State Street and Blackstone target US CLOs, high yield and senior loans for ETF
State Street Global Advisors has teamed up with Blackstone Credit to launch a new exchange traded fund named SPDR Blackstone High Income ETF

LP round up: two CLO funds win support as Cali pensions home in on private credit
Two investors revealed allocations to European and US CLO funds, private credit allocations increases and private credit consultant searches get underway

Credit funds at a glance (February 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Two CLO funds launch following at least 20 in 2021
Two US credit managers have kicked off the year by launching funds geared towards investing in CLO tranches

Credit funds at a glance (January 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

LP round up: CLO fund included in whopping $13 billion of credit allocations in November
Credit took centre stage in November as investors allocated over $13 billion to credit funds in the month, with one pension allocating $50 million for a European CLO risk retention fund 

Muzinich adds UK and Ireland institutional sales head
Muzinich & Co has hired a head institutional sales for the UK and Ireland

Amundi replaces European loan head and appoints deputy
Amundi has shaken up the hierarchy of its loan business with a personnel shuffle at the top

Credit Fundraising: Private credit and CLO captive equity feature strongly as closes mount up
Credit funds have made a fair start to the fourth quarter, although the $21 billion raised during October is down substantially on September’s impressive record for 2021

Credit funds at a glance (November 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Axa IM launches multi-strat fund for pensions
Axa Investment Managers’ ‘alternatives’ business has launched an open-ended strategy for pension funds

LP round up: no Stoptober as investors allocate $5 billion to credit
US institutional investors allocated $5 billion to credit funds in October, with Oak Hill and Pimco among the biggest mandates    

Barrow Hanley makes first move in CLOs
Barrow Hanley Global Investors has unveiled plans to launch its first 'CLO fund' in the coming weeks, with suggestions that CLO issuance will follow 

TCW launches 'first' ESG-labelled structured credit fund in the US
TCW has launched what it claims to be the first dedicated structured credit fund with an ESG-label in the US

Credit funds at a glance (October 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Credit funds at a glance (September 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Credit Fundraising: Blue Owl and WhiteHorse gain from improving animal spirits
Fundraising perked up in July as managers raised $14.9 billion for credit funds - the third highest monthly amount this year

Credit funds at a glance (August 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Credit funds at a glance (July 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Credit fundraising: managers take care of infrastructure with new partnerships
Credit managers were busy launching new partnerships to support growth in infrastructure and CLOs. There were 13 announcements in the month paving the way for upcoming funds, platforms, and joint ventures

Manager targets $450 million for global CLO fund
A New York pension has backed the fund, which will invest in CLO debt and equity tranches and is said to have held a first close in Q1

Credit fundraising: Audax scores big in lighter month
Fundraising markedly dropped in May, but credit funds still amassed $12.8 billion and 10 credit funds reached final closes across a variety of different strategies

Managers offer solutions for underfunded pensions
Credit managers are tapping UK defined benefit pensions that are battling negative cashflows

Credit funds at a glance (June 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

DWS and Tikehau target UK pensions with multi-strategy credit fund
The new fund will invest in CLOs, ABS, private debt, leveraged loans, infrastructure debt and real estate debt