Trade finance specialist sentenced to 12 years in prison for CLO and fund fraud
David Hu, the former chief investment officer of International Investment Group, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in running a “Ponzi-like scheme”, which included using a CLO to create fraudulent loans.  

Mid market CLO league tables: $1.1 billion Golub deal shuffles the pack
Mid market CLO issuance slowed last month amid market volatility with just one new issue and two resets pricing in March, worth a combined $1.9 billion

Cerberus shows CLO price movement with first new mid market deal of 2022
Cerberus Loan Management on Friday priced its first new middle market CLO of the year

Golub mid-market CLO upsizes to over $1 billion after reset
SMBC Nikko has reset a middle market CLO for Golub Capital Partners, taking the deal size up beyond $1 billion in the process, sources say

MidOcean announces promotions in credit business
Two portfolio managers are among those to earn promotion at MidOcean Partners 

Owl Rock doubles size of 2020 mid market CLO with reset
Owl Rock Capital has more than doubled the size of its late 2020 CLO named Owl Rock CLO V after resetting the deal on Monday,

Chicago pension seeks private credit manager
Direct lending, structured credit, distressed/special situations, specialty finance, and multi-strategy funds will be considered

First Eagle brings first new mid-market CLO since start of Ukraine crisis
First Eagle Investment Management has priced the first new middle market CLO since Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparked high volatility in the credit market

MKP partner joins Orchard in new global distribution role
Orchard Global Asset Management has hired an experienced figure from MKP Capital in the newly created role of global head of distribution and investor relations

Mid market CLO league tables: diamonds are for 2019 and BCRED is for now
Middle market CLO issuance is off to a fast pace in 2022 as a busy February welcomed three new issue CLOs and three resets – adding $3.8 billion to this year’s tally of $4.39 billion

LP round up: Fidelity wins big, Pacific retains loan mandate, pensions eye distressed
The month also included one CLO fund commitment, one high yield manager search, one finalised US loans mandate and one $400 million multi-sector fixed income managed account mandate

Spac pricing hints at Sound Point's growth ambitions in loan market
Sound Point Acquisition Corp has priced a $225 million IPO, signalling that credit asset manager Sound Point Capital Management is looking to expand its platform

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

AB targets software companies after niche securitisation
Deutsche Bank priced an unusual securitisation for AB last month. The deal accommodates the manager’s expertise in the software and technology sector

"Rules require 5% risk retention, but for first loss CRS that is not enough"
PGGM's Mascha Canio takes our credit quiz 

Churchill names Wells Fargo official to newly created head of fund finance role
Churchill Asset Management has created the new role of head of fund finance to help it utilise leverage strategically across its fund strategies

MidCap doubles size of 2018 CLO with reset
MidCap Financial almost doubled the size of its 2018 CLO named Woodmont 2018-4 Trust by resetting the deal via Deutsche Bank on Friday

Blue Owl reaches agreement to buy CLO manager Wellfleet
Blue Owl Capital, owner of Owl Rock Capital Partners a mid market CLO manager, has reached an agreement to buy Wellfleet Credit Partners from Littlejohn & Co

Want an upsize with that reset?: Golub follows Ivy Hill with mid market CLO
Golub Capital made it two mid market CLO resets in two days by reworking its 2016 CLO, Golub 30 (M)-R, and upsizing the deal by $196.4 million from the original size

Ivy Hill resets 2014 mid market CLO and upsizes by $140 million
Ivy Hill Asset Management reset Ivy Hill MM IX-R via Natixis on Monday, upsizing the 2014 CLO by $139.8 million including $33 million of fresh equity capital

PennantPark prints mid market CLO with triple As at 170bp
PennantPark Investment Advisers on Friday priced its first middle market CLO of 2022

Blackstone prints largest CLO in $1.1 billion mid-market deal
Blackstone Credit has produced the fourth US CLO under the BCRED shelf with the firm pricing a $1.09 billion middle market CLO on Thursday

Monroe prints first reinvesting mid market CLO linked to Sofr
Monroe Capital has become the second middle market CLO issuer to print a new deal in 2022 by teaming up with Deutsche Bank on Wednesday to print Monroe Capital MML CLO XIII at $456.5 million

LP round up: two CLO funds win support as Cali pensions home in on private credit
Two investors revealed allocations to European and US CLO funds, private credit allocations increases and private credit consultant searches get underway

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