US middle market could offer good, unlevered returns in downturn—Kayne Anderson
The growth of BDCs and third-party valuation firms have also led to better practices in the industry, co-head of private credit strategies Douglas Goodwillie said

Kayne Anderson to debut private BDC to tap affluent investors
EXCLUSIVE: Private BDCs, pioneered by some of the largest direct lenders in the market, are becoming a common vehicle across the private credit manager industry

Kayne Anderson raises more than USD 2bn for middle market direct lending
EXCLUSIVE: The firm plans to hold a final close for Kayne Anderson Senior Credit Fund V at the end of the year

Irradiant resets US BSL CLO deal from Kayne Anderson era
Irradiant Partners has reset its Rad CLO 9, a US BSL deal that debuted in 2020 through the old Kayne Anderson platform, with Citi serving as arranger   

Irradiant raises USD 219m for CLO investing
Irradiant Partners raised USD 219m from investors for a CLO Opportunities Fund 

Manager raises $150 million for first solo captive CLO equity fund
The US manager is on the road fundraising for its third ever captive equity CLO fund, but first under its new branding,

LP round up: 28 credit managers win $6.6 billion as San Diego carves private credit allocation
Pensions allocated over $6.6 billion to credit managers in June including Angelo Gordon, Antares, Apollo, Ares, Beach Point, BioPharma, Brookfield, CarVal, Cerberus...

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

Kayne Anderson closes $1.87 billion real estate debt fund
Kayne Anderson has closed a fourth real estate debt fund at $1.875 billion, surpassing its intitial $1.5 billion target 

Kayne Anderson closes fourth middle market direct lending fund
The firm says it has collected $4.5 billion of investable capital across Kayne Senior Credit Fund IV & IV-B, two private business development companies, managed accounts and other vehicles investing alongside the fund

LP round up: Oak Hill wins $3bn mandate as credit allocations near $10bn in March
Institutional investors revealed over $9.5 billion of allocations to credit funds in March. Oak Hill Advisors walked away with the largest mandate, as US heavyweight pension Calpers allocated a whopping $3 billion across several of its funds

BlackRock and Irradiant refinance legacy CLOs
BlackRock and Irradiant Partners each refinanced a legacy CLO on Thursday

Former Kayne Anderson team prints first CLO since spinout
The former CLO team from Kayne Anderson has issued its first CLO since spinning out to form Irradiant Partners earlier this year

Irradiant plans to shine with first CLO after spin out
The former Kayne Anderson CLO team is preparing its first deal after spinning out, with market sources indicating it is working with Goldman Sachs on a new issue CLO.

Kayne appoints new CEO as Levitt and CLO team spin out
More details have emerged on the spin out of Kayne Anderson’s credit business, first reported by Creditflux today, with sources indicating chief executive officer Michael Levitt is part of the team that is leaving

Update: Kayne to split from CLO and credit opps units
Kayne Anderson is set to spin out its CLO business

Kayne produces rare partial CLO refi leaving triple As untouched
Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors has priced a rare partial CLO refi, cutting the costs of its mezzanine debt while leaving the triple A tranche untouched

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

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

Michigan pension discloses $100 million allocation to CLO fund
The State of Michigan Retirement System has revealed it allocated $525 million to credit funds from September to December - including one CLO fund

Kayne shows it's able with tight double B CLO print
Kayne Anderson has defied the tide that is pushing double B CLO spreads to 800 basis points by producing a new issue with double Bs pricing at par and paying 625 basis points

Kayne adds single B tranche to debut CLO in $350.9 million refi
Kayne Anderson has added a single B-liability tranche to its debut CLO amid a refinancing of its investment-grade debt notes

Kayne Anderson rounds out CLO blizzard with new $507.9m deal
Kayne Anderson brought to an end a bumper day of issuance in the CLO market by printing a $507.9 million new issue via Credit Suisse named Kayne CLO 10

Barclays prices CLO refis for Kayne Anderson and NYL
Barclays priced two CLO refinancings on Friday, reworking deals managed by Kayne Anderson and NYL Investors. These total $742 million, meaning the US CLO market absorbed $8.42 billion of refi paper in January - or 38.55% of the total refis priced in 2020

Los Angeles manager raises $600 million for CLO equity strategy
Kayne Anderson has held a final close for its latest CLO equity fund with over $600 million investable capital