BlackRock prices first middle market CLO following Tennenbaum buyout
BlackRock has priced its first CLO backed by loans to middle market companies since acquiring private credit manager Tennenbaum Capital Partners in 2018

Owl Rock surpasses $1 billion 2020 CLO issuance with three-tranche deal
Owl Rock has passed $1 billion in CLO new issue volume for 2020 by printing its third CLO backed by middle market loans since the March sell-off

Cerberus takes lead in mid market CLO volume post-covid
Cerberus Business Finance has become the middle market CLO manager with the highest new issue volumes post-covid by printing its second new issue deal since April

AB returns to mid market CLOs with first new issue post-covid
AllianceBernstein has issued its second middle market CLO of 2020, and its first in the post-covid market environment

MidCap brings CLO resets back with largest deal since sell-off
MidCap Financial, the direct lending arm of Apollo Global, has priced the first CLO reset since February, teaming up with Wells Fargo to repurpose its 2017 vintage CLO named Woodmont 2017-1 Trust. The transaction is the largest in the CLO market post-covid, coming in at a huge $651.8 million

Cerberus ends 10-month CLO absence with tight triple-As
Cerberus Business Finance ends a 10-month absence from middle market CLO new issues by partnering with Natixis to price Cerberus Loan Funding XXVIII

Antares makes middle market CLO return with delayed-draw double Bs
Antares Capital has priced the third largest new CLO amid the coronavirus pandemic, after teaming with BNP Paribas on Friday to place its first primary market transaction of 2020

First Eagle prices one-year mid market CLO
First Eagle has priced its latest CLO backed by middle market loans

Golub puts unfunded single A tranche into mid-market new issue CLO
Golub Capital has slotted an unfunded single A-rated tranche into a new middle market CLO named Golub Capital BDC CLO 4, which priced on Friday via Wells Fargo

Mid-market CLO issuance returns as Fortress prices $390 million deal
Fortress Investment Group has overcome mid-market CLO headwinds to become only the second manager to price a new issue deal since covid-19

Mid market CLOs open for business as Owl Rock prices first new issue after covid-19 shock
The primary market for CLOs backed by loans to middle market companies is open for business with Owl Rock Capital today pricing the first new issue mid market deal following the coronavirus outbreak

SME CLO features PDL mechanism
Details of the groundbreaking Alhambra SME Funding 2019-1 — the first 2.0 CLO backed by loans to small and midsized enterprises — were revealed at the Direct Lending Forum jointly hosted by Creditflux and Debtwire last month.

Fund perfomance: Slowdown for some as pandemic takes hold

Raymond James scores first arranging credit with Deerpath CLO
Deerpath Capital Management has priced its second CLO backed by loans to middle market companies as Raymond James scored its first CLO arranging credit as co-placement agent

Fund performance: CLO funds pick up where they left off
A round-up of fund performance

Audax prices first mid market CLO of the year
Audax Private Debt has priced its third CLO in a deal arranged by Wells Fargo, which so far has a monopoly as arranger for the private debt manager.

Fund performance: Presents under the tree as CLO funds perform

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

Mid market deal flow picks up as Antares prices $400 million CLO
Middle market CLO formation has picked up with Antares Capital pricing a $400.8 million yesterday to mark the ninth transaction since the start of November

Fund performance: Long-short funds rule in October as CLO funds struggle
A round-up of fund performance

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

US buyers take punt on Europe's first 2.0 SME CLO
Investors in Be-Spoke Capital’s Alhambra SME Funding 2019-1 are mostly European asset managers, but some banks and US-based institutions also invested in the precedent setting transaction 

Crescent swoops into mid market CLOs with 'reverse-sequential' ramp-up strategy
Crescent Capital Group is launching its debut CLO backed by middle market loans and has opted to use an unusual ramp-up tactic

HSBC notches up first US CLO arranging credit
HSBC has teamed up with Natixis as co-arranger on the latest new issue CLO from Cerberus Business Finance

SME CLOs arrive in Europe as Be-Spoke prices Spanish loan securitisation
Middle market CLOs have arrived in Europe after Be-Spoke Capital priced the continent’s first post-crisis SME loan securitisation