CLO managers see risk retention hurdles as Brexit approaches
Barriers are emerging to UK-based CLO managers seeking risk retention compliance via both the sponsor and the originator route as the country edges closer to Brexit, sources say. 

CLO Ucits funds take off despite investment limits
CLO investors are swarming over the Ucits fund market, despite the obvious regulatory headwinds and stringent liquidity requirements associated with these structures

Not a bad time to try your hand at CLOs

Oaktree raises new special situations fund while CIO warns of direct lending risk
Oaktree Capital Management has released its second quarter 2018 results in which the Los Angeles-based firm reported $2.4 billion of new capital commitments in the quarter

Pearl Diver launches new CLO funds and expands into US with New York office
CLO equity investor Pearl Diver Capital is in full-on expansion mode with the launch of new funds and the opening of its US office in New York

German asset manager launches CLO-focused Ucits fund
UniInstitutional Structured Credit, managed by Frankfurt-headquartered Union Investment, will invest in a portfolio of securitisations, with a strong focus on CLOs  

Sovereign investors' allocation to alternative credit increase rapidly, finds survey
Sovereign investors are increasing their exposure to CLOs, direct lending and bank loans, according to a 2018 Global Sovereign Asset Management Study published by Invesco this week

Evolving strategy takes Norinchukin close to top spot in CLO investment
Over the years, Nochu has tweaked its cov-lite stipulations, and added mid market and European CLO exposure to its CLO investments. It’s now nearly the market’s biggest investor  

Past returns: Atlantic crossing
Five years ago in Creditflux we reported on Axa Investment Managers planning its debut US CLO with a view to becoming a global CLO manager. Today, US managers are prioritising the build-out of European CLO platforms

European-compliant CLOs try to sidestep US risk retention rules
CLOs complying with European risk retention have had to tweak their legal language to avoid coming under US rules, in what has become known as a ‘conditional sales’ approach

Points up front: BlueGreen OneTreeHill United - the CLO team
Inspired by Serhan Seçmen’s keynote address at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium in May, we’ve come up with a World XI of CLO managers

Points up front: BlueGreen OneTreeHill United, the CLO team
Inspired by Serhan Seçmen’s keynote address at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium in May, we’ve come up with a World XI of CLO managers.

Neuberger's Dyal acquires minority stake in HPS
Dyal Partners, a division of Neuberger Berman, has acquired a minority equity stake in global credit manager HPS Investment Partners

Global head of credit correlation leaves JP Morgan to launch new hedge fund
Market sources say that a high profile figure, known to have been responsible for unwinding JP Morgan's 'London whale' positions, has left the bank to start his own hedge fund

BlackRock seeks $1 billion for new multi-strat opportunities fund
The new trust will invest at least 80% of its assets in fixed income securities and up to 40% in special situations, SEC filings reveal 

CLO b-wic line up: equity in Apollo euro deal with low funding costs goes on sale
European CLO equity is so often described as being the most illiquid part of the global CLO market, but the last few days there has been a significant amount of trading in this area.

CLO b-wic line up: European equity makes up 85% of today's market share
European CLO equity has found a sudden burst of liquidity, albeit in bite-size pieces

MJX ventures into Europe with risk retention-compliant US CLO
MJX Asset Management priced a new issue US CLO on Friday that is compliant with European risk retention rules

CLO b-wic lineup shows it’s never too late to trade 1.0 equity
Old legacy deals make a comeback today as €37 million and $12 million of 1.0 equity is up for grabs in two European deals - Eurocredit CDO VI and Oak Hill European II - and one US deal, Gale Force 3 CLO.

CLO b-wic line-up: control equity in Investcorp euro deal goes under the hammer again
An investor is looking to sell a control equity position in Investcorp Credit Management’s 2015 European deal, Harvest XI

CLO b-wic line-up: equity in 2.0 CLO with the lowest funding costs hits the market
It is set to be an eventful day for the secondary market as $264 million of US CLO b-wics and €35.9 million of European CLO b-wics are taking place

Highland launches CLO Ucits fund
Dallas-headquartered Highland Capital Management has launched a new Dublin-domiciled Ucits fund, which will focus on CLO debt

At the heart of CLO doc negotiations
As investors up and down the capital structure shared their views on fictional US and European CLOs, we discovered that par flushes must be worded carefully or they could be a deal-breaker