Time-saving hedge fund platforms stop opportunities evaporating
Lengthy commitment periods and drawn-out negotiations between institutional investors and fund managers could be a thing of the past thanks to a wave of multi-manager hedge fund platforms

Axa IM global loan fund tops €1 billion in AUM
Axa Investment Managers has announced that its Axa IM Loan Fund has hit €1 billion in size.

Octagon plans its first 40 Act credit fund with 50% bucket for CLOs
Octagon Credit Investors is working on what could become one of the first closed-end fund listings by an alternative credit manager in recent years

GSO goes in-house for its latest credit interval fund
GSO is planning a novel onshore fund to invest in loans and CLOs, according to a prospectus recently filed with the SEC

GoldenTree squares up for huge credit interval fund launch
GoldenTree Asset Management has partnered with a retail distribution giant on the latest example of a credit interval fund, according to SEC filings

Eaton Vance targets global credit with new Ucits fund
Eaton Vance Management has announced the launch of Global High Yield Bond Fund

Highland shelves plans for format switch as interval funds gather pace
Instead of converting a mutual fund into an interval fund, Highland is looking to launch an interval fund - viewed as a investor-friendly alternative to BDCs - from scratch 

US hedge fund manager launches mortgage-orientated fund
A structured credit specialist has so far raised $50 million for a fund which will write mortgages in a niche corner of the US property market

Chicago-based manager floats new $500 million loan fund
A mid-market specialist founded by two former American Capital officials is understood to be in the market with a new senior loan fund  

US pension fund awards $825 million in credit mandates to HPS
HPS Investment Partners has registered big inflows in recent months and that trend is continuing after a pension fund agreed to back the manager with three mandates

KKR ex special situations head assembles team for new credit fund launch
The former head of KKR’s European special situations business, Mubashir Mukadam, has joined forces with two other experienced credit professionals to launch a new firm in 2017

Chenavari business development head joins start-up credit manager
A new credit manager - which is close to securing €1 billion of pension fund seed money - has hired an experienced marketing specialist

Credit managers go shopping for marketers in fundraising spree
Buy-side firms are recruiting marketing executives for credit fundraising at a record pace

Dallas-based distressed fund hires as it looks to raise assets
Business development specialist joins Dallas-based fund in asset-raising push 

Fund manager will close as insurance money dries up
UK firm closes after failing to build on seed investment

Pension giant backs Rokos hedge fund launch
A hedge fund being launched by former Brevan Howard partner Chris Rokos has received backing from a large pension fund

Managers bring fund-raising into the equation with credit quant hires
Several managers have recently hired credit quants and are looking to launch dedicated quantitative credit funds

KKR hires credit strategist for marketing role
US asset manager hires credit strategist to help fund-raising for credit fund