Leading fund: Lupus Alpha CLO Opportunity Notes I
Single-B CLO trades boost Lupus Alpha asset Management

New York credit manager passes the audition for Hollywood pension mandate
And the award for the Hollywood penson fund's fixed income mandate goes to…

Insurance company makes swift move into US CLOs with debut deal
Natixis is carving out a reputation as the go-to arranger for insurance-affiliated managers looking to launch CLOs

Family office-backed manager markets its comeback CLO
A revitalised credit manager is returning to the CLO market with a new partner that has committed to supporting its risk retention programme.

THL Credit hits rapids with Wind River CLO refi
THL Credit has priced a refi of one of its CLOs just days after it became eligible for refinancing. The CLO is one of the few 2015-vintage transactions to comply wth US risk retention rules

KKR Credit shaves 45bp off cost of debt in US CLO refi
The $368 million refi of the manager's 2015 CLO saw the spreads decrease on all six classes of debt notes 

Citi prices two US CLO resets in a day
Post-reinvestment resets are becoming popular with Carlyle pricing this type of transaction yesterday.

Credit manager wins $200 million mandate from Texas pension fund
A west coast asset manager will be responsible for a separate account which will invest opportunistically across the credit market

BlueMountain hires fund distribution specialist from Paulson
BlueMountain Capital Management has poached Claudio Macchetto from Paulson and assigned him to the newly created position of head of platform distribution

Investcorp prices refi of 2014 European CLO
Since taking over the former 3i Debt Management platform, Investcorp has been an active issuer of CLOs

Octagon plans its first 40 Act credit fund with 50% bucket for CLOs
Octagon Credit Investors is working on what could become one of the first closed-end fund listings by an alternative credit manager in recent years

Wealth manager bumps up allocation to new Ares structured credit fund
A wealth management firm has increased its allocation to a structured credit fund that is being raised by Ares with a $500 million target

Och-Ziff gives its debut US CLO (another) new lease of life
For Och-Ziff, OZLM Funding is the CLO that just keeps giving

Axa buys into MJX and Alcentra CLO dual-compliant double Bs
Axa Investment Managers bought into recent deals from MJX Asset Management and Alcentra, according to a monthly update for its listed fund Volta Finance.

CLO round-up: ICG switches risk retention method as Apollo CMV nears debut
ICG completed a total revamp of a European CLO this week (vertical to horizontal risk retention, and sponsor to originator); BlueMountain set a record for tightest US 2.0 CLO print and Apollo is marketing its first risk retention-compliant US CLO

Fast-growing private credit firm Northleaf brings in senior advisor
Northleaf Capital Partners has announced that Robert Weiss has joined as a senior advisor for its private credit team

Pension fund signs up to majority CLO equity strategy
A control CLO equity investor has pulled in $100 million of capital from a US pension fund

Carlson goes vertical as it resets its second CLO in two weeks
Latest reset sees 2015 CLO obtain a renewed two year non-call and four year reinvestment period

Think outside the box
While the US market credit is the most liquid and the UK is considered the home of European direct lending, there are opportunities further a?eld

Fees on the line as CLO investors fight back over ramp-up failings
CLO managers globally are being chastised for failing to deliver on their model portfolios.

CSAM and Morgan Stanley pioneer new US CLO template
Credit Suisse Asset Management priced a new US CLO late on Friday and in the process the firm introduced a new take on the standard CLO structure - the CLO features a five-year reinvestment period and a non-call period of just 18 months

CLO round-up: triple-A investors answer the call as spreads hit 118bp
Hold the phone, CLO triple-A spreads are as tight as 118bp. That's if you're lucky enough to be on the approved list of a major Japanese bank

CVC Credit raises $600 million for global CLO risk retention programme
CVC Credit Partners has announced the final close of its $600 million CLO risk retention vehicle, CVC Credit Partners Global CLO Management. 

Barings joins elite list of managers to price US CLO triple As at 118bp
Wells Fargo had a busy end to last week after pricing three (very different) US CLOs