PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd.’s Unconsolidated Joint Venture, PennantPark Senior Secured Loan Fund I, LLC Completes $297.8 Million CLO, Marking Continued Growth in PennantPark’s Middle Market CLO Platform with Six CLOs Under Management ennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. (the “Company”) (NYSE: PFLT) (TASE: PFLT) today announced that PennantPark Senior Secured Loan Fund I, LLC (“PSSL”) through PSSL’s wholly-owned and consolidated subsidiary, PennantPark CLO VI, LLC (“CLO VI”) has closed a four-year reinvestment period, twelve-year final...Continue Reading
Art Penn Featured on Bloomberg Markets: The Close “Because we like this vintage (of loans), we are okay if this stays like this for a little while. It’s okay if we have a choppy market for the next year because we are going to be able to get better deals.” PennantPark’s Founder and Managing Partner, Art Penn, recently spoke with Bloomberg TV’s Kriti Gupta & Sonali Basak about his outlook for the credit market in...Continue Reading
PennantPark Closes $300m CLO “We are particularly pleased in our ability to expand the strong capital position of our platform in order to be able to invest in today’s attractive vintage of both primary and secondary opportunities.” PennantPark’s Founder and Managing Partner, Art Penn, spoke with Robin Goldwyn Bluenthal of Private Debt Investor about the close of the firm’s fifth CLO. Read the Full ArticleContinue Reading
PennantPark Investment Corporation Unconsolidated Joint Venture, PennantPark Senior Loan Fund, LLC Completes $304 Million CLO PennantPark Investment Corporation announced that PennantPark Senior Loan Fund, through PSLF’s wholly-owned and consolidated subsidiary, PennantPark CLO IV, LLC, has closed a four-year reinvestment period, 12-year final maturity $304.0 million debt securitization in the form of a collateralized loan obligation (“CLO”). The transaction is the fourth middle market CLO for PennantPark, which has issued CLO vehicles since 2019. “PennantPark remains...Continue Reading
PennantPark Continues To Grow Its Middle Market CLO Business with the Closing of a $300.8 Million CLO PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC announced the closing of a $300.8 million debt securitization in the form of a collateralized loan obligation (“CLO”). The debt issued in the CLO, has a three-year reinvestment period and 11-year final maturity. “This transaction reinforces PennantPark’s commitment to the growth of our CLO platform, and our ability to access attractive, long-term financing well...Continue Reading
PennantPark Senior Secured Loan Fund, LLC Completes $300.7 Million CLO In January 2021, PennantPark Floating Rate Capital officially announced that its joint venture, PennantPark Senior Secured Loan Fund, LLC (PSSL), completed a $300.7 million CLO. The transaction allows PSSL to grow with low cost, long-term financing, and its successful execution is a testament to the resiliency of the firm’s portfolio. “Having a three-year reinvestment period, an 11-year final maturity, and attractive pricing will enhance returns...Continue Reading
CLO Outlook: Managers Aim To Pace Issuance In An Uneven Recovery Driven by Covid Vaccine By David Graubard – LevFin Insights In December, PennantPark Founder and Managing Partner Art Penn spoke with David Graubard for his piece in LevFin Insights, which evaluated the 2021 outlook for the CLO market. As detailed below, the best-case scenario is that vaccines begin diminishing Covid-19 in the first half of 2021, before CLOs normalize to 2018-19 spread levels and...Continue Reading
In September 2019, PennantPark issued its inaugural CLO, PennantPark CLO I. The $301.4 million vehicle is backed by a diversified portfolio of middle market loans, and has a four-year re-investment period. “I am extremely pleased with the pricing and structure of PennantPark’s inaugural collateralized loan obligation, which speaks volumes about our track record and the strength of our investment platform,” said Art Penn, Chief Executive Officer. “The maturity, reinvestment period and pricing of this financing...Continue Reading
