Hogan Lovells Cadwalader launches with eight CLO partners
EXCLUSIVE: The newly merged law firm now has the largest structured finance legal team in the world, with 40-45 partners globally in leveraged finance and fund finance

Muzinich launches European AAA CLO ETF
The new Muzinich AAA CLO UCITS ETF launched on the Waystone ETF platform and will be offered in the UK, Austria, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Singapore

Iran War to increase corporate default rates globally — IACPM Survey
Though the credit market is absorbing new leveraged loan issuance amid geopolitical uncertainty, credit managers expect the war to drive a rise in defaults

Benefit Street Partners targets Japanese private credit, CLO investments with new hire
Franklin Templeton subsidiary Benefit Street Partners has appointed former Blue Owl MD Takeshi Yamamoto in a newly-created role

MUFG expands European leveraged finance business with new DACH hire
Former Crédit Agricole managing director Mario Hatzinger has been appointed as MUFG’s head of leveraged finance for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland 

Private credit CLOs gather steam in Europe as Ares prices its first euro/sterling deal
The transaction follows the pioneering euro/sterling transaction from Barings last October, which also priced via BNP Paribas, and is the second private credit CLO for Ares in Europe

Private credit investors chase higher risk-return—Campbell Lutyens
A new survey shows investors are seeking higher returning strategies amid expectations of lower rates, while also turning away from the dominant North American market

T. Rowe Price and OHA launch CLO-investing credit fund for wealthy Australians
The Flexible Credit Income Fund AUD has been specifically designed for wholesale investors, and will invest in CLOs

Concerns growing about potential turn in the credit cycle – Goldman 2026 outlook
Investors should monitor signs of late-cycle behaviours, with the possibility that pressure on leverage ratios may result in credit ratings downgrades, Goldman Sachs Asset Management said in its 2026 investment outlook

Mizuho EMEA names former BNP Paribas exec as CIB head
Matthew Ponsonby will become head of Mizuho EMEA’s corporate and investment bank, and president and CEO of Mizuho International on 1 October

Samsung Life becomes latest institution to take minority stake in Hayfin
Insurer Samsung Life joins Mubadala and AXA IM Prime as minority stakeholders in Hayfin

Eagle Point hires head of client and partner solutions for Japan
Ken Yamashita most recently worked at Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Palmer Square launches Europe’s first passive CLO ETF
The new CLO ETF, launched today, is designed to give European institutional investors exposure to triple A and double A-rated CLO debt

India's Vivriti explores issuing country’s first CLO
EXCLUSIVE: Indian asset manager in early stages of planning country’s first middle market CLO

Credit markets have become more stable and behave differently – KKR’s Eddie O’Neill
PODCAST: The co-head of global liquid credit at KKR sees opportunities and reasons for optimism after the recent market upheaval, especially in Europe and Asia in the latest "Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee" podcast

Siepe hires two from US Bank to boost CLO, private credit tools
The software and technology service provider for CLO and private credit managers is expanding its team

Macquarie moves forward on entering CLO management business
EXCLUSIVE: The Australian-headquartered firm has hired a top-tier bank to arrange its first US CLO

Expect wider credit spreads, compelling opportunities in CLOs – Bain Capital’s John Wright
PODCAST: Latest guest on the Credit Exchange podcast is "pretty excited" about CLO debt and expects spreads to widen

Fund performance - February 2025
Structured finance leads, but all indices stay positive as 2025 begins

CLO manager M&A driven by search for talent and scale
Irradiant’s star investor Maji set to depart as firm is acquired

International trading systems were broken before Trump started smashing them up
Whether he succeeds in using economic might to assert US authority in the world, Trump will be brandishing the weapon of tariffs in an already fragile international trading system.

Credit funds at a glance - January 2025
Fund performance, recent hires, recent fundraising

Fund performance - December 2024
CLO funds cap off strong 2024 with yet another good month

Fidelity Investments prices new US BSL CLO with AAAs at 131bps
Fidelity Investments, working through its CLO-management subsidiary Ballyrock Investment Advisers, has printed its second new US BSL deal of the year

Fund performance - Emerging markets index takes top spot in solid month for credit overall
September was another positive month for credit funds. In almost every category our indices were positive, and four strategies showed solid average returns of 1% or more.