Janus Henderson launches 'first of its kind' senior CLO ETF
Janus Henderson has become the latest manager to prepare a CLO-focused fund, but the manager has taken a rather unusual approach to its fund structure: an exchange traded fund

Swedish fund nears public listing after big gains on CLO and tranche trades
Stockholm-based Ymer SC is moving forward with plans to list its structured credit fund on the Nordic Growth Market exchange in Sweden

Whitebox targets $400 million for structured credit fund
Whitebox Advisors is looking to raise $400 million for its latest structured credit fund, Whitebox Advisors Term Credit Fund III, according to market sources

Canyon launches structured credit opportunities fund
Canyon Partners has amassed $113 million for its Canyon Structured Credit Opportunity Fund

Two large managers prepare CLO funds
Another two managers have joined the plethora of firms launching CLO-focused funds of late including CIFC, Capital Four, DFG, Eagle Point, Neuberger Berman, Octagon, and Tetragon

Credit funds at a glance (July 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Managers raise billions to take advantage of talf opportunities
Aegon, Payden & Rygel, Invesco, Morgan Stanley IM, Voya and Palmer Square are just some of the latest managers to have raised funds dedicated to the strategy 

LP round up: horseshoe does the trick for Pimco and other distressed managers
Institutional investors poured $2.7 billion into credit this week through 14 managers, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux

CIFC prepares CLO opportunity fund
CIFC Asset Management is preparing to launch its fourth CLO oppportunity Fund, CIFC CLO Opportunity Fund IV

LP round-up: mighty Oaks win $1 billion apiece from Calpers
Credit investors allocated over $3 billion to 18 credit managers this week across a wide range of strategies

Värde targets $1 billion for inaugural dedicated credit dislocation fund
Värde is seeking to raise $1 billion for its dislocation and distressed debt fund, according to an investor presentation seen by Creditflux. The firm is targeting a first close this month

DFG raises $350 million for multiple CLO investment strategies
DFG Investment Advisers has raised about $350 million for CLO investment strategies this year, according to market sources

Manager launches structured credit fund after increasing exposure in multi-strat portfolios
A New York-based asset manager has launched a hedge fund to invest in structured credit after investing $2.2 billion in credit and structured credit in March

Eagle Point wins $100 million from US pension and launches 'defensive' CLO fund
Eagle Point Capital Management has won a $100 million mandate for its CLO strategy and has separately launched a new fund - Eagle Point Defensive Income Fund

One William Street launches fifth ABS-focused fund
One William Street Capital Management has launched its fifth ABS focused fund, OWS ABS Fund V

Fund manager hires Hayfin's structured credit head and launches CLO fund
An experienced CLO and structured credit fund manager has hired from Hayfin Capital Management as it targets $300 million for a CLO fund

Credit funds at a glance (June 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Capital Four launches two CLO funds
Capital Four Management has plans to launch two structured credit funds focused on CLOs  that aim to capitalise on dislocation at both ends of the CLO capital stack, sources say

Nuveen targets $500 million for 'pure play' talf fund
Nuveen is aiming to raise up to $500 million for a 'pure play' term asset backed loan strategy, Creditflux understands

Waiting game pays off for European pension fund
Finnish pension fund Ilmarinen has been investing more in European CLO tranches after valuations dipped to their lowest levels in a decade, thanks to a distressed CLO fund strategy it put in place two years ago.

KKR takes covid-19 hit on flagship credit funds and lev fin
KKR took a 16% hit to returns on its alternative credit flagship funds amid the first quarter coronavirus downturn and a 13% loss on leveraged credit, taking these into negative territory for the last 12 months. The firm's private equity portfolio also slumped by 12%

Credit funds at a glance (May 2020)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

OFS and CIM team up for fund geared towards loans, CLOs and real assets
Credit-related investments in the new interval fund will include floating and fixed rate loans, broadly syndicated senior secured corporate loans, CLO debt and equity tranches and opportunistic credit 

Apollo earmarks $20 billion for dislocation fundraising over 12 months
Apollo's returns for corporate credit, structured credit and direct origination in the first quarter were down 8.3%, 14.7% and 4.8%, respectively, but the firm is looking to launch various credit strategies, including capital solutions, dislocation strategies and distressed strategies, that it “expects to accumulate $20 billion over the next year”

Two US managers launch CLO funds geared towards dislocation
Tetragon Credit Partners and Octagon Credit Investors have become the latest managers to launch a CLO fund geared towards taking advantage of coronavirus-related distressed buying opportunities