HPS prints its first new US CLO since 2021
HPS Investment Partners has priced its first new CLO since Novemer 2021

We made the most of a tricky situation
The contrast between 2021 and the following 12 months could not have been starker. But although some heavy hitters remained on the sidelines, 94 US CLO managers priced new deals in 2022

LP round up: 27 managers find the top corner with investor wins
Credit fund managers like to take it one fund at a time and give it 110% for their 90-minute investor fund pitches - and it's working as $3.8 billion was allocated during November and early December. The gaffer would be proud. 

What matters is what you do with it
CLO managers yearn for flexibility so they can take advantage when credit sells off. But it isn’t enough on its own: triple C-flex CLOs saw portfolios erode this year, while CBOs outperformed

CLO managers find safety and return potential in IG
An investment grade bond might not seem the most suitable candidate for a CLO portfolio, but managers are increasingly going up the capital structure as they brace for a recession.

LP round up: $2.7bn flows to 20 credit managers as investors battle PE overallocation
Investors faced huge headwinds in September with inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical turmoil, alongside the UK gilts sell-off at month end

LP round up: private credit takes big slice of inflows as 10% portfolio share projected for 2026
Institutional investors revealed nearly $4 billion allocations to credit funds in July, with recipients including Angelo Gordon, Apollo, Ares, BlackRock, Brookfield, CarVal, Comvest, Deerpath, KKR, Schroders and Sixth Street

HPS launches sixth direct lending fund
The firm's previous fund in the series closed in September with over $15 billion of investable capital

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

US CLO pipeline: like a (Center)bridge over troubled water
A large asset manager is marketing its first US CLO at a time of volatility in the underlying loan market. Whereas other funds build walls, CLOs build bridges 

Five credit managers win nearly $1 billion from UK pension pool
Five private credit funds emerged as winners after UK pension pool Border to Coast revealed $1 billion in a wide variety of private credit commitments

Revlon spares no blushes for CLO managers in filing for Chapter 11
Troubled lender Revlon Consumer Products filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy late Wednesday night. The default is likely to have a weighty impact on the CLO market 

US CLO league tables: Massive Octagon CLO keeps BofA in lead as top managers tap new issues
For the second straight month, the US CLO market issued $12.5 billion of paper. But unlike April, which was all new issuance, May had one refinancing and the first reissue in the market since October

HPS plans expansion into middle market CLOs
HPS Investment Partners is looking to expand into middle market CLOs and earlier this month hired a vice president in its middle market CLO team

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

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

Past returns: Ellington invents triple C-flex CLOs
Five years ago, Creditflux reported that Ellington Management was launching a US CLO business

HPS upsizes US CLO equity tranche and lowers deal leverage with reset
HPS Investment Management priced a $472.2 million CLO reset on Tuesday, upsizing the deal's equity tranche by $7.65 million in the process

Global CLO trading lab: Payments season prompts equity to surge but short-dated bonds trade low
Over the last two weeks, $2.8 billion of US CLOs and €640 million of European CLO paper have appeared on b-wics, with equity making up 33% and 40% of the respective markets

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

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