EM manager crosses $2 billion fundraising mark across four debt funds
London-headquartered Ashmore Group has now raised more than $2.3 billion in total between four of its Luxembourg-domiciled emerging market debt funds, regulatory filings indicate

Och-Ziff adds to CLO AUM with $508 million deal
Och-Ziff 18 CLO is expected to close on 4 April, according to market sources

US CLO round-up: there’s no time like the present to price CLOs
Risk retention will soon dissapear from existence. But CLO managers aren't hanging around

Weeks after a $550 million close, Silver Point raises $511 million for distressed debt
Greenwich-based Silver Point Capital has raised more than $511 million for a new distressed debt fund, regulatory filings show

Hayfin prices first US CLO after Kingsland acquisition
The asset manager has priced a $606.25 million new issue US CLO via Citi, according to market sources

CSAM makes unusual move of refinancing a CLO's junior debt
Madison Park XIX's triple Bs now pay less than the deal's single A-rated notes as a consequence of a rare CLO refi  

Symphony blasts 4bp of 2018's new issue CLO tights
Symphony Asset Management has issued its first new CLO of the year, knocking four basis points off 2018's record tights

Southpaw weighs in at $3 billion through distressed debt strategy
Distressed debt specialist Southpaw Asset Management has crept over the $3 billion mark for fundraising for its credit opportunities strategy, with the help of $200 million raised over the past 12 months

Ares prepares its first new issue US CLO of 2018
Ares Management is issuing its first new issue CLO in the US market of 2018 in a $713 million transaction

US CLO reset senior spreads tighten for the second time in as many days
A New Jersey manager priced a five-year reset yesterday via Barclays with the triple A notes yielding just 97bp

US CLOs eligible for European investors could drop by 80% this year, says Citi
The supply of US CLOs eligible to European investors is likely to drop to just $9-12 billion if risk retention is repealed, down from approximately $48 billion last year, according to research from Citi

GSAM loses another co-portfolio manager on $4 billion high yield fund
A former managing director has left Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) just months after one of his co-portfolio managers departed the firm, US SEC filings indicate

Ares plans to reset 2015 CLO, according to presale reports
Ares Management is preparing to reset one of its 2015 CLOs according to reports from Moody's and Standard and Poor's

Charlotte direct lender taps former BAML specialist for chief risk officer role
Capitala Group has hired Peter Sherman as chief risk officer, the North Carolina-based direct lender has announced

Forthcoming Voya CLO set to have lowest funding costs on record in US market
Voya Alternative Asset Management's first new issue CLO of 2018 is expected to have the lowest funding costs on record 

B-wic round-up: attention shifts to senior US CLO paper as trade rate hits 100%
The availability of US CLO equity tranches in the secondary market dried up last week, with holders perhaps reacting to regulators' move to repeal US CLO risk retention

Minnesota pension fund looks to commit $535 million to 'private credit'
Minnesota State Board of Investments has recommended investments worth $535 million to private credit, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux

Asset manager prices its fourth 2.0 US CLO
A US manager, known for taking a slow and steady approach to CLO issuance, priced its fourth CLO of the 2.0 era on Friday, according to market sources

US CLO round-up: Unfazed by risk retention uncertainty, a busy market tests reissue and L-shape trends
Qualms about the future of risk retention regulations have not impeded a busy week in primary market CLOs, with managers dabbling in reissues, L-shaped deals and shorter non-calls

California CLO manager prices its first US CLO deal of the year
The manager priced its second CLO transaction of the year yesterday and its first in the US market

Amherst Pierpont prices second ever CLO transaction for Connecticut manager
Amherst Pierpont has priced its second ever CLO transaction following its entry into the market late last year

Buoyed by four credit fund closes, Brookfield grows AUM by $35 billion in 2017
Toronto-based property manager Brookfield Asset Management has described 2017 as a “very successful” year characterised by strong fundraising for real assets, as well as significantly increased net income and funds from operations

North Carolina-based manager reissues 2014 vintage CLO
The manager has priced a $406.05 million reissue of its debut CLO transaction via Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs prices first CLO reset since risk retention verdict
A New York manager has priced its second CLO reset of the year via Goldman Sachs

AUM drops but Oaktree dubs 2017 a "strong" year
Alternative investment specialist Oaktree Capital Management has reported a slight decrease in assets under management for the year of 2017 – but the Los Angeles-based firm’s chief executive described the year as a “strong” one for the company