Monroe Capital Selected as the 2025 CLO Manager of the Year by Private Debt Investor

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Monroe Capital LLC (“Monroe”) was selected as the recipient of the 2025 CLO Manager of the Year (Americas) by the Private Debt Investor (“PDI”) awards.

PDI is a private markets publication, tracking the institutions, the funds, and the transactions shaping the private debt markets. PDI is published by PEI, the only global B2B information group focused exclusively on private equity, private debt, private real estate, infrastructure and agri investing.

The Private Debt Investor Awards are determined annually to recognize the contributions of industry participants in the private debt asset class. The awards recognize firms in three geographic regions of Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America. Monroe Capital has won 18 PDI Awards since the award program inception in 2013.

“Private Debt Investor congratulates Monroe Capital on its recognition in an exceptionally competitive category, adding to its strong history of success in the PDI Awards. Our judging panel selected this year’s winners for their outstanding achievements and meaningful contributions to the private credit market over the past year,” said Andy Thomson, Senior Editor of Private Debt Investor.

“We are honored to be recognized as the 2025 CLO Manager of the Year. With nearly two decades of experience issuing middle market CLOs, this award reflects our deep commitment to capital preservation and disciplined risk management. Our middle market credit solutions are built on rigorous underwriting standards, designed to deliver stable risk-adjusted returns for our ratings-sensitive investors,” said Zia Uddin, President of Monroe Capital. “This achievement speaks to the strength of our investment framework and our team's dedication to safeguarding investor capital across market cycles. We are grateful for our clients' continued trust and remain committed to delivering secure, reliable value in an increasingly competitive landscape.”

Monroe’s CLO platform manages approximately $4.4 billion in assets. The firm has a 21-year track record as both a middle market and broadly syndicated CLO manager, led by a consistent senior investment team that has successfully navigated multiple credit cycles.

With $23.6 billion in assets under management as of January 1, 2026, Monroe Capital operates a diversified private credit platform comprising more than 45 vehicles, including direct lending and alternative credit funds, venture debt, publicly traded and private BDCs, separately managed accounts, and CLOs.

About Monroe Capital

Monroe Capital LLC (“Monroe”) is a premier asset management firm specializing in private credit markets across various strategies, including direct lending, technology finance, venture debt, alternative credit solutions, structured credit, real estate and equity. Since 2004, the firm has been successfully providing capital solutions to clients in the U.S. and Canada. Monroe prides itself on being a value-added and user-friendly partner to business owners, management, and both private equity and independent sponsors. Monroe’s platform offers a wide variety of investment products for both institutional and high net worth investors with a focus on generating high quality “alpha” returns irrespective of business or economic cycles. The firm is headquartered in Chicago and has 12 locations throughout the United States, Middle East, Asia and Australia.

Monroe has been recognized by both its peers and investors with various awards including GrowthCap Advisory’s 2025 Top Private Credit Firm List; Inc.’s 2025 Founder-Friendly Investors List; DealCatalyst as the 2025 Most Innovative Private Credit CLO Manager of the Year; Private Debt Investor as the 2025 CLO Manager of the Year, Americas and 2023 Lower Mid-Market Lender of the Decade; Global M&A Network as the 2024 Lower Mid-Markets Lender of the Year, Americas; Korean Economic Daily as the 2022 Best Performance in Private Debt – Mid Cap; Creditflux as the 2021 Best U.S. Direct Lending Fund; and Pension Bridge as the 2020 Private Credit Strategy of the Year. For more information and important disclaimers, please visit www.monroecap.com.

Disclaimer

This is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of any offer to buy any securities in any fund managed by Monroe Capital. Any offering is made to only pursuant to the relevant offering documents and the relevant subscription application, all of which should be read in their entirety. The information provided above is solely for informational purposes and may not be representative of a particular investor’s experience, nor should the information be construed, or relied upon, as any indication of future performance of Monroe or any of its funds.