Columbia CLO heads hold talks with senior management over "business arrangements"
Two senior CLO portfolio managers at Columbia Management are "negotiating the terms of their business arrangement with senior management at Columbia and [its parent] Ameriprise"

CLO investor TICC rebrands as Oxford Square
TICC Capital has changed its name to align its branding more closely with its affiliates

Former American Capital CLO team resurfaces at Ryan Labs
A group of loan and CLO specialists that previously worked together at American Capital have reunited at Ryan Labs Asset Management.

Fight for US loans commences following risk retention U-turn
US CLOs are set to be free from risk retention in the next few weeks. Headache over for US CLO managers? Not really – now it becomes a fight to source the assets that will populate CLOs

US loan veteran parts company with GoldenTree
US loan market veteran Fred Haddad is understood to have left GoldenTree Asset Management, the company where he served as a partner and senior portfolio manager

Partners Group hires senior portfolio manager Hanslin as it eyes debut US CLO
Switzerland-headquartered Partners Group has hired a senior vice president and portfolio manager of its US bank loan and CLO origination business

ArrowMark's Shaiman to take top role at LSTA
ArrowMark Partners’ Lee Shaiman has been appointed executive director of the LSTA, succeeding Bram Smith

KKR promotes recent hire to its European credit business
KKR has revealed a list of promotions across its private credit strategies. They include the promotion of Matthieu Boulanger – who joined KKR only mere three months ago – to partner

Shrinking spread cushions prove hard for CLOs
 Falling loan spreads are placing ever tighter constraints on CLO managers’ choice of investments just as the loan supply itself is declining

Wells Fargo rewards CLO veteran with another promotion
Wells Fargo has appointed Mary Katherine DuBose as head of debt capital markets effective immediately

CVC hires Nomura's head of credit structuring for senior CLO role
CVC has hired a global head of CLO origination to join its New York office

ICG hires to its US marketing team
A few months after hiring a managing director for the western region of the US, ICG now hires for the southern states

Steady nerves pay for CLO managers holding Seadrill
CLO managers that held their loans to Seadrill Partners have been rewarded

Neuberger Berman raises $450 million for CMOA
Neuberger Berman says that it has raised $450 million for its risk retention vehicle, Neuberger Berman Loan Advisors

Managers take baby steps into retail loans
Retail loans have been out of favour among fund managers for some time, and although this sentiment persists, CLO-i data shows that there is an active two-way market for certain names

Fees on the line as CLO investors fight back over ramp-up failings
CLO managers globally are being chastised for failing to deliver on their model portfolios.

CLOs dodged recent loan defaults, according to Wells Fargo
CLO exposure to three recent US loan defaults has been minimal, according to Wells Fargo research

CLO managers boost “diversity” by adding industry categories
Some recent CLOs have increased the number of industries into which they classify borrowers to as many as 70, according to Fitch 

Libor switch adds to squeeze on CLO equity
An option at the disposal of loan issuers could give CLO equity investors a serious headache

Apollo to liquidate last 1.0 CLO today with $67 million loan b-wic
Apollo Global Management is set to redeem its last outstanding 1.0 CLO via a loan b-wic later today, according to market sources

Former CIFC special situations head resurfaces at $30 billion credit manager
CIFC's former head of special situations has joined a $30 billion credit manager which became an independent firm in March 2016, according to market sources.

Former Crescent trading head set to join credit manager in New York
The former head of trading at Crescent Capital is set to start a new broadly syndicated loan role later this month, official sources have confirmed.