Ares Reit reports year-on-year dip in earnings amid leadership change
The Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation has announced a changed in leadership – and has reported mixed results for fourth quarter 2017

BC Partners registers BDC to invest in US middle market companies
Pan European buy-out investor BC Partners, Acuris’s parent company, has registered a new BDC under the name of BC Partners Lending Corporation, SEC filings reveal

Western Asset Management puts emphasis on IG credit for listed fund
Western Asset Management Company has renamed its Western Asset Income Fund to Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund

Credit specialist poaches Goldman Sach's Eric Muller in New York
Credit specialist Oak Hill Advisors has hired New York-based Eric Muller from Goldman Sachs Group, according to a market source

EM manager crosses $2 billion fundraising mark across four debt funds
London-headquartered Ashmore Group has now raised more than $2.3 billion in total between four of its Luxembourg-domiciled emerging market debt funds, regulatory filings indicate

Texas-based credit and real estate manager launches new fund
Hudson Advisors has launched a credit fund, according to regulatory filings seen by Creditflux

SEC delays compliance deadline for liquidity risk management initiative
Credit-focused mutual funds in the US now have an additional six months to comply with the (SEC’s incoming liquidity risk management programme

Chorus launches third credit fund for reg cap strategy
Reg cap specialistChorus Capital has launched its third credit fund, according to SEC filings seen by Creditflux

WisdomTree reaps benefits of "transformative" 2017 with strong earnings release
The ETF specialist revealed an 18.4% year-on-year AUM growth and fixed income inflows in its latest earnings presentation

Och-Ziff’s multi-strategy funds continue to bleed assets
The embattled hedge fund firm’s AUM is down 14% year-on-year, and its multi-strategy assets – which sat at $31.8 million at the end of 2013 – were down to $13.7 billion in December 2017

Former Cion and Medley pair raise $75 million for new energy credit fund
New York-based Energy Impact Partners (EIP) has raised $75 million from one investor for its Energy Impact Credit Fund, according to a US SEC filing

MFS fixed income veteran gives up PM duties on $1.45 billion of funds
A fixed income specialist at MFS Investment Management is relinquishing portfolio management duties on four closed-end debt funds with collective assets of about $1.45 billion

Chicago manager holds initial close for $1 billion private credit fund
Monroe Capital has held a $348 million initial close for its third private credit fund, which has a $1 billion hard cap, market sources say

Buoyed by four credit fund closes, Brookfield grows AUM by $35 billion in 2017
Toronto-based property manager Brookfield Asset Management has described 2017 as a “very successful” year characterised by strong fundraising for real assets, as well as significantly increased net income and funds from operations

AB names fixed income co-heads and replaces Ashish Shah on two funds
Following the departure of Ashish Shah, who was AB's head of fixed income and chief investment officer, Will Smith has been appointed co-manager on two bond funds. Meanwhile, the firm has named two co-heads of fixed income

Credit Suisse reports annual loss - but insists it's on the mend
Credit Suisse has reported an annual loss for 2017 – posting a full year net loss attribute to shareholders of CHF983 million ($1.05 billion) in its earnings release today

Virginia pension fund cuts Oaktree high yield account
Virginia Retirement System (VRS) has terminated Oaktree as a high yield debt manager, Creditflux has learnt

Cleveland multi-boutique announces pricing of its IPO
Victory Capital, which provides offerings including separately managed accounts, collective trusts, mutual funds, ETFs and UMA/SMA vehicles, announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 11.7 million shares of its Class A common stock at a public offering price of $13.00 per share

JP Morgan AM confirms new lower-cost share class on emerging market fund
JP Morgan Asset Management is introducing a new share class with lower pricing for its JPM Emerging Markets Income fund

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

Octagon looks to invest up to $500 million in CLOs with new fund
New York-based Octagon Credit Investment is raising money for its third CLO opportunity fund, according to recent SEC filings

Texas pension fund commits $100 million to distressed debt fund
Texas County and District Retirement System has committed $100 million to a Connecticut-based fund manager

HSBC announces $550 million second close for diversified loan fund
HSBC Alternative Investments has announced the second close of its diversified loan fund, which will combine both loan investing and direct lending

CIFC moves into US high yield with unique long/short credit strategy
US high yield credit is hardly top of the agenda for fund managers at the moment, but CIFC Asset Management is taking a two-pronged approach to building out a new business line in this area

Demand for IG outweighs HY as US credit manager launches two funds
A west coast asset manager has launched a high yield strategy and an investment grade fund. The IG option has been more popular thus far