Credit hedge funds
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Fund performance
A roundup of fund performance

Blue Owl surpasses $1 billion mid market CLOs in 2023 as asset class booms
Blue Owl Capital became the second firm to print three middle market CLOs in 2023 on Tuesday, surpassing $1 billion in volumes for the year

BMO hires ex-Deutsche Bank CLO structurer
BMO Capital Markets has hired an ex-Deutsche Bank structurer to lead its structured credit origination business in North America.

Mid market CLO issuance tops $2bn for the month as MidCap prices
Apollo affiliate MidCap Financial priced a middle market CLO on Friday named Woodmont CLO 2023-12, a deal that brought mid market CLO issuance for the month over $2 billion

Maranon prints its first mid market CLO of 2023
Maranon Management priced a new middle market CLO today at $405.8 million, according to market sources. Named Maranon CLO 2023-1

Direct lenders grab larger share of loan market despite fundraising slowdown
With Debtwire’s European direct lending conference in London next Thursday, we speak to market participants about the dynamic between European syndicated loan market and direct lending

Cerberus prices its first GreensLedge-arranged CLO
Cerberus Business Finance priced a new middle market CLO on Friday, and worked with a new arranger for the first time since 2014

Credit hedge fund returns (May 2023)
Credit hedge fund returns

Credit funds at a glance (May 2023)
A round-up of people moves and fund raising

March madness sees most funds give up gains made in Q1
After a positive start to the year, credit funds ended the quarter with a step backwards; just under 30% of those listed reached positive returns for the month.

PGIM buys majority stake in direct lender Deerpath
PGIM has bought a majority interest in direct lending firm Deerpath Capital Management

MidCap prints 2023's second-largest CLO to date
Apollo affiliate MidCap Financial priced a new middle market CLO on Friday that is the second largest primary market transaction of 2023

Owl Rock prints its first CLO via SMBC Nikko
Blue Owl Capital priced a new middle market CLO on Wednesday, working with SMBC Nikko as arranger for the first time to print the deal

BlackRock prints middle market CLO via two arranging banks
BlackRock priced a new CLO named Mt Hood CLO X on Tuesday, the first new transaction pbacked by middle market loans to print in three weeks

Pimco eyes CLOs as part of new flexible credit interval fund
Pimco is preparing to launch a new closed-ended, non-listed interval fund, named Pimco Flexible Corporate Income Fund, which will invest at least 80% of assets in corporate debt across public and private credit markets

CLO funds make best of a bad situation
It can’t get any worse can it? Well, it did in 2022, when credit spreads kept moving wider. Still, CLO funds were able to withstand the pressure, and they outperformed other credit strategies

Fund performance: European CLO funds lead the way
February was a positive month for many funds, as only one quarter failed to reach the black. This builds off a stellar start to the year: 96% of funds reached a positive return in January

Credit hedge fund returns (April 2023)
Credit hedge fund returns

Credit funds at a glance (April 2023)
A round up of people moves and fundraising

CIFC hires investor relations specialist from BlockTower
CIFC Asset Management has hired a managing director in its investor relations group from BlockTower Capital

First Sentier buys majority stake in credit firm AlbaCore
First Sentier Investors has bought a majority stake in European credit specialist AlbaCore Capital Group, the firms announced today, after identifying alternative credit as a ‘strategically important space’

Audax becomes first manager of 2023 to reset a CLO
Audax Private Debt has become the first manager of 2023 to complete a CLO reset, teaming with Bank of America to rework its 2020 middle market deal named Audax Senior Debt CLO 4

Middle market CLO volumes surpass $2.5 billion in March after Churchill prices
Middle market CLO issuance for March climbed to $2.69 billion on Thursday after Churchill Asset Management priced a new transaction named Churchill MMSLF CLO II

Golub prices $1.4 billion CLOs in a single day
Golub Capital Partners priced two CLOs on Thursday worth a combined $1.4 billion in the biggest day of primary activity for a single manager so far in 2023