Audax becomes first manager of 2023 to reset a CLO
Audax Private Debt has become the first manager of 2023 to complete a CLO reset, teaming with Bank of America to rework its 2020 middle market deal named Audax Senior Debt CLO 4

US CLO pipeline: issuers takes credit sell-off in their stride as supply picks up
Despite the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in the last week, the CLO machine has continued to churn with just shy of $5 billion of US and mid market CLO issuance this week

Mid market CLO league tables: February volumes exceed any 2022 month with Natixis setting the pace
New mid market CLO issuance totalled $3.5 billion in February, the highest monthly volume since November 2021

Global CLO league tables - February 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - February 2023 YTD

Global CLO league tables - January 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - January 2023 YTD

Audax prices its largest ever middle market CLO
Audax Group teamed up with BNP Paribas on Friday to price the firm's largest middle market CLO to date

Audax raises $3 billion for unitranche direct lending fund
With leverage, the fund has around $4.5 billion total investable capital

LP round up: CLO fund included in whopping $13 billion of credit allocations in November
Credit took centre stage in November as investors allocated over $13 billion to credit funds in the month, with one pension allocating $50 million for a European CLO risk retention fund 

TriMark court ruling encourages peace between lenders
Many CLO managers breathed a sigh of relief in August, with one source indicating a recent court case decision sent a “clear signal that the spate of lender-on-lender violence in the leveraged loan market will not remain unchecked”

Audax prints its largest middle market CLO to date
Audax Private Debt has issued its largest CLO to date named Audax Senior Debt CLO 6, which came in at $601.35 million

Audax brings CLO haul to $2 billion with largest deal so far
Audax Management Company issued a fifth middle market CLO on Thursday, bringing its deals under management to $2 billion

Credit fundraising: Audax scores big in lighter month
Fundraising markedly dropped in May, but credit funds still amassed $12.8 billion and 10 credit funds reached final closes across a variety of different strategies

Credit funds at a glance (June 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Audax closes fifth junior debt fund at $1.9 billion
Audax Mezzanine Fund V will provide junior capital investments in private equity-backed middle market companies

Four managers win lucrative $700 million credit mandate
A $39 billion pension has selected four managers for an opportunistic credit mandate and identified a further four ‘bench’ managers 

Audax resets debut 2019 CLO and keeps unusual first-pay double As
Audax Senior Debt has returned to the CLO primary market to reset its inaugural deal from 2019 named Audax Senior Debt CLO I

LP round up: pensions plan private credit pacing as strategic credit takes on "midfield" role
US pensions have allocated $1.4 billion across 22 credit funds including those managed by Angelo Gordon, Ares and GoldenTree, according to recent board documents seen by Creditflux. Meanwhile a pension fund draws parallels between strategic credit and Jordan Henderson

LP round up: Arcmont, Ares and Sixth Street win European direct lending mandates
Investors have allocated around $2 billion to credit funds in recent weeks, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux. Among those to recieve allocations include ADM, Arcmont, Ares, Audax, Bain, Centerbridge, Clearlake, Goldman Sachs merchant banking,  Invesco, Monarch, Oaktree, Raven, Sixth Street and Sound Mark

Trimark loan deal splits lenders and sparks complaint in NY Supreme Court: Debtwire
A new super-priority loan issued by Trimark has caused a rift between the company’s lenders and led to a complaint being filed in the New York Supreme Court.

Mid market CLO league tables: Golub becomes talf of the town
Golub Capital Partners became the first manager to price a CLO eligible as collateral under the US Federal Reserve’s term asset backed securities loan facility when it teamed up with Societe Generale to price Golub Capital Partners talf 2020-1 on 22 October

LP round up: $2.8 billion flows to credit as Apollo concedes fundraising may slow
Florida Retirement System Trust Fund made the largest commitments allocating $1.6 billion. Apollo meanwhile acknowledged a potential slowdown in fundraising as investors await results on an independent review into CEO Leon Black's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

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

LP round up: $5 billion flows to credit as private market allocations increase
Global institutional investors allocated nearly $5 billion to credit funds this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux

Louisiana pension commits $150 million to mezzanine and credit opportunities funds
Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana has awarded $150 million to two credit funds managed by Ares Management and Audax Group at its 7 May board meeting, a spokesperson for the pension has confirmed

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