CLO rankings: manager AUM, advisory firm and trustees Q4 2022
As 2022 draws to a close manager consolidation through mergers and acquisitions have been balanced out by new market entrants to leave roughly the same number of managers that entered the year, at least for now.

CLOs at a glance (October 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month  

Empower and Muzinich become US CLO market's first debut managers in six months
Empower Capital Management and Muzinich & Co became the US CLO market's first debut managers since February by printing their inaugural deals on Friday

US CLO pipeline: new faces appear amid tightening price guidance
After many months, the US CLO pipeline is bursting with new life as two debutants market their inaugural deals – Empower’s Empower 2022-1 and Muzinich’s 1988 CLO 1 

CLO debutants storm into US for first time since February as two managers market deals
The theme of first-time managers entering the US CLO market is set for a comeback, with Empower Capital Management and Muzinich marketing debut new issue transactions

Credit funds at a glance (June 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
 
   

Muzinich targets high income with new flexible credit fund
Muzinich & Co has launched Muzinich Dynamic Credit Income Fund, which it says is “designed for investors seeking outperformance in rising credit markets without taking excessive risks”

Credit funds at a glance (January 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Brace yourself for tiers, tightening and titanic CLO issuance
The European CLO market has shattered post-global financial crisis new issuance records in 2021 with €38.4 billion pricing, as Creditflux goes to press. But 2022 could prove even more abundant

Muzinich adds UK and Ireland institutional sales head
Muzinich & Co has hired a head institutional sales for the UK and Ireland

Muzinich secures "substantial equity commitment" for new CLO platform
Muzinich’s CLO ambitions – reported by Creditflux late on Wednesday – are being supported by equity capital, both internally and through investors

Muzinch hires ex-Ostrum official to launch US and European CLO platform
Muzinich has hired an ex-head of global performing credit at Bardin Hill as a portfolio manager to launch a global CLO platform,

Credit funds at a glance (July 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Muzinich launches APAC private debt fund with DBS as anchor investor
Muzinich has launched an Asian special situations fund named Muzinich Asia Pacific Private Debt I

Credit funds at a glance (May 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit 

Credit Rendezvous: ready and waiting
In Creditflux's quarterly review of credit, portfolio managers tell us that Inflation is likely to nudge higher but they are optimistic because dispersion will pick up and windows of volatility will emerge, rather than elongated phases of stress 

Muzinich amasses €342 million on third close for European direct lending fund
Muzinich Pan-European II Private Debt Fund is a lower mid-market European direct lending fund

Credit funds at a glance (April 2021)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Muzinich adds ex-CIO of boutique amid raft of credit hires
Muzinich has made five hires to its corporate credit business 

People underestimate the impact they can have with ESG
Muzinich's Kirsten Bode takes our credit quiz

Muzinich reaches €210 million first close for lower mid-market credit fund
Muzinich & Co has held a €210 million first close on a second lower middle market, pan-European private debt fund, Muzinich Pan-European II Private Debt Fund

Onex keeps up recruitment drive as it hires high yield credit head
Onex Credit has made more additions to its team in New York, adding a head of high yield credit and a portfolio manager in opportunistic credit

Direct lenders look to source deal flow through government-backed loans
Direct lenders have been looking to tap into government backed loans as a way of sourcing deals, either via partnering with banks or being an accredited lender

Muzinich subsidiary launches €417 million Italian credit fund
Springrowth, a subsidiary of Muzinich, has held a €417 million final close on an Italian direct lending fund in which Muzinich partners with local banks for origination. The Milan-based firm is also fundraising for a Rescue Financing fund to support companies affected by the coronavirus crisis

Muzinich targets €500 million after first close of senior secured fund
Muzinich has collected €104 million for a first close of its Muzinich European Senior Secured Fund