Credit hedge fund to pay $10 million to settle insider trading case
New York-based Visium Asset Management is to pay approximately $10 million to settle a credit fund insider trading case, 8 May US regulatory filings reveal

Fortress produces $1 billion quasi-CBO
Fortress Investments has produced one of the biggest quasi-CBOs since the financial crisis after pricing FDF IV at $1,018.8 million on Friday.

T Rowe's fixed income head Wiese to step down
T-Rowe Price Group’s fixed income head Ted Wiese is to step down from his role as at 1 May 2019.  The firm has announced that Andrew McCormick will replace him

Carlyle and Oppenheimer opt for interval fund structure as part of JV
The new private credit fund will invest at least 80% across loans and structured credit (Including CLOs), opportunistic credit, direct lending and liquid credit, SEC filings reveal

Credit boutiques shine bright in Morningstar’s list
Morningstar’s five-star rating has recently been bestowed on a number of boutique credit managers

Future returns: we've (not) got a case of the blues
Regular readers may notice a slight change to this, the 201st issue of Creditflux...

Libor rise gives timely boost to US loan yields
Competition for US loans among CLOs, ETFs and mutual funds is keeping margins in check. However, the 60bp increase in Libor in Q1 means there’s still reason to pile into the loan market

Fulcrum launches new multi-strat fund with daily liquidity
Fulcrum Asset Management has launched TM Fulcrum Diversified Liquid Alternatives Fund, which will invest across real assets, alternative credit and diversifiers

Investcorp names new co-CEO
Alterative investment manager Investcorp has announced that Hazem Ben-Gacem will become co-chief executive officer, joining current co-CEO Rishi Kapoor

Oaktree's multi-strategy credit platform reaches $2.9 billion
Los Angeles based Oaktree Capital Management's multi-strategy credit platform – which includes Oaktree Global Credit Fund – has hit $2.89 billion as at 31 March 2018  

Pictet launches Asian corporate bond fund
Geneva-headquartered Pictet Asset Management has launched a Ucits-compliant Asian corporate bonds fund

Fundraising proves to be fruitful experience as manager's fund hits $540 million
New York-based Old Orchard Capital Management has raised $540.97 million for its Old Orchard Credit Fund - an increase of around $190 million in just under a year,

Canada Life appoints head of credit in London
Canada Life Investments has appointed Rick Wisentaner as head of credit with immediate effect

Canadian pension fund appoints head of credit
Toronto-headquartered Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has appointed John Graham as head of credit investments, effective 1 June 2018

Man GLG's senior PM Mawby resigns
Man GLG’s Jon Mawby has resigned as senior portfolio manager with immediate effect and will now be placed on gardening leave, Creditflux understands.

Prytania lands in the US with MD hire to New York office
London's Prytania Asset Management has hired Fahd Basir as managing director to lead its New York office

79% of credit managers expect US high yield to widen, survey reveals
The International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers (IACPM) has revealed the results for its latest IACPM Credit Outlook Survey – and the outlook appears to be bleak

Cerberus appoints former JP Morgan COO as president
New York-based Cerberus Capital Management has announced three senior leadership promotions: Matt Zames as president of Cerberus, Frank Bruno to co-chief executive officer  and Lee Millstein as president of the Cerberus global investments.   

GoldenTree, KKR and StepStone earn sub-advisor roles for new interval fund
FS Investments is launching a multi-strategy interval fund and has chosen GoldenTree Asset Management, KKR Credit and StepStone Group to act as sub-advisors

Dentons brings in derivatives lawyer as partner
Global law firm Dentons has added Alice Yurke as partner in its capital markets practice, the firm announced yesterday

New Mountain poaches former Partner's Group private debt vice president
New Mountain Capital has poached former Partner’s Group private debt vice president Thomas Libretto as director in New York

London-based boutique manager launches emerging markets Ucits fund
EG Capital Advisors takes bottom-up approach for $75 million emerging markets high yield Ucits fund

BlackRock's iShares contribute to strong AUM growth despite volatile quarter
BlackRock has reported a 17% year-on-year growth in AUM at the end of first quarter 2018, as well as a 28% year-over-year growth in first-quarter earnings

Market's newest ESG bond fund targets Australian and New Zealand investors
Less than two years after launching an equity version, Dimensional has unveiled a sustainable bond fund for investors in Australia and New Zealand