Japanese bank goes it alone and prices breakthrough CLO
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has made its breakthrough as a solo CLO arranger

Hedge fund sows seed for a global CLO business with new euro deal
A credit hedge fund manager has now become a global CLO manager

Kentucky pension fund allocates $40 million to credit managers
Kentucky Retirement System has been allocating to credit this year as new chief investment officer David Peden settles into his new role.

Invesco formalises new loan leadership after Stoeckle exits
Invesco has made official the appointment of a new leader of its loan investment group after high profile figure Greg Stoeckle left the team in March

Most investors forecast double-digit returns from CLO equity
A large majority of CLO investors expect CLO equity to pay double-digit returns, according to an audience poll at last week's Creditflux Credit Opportunities Symposium

Citi reshapes triple As as manager gains 149bp print on new CLO
One of the largest money managers in the US priced its first CLO of the year and achieved a tight senior print

Manager readies CLO number 21 as triple As and equity line up
Boston-based Columbia is due to price a $619 million CLO today with senior investors lined up

Goldman tailors triple A call feature in manager's comeback CLO
Goldman Sachs yesterday priced a CLO with a redemption premium for the triple-A notes should they be called in the next 30 months

Equity investors call legacy Babson CLO
2005 US deal has a running IRR to equity of 13.2%

Ex-Stone Tower portfolio manager moves to new credit hedge fund
A structured credit industry veteran lands a new role with a hedge fund firm recently set up by Deutsche Bank mortgage trader Troy Dixon

Credit market snapshot: flat day sees US outperform
Credit indices move little, but in opposite directions on either side of the Atlantic 

Golub CLO hits 26% running IRR after another high equity distribution
Golub Capital Management CLO 2007-1 has now made 40% plus annualised payments for three years running

Berlin-based rating agency hires CLO specialist
Another rating agency in Europe is expanding its team with the hope of building business in European CLOs

Relative value trades boost distressed credit returns
Distressed corporate credit and structured credit were the best performing credit hedge fund categories in March

Insurance company puts money into new mid-market credit fund
Fifth Street Finance seeks $200 million for leverage on new mid-market fund

Mid-market lender makes quick-tempo hire after recent departures
A middle-market credit firm has brought in another professional to its team in New York

New CSAM CLO comes to market after extended warehousing phase
Credit Suisse Asset Management is close to pricing its second CLO of the year, having gone out of sync to price it first deal in February