US CLO round-up: triple A notes come in all different shapes and sizes
CLO triple As priced at varying levels this week with an 8.5bp gap between the tightest and widest prints

KKR prices new US CLO with risk retention flexibility
KKR priced a $610 million new issue CLO yesterday via Barclays 

Ares leads the way as US tax reform prompts corporate structure rethink
Ares Management has announced its conversion from a partnership tax structure to a corporation or C-Corp – and it’s likely other managers will follow suit now that US taxation law changes – the most comprehensive tax reform in more than three decades – have taken effect

Boutique US CLO manager hires from KKR as part of expansion into Europe
Credit Value Partners, the US CLO and credit fund manager owned by New York Life Investments, has hired Brian McNamara from KKR Credit Partners

FS Investment BDC's assets shrink for fifth year running
FS Investment Corporation, an FS Investments business development company (BDC), failed to grow its assets again in 2017 – but insists its recently announced partnership with KKR will allow it to grow stockholder value

KKR appoints new independent director
KKR has appointed French technology entrepreneur Xavier Niel to the Board of Directors of KKR Management

California CLO manager prices its first US CLO deal of the year
The manager priced its second CLO transaction of the year yesterday and its first in the US market

KKR considers switching from partnership to corporation
Global investment firm KKR is considering a change to its legal structure, with the firm’s senior management and board of directors currently evaluating whether to convert from a partnership to a corporation, or C-corp

Arizona pension fund looks to commit up to $250 million to direct lending
Arizona Public Safety Retirement System (Psprs) is considering investing up to $250 million in direct lending, according to investment board documentation dated 31 January

Direct lending head says market is overheating
A 2018 outlook report by KKR suggests now’s the time to reduce exposure to direct lending. This comes as another part of KKR goes on a direct lending fundraising spree

Dublin-based co-head of global credit parts company with KKR
An experienced figure in European credit has left KKR in order to pursue interests outside of fund management. He had been serving as co-head of global credit at the firm

Former KKR credit strategies head joins Angel Island
Lynette Vanderwarker, who had previously been leading the credit strageies group at KKR, has been appointed chief strategy officer at Angel Island Capital Management

KKR raises $2.24 billion for second private credit opportunities fund
Global investment firm KKR has announced the final close of its second private credit opportunities fund, KKR Private Credit Opportunities II, at $2.24 billion

GreensLedge and Natixis unite again to co-arrange $609.7 million new CLO
The two banks have teamed up  to co-arrange a third CLO transaction this year, totalling $1.8 billion new issue paper

KKR Credit wins US pension fund's $300 million private debt mandate
KKR credit has won a mandate from an Iowa pension fund to act as its private corporate debt strategic partner, board documentation seen by Creditflux reveals

FS and GSO end subadvisory partnership amid new launch plans for both
GSO Capital Partners has announced plans to launch an internal direct lending business and to stop subadvising FS Investments’ funds, while FS has agreed to form new partnerships with KKR and EIG Global Energy Partners to manage FS's BDC platform

KKR and Audax poised to receive commitments from Arizona pension fund
Arizona’s Safety Personnel Retirement System may commit $175 million to credit strategies run ky KKR and Audax, according to board documents seen by Creditflux

KKR promotes recent hire to its European credit business
KKR has revealed a list of promotions across its private credit strategies. They include the promotion of Matthieu Boulanger – who joined KKR only mere three months ago – to partner

KKR-managed BDC increases borrowing capacity of two revolving credit facilities
Corporate Capital Trust, a business development company externally managed by KKR Credit, has increased the maximum borrowing capacity of two of its secured revolving credit facilities

California manager drafts in former KKR vice president as CFO
A west coast firm has hired KKR's former vice president of finance. He will step into the role of chief financial officer as well as chief compliance officer

KKR lists largest BDC on NYSE
A business development company (BDC) co-sponsored by asset manager KKR has gone public

KKR Credit becomes first to price new issue CLO with L-shaped retention
KKR priced its third new issue US CLO of the year yesterday and opted for an L-shaped risk retention strategy for the first time

KKR raises $7 billion through strategic investor partnerships
KKR is prioritising strategic partnerships with institutional investors and longer lock-up vehicles, according to officials at the firm

KKR's private credit fund fund targets Hong Kong and now South Korea
KKR has raised $301.1 million for its KKR Private Credit Opportunities Partners II (EEA) LP fund, which appears to be targeting Asia-based investors

US managers win South Korean investment
Ares, Audax and KKR are among the cluster of fund managers that have put their hearts and minds into marketing credit funds in Seoul – with great success