Key theme for 2026 will be growth in the loan market – Eagle Point founder Tom Majewski

Growth in the loan market will be an important market driver this year, the founder of Eagle Point Credit Management says on the latest episode of Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee; also shares Eagle Point ressearch that shows LMEs at 2% per year on top of default rates

Oaktree Capital’s Robert O’Leary on threats, opportunities in global credit
Credit secondaries set for continued growth as financial sponsors seek liquidity solutions; high-yield bonds seen as defensible, while opportunistic strategies may benefit from distress

SEC to consider opening private funds to retail investors
US retail investors, deemed too small and unsophisticated to invest in private assets like private credit, represent trillions in untapped assets

Ramirez Asset Management acquires private credit team from Avenue Capital Group
Ramirez Asset Managemen has acquired a private credit opportunities strategy team from Avenue Capital Group

The powers behind the loan
Thought that Wall Street still pulled the shots in LBO financing? Meet the real power brokers of the new world order — the people who run buy-side capital markets desks at private equity firms

PineBridge’s CLO PM Steve Hasnain passes away
Steve Hasnain, a portfolio manager with PineBridge Investments’ leveraged finance team and the co-director of leveraged finance research, has died

Canadian asset manager lays out plans for new evergreen private credit fund
New fund will launch in partnership with fintech platform iCapital and soon start accepting subscriptions from accredited investors.

California retirement association commits up to $62 million to credit fund
San Joaquin County Employees' Retirement Association has committed up to $62 million to direct lending strategy

Fed members need to restore their credibility, which could translate into excessive tightening
Rising wages have boosted spending and GDP — but the party can’t last forever

Sixth Street taps Goldman Sachs exec for co-chief investment officer
Sixth Street Partners taps Goldman Sachs veteran Julian Salisbury for co-chief investment officer role

Columbia names new loan and CLO head as Howard announces retirement
Columbia Threadneedle Investments has appointed the next head of its US bank loan team after current head Jerry Howard announced his retirement effective in January next year

Senior global CLO trader leaves JP Morgan after 20 years
A senior global CLO trader has parted ways with the bank after two decades

Experienced CLO investor set to leave Tetragon
A well-known CLO tranche investor is set to leave Tetragon Credit Partners.

Senior CLO officials leave Natixis in shock round of resignations
Natixis has been rocked by the departure of four senior members in its CLO and structured credit team

Senior Investcorp official lands at wealth manager
A well-known name in the CLO industry has landed at a wealth management firm 

Credit faces blind spot as borrowers enter higher default cycle: BNP Paribas
With short term rates outstripping nominal GDP growth, the credit cycle is entering its next and final stage – one in which corporate defaults will pick up but high quality borrowers should outperform

Experienced trader leaves BMO
A senior structured credit trader has left BMO Capital Markets

CLO PM lands at Silver Point to launch business
Silver Point Capital is continuing its expansion into CLO management with sources indicating the firm wants to launch a broadly syndicated CLO business

JP Morgan splits global head of institutional structuring role as it promotes three
JP Morgan has rejigged part of its credit structuring business with a set of promotions for officials who have covered SRTs, CLOs and CSOs as part of cross-asset roles

Former JP Morgan CIO head of CLO investments lands at big asset manager
An experienced CLO investor, known for buying triple A rated CLO paper for over a decade, has landed at an asset management firm

Marathon changes pace with rival's head of US CLOs set to join
Marathon is bringing in a senior portfolio manager from another CLO issuer

Anchorage MD set to join fund manager to build out CLO investment platform
An experienced member of Anchorage's structured credit team is set to join another firm to build out a CLO investment unit in New York 

HSBC AM names CEO of new $53bn alternatives business
HSBC Asset Management has become the latest manager to bring together its ‘alternatives’ capabilities under one roof, with the launch of a new unit, HSBC Alternatives

BC joins forces with ex-Investec official for private equity financing strategy
The new offering will provide flexible capital to private equity funds and managers

Audax closes fifth junior debt fund at $1.9 billion
Audax Mezzanine Fund V will provide junior capital investments in private equity-backed middle market companies