Pipeline planning drives rise in captive CLO equity funds
There’s never been a better time to raise CLO captive funds. That’s according to Credit Suisse’s head of CLO new issues Brad Larson, who spoke about the benefits of such funds at Creditflux’s CLO Investors Summit in New York last month

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

Past returns: Highland’s Brazilian ‘CLO’
In Creditflux 10 years ago, we reported that Highland Capital Management was launching a regulated fund backed by Brazilian credit in a tranched structure consisting of senior debt and equity

StepStone sets out new path with Mexican securitisation
StepStone Group says its securitisation of private credit opportunities for Mexican investors has left a template for other managers to follow.

Nuveen closes first CLO equity fund at $375 million
Nuveen has closed its inaugural CLO equity fund with over $375 million in capital committed

US CLO manager closes oversubscribed captive equity fund
Post Advisory Group has closed a CLO equity fund after raising $146 million against its target of $120 million

Accunia eyes secondary CLO equity through new fund
Accunia Credit Management has raised a new CLO fund

Debut CLO manager Barrow Hanley closes captive fund with 'at least three' deals earmarked this year
Barrow Hanley has closed its inaugural CLO equity fund, Barrow Hanley CLO Fund I, with the vehicle aimed at providing equity in ‘at least three’ Barrow Hanley CLOs this year

LP round up: Fidelity wins big, Pacific retains loan mandate, pensions eye distressed
The month also included one CLO fund commitment, one high yield manager search, one finalised US loans mandate and one $400 million multi-sector fixed income managed account mandate

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

US CLO fund wins $16 million from San Jose pension
The $5 billion pension awarded the allocation to a manager's fourth US CLO fund, having previously allocated to its second and third fund 

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

Panagram aims to launch listed CLO fund with $249 million portfolio in place
Panagram Structured Asset Management is taking a big step in a bid to expand its investor base by launching an IPO for a listed CLO equity investment fund

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

Ares joins CLO equity fundraising rush with $400 million target
Fundraising for CLO captive equity funds is surging, with Ares Management the latest manager to win capital for such a strategy

Muzinich secures "substantial equity commitment" for new CLO platform
Muzinich’s CLO ambitions – reported by Creditflux late on Wednesday – are being supported by equity capital, both internally and through investors

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