Morgan Stanley flies the banner for Brigade and Maranon new CLOs
Morgan Stanley printed two new CLOs this week after scoring mandates from Brigade Capital Management and Maranon Capital

CLO banker to leave Goldman Sachs for dual CLO-direct lending role on buy side
Goldman Sachs is set to lose a member of its new issue US CLO team with market sources indicating an official with a decade's experience at the bank is joining a CLO issuer in a multifaceted role

Permira's credit CIO Kyriakoudis to retire by end of year
Permira Credit’s former chief investment officer Thomas Kyriakoudis will retire from the firm at the end of the year to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities

Lord Abbett prepares special situations interval fund
Lord Abbett is preparing to launch a new special situations fund in the form of an interval fund

Permira Debt Managers rebrands to Permira Credit
Permira Debt Managers has rebranded as Permira Credit 

Credit Rendezvous: ready and waiting
In Creditflux's quarterly review of credit, portfolio managers tell us that Inflation is likely to nudge higher but they are optimistic because dispersion will pick up and windows of volatility will emerge, rather than elongated phases of stress 

Permira promotes five in credit team to MD including head of structured credit
Permira Debt Managers has promoted five members of its credit team to managing directors 

Black Diamond structured credit BD head joins impact investment firm
Black Diamond Capital Management's head of structured credit business development has parted ways with the firm after nearly four years, according to market sources. He is set to join start-up impact investment firm Lafayette Square as managing director and head of capital markets

"Three CLOs issued in 2021 have included triple C baskets of 20%"
Big triple C buckets helped mid market CLO issuers in 2020 and the trend is for even bigger allowances this year

Ucits at a glance: Advent and Algebris lead the pack again
Ucits funds saw the brighter side of February, as 80% of funds achieved a positive return

LP round-up: $2.6 billion flows into 26 credit managers
A stuck ship in the Suez Canal may have prevented others from getting through one of the world's busiest waterways in March, but allocations to credit funds were much more free flowing as investors poured over $2.6 billion into the hands of credit managers

Eagle Point diversifies from CLOs as it wins $180 million for BDC lending strategy
A US public pension has earmarked $60 million for Eagle Point's fund and a further $120 million for a separate managed account

Monroe issues first CLO since Bonaccord equity deal
Monroe Capital has priced its first new CLO in nine months, issuing a $455 million middle market transaction named Monroe Capital MML CLO XI

SocGen arranges low levered CLO for mid market firm
Societe Generale arranged its first new issue CLO of 2021 on Thursday, issuing a $395.5 million transaction managed by Owl Rock Capital Advisors

Cerberus prints second mid market CLO of 2021
Cerberus Loan Management has become only the second manager to price two middle market CLOs in 2021, having teamied up with Wells Fargo to issue the $368.1 million deal named Cerberus XXXII

Four managers win lucrative $700 million credit mandate
A $39 billion pension has selected four managers for an opportunistic credit mandate and identified a further four ‘bench’ managers 

Deerpath makes tracks in CLO primary for first time in 2021
Deerpath Capital Management has returned to the CLO primary market for the first time in 2021, printing a $362.9 million new issue named Deerpath Capital CLO 2021-1

Creditflux announces new date for Manager Awards
Creditflux can announce we will hold our annual Manager Awards ceremony on 8 September. This is later than usual in the year, but should allow the event to take place in person and following the Credit Symposium, as it has historically 

Tikehau places €500 million sustainable bond as it plans high yield impact fund
Tikehau Capital has placed an inaugural sustainable bond that it says is the first of its kind for an asset manager

Golub prints its largest CLO of 2021 at $603 million
Golub has teamed up with Morgan Stanley to print its largest CLO transaction so far in 2021

Ares affiliate re-emerges in mid market with first primary CLO for three years
Ivy Hill Asset Management, the direct lending affiliate of Ares Management, has priced its first CLO primary market transaction in almost three years, completing a $499.3 million new issue backed by loans to middle market companies

BMO makes new issue CLO breakthrough with first lead arranger role
BMO Capital Markets has completed its first solo CLO assignment as arranger by pricing a middle market CLO for its affiliate BMO Asset Management on Friday

Golub goes from fixed to mixed in mid market CLO refi
Golub Capital Partners has refinanced the fixed-rate tranches of its 2017 vintage middle market CLO named Golub Capital Partners CLO 34(M), converting the bonds into a mix of fixed and floating-rate liabilities in the process

Barclays' head of middle market CLOs leaves bank
Barclays' middle market CLO head has parted ways with the bank