LP round up: 27 managers find the top corner with investor wins
Credit fund managers like to take it one fund at a time and give it 110% for their 90-minute investor fund pitches - and it's working as $3.8 billion was allocated during November and early December. The gaffer would be proud. 

San Bernardino pension commits $50 million to CLO fund as part of multi-credit strategic partnership
San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association allocated $50 million to a CLO equity fund, as part of a roughly $240 million multi-credit strategic partnership with the manager

Euro CLO manager closes second captive equity strategy at €228 million
An experienced European CLO manager is taking care of its CLO issuance for the next few years 

US manager becomes latest to register triple A CLO ETF
The manager joins the likes of BlackRock, PineBridge and VanEck, Janus Henderson and AXS to use exchange traded funds to invest in CLO tranches

Manager targets €300 million for structured credit fund with CLO/CSO mix
The fund will invest primarily in European CLO equity 

Texas pension allocates $75 million to CLO fund
Texas County District & Retirement System has allocated to its third CLO fund in three years 

Manager raises $150 million for first solo captive CLO equity fund
The US manager is on the road fundraising for its third ever captive equity CLO fund, but first under its new branding,

Nuveen raises $150 million to invest further in CLOs
Nuveen is expanding its CLO product suite with the launch of a new CLO opportunities fund, according to recent regulatory filings

Flat Rock eyes double Bs for CLO interval fund launch
Flat Rock Global is expanding its CLO fund roster and eyeing double B-rated tranches of US middle market CLOs as part of a new interval fund, according to market sources.

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

Angel Oak launches inaugural structured credit ETF
Angel Oak Capital Advisors has launched its first exchange traded fund, Angel Oak UltraShort Income Fund ETF

Fidelity Investments eyes CLOs as part of multi-strategy credit fund
Fidelity Investments is preparing to launch a new multi-strategy credit fund, which will “opportunistically rotate across the entire credit spectrum”

GreensLedge AM targets IG-rated CLO tranches with $500m fund
GreensLedge Asset Management has made a breakthrough with its first commingled CLO fund through a $500 million vehicle that invests in senior CLO tranches

Investors urged to look at CLO funds amid PE slowdown
Institutional investors are said to be eyeing CLOs and structured credit as they seek to calibrate duration risk and prepare for recession. In addition, year-to-date performance in private equity portfolios isn’t meeting pension funds’ tough returns targets

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

   

LP round up: $2.7bn flows to 20 credit managers as investors battle PE overallocation
Investors faced huge headwinds in September with inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical turmoil, alongside the UK gilts sell-off at month end

US manager prepares fifth CLO opportunity fund
Sources say the fund will invest across all parts of the CLO capital structure, plus CLO warehouses. 

Large CLO investor becomes latest to launch triple-A focused CLO ETF
A large US manager joins the likes of Alternative Access, Janus Henderson and PineBridge/VanEck, that have launched CLO exchange traded funds since 2020

Nomura readies multi-strat credit interval fund launch
Nomura Private Capital is readying the launch of a new, closed-ended interval fund which will invest across the credit spectrum - including bonds, loans, CLOs, distressed debt emerging market debt

Global captive CLO equity fund closes with $230 million
The fund will invest in majority equity positions of the manager's US and European CLOs

Fast-growing manager launches $406 million captive CLO equity fund
The fast-growing credit boutique has become the latest manager to launch a captive CLO equity fund, giving the firm the ability to control the pace of its CLO issuance

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

Large US manager closes third captive CLO equity fund
The $140 million fund is anticipated to invest in over five of US CLOs

US manager launches CLO and loan funds with $150 million seed capital
A Dallas-headquartered manager has secured $150 million in anchor commitments for a new US CLO fund and leveraged loan fund

Calamos and Aksia eye CLOs as part of new multi-credit interval fund
Calamos Advisors and Aksia have teamed up to launch a closed-ended interval fund that can invest across several areas of credit