Talf fundraising picks up ahead of today's launch
Credit managers are racing to raise capital for term asset backed loan funds, as the launch date for the US talf programme begins today

Fairfax pension mulls $90 million commitment to two talf funds
The Educational Employees' Supplementary Retirement System of Fairfax County is mulling a $90 million investments in term asset backed lending facility funds managed by Alliance Bernstein and Nuveen

Axa terminates $14 billion fixed income mandate with AB as it takes assets in-house
Axa has terminated a $14 billion taxable-fixed income investment mandate with AB

CLO pipeline: make some noise for repricings
CLOs may be a bit late to the spread-tightening party, but a hoard of CLO repricings is aiming to make up for it by sheer volume

Global mid market CLO league tables: Golub and Natixis lead by a distance
Golub Capital and Natixis dominated the mid market CLO space in 2019 in the manager and arranger league tables, respectively

Mid market CLO league tables: springing back into life after September drought
After a September hiatus, three managers returned to mid market CLOs in October to bring issuance back on track as monthly volume exceeded $1 billion for the sixth time this year

AB prices latest CLO as middle market spreads widen
AllianceBernstein has priced its third new CLO of 2019 backed by middle market loans, and its second with Natixis as arranger, according to market sources

AB launches US CLO business after hiring from Sculptor
AB is building on its middle market CLO business by launching a broadly syndicated loan CLO platform, according to a company announcement. AB's majority owner, Axa Equitable, will fund the new product offering, according to AB, which presumably means that it will invest in the equity of forthcoming AB CLOs

CLO pipeline: Capital time to debut in Europe as liability spreads drop
CLO managers are showing no signs of slowing down, as a further 16 US and five European new issue CLOs, including Capital Four's CLO management debut, appear in the pipeline

Mid market CLO league tables: Barclays makes entrance as AB picks up the pace
Barclays was involved in its first ever middle market CLO, as July marked the first month of 2019 that Natixis did not arrange a mid market CLO this year.

Barclays makes mid market CLO breakthrough with first transaction
Barclays has got its middle market CLO business off the ground

CLO pipeline: Barclays and Goldman branch out to mid market
The US CLO pipeline has been full in recent weeks and this continues, with 18 new issue CLOs and a further nine refinancings appearing this week.

AB resets middle market CLO from 2016
AB yesterday priced a reset and upsize of its 2016 middle market CLO named ABPCI Direct Lending Fund CLO I

CLO pipeline: refinancings to make a comeback
CLO refinancings look set to continue their recent surge in the US CLO market, with another five refinancings and two resets appearing in the pipeline.

Mid market CLO round-up: eyes (wide) open as mid-market CLOs re-awaken
AB returned to the middle market CLO space this week after a year out to price ABPCI V. It is the second middle market CLO of the year after Fortress Investment Group refinanced Fortress Credit Opportunities VII. 

AB returns to CLOs by pricing 2019's first mid-market new issue
AB Private Credit Investors, the middle market credit arm of AB, has become the first manager to price a new issue CLO backed by mid-market loans in 2019

AllianceBernstein looks towards BSL CLO management with new hire
AllianceBernstein is looking to expand its CLO management business and enter into the world of broadly syndicated CLOs

AB raises $83 million for its second US direct lending fund
AB Private Credit Investors, the middle market direct lending platform of AllianceBernstein, has launched its second middle market fund 

AB targets financials with new global credit fund
Global investment manager AB (previously known as AllianceBernstein) has today announced the launch of a new global Ucits credit fund – AB Financial Credit Portfolio

AB emerging markets debt fund raises $240 million for a single investor
Regulatory filings indicate that New York-based AB, previously known as AllianceBernstein, has raised $240 million for the fund

AB reports "exceptional" 2017 and growing AUM
AB has reported its earnings for 2017, described by chief executive officer Seth Bernstein as an “exceptional” year for the firm

AB names fixed income co-heads and replaces Ashish Shah on two funds
Following the departure of Ashish Shah, who was AB's head of fixed income and chief investment officer, Will Smith has been appointed co-manager on two bond funds. Meanwhile, the firm has named two co-heads of fixed income

GSAM poaches AB’s Ashish Shah as global corporate credit head
Goldman Sachs Asset Management's fixed income team has hired Ashish Shah as partner and head of global corporate credit, according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux

AB reports highest AUM since 2008 as it launches BDC
The firm generated total net inflows of $4.5 billion for the quarter, a big improvement from the $15.3 billion in the outflows in last year’s third quarter

AB steps up fundraising for BDC
AB is raising funds for its AB Private Credit Investors Corp, previously known as AB Private Credit Corp, filings show