"We have seen leveraged loan managers going to the middle market, either using buckets or 50-50 [distribution], to take advantage of the spread because there is definitely more paper available in the middle market, which makes it easier to get collateral.

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"We have seen leveraged loan managers going to the middle market, either using buckets or 50-50 [distribution], to take advantage of the spread because there is definitely more paper available in the middle market, which makes it easier to get collateral.

--Alla Zaydman, director in Fitch Ratings credit products group, on why managers are looking to the middle-market CLO business.

"We have seen leveraged loan managers going to the middle market, either using buckets or 50-50 [distribution], to take advantage of the spread because there is definitely more paper available in the middle market, which makes it easier to get collateral."--Alla Zaydman, director in Fitch Ratings credit products group, on why managers are looking to the middle-market CLO business.

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