Carlyle enters fundraising ‘super cycle’, racking up USD 30bn in inflows for 1H
The alternative asset manager also expects to be back in market with its flagship credit opportunities fund

Investor demand strongest for European PC CLOs – Golub
EXCLUSIVE: Investor demand is stronger for European private credit CLOs than any other segment of the CLO market, according to Golub Capital’s Landis Wood

US SRT issuance volumes should increase in 2H – Crescent Capital
EXCLUSIVE: The firm projects 2026 global SRT issuance to hit USD 45bn after the first half of 2026 logged a record USD 18bn of issuance activity, Penny Tan, a senior director focused on bank capital solutions, told Creditflux

Michael Curtis leaves Fidelity as firm begins search for new co-PM
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Curtis will leave his role as head of alternative credit at Fidelity Investments on 31 July, according to a source familiar

M&G establishes joint venture with Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to back further CLO issuance
M&G Investments has established a joint venture with global institutional investor Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to support the scaling of a multi-billion-Euro CLO platform

Distressed double Bs are a better-kept secret of the credit market – CIFC
EXCLUSIVE: Distressed double Bs represent hidden value in the credit markets, according to CIFC’s Jay Huang

BlackRock highlights Euro CLO AAA debt opportunities in 3Q outlook
BlackRock has identified triple A-rated European CLO tranches as continuing to offer attractive opportunities in the current fixed income market, in the asset manager’s third-quarter fixed income outlook

Blackstone, Wellington and Vanguard collaborate on all-in-one private market vehicles for wealth channel
The three asset managers have launched two products that will give individual investors exposure to a mix of private market assets within a single allocation

Dispersion is creating value in credit despite tight spreads – PIMCO
PODCAST: While index spreads remain tight, dispersion is quite elevated, which rewards those who do the credit work, says Lotfi Karoui, multi-asset credit strategist at fixed-income behemoth PIMCO, on the latest episode of Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee

CLO manager rankings by AUM – Q2 2026
The latest Creditflux CLO manager AUM rankings sees stability in the top rankings following a shake-up in the top 3 last quarter – but a little further down, CIFC has moved ahead of UBS to snare seventh overall behind Ares, while Benefit Street Partners edged out CVC to move into the top 10

GoldenTree hits USD 2.75bn hard cap for sophomore private credit fund
The firm’s employees and partners committed USD 50m to the fund, the company announced

Year-to-date US CLO performance tops global fixed income products – Janus Henderson
US CLO triple Bs have outperformed all other fixed income sectors in the year-to-date and will likely continue to perform well in a higher interest rate landscape, according to new research from Janus Henderson

Global CLO legal counsel rankings – 2Q 2026
Industry heavyweights Milbank and Paul Hastings top Creditflux’s global rankings for CLO manager and arranger legal counsel for the first half of 2026, but there’s ongoing movement further down the tables

Time to get your passport ready
Credit market participants, including Creditflux correspondents, have been trekking the globe — attending conferences in New York, London, Barcelona, Berlin and Rome, to name a few — in search of opportunities

US CLO industry flies in for summer tour of Europe
American accents are forming the soundtrack in Europe this summer, as the region’s CLO market attracts investor interest from around the globe

‘There’s a difference between perceived and actual safety’
Investor's Corner with Anchorage Capital Advisors’ Soo Kim and Curtis Hardwick

News in brief
Top stories on creditflux.com: including early summer visits to Clearlake and Nearwater

The right moment to take a chance
Stephen Ketchum founded Sound Point during the global financial crisis with seed funding of USD 35m. He moved into CLOs in 2012. Today, the firm has many arms and AUM of USD 46bn

Direct lending: a history of resilience
They said defaults would get it, then redemptions, then fraud, AI and redemptions (again!). But direct lending has been with us for over a decade — and it keeps proving its staying power

Fund performance – July 2026
Smaller gains in May moderate strong April performance

Credit funds at a glance – July 2026
Our roundup of top performers, fundraising and moves in credit

Credit hedge funds – July 2026
Credit hedge fund performance

CLOs at a glance – July 2026
Our list of recent CLO pricings globally

Vistina builds out team and opens London base after Moody’s hire
EXCLUSIVE: After hiring Moody’s executive and ratings expert Jeanine Arnold, private credit advisory firm Vistina is expanding its European footprint

Banks are piling into the CLO market – BSP
Despite negative headlines around the alternative credit space, banks are still supportive of private debt and the CLO market behind closed doors, according to Benefit Street Partners