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

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

Janus Henderson plans CLO ETF focused on mezz tranches
Janus Henderson has plans to expand its CLO exchange traded fund range and launch what it says will be the first CLO ETF focused on triple B to single B-rated CLO debt

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

Control US CLO equity investor raises $400 million for fourth fund
The fund focuses on US CLO control equity positions, typically investing around 95-100% of the equity tranche

Los Angeles manager launches PE-style junior CLO fund
The firm appears to have raised at least $55.8 million with the backing of 36 investors 

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

Signal detects European CLO options for upcoming fund
Signal Capital has plans to capitalise on the European CLO and ABS market, with sources indicating the special situations fund manager is seeking to launch a relative value hedge fund focused on these asset classes in September.

Israeli fund looks beyond carry to discounted CLO double Bs
A CLO fund set up in Israel a year ago is looking to unlock value in double B-rated tranches and is finding opportunities in the primary market where junior CLO tranches are regularly pricing at a discount