Polus holds EUR 425m initial close for third CLO equity fund
It marks one of Europe’s largest CLO equity capital raises to date

Credit funds at a glance – April 2025
Our roundup of top performers, fundraising and moves in credit

Sagard launches new equity fund to back future Sagard-HalseyPoint CLO issuance
The fund from the Canadian alternative asset manager is targeting a raise of USD 250m

Benefit Street Partners raises USD 500m for captive US CLO equity fund
BSP will use the capital to fund as many as 20 US CLOs during the next four years

Partners Group seeks to more than double private credit AUM
The alternative investment firm plans to grow private credit AUM to more than USD 70bn and could consider acquisitions

Alcentra's USD 165m fundraise for own European CLO deals heralds dramatic shift for the region
EXCLUSIVE: The dedicated amount forms part of the USD 1bn fundraise announced by the firm earlier this week  

Alcentra raises over USD 1bn to invest in third-party as well as own CLOs
The funding will invest in CLO mezz and equity through the firm’s third-party CLO tranche investing platform and for its own issuance in Europe

Wellington Management raises USD 194m for inaugural captive CLO fund
The established CLO investor will use the fund to primarily invest in equity tranches of its own US BSL CLOs

Credit funds at a glance - January 2025
Fund performance, recent hires, recent fundraising

Largest CLO ETF in market balloons to USD 20bn in assets
After record inflows in 2024, January Henderson's triple-A ETF in January saw the fund add an addition USD 3bn in assets  

Janus Henderson’s triple-A CLO ETF sees USD 1.67bn in inflows since start of 2025
Janus Henderson’s AAA CLO ETF has recieved USD 1.67bn in inflows in January to total USD 18.26bn in AUM

HPS fundraises to invest in CLOs
HPS Investment Partners has been fundraising for CLO investments and has made two registrations for CLO funds in Luxembourg

Napier Park launches and successfully fundraises for captive CLO equity fund
Napier Park has launched its first global CLO captive equity fund and has already raised a sizeable amount

MidOcean Partners’ surpasses USD 300m target for captive equity fund
MidOcean Partners has announced the final close of its first captive equity fund, raising USD 304m of capital commitments for MidOcean CLO Equity Fund I

Nuveen raises USD 413m for second captive CLO equity fund
Global asset manager Nuveen has closed its second CLO equity fund and raised USD 413m from a wide range of investors

Oak Hill Advisors increases target cap to a billion dollars for new CLO equity fund
New York-based Oak Hill Advisors has raised USD 459m so far for its new CLO equity fund and increased the cap by USD 200m

TCW unveils new CLO ETF as it expands its offerings for investors
TCW has joined the increasingly crowded lineup of CLO AAA ETFs with the launch of ACLO, one of a range of new fixed income ETFs from the West Coast-based manager 

KKR joins CLO captive equity rush
Investment giant KKR is fundraising for a new CLO captive equity fund with an impressive target size, joining managers like Bain, Beach Point and Brigade who all hit the news this week 

Blackstone backs CLO captive equity fund for Brigade Capital
Blackstone has made a USD 300m investment to Brigade Capital, including USD 150m for a CLO captive equity fund 

CLO ETF market hits new heights
Just when it seemed CLO ETFs couldn’t grow any faster, along came October. The final quarter of 2024 kicked off with net fund flows of almost USD 2bn in a single month — an all-time record.

Bain Capital fundraising for third captive CLO equity vehicle
Bain Capital Credit has become the latest CLO manager to start fundraising for a new captive equity fund

CLO fundraising round-up - November 2024
CLO funds have had a stand-out year, and both fundraising and fund returns have soared, with managers out in the market with both third-party and captive CLO funds

Beach Point ramps up fundraise for captive CLO equity fund
Santa Monica, California-based Beach Point Capital Management is looking to raise a captive equity fund to support its CLO issuance

Accunia launches new investment-grade US CLO fund
The Danish asset manager Accunia has launched an IG CLO fund and is currently looking for investors 

Oaktree raises EUR 84m to invest in European CLOs
Alternative asset manager Oaktree has raised EUR 84m for its second fund that will invest in European CLOs