Infrastructure manager raises $6.5 billion in equity and debt mandates
Global infrastructure manager IFM Investors raised $6.5 billion in infrastructure equity and debt globally between 1 July 2016 and 30 September 2017

UK pension scheme hires head of credit
A UK pension scheme with £29.6 billion of assets has hired a new head of credit, who will help grow the fund's investment grade capabilities

Global asset manager becomes latest to receive China fund license
Aberdeen Standard Investment's Shanghai enterprise has obtained private securities fund management approval in China 

Going short IG against the ECB will eventually pay off
Chenavari’s Demian Brasil takes our credit quiz

Aberdeen Standard to terminate fund following multi billion-dollar outflows
Aberdeen Standard Investments is poised to terminate its Absolute Return Government Bond sub-fund, which once held assets of $5.6 billion, a shareholder statement reveals

Harvest acquires $1.9 billion investment manager Astor
JMP Group's subsidiary Harvest Capital Strategies has made a minority investment in Astor Investment Management, according to an announcement today

AllianzGI makes hires and launches its second UK infrastructure debt fund
AllianzGI’s new fund, which is approaching its first close, will invest in long-term, investment grade core UK infrastructure assets

UK pension fund awards Loomis Sayles £485 million for multi-strategy credit
Natixis-affiliate Loomis Sayles has been awarded a £485 million ($647.3 million) mandate by the Avon Pension Fund to manage its multi-asset credit allocation

Cheyne launches new global credit fund
The fund is the latest in the managers investment grade corporate credit strategy. 

Robeco launches short-duration version of its global credit fund
A Rotterdam-based asset manager has launched a short duration form of its global credits strategy

BNY to merge three of its asset managers
BNY Mellon Investment Management plans to merge three of its managers into one entity that will oversee $560 billion in assets

Experienced European credit trader joins Nomura in senior role
A high-profile credit trader has joined Nomura after a brief stint at Citi

BlueBay launches Ucits bond fund
BlueBay Asset Management has launched a new global fixed income fund, with an eye on wealth managers

Volatility management boosts Double Haven's Asian credit fund
Hong Kong's Double Haven has outperformed the US high yield market and exhibited less volatility this year through its Asian bond fund

Fund manager with UHNWI following raises $25 million for long-short credit
An asset manager based in Florida, which has successfully sold credit funds to ultra high-net-worth individuals, has rased $25 million for a long-short credit fund

US investors allocate over $100 million to BlueBay credit fund
BlueBay Asset Management has picked up over $100 million of commitments from US investors for its total return credit fund

Former RBS high yield syndication chief resurfaces at Millennium
The former head of RBS's European high yield syndication effort has stepped into a senior role at investment firm Millennium Management.

CLO-savvy insurance company hires two for top credit investment roles
An insurance company, which has made a name for itself in supporting CLO managers with risk retention capital, has made a pair of big hires to its credit investment business

BlackRock shakes up top credit roles
BlackRock is shaking up its credit leadership team, with two top positions set to be shuffled in the near future

Join the debate: should a government bond make it through an ethical screen?
Alcohol – yes (tax benefit); Tobacco – yes (tax benefit); Weapons – absolutely; government bond??

Funding costs continue to fall as EJF prices latest trups CDO
The transaction was arranged by BAML and is set to close on 26 October, according to market sources

Vanguard launches global credit fund
Vanguard has launched a global credit bond fund that will invest in fixed income securities, according to documents seen by Creditflux

Barclays buys protection on $1.6 billion global credit portfolio
Barclays has completed a new reg cap trade, according to a recent ratings announcement by DBRS

Manager plans first post-crisis CLO backed by infrastructure assets
Barclays is marketing the first 2.0 infrastructure CLO, according to market sources

Wealth manager SCS raises $45 million for offshore credit fund
SCS Capital Management has raised $44.8 million for its Multi-Sector Credit and is backed by 30 investors to date