Palmer Square Capital Management
Palmer Square Capital Management is a specialist in corporate and structured credit, managing CLOs, registered funds, exchange-traded funds, separate accounts, and private partnerships.
- Structured credit and private capital-markets investment firm
- Structured Credit & Capital Markets
- Tier II
Overview
Palmer Square Capital Management is a specialist in corporate and structured credit, managing CLOs, registered funds, exchange-traded funds, separate accounts, and private partnerships. The firm estimated approximately $36.9 billion in assets at the end of May 2026.
Palmer Square operates on both sides of the CLO market: it manages loan portfolios and also constructs investment products focused on CLO debt and related credit instruments. Its published U.S. and European CLO indices have contributed to market transparency and provided reference points for a segment historically dominated by private pricing and institutional data. Within The Economy Wiki, the institution is connected to the Structured Credit & Capital Markets market category.
Firm facts
| Institution | Palmer Square Capital Management |
| Type | Structured credit and private capital-markets investment firm |
| Headquarters | Mission Woods, United States |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Primary ranking focus | Structured Credit & Capital Markets |
| Highest 2026 tier | Tier II |
Activities and credit capabilities
Palmer Square Capital Management operates within structured products, securitized credit and capital-markets solutions. Its activities are assessed through the category-specific capabilities summarized below.
Structured credit
Investment across CLOs, ABS, mortgage credit and other securitized exposures.
Capital-markets execution
Origination, structuring, syndication and portfolio construction across credit markets.
Collateral analysis
Asset-level underwriting, scenario analysis and monitoring of complex pools and structures.
Strategy and transaction coverage
Strategy and asset coverage
CLOs; asset-backed securities; mortgage credit; corporate structured credit; specialty-finance assets
Financing and transaction contexts
Warehouses; securitizations; portfolio purchases; risk transfer; structured and opportunistic transactions
Market position
Palmer Square fits Tier II because it combines focused structured-credit expertise with unusually broad product accessibility. Its rapid growth, index infrastructure, and continuing CLO activity give it a strong institutional position.
Palmer Square Capital Management is assessed within the Structured Credit & Capital Markets framework. For wider market context, see Private Credit’s Trillion-Dollar Growth Meets Its AI Debt Test.
Competitive context
Palmer Square Capital Management is recognized Tier II in Top 30 Structured Credit & Capital Markets 2026. The rankings compare institutions by market relevance, origination or operating capability, underwriting or platform depth, institutional credibility and current activity. Comparable links support navigation and do not imply that every institution competes for every financing or mandate.
Leadership and governance
Leadership, investment-committee composition and operating resources may change over time. Current information should be confirmed through Palmer Square Capital Management’s official website.
| Leadership area | Current source |
|---|---|
| Investment and operating leadership | Current team and governance information |
Corporate and public information
This profile refers to Palmer Square Capital Management as the public-facing organization. Individual funds, management companies, advisers, lending entities and regulated affiliates may use separate legal names across jurisdictions.
Corporate and disclosure information
| Organization | Palmer Square Capital Management |
| Headquarters | Mission Woods, United States |
| Public website | www.palmersquarecap.com |
| Profile basis | Public institutional information and Capital Ranking editorial research |
Ranking recognition
Related Economy analysis
Selected Economy Markets articles provide context for the lending, financing, diligence and private-market themes relevant to this institution:
- Private Credit’s Trillion-Dollar Growth Meets Its AI Debt Test
- Private Credit Lending Models as Banks Retreat
- Private Equity Technology Due Diligence in the AI Era
