced, with senior triple-As coming in at SOFR plus 136bps

Octagon adds USD 43.5m of equity in reset of 2017 deal
Octagon Credit Investors has upsized and reset Octagon 32, a US BSL CLO from 2017 that has been refinanced twice in recent years

Octagon resets 2022-vintage US CLO
Octagon has reset a 2022-vintage US CLO worth USD 462.5m via Nomura

Octagon prints its fourth new US BSL CLO of 2024
The latest deal from Octagon, arranged by Citi, showed no signs of investor fatigue despite the rush of US issuance

Octagon resets 2021-vintage US CLO
The flow of US refi and reset activity continued on Wednesday, with Octagon Credit Investors pricing a reset of a 2021-vintage CLO

Octagon resets 2016 vintage a second time
Octagon on Friday reset Octagon Investment Partners 29 and added a USD 56.30m equity infusion.

Octagon prices third new issue CLO of 2024
Octagon Credit Investors returned to the CLO new issue market for the third time this year with the pricing on Thursday of Octagon 69, a US BSL CLO

Another 2016 vintage CLO gets reset as Octagon stays busy
Octagon Credit Investors reset its 2016 vintage Octagon 28 for a second time on Thursday

Octagon refis 2019 vintage CLO
Octagon Credit Investors has refinanced the top four tranches of Octagon Investment Partners 43, a half-billion dollar deal from 2019

RBC arranges two new US deals part one - Octagon 63
Octagon Credit Investors has priced its second new CLO of the year – and its fifth deal overall in 2024