Panagram assembles private mid-market CLO
Panagram Asset Management has put together the latest in a series of middle market loan CLOs in the form of Cedar Crest 2022-1

Owl Rock becomes first manager to print three middle market CLOs in 2022
Blue Owl Capital became the first CLO issuer to price a third middle market CLO this year on Friday

Maranon prints first new middle market CLO in November
Maranon Capital has priced the first new middle market CLO of the month 

Fund performance: Wake us up when September ends
After a resurgent August, credit markets hit a rough patch in September, with every Creditflux index posting negative returns, and only 12.9% of funds in our listings showing a positive return.

Credit hedge fund returns (November 2022)
Credit hedge fund returns

Credit funds at a glance (November 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Franklin Templeton wraps up deal for $35bn Alcentra
Franklin Templeton has completed its acquisition of BNY Mellon’s $35 billion credit unit Alcentra

Nuveen strikes deal to buy European direct lender Arcmont
Nuveen has reached an agreement to buy a controlling stake in European credit manager Arcmont Asset Management

Cerberus opts for rare three-year non-call on new CLO
Cerberus Business Finance priced a new middle market CLO on Wednesday, with investors agreeing to a rare call-lock duration of three years

Florida manager rides back into CLO market with first new issue in four years
HIG Capital has returned to the CLO market with its first new issue in over four years. The manager priced a $661.5 million middle market CLO named WhiteHorse Principal Lending CLO 2022-1

First Eagle mid market CLO features unusual capital structure
First Eagle Investment Management has priced a new middle market CLO with a rare twist at the top

Fidelity Investments eyes CLOs as part of multi-strategy credit fund
Fidelity Investments is preparing to launch a new multi-strategy credit fund, which will “opportunistically rotate across the entire credit spectrum”

CIFC hires Carlyle's credit investor relations head
CIFC Asset Management has hired T Michael Johnson as managing director and co-head of business development

Investors tipped to take on key role in growth of CFOs
It’s early days in the renaissance of the market for collateralised fund obligations (CFOs), but market participants are looking forward to how the product will evolve.

Credit funds at a glance (October 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
 

   

LP round up: $2.7bn flows to 20 credit managers as investors battle PE overallocation
Investors faced huge headwinds in September with inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical turmoil, alongside the UK gilts sell-off at month end

Apollo reaches for bigger slice of pi(e) with 5% Diameter stake
Apollo Global Management has bought a 5% stake in credit fund and CLO manager Diameter Capital Partners, cementing the relationship between the firms

Monroe prints second middle market CLO of the year
Monroe Capital Partners priced its first middle market CLO since February on Tuesday, and the largest middle market CLO in four months

Owl Rock prints first middle market CLO of September
Owl Rock Capital is the first manager this month to have issued a middle market CLO, bringing the total volume of mid market deals priced in 2022 to $7.6 billion

Nomura readies multi-strat credit interval fund launch
Nomura Private Capital is readying the launch of a new, closed-ended interval fund which will invest across the credit spectrum - including bonds, loans, CLOs, distressed debt emerging market debt

Alcentra structured credit portfolio manager steps up as primary PM for two funds
Alcentra has promoted the official, with Hiram Hamilton and Suhail Shaikh no longer the primary portfolio managers of BNY Mellon Alcentra Global Multi-Strategy Credit Fund and Hamilton no longer primary portfolio manager of BNY Mellon Alcentra Global Credit Income 2024 Target Term Fund 

Mid market CLO issuance tops $7 billion with first AB deal of year
Middle market CLO issuance for 2022 surpassed $7 billion on Friday after AB priced its first mid market new issue of 2022 named ABPCI Direct Lending Fund CLO XI

Middle market CLOs facing "unexpected headwinds", says S&P
Middle market CLOs are facing 'unexpected headwinds' as their liability costs rise faster than their asset spreads

Fortress adopts unusual triple A debt structure on latest mid market CLO
Fortress Investment Group priced a new middle market CLO on Wednesday with an unusual triple A debt structure