AllianceBernstein, Brookfield, and Carlyle to offer private markets products for retirement plans
The three firms will offer a turnkey private markets product for retirement savers

We are seeing an insurance renaissance – AllianceBernstein deputy CIO of insurance Gary Zhu
PODCAST: Innovation on the liability side is allowing insurance companies to change their funding costs and be more competitive, says Gary Zhu, deputy chief investment officer of insurance at AllianceBernstein (AB), in the latest episode of ‘Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee’

Latest AB CarVal Euro reset prices wide
The reset of the 2023 deal issued its triple As at Euribor plus 142bps

AB upsizes new-issue private credit CLO
The manager's first new mid-market print since February priced its triple As at SOFR plus 153bps

AB opts for short duration with latest BSL issue
The USD 402.1m deal comes three months after the manager's last new issue, a mid-market CLO

AB prints its first new-issue private credit CLO in five months
The half-billion-dollar deal was the latest middle market CLO to price its triple As below SOFR plus 140bps  

AB resets, upsizes a 2021-vintage US CLO
AllianceBernstein has added USD 7.80m to a US BSL CLO it reset via Santader  

AllianceBernstein hires CLO veteran Spiro for private credit securitization
AllianceBernstein has hired Eileen Spiro, formerly of Shenkman Capital, to oversee private credit, recurring revenue and asset-backed securitizations

AllianceBernstein prints first US BSL CLO under Schwartz regime
AllianceBernstein has priced a new CLO that marks the manager’s first new US BSL offering since Bob Schwartz took the helm of the platform in January

ABPCI reduces equity size in reset of 2017 middle market CLO
AB Private Credit Investors on Friday printed a reset of ABPCI Direct Lending Fund CLO II, the second reset of the 2017 vintage deal

New Mexico pension system allocates USD 200m to specialty finance
The new commitment is the latest in a string of investments in private credit from the New Mexico State Investment Council, totaling hundreds of millions of dollars

Middle market CLO prices with tightest mezz this year
AllianceBernstein priced a new middle market deal on Thursday that set new year-to-date tights through the mezz

Alliance Bernstein grows alternatives business
AllianceBernstein continues to expand its alternatives business with the launch of a new BDC, as well as a further push into strategies such as energy transition, asset-based lending and opportunistic credit

RR ABS issuance continues as AB prices new deal
ABPCI has become the latest manager to price a recurring revenue 2024 ABS deal, a securitization of loans to high growth tech companies which sits somewhere between CLOs and ABS

AB adds MM CLO reset to its roster
Although most attention over the past week has been focused on the BSL market, AllianceBernstein has been active in the middle market arena, with a reset of its 2019-vintage ABPCI Direct Lending Fund CLO V

Schwartz steps up to lead AB CLO platform
Alliance Bernstein has promoted Bob Schwartz to lead the AB CLO platform, a move chat comes in the wake of Scott Macklin’s move from AB to Obra Capital

Obra adds veteran CLO PM as it expands into CLO management
Obra Capital has continued its push into CLO management with the hire of a new Head of US Leveraged Finance will be responsible for managing Obra’s CLO platform

Middle market rush continues as AllianceBernstein prices new CLO
AllianceBernstein is the latest manager to price an end-of-year mid-market CLO, with a USD 397.44m new issue yesterday 

Mid market CLO league tables: AB crosses $1 billion and Natixis $2 billion to lead the way
Mid market CLO issuance in April was down for the second straight month with $2.15 billion pricing, compared to $3 billion in March and $3.5 billion in February

Global CLO league tables - April 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April 2023 YTD

Marathon hires consultant relations co-head from AB
Marathon Asset Management has hired Scott Boyle as managing director and co-head of consultant relations in New York

AB issues $1.3 billion CLOs in just one month after third transaction
Alliance Bernstein has priced its third CLO in the space of a month, teaming with Natixis on the $395 million deal named ABPCI Direct Lending Fund CLO XIII

AB and Partners print new five-year CLOs as daily volumes top $1 billion
AllianceBernstein and Partners Group each priced a new five-year reinvestment CLO on Wednesday, contributing to issuance volumes in the US topping $1 billion in a day for the first time in March

Mid market CLO triple A spreads at 255bp after AB prices
AllianceBernstein priced a new middle market CLO named ABPCI Direct Lending Fund CLO XII on Wednesday, with the deal's triple A notes scoring a Sofr plus 255 basis point print

Recurring revenue ABS: meet the latest CLO variant
A new asset class is being added to Creditflux’s middle market CLO league tables with an increasing number of firms moving into recurring revenue ABS