US pension gains 6.5% in three days after putting $350 million into credit
Marathon, Waterfall, ArrowMark and Columbia were allocated $350 million from a US pension for structured credit, Talf and high yield mandates

Former JP Morgan credit prop trader relaunches credit hedge fund
Palm Lane Partners is relaunching – two years after the credit hedge fund manager looked to spin out of JP Morgan Asset Management

Brigade collects $100 million for 'senior tranche' SMA
Brigade Capital Management has won a $100 million mandate from Texas County & District Retirement System for a structured credit fund geared towards senior tranches

Massachusetts pension commits $200 million to structured and corporate credit
Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Trust has approved commitments with CKC Credit Opportunity and LMCG Serenitas  

California pension earmarks $190 million for IG structured credit as it goes defensive
San Mateo County Employees Retirement Association has earmarked $190 million to a securitised credit managed account

Stockholm-based firm targets CLOs, CSOs and SRTs for new fund after stellar 2019
A fund manager, established in 2018, is said to be launching its second corporate structured credit fund, sources say, after generating 20% returns last year via its debut strategy. The new fund will invest across CLOs, CSOs, SRTs and index tranches 

Napier Park beats 47 managers to win pension's lucrative credit mandate
Napier Park Global Capital has emerged as the winner for a $500 million illiquid credit mandate for Los Angeles County Employees Association, after the pension recieved 48 responses to its original request for proposal 

Pitching your structured credit fund: the three golden rules
Structured credit fund managers were given a lesson in how to market their strategies by a group of asset allocators at the Creditflux CLO Summit in New York.

LibreMax wins $200 million for structured credit managed account
The managed account will target 10 to 40 investments across a range of different strategies including CLOs, consumer, residential, commercial and regulatory capital.

Inflows boost structured credit mutual funds
Low rates have seen loan mutual funds battle $42 billion of outflows this year, but structured credit funds have been able to grow while capitalising on this volatility, according to sources.

KKR adds CLO mezz and private credit to mix with opportunistic credit fund
The new interval fund will invest in opportunistic credit, including CLO mezzanine debt, as well as private debt 

Amundi Pioneer initiates marketing for structured credit interval fund
Amundi Pioneer Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Amundi, is in the market with a structured credit interval fund

Hartford partners with Schroders to launch securitised credit fund
Hartford Funds has teamed up with Schroders Investment management to offer its investors a new securitised credit fund

Blackstone builds on multi-asset approach with fifth fund
The new vehicle will invest directly into Blackstone deals across its alternatives platform

Chicago manager targets secondary market for new CLO fund
Boutique CLO manager Chicago Fundamental Investment Partners has registered a new opportunistic CLO fund

Ellington partners with Trium for new credit Ucits offering
Ellington has joined the alternative Ucits party, partnering with London-based Trium Capital for Ellington Trium Alternative Credit Ucits, a long/short credit Ucits fund.

Pimco generates listed opportunistic energy credit fund
Pimco is eyeing the energy sector for a new opportunistic credit fund, according to US regulatory filings.

Apollo draws in $2.36 billion for structured credit fund
Apollo Global Management is edging towards a final close for its fourth structured credit fund

Axonic unveils plans for credit interval fund
New York-based Axonic Capital has registered its income producing offering Axonic Alternative Income Fund with US regulators

BlackRock becomes latest manager to explore interval fund structure for credit
Several managers have hit the market with the interval fund structure, as investors look to invest in illiquid strategies through an illiquid fund structure

Sound Point and American Beacon team up for credit interval fund
American Beacon Sound Point Enhanced Income Fund will invest in a variety of credit-related instruments - with at least 40% bank loans exposure

First Trust teams with TCW to launch unconstrained credit ETF
First Trust Advisors will act as investment advisor to the new actively managed fund, while TCW Investment Management will act as sub-advisor

Bain raises at least $239 million for structured credit fund
Credit specialist Bain Capital Credit has raised at least $239.5 million for its structured credit fund , according to US SEC filings.

CIFC gets in on interval fund phenomenon with new CLO-focused strategy
The new vehicle will invest at least 80% of its net assets in debt securities, with a focus on CLO equity, mezzanine tranches and warehouses, US SEC filings reveal

LMCG credit fund doubles in size
Boston-based LMCG Investments has raised at least $72.69 million for its credit hedge fund – more than doubling fund assets in exactly a year, according to US regulatory filings