Credit Rendezvous: ready and waiting
In Creditflux's quarterly review of credit, portfolio managers tell us that Inflation is likely to nudge higher but they are optimistic because dispersion will pick up and windows of volatility will emerge, rather than elongated phases of stress 

Monroe issues first CLO since Bonaccord equity deal
Monroe Capital has priced its first new CLO in nine months, issuing a $455 million middle market transaction named Monroe Capital MML CLO XI

SocGen arranges low levered CLO for mid market firm
Societe Generale arranged its first new issue CLO of 2021 on Thursday, issuing a $395.5 million transaction managed by Owl Rock Capital Advisors

Cerberus prints second mid market CLO of 2021
Cerberus Loan Management has become only the second manager to price two middle market CLOs in 2021, having teamied up with Wells Fargo to issue the $368.1 million deal named Cerberus XXXII

Deerpath makes tracks in CLO primary for first time in 2021
Deerpath Capital Management has returned to the CLO primary market for the first time in 2021, printing a $362.9 million new issue named Deerpath Capital CLO 2021-1

Golub prints its largest CLO of 2021 at $603 million
Golub has teamed up with Morgan Stanley to print its largest CLO transaction so far in 2021

Ares affiliate re-emerges in mid market with first primary CLO for three years
Ivy Hill Asset Management, the direct lending affiliate of Ares Management, has priced its first CLO primary market transaction in almost three years, completing a $499.3 million new issue backed by loans to middle market companies

BMO makes new issue CLO breakthrough with first lead arranger role
BMO Capital Markets has completed its first solo CLO assignment as arranger by pricing a middle market CLO for its affiliate BMO Asset Management on Friday

Golub goes from fixed to mixed in mid market CLO refi
Golub Capital Partners has refinanced the fixed-rate tranches of its 2017 vintage middle market CLO named Golub Capital Partners CLO 34(M), converting the bonds into a mix of fixed and floating-rate liabilities in the process

Madison matches mid-market tights with first CLO primary deal since July
Madison Capital priced its first CLO deal in eight months on Wednesday, teaming up with Wells Fargo to reset 2017's MCF CLO V for an extra four years of reinvestment

Blackstone cuts spreads on post-reinvestment mid market CLO
Blackstone Credit has refinanced four tranches of a 2019 middle market CLO just over four months after the deal left reinvestment

Mid market CLO spreads reach tightest point since 2018 as Fortress prices new issue
Four-year triple A spreads on middle market CLOs reached new post-covid tights on Friday as Fortress Investment Group issued a deal with first-pays at just 155 basis points over Libor

Antares reclaims largest 2.0 CLO moniker at new market tights
Antares Capital reclaimed its title as the manager of the largest 2.0 CLO on Tuesday by upsizing its debut deal to a huge $2.29 billion as part of a reset

It's all relative: CLOs march tighter as macro traders open positive CDS skews
Credit default swaps are back near where they started the year after giving up their early-February gains amid a rise in government bonds. CDS curves steepened over the past month and macro hedging has left indices trading with positive skews. But CLOs paint a calmer picture in which spreads have inched tighter  

Natixis scores CLO hat-trick with AB, OFS and Cerberus
The CLO primary desk at Natixis went on a $1.2 billion CLO spree on Friday, pricing deals For AB Private Credit Investors, Cerberus Business Finance and Orchard First Source

BlackRock scores biggest mid market CLO since 2018
BlackRock has teamed up with Barclays to print a second CLO backed by loans to middle market companies following its buyout of Tennenbaum Capital Partners in 2018

Credit manager prices second tech-focused CLO after 2.5-year break
Vista Credit Opportunities has priced its second ever CLO backed by loans to middle market companies in the technology sector

MidCap prints largest CLO transaction for 12 months with $1.2 billion reset
MidCap, the middle market affiliate of Apollo, has priced the largest CLO primary transaction in almost exactly 12 months, printing a reset of its huge $1.2 billion mid market CLO named Woodmont 2017-2

Credit Rendezvous: heading for homes
Fund managers in structured credit, real assets and distressed are bullish on the prospects for residential housing in 2021. Elsewhere, niche royalty-based strategies are in favour and although a CLO repricing wave is expected, it may not be easy to execute resets. For more, read our 13-page quarterly report on credit. 

PennantPark wraps up 2020 with second mid market CLO via GreensLedge and Capital One
New York-based direct lender PennantPark Investment Advisers priced its second CLO in late December, teaming up once more with GreensLedge and Capital One to issue the $300.7 million deal

FS KKR resets 2019 CLO with single As the only tranche to tighten
FS Investments and KKR's business development company, FS KKR Capital Corp, has reset its sole CLO from 2019

Chicago-based manager returns with first CLO in over three years
A US CLO manager has returned to the primary market with its first new issue since October 2017

Owl Rock prices tech-focused CLO
Owl Rock Capital Partners has priced a rare middle market CLO backed by loans to companies in the technology sector

Three managers print middle market CLOs worth $1.3 billion
Three managers - Apollo affilliate MidCap, Cerberus, and Maranon - brought new CLOs to market backed by loans to middle market companies on Friday. Worth a total of $1.32 billion, the three CLOs account for 16% of 2020 mid market CLO issuance and 21% of total issuance post-covid

Audax brings mid market CLOs under management to $1.5 billion
Audax Private Debt has brought its CLOs under management up to $1.5 billion after pricing its fourth new issue deal via Bank of America