BofA CLO trader departs after 16 years to join US pension giant
Former Bank of America CLO trader has left the bank after 16 years to move to the buy side

Monroe promotes PM as CEO Koenig drops president title
Monroe Capital has promoted a partner and portfolio manager to president. Ted Koenig remains the firm’s chairman and CEO

KKR announces new co-CEOs as Kravis and Roberts step down
KKR has announced the appointment of its second ever pair of co-chief executive officers, effective immediately, replacing co-founders Henry Kravis and George Roberts

CLO refi and reset volumes surge with $2.3 billion priced on Friday
CLO refi and reset volumes surged on Friday with $2.3 billion priced across the US market, according to market sources. Brigade Capital Management, MidOcean Credit Partners and New Mountain Capital reset regular-way CLOs, Blackstone Credit scored a regular CLO refi, Sculptor Capital Management refinanced a bond-heavy CLO, and Ivy Hill Asset Management reset a middle market CLO

Credit funds at a glance (October 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

"I’m passionate about broader representation within investment teams"
CIP's Leila Donnachy takes our credit quiz 

Credit Suisse plans mid market CLO push as it prices PennantPark deal
Credit Suisse arranged its first CLO backed by middle market loans in almost four years on Friday, pairing with PennantPark to print the manager's latest new issue deal

First Eagle prints fourth middle market CLO
First Eagle Investment Management has priced its fourth and largest middle market CLO, bringing its mid market deals under management to $1.5 billion

Golub prints largest reinvesting CLO of 2021 at $950 million
Golub Capital Partners priced the largest reinvesting CLO of the year so far on Tuesday

Mid market CLO league tables: No change up top but KKR and Silver Point enter race
The mid market CLO space welcomed two new faces to its ranks last month as Silver Point Capital and KKR priced a new issue CLO each

Cerberus prints tightest middle market CLO of 2021
Cerberus Loan Management priced its fourth middle market CLO of the year on Thursday, bringing its 2021 issuance volume over $1.5 billion

Credit funds at a glance (September 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Audax prints its largest middle market CLO to date
Audax Private Debt has issued its largest CLO to date named Audax Senior Debt CLO 6, which came in at $601.35 million

Silver Point makes CLO debut with $400m middle market deal
Silver Point Capital has become the third manager to debut in US CLOs after printing its first CLO on Friday

KKR prints largest new CLO of 2021 with static mid market deal
KKR Credit has priced the largest new issue CLO of the year to date, teaming with Bank of America on the huge $1.13 billion static deal named KKR Lending Partners III

SMBC Nikko builds on CLO momentum with mid market deal for Monroe
SMBC Nikko has picked up its third CLO credit this year

Credit Fundraising: Blue Owl and WhiteHorse gain from improving animal spirits
Fundraising perked up in July as managers raised $14.9 billion for credit funds - the third highest monthly amount this year

Golub adds BSL CLO and extends mid-market advantage with reset
Golub Capital Partners has followed up its hefty middle market CLO in July with a slightly smaller $559.1 million broadly syndicated loan deal via Credit Suisse as well as a reset of a 2020 transaction

RBC hires ex-Citi structured credit sales head for alternatives push
RBC Capital Markets has hired Citi's former European structured credit sales head to lead its European alternatives and private capital solutions effort

Credit investors seek alpha as delta variant creates volatility
The leveraged loan and private debt markets have been on a tear for the first half of the year, but analysts are forecasting a more volatile six months ahead

Mid market CLO league tables: stalwarts Golub and Natixis reign supreme again
It may have taken seven months, but the mid market CLO league tables have familiar faces at the top with Golub Capital and Natixis leading the way in manager and arranger issuance, respectively

BlackRock issues low levered, mid-market CLO with two arrangers
BlackRock has priced its second CLO of the year backed by loans to middle market companies

Credit Rendezvous: And breathe...
The unanimous verdict is that credit spreads will be moving wider – they have to. But the difficulty credit fund managers face is predicting when the next sell-off comes and how sharp it will be. In the Q3 instalment of Creditflux’s Credit Rendezvous, the over-riding message from portfolio managers is that there’s little point in taking on too much risk. The report features the views of prominent credit figures including Paul Horvath (Orchard), Himani Trivedi (Nuveen), Ronnie Jaber (Onex), Graham Rainbow (Alcentra) and Michelle Russell-Dowe (Schroders). The report looks at 14 segments of the market including CLOs, direct lending, leveraged loans, distressed debt and credit derivatives.