Up-and-coming fund manager Revolution makes big structured credit hire
Sydney’s Revolution Asset Management has made a big hire, signalling its intent in the global structured credit markets

JP Morgan AM professional to lead spin-out of credit hedge fund
Former JP Morgan Asset Management portfolio manager Fahad Roumani appears to be gearing up to lead a spin-out firm, which will manage the JPS Credit Opportunities Fund under its new name

CLO manager looks to raise up to $2 billion to invest in CLOs globally
A US CLO manager is planning to invest in CLO tranches for the first time. It is understood that the firm is putting together a structured credit fund that will also have the ability to invest in index tranches

Buoyant CRE CLO market to finish the year with a flourish
Two deals are in the CRE CLO pipeline in what has been a bumper year following $12.2 billion of issuance

Angel Oak CMV plants seed for newly risen CLO market
Atlanta-based manager Angel Oak Capital is looking to fertilise the budding market for CLOs backed by subordinated bank debt

Credit Suisse brings in structured credit veteran to business development role
Credit Suisse has strengthened its securitised products team in New York, hiring a business development official to a team led by global structured credit head Jay Kim

New tailored credit index tranches draw in private bank investors
A new product aimed at private banks is quietly taking off in the synthetic structured credit space

A successful transition from prop desk to hedge fund
This month 10 years ago, negotiations over the fate of an important set of structured credit investors were on a knife edge

Local Pensions Partnership looks to go direct with £1.3 billion credit fund
The Local Pensions Partnership (LPP), which runs the pension schemes of two separate UK local government areas, has announced the launch of a £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) credit fund

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…

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

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

There are reasons to be upbeat, MEP tells securitisation specialists
IMN's 21st Annual Global ABS conference opened yesterday on a note of cautious optimism for the European securitisation market

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

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

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 insurance company's affiliate looks to expand in structured credit
An insurance company-backed asset manager is making a push into the structured credit market

LMCG credit fund turns defensive after near 4% one-month return
LMCG’s Serenitas Credit Gamma Master Fund posted a return of 3.58% for February, according to a note sent to investors

Eiffel proves you don’t need to guess oil prices to pick good oil bonds
Paris-based manager benefits from tertiary link to oil bounce with helicopter pick 

European ABS b-wics have an 80% success rate, finds TwentyFour
In a blog posted yesterday, TwentyFour Asset Management looks into liquidity in the European ABS market and finds that over the last 12 months, 80% of assets on b-wics have traded.

European investor buys mezz in risk retention compliant US CLO
Structured credit fund manager subscribes to risk retention-compliant US CLO

Octagon launches its first fund to target distressed and structured credit
Long-time CLO manager Octagon Credit Investors has this month diversified its business by launching a new commingled credit fund.