$36 billion pension fund raises its target allocation to private debt
A large US public pension fund has recently agreed to increase its target allocation to private debt

Citi introduces tiered pricing model for CLO b-wics to boost participation
Market sources say that Citi – one of the largest CLO market-makers in the business – has launched a new CLO b-wic pricing initiative, which could improve liquidity in the secondary market for CLOs

Allstate refinances 2014 CLO featuring unusual triple-A notes
Allstate Investments’ Aimco CLO 2014-A has been refinanced in a $483.45 million transaction

Owl Rock adds new direct loans, taking BDC to over $1 billion
Owl Rock Capital has continued to make rapid progress in ramping up its private business development company, one of the biggest debut mid-market debt funds of recent years

Investors dump venture lender Hercules on plan for external manager
Shares in publicly traded business development company Hercules Capital fell sharply last week, after the company announced that it was switching from being managed internally to employing an external advisor

Investing ethically is worth it
Managers could see less volatile returns as a result of their increasing adoption of ESG-friendly portfolios; meanwhile direct lending is spreading across Europe

Boutique CLO managers boss secondary market
Creditflux analysis shows that, when their total assets are taken into account, small managers' CLOs are more liquid than those of large managers 

Black Diamond credit hedge fund joins Creditflux listings
Black Diamond Credit Strategies Master Fund is the latest addition to Creditflux’s growing hedge fund listings

DoubleLine returns to CLO market with $410 million deal
After sitting out 2016, DoubleLine Capital has issued a follow-up to its debut 2015 CLO

Prytania fund registers big gains after transitioning from CLO debt to equity
Prytania Investment Advisors has continued its impressive start to 2017

JP Morgan kicks off May's primary market with two US CLOs
JP Morgan kicked off May’s CLO primary market yesterday, pricing two new issue CLOs in quick succession.

GreensLedge resets US CLO manager's 2014 deal for four years
GreensLedge has priced a four-year CLO reset for a Chicago-based credit manager, according to market sources.

ICG cuts triple-A coupon by 27bp as it refinances 2014 CLO
ntermediate Capital Group has priced a $321.6 million CLO refinancing, according to market sources.

CLO round-up: Investcorp tops table of highest 2.0 equity distributions
This month has seen the largest 2.0 CLO equity distribution ever, according to CLO-i data

BlueBay, Brightwood and Permira win private debt mandates
BlueBay Asset Management, Brightwood Capital Advisors and Permira Debt Management have been tasked with overseeing a London pension fund’s direct lending portfolio

Allstate's CLO issuance is in good hands as manager prices $410 million deal
One of the most patient and consistent CLO managers, Allstate Investment Management, has priced its latest US CLO

A star is born as Antares re-debuts in CLOs with largest 2.0
Antares Capital is back in the CLO market with a (big) bang

GSO secures record tight funding costs as it prices latest US CLO
GSO has priced its latest US CLO, according to market sources, locking in funding costs of less than 180bp over Libor in the process

Manager retains vertical strip as it resets CLO for five years
A Chicago-based CLO manager has priced a reset of a 2013 vintage CLO, retaining a vertical strip in the process for US risk retention

Jefferies appoints head of CLO syndication amid pick-up in business
A former Lehman Brothers sales professional has been promoted to a senior role within Jefferies’s CLO arranging team in New York

CLO round-up: CSAM prices US triple As at tightest levels since 2013
CLO spreads have been grinding tighter this year and last week saw Credit Suisse Asset Management achieve the tightest triple-A spread in the US market since June 2013, according to Creditflux data

Waterfall looks to add derivatives to its credit managed account
A US pension fund looks set to approve a change to its account with Waterfall, which will see the manager gain the ability to use derivatives as a hedging tool

US CLO triple-A spreads reach 99bp after Sound Point CLO refi
Triple-A CLO spreads have dipped below 100 basis points in the US market with investor sources reporting that senior notes in Sound Point CLO III priced at 99bp as part of a refinancing

Boston-based manager resets already-refinanced CLO in $517 million deal
NewStar Capital has priced a reset of its 2013 CLO, Longfellow Place, according to market sources.