522 Funding CLO 2020-6 gets a refinancing and a new name
Morgan Stanley Eaton Vance has refinanced 522 Funding CLO 2020-6, a US BSL deal from 2020

Direct lending defaults decline for all except middle market according to Proskauer
Default rates for US direct loans declined to 1.95% in the third quarter of 2024 from 2.71% in the second quarter, according to a new report from law firm Proskauer

Northwestern Mutual makes it three for 2024 with latest new US issue
Northwestern Mutual prices its third new CLO this year with a USD 403.7m US BSL issue via Morgan Stanley   

Fund performance
August returns were largely positive for credit hedge funds, as 88% of those listed in the Creditflux database reached into the black

September 2024 US Leveraged Highlights
While new money activity in the loan market reached its highest point in the last 18 months in 3Q24, it remains significantly lower than historical averages

Benefit Street Partners resets 2016-vintage CLO
A reset of a 2016-vintage US BSL CLO from Benefit Street Partners has priced with a senior triple-A tranche at SOFR plus 137bps

Angelo Gordon refinances CLO that turned heads with step-up structure
Triple-A investors in the Northwoods Capital XII-B reissued step-up tranche had a great run, but have now be refinanced

Blackstone prints new US BSL CLO at 135bps
Blackstone priced a new US BSL USD 509.3m CLO with triple-As at 135bps over SOFR

Cerberus secures major tightening with mid-market refi
Middle market CLO specialist Cerberus priced its first refi deal of the year after three new-issue offerings

Private credit default rate rises sharply, according to new report
The second quarter of 2024 saw a further increase in the default rate for US middle market companies, according to legal firm Proskauer's latest report

Angelo Gordon adds fresh equity for 2018 CLO reset
Angelo Gordon’s latest reset of a 2018-vintage CLO saw a huge equity injection. The deal was originally a reissue of a 2014 deal.

Fund performance
CLO funds dominate again as they take 18 spots in top 30 list

AMMC refinances 2022 vintage CLO
American Money Management Corporation has refinanced a 2022 vintage CLO, knocking 20bps from the senior spread

Unusual Golub CLO sees huge upsize
Golub Capital concluded last week with the reset of an unusual static middle market deal – a US CLO with a rare euro-denominated tranche

2020 vintage MM CLO gets a reset
PennantPark has priced its third middle-market CLO offering of 2024, a reset of a 2020-vintage CLO that was the manager’s second transaction

Ares refinances 2019 vintage CLO
Ares CLO Management on Friday refinanced Ares LIV CLO, a 2019 vintage US BSL CLO

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

Golub resets 2019 vintage middle market CLO
Golub Capital Investment Management reset Golub Capital Partners CLO 46 last week

Shenkman refis three tranches of 2015 vintage BSL CLO
Shenkman Capital Management has refinanced three tranches of a BSL CLO from 2015. CIBC was the sole arranger of the refi.

Golub keeps up the pace with big static BSL CLO
Golub has returned to the market with another typically sizeable offering, adding the fifth-largest deal of the year to their portfolio 

Largest new-issue CLO since 2017 prices
Golub Capital has stunned the market with its new-issue middle market CLO that priced on Tuesday – upsized from USD 500m to a mammoth USD 1.34bn

Scotia continues growth with new CLO for Fortress
The middle market has continued its strong start to the year, with Fortress Investment Group yesterday setting a new benchmark for middle market pricing

Credit PMs remain gloomy in latest IACPM survey
Survey participants in the latest IACPM Credit Outlook Survey believe the euphoria seen in global financial markets during the last few months of 2023 was overdone

Riverstone Credit Partners co-founders launch new energy credit investment company
New energy industry credit investment firm Breakwall Capital will focus on sustainable infrastructure investments, the circular economy and next-gen fuels