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

Credit Fundraising: mega funds contribute to record-breaking month as volume hits $39bn
The sheer size of the funds raised in November more than compensated for a drop in the number of funds raised as fundraising volume in credit reached $38.9 billion. This beat September by $2.4 billion to make it the most productive month of credit fundraising in 2021

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 

HPS among winners as Texas pension reveals $725 million allocation to credit
Texas County District & Retirement System has revealed over $700 million in allocations to credit funds it made in October and November - including $400 million to a HPS managed account

HPS prints first regular US CLO in 28 months
Nomura arranged the $507.4 million deal, which is HPS's first regular way US CLO since July 2019

HPS targets $9.5 billion for fifth mezzanine debt fund
HPS Investment Partners is targeting $9.5 billion for its fifth global mezzanine debt fund, HPS Strategic Investment Partners V - but unlike earlier vintages, HPS says it will not target opportunities within the upstream energy space

Apollo breaks into CLO co-placement agent role on first Euro third-party deal
Apollo has typically served as co-placement on its own Redding Ridge European CLOs, but on Thursday was co-placement agent on a HPS European CLO new issue

Points up front: HPS gives it 200%
One of the biggest fundraisers this year in credit is HPS Investment Partners. Its $11.7 billion Specialty Loan Fund V totals $15.4 billion including leverage

CLO managers join forces as they line up behind SFDR
A plethora of European CLO managers have teamed up with regulatory reporting provider FinDox to form a working group focused on Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), sources tell Creditflux.

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

Credit Fundraising: September breaks 2021 record and poses question - is it sustainable?
The third quarter ended with $36.5 billion being raised in credit last month, doubling July and August figures. Several of the new funds have embedded Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation or ESG criteria at the heart of their investment thesis   

How's this for Stratas? HPS returns to US CLO issuance with triple C-flex deal
HPS Investment Partners priced a rare CLO with an elevated triple C basket on Monday as it marks its first new US CLO of any kind in over two years

HPS closes $15.4 billion direct lending fund as deployment hits 60%
HPS Investment Partners has closed its fifth direct lending fund with $11.7 billion of investor commitments. Creditflux understands this is nearly double its $6 billion original hard-cap

US CLO pipeline: 33 new issues enter market with historic CLO records on the verge of shattering
The US CLO market is running as hot as it has all year with a whopping 33 managers marketing new issues CLOs, according to market sources

2019 CLO refis still on agenda as HPS reworks European deal
HPS Investment Partners has become the latest manager to partially refinance a 2019 European CLO, Aqueduct European CLO 2019-3

European CLO weekly volume passes €4 billion as HPS resets former Bardin Hill deal
European CLO weekly volume rose to over €4 billion on Friday, with HPS Investment Partners rounding off the week

HPS makes big hire with CLO head Frey set to retire
HPS Investment Partners is set to hire the former CLO head at a rival issuer as well known loan PM David Frey prepares to step down   

CLOs at a glance (July 2021)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

HPS reworks Bardin Hill European CLO for first time since acquisition
HPS Investment Partners has refinanced a 2019 European CLO formerly managed by Bardin Hill

HPS inserts loan tranche in European CLO reset
European CLO loan tranches have made another appearance as HPS Investment Partners' resets a 2019 European CLO, Aqeuduct European CLO 2019-3

HPS joins group of managers to upsize CLO equity with reset
HPS Investment Partners has joined the burgeoning group of CLO managers to upsize their equity tranche following a CLO reset

Global CLO pricing lab: let’s all point at that 108bp print while spreads leak out
The tsunami of CLO paper coming to market is the biggest technical factor causing spreads to widen, according to sources

Points up front: Waterway to name and brand your CLO
When taking over a CLO launched by another firm, CLO managers face a dilemma: how do you re-brand it so it’s clear it’s one of your CLOs, but not so much that it fudges your personal track record? Well, HPS Investment Partners has found a neat balance

US CLO structurer joins HPS
The destination of a CLO originator who left her job last month has come to light

Global CLO pricing lab: investors get over fatigue and embrace reset roll over
The demand for CLOs is showing no signs of slowing down after the market had experienced some fatigue at the end of the first quarter and into the second. In the last two weeks, there have been 47 CLO transactions across all forms of pricing in the three markets; led by 18 US CLO new issues