BNY to merge three of its asset managers
BNY Mellon Investment Management plans to merge three of its managers into one entity that will oversee $560 billion in assets

US CLO round-up: managers sell CLOs into Europe
The vast majority of US CLOs that have been issued this year have not been compliant with European risk retention rules. However, three “dual compliant” US CLOs were issued this week

New Jersey manager shaves 21bp off 2017's US CLO reset tights
The manager priced its triple As at just 82 basis points over Libor, according to market sources

Ares keeps up direct lending growth and plans new credit fund launch
Ares Management’s credit business just keeps growing, with the firm planning a new fund launch and a continued push into European direct lending, according to a recent results presentation

US league tables: huge demand sees CLO volumes rise and funding costs fall
The fourth quarter spike in CLO volumes, which has long been a tradition, is in full flow in 2017 with $13.08 billion of new issue paper pricing in the US last month

New CLO equity is being locked up
In what could be a sign of things to come, controlling blocks of equity in CLOs subject to risk retention have not been readily available in the secondary market this year. By Tanvi Gupta

US CLO spreads continue to tighten as THL Credit prices its latest deal
THL Credit Partners priced its 10th transaction in the US CLO market this year yesterday

Ares prices triple As at 117bp in $658 million US CLO reset
Ares priced its 11th transaction in the US CLO market yesterday

ArrowMark prices its second new CLO of 2017
325 Fillmore – an affiliate of ArrowMark Partners - has priced a $464 million CLO, according to market sources

KKR raises $7 billion through strategic investor partnerships
KKR is prioritising strategic partnerships with institutional investors and longer lock-up vehicles, according to officials at the firm

Ohio pension fund commits $50 million to LA-based direct lending vehicle
After creating a separate private credit allocation earlier this year, the Ohio pension fund continues to develop its exposure to direct lending

Sound Point fund sees inflows of $740 million over 12 months
A Sound Point Capital Management fund is creeping closer to an expected $1.25 billion soft close

CIFC liquidates CLO-focused fund
Private debt manager CIFC has liquidated a closed-end fund known as the CLO Opportunity Fund I, but has launched a successor fund

Middle market CLO spreads tighten as Citi prices reset
A New York manager priced its second middle market CLO transaction of 2017 yesterday, according to market sources

Marathon fund doubles assets in six months
Marathon's Emerging Markets Bond Fund substantially increased its assets between March and September – more than doubling its AUM, according to estimated figures

Anchorage raises $43.5 million for short credit strategy in 12 months
New York-based Anchorage Capital Group has raised a total of almost $45 million for its short credit strategy in a year, according to US SEC filings

US CLO round-up: GoldenTree and Oak Hill make hay as spreads hit new lows
GoldenTree Loan Management and Oak Hill Advisors have shown that now is as good a time as any to be launching a new US CLO

CSAM brings 2017 US CLO volumes over $10 billion as it prices new deal
The manager priced its 15th transaction on the US CLO market this year on Friday, according to market sources

Californian firm boosts tax-exempt real estate credit fund by $32.5 million
Mosaic Real Estate Investors has raised about $32.5 million for its tax-exempt real estate credit fund since launching about a year ago

US CLO round-up: trend-setting managers show 2015 refis are in fashion
The fourth-quarter CLO rush is well and truly in motion with $3.4 billion of CLO paper pricing in the US - and refis of 2015 deals are becoming increasingly important

HPS wraps up fundraising for specialty loan fund with $4.5 billion of LP capital
New York-based HPS Investment Partners has completed fundraising for its HPS Specialty Loan Fund 2016 - which raised over $4.5 billion of imited partner capital with $6.5 billion of purchasing power, exceeding the initial target of $5 billion

LA pension fund monitors high yield manager Aegon amid SEC investigation
The Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System (Lacers) is currently monitoring its high yield manager Aegon, which is under SEC investigation

CLO-savvy insurance company hires two for top credit investment roles
An insurance company, which has made a name for itself in supporting CLO managers with risk retention capital, has made a pair of big hires to its credit investment business

Wells Fargo takes the lead role as GoldenTree plans its next US CLO
It's Wells Fargo's turn to take the lead as GoldenTree plans the second CLO under its multi-arranger programme

Mid-market CLO volumes hit $12.2 billion as Wells Fargo prices new deal
Wells Fargo, the lead arranger of mid-market CLOs, has now issued close to $6 billion this year