Structured credit manager wins $300 million from Texas pension
The separately managed account will form part of the $30.3 billion pension fund's strategic credit mandate 

Carlyle switches to corp structure as credit portfolio grows 31%
Carlyle Group is set to become a full C corporation, moving away from its publicly traded partnership structure, amid global credit portfolio growing 31% year-on-year, according to the investment firm’s 2019 Q2 results  

Index tranche levels spike as investors advance into equity
Trading of credit index tranches is picking up, with some $61 billion worth changing hands in the space during the first quarter, according to data from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation

Jefferies subsidiary and Stonyrock plan mid-market alternative manager stake acquisitions
The new joint venture will invest in private equity, credit, hedge funds, real estate, venture, and infrastructure firms

Highland Crusader Fund dispute re-ignites in Delaware court
Highland Capital Management is weighing the financial impact of its ongoing litigation over crisis-era fund redemptions with the Redeemer Committee of the Highland Crusader Fund

Bespoke gains pull CLO buyers as market tipped to hit $100bn
Synthetic bespoke issuance could catch up with the more visible CLO market this year, say structured credit specialists

CLO monoline businesses return with new purpose
CLO tranche insurance is making a comeback. Assured Guaranty has underwritten two middle market transactions, while in Europe various firms are testing the waters for this type of insurance, according to sources.

Former Ares partner takes on head of structured products role at Sound Point (correction)
A figure with more than 20 years of experience in CDO and CLO markets has resurfaced at Sound Point in New York 

US pension fund earmarks $375 million for various credit strategies
Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (Mass PRIM) has committed $125 million to distressed, $100 million to aviation investments, while earmarking $150 million for structured credit    

Regulation stifles SRTs, but banks and investors revel in quarter-four outperformance
Over the course of 2018 there was roughly €6.5 billion of issuance in the market for significant risk transfer (SRT) deals, sources say, with the last three months understood to be the busiest quarter on record

Trups CDO spreads shift wide of late 2018 levels as EJF produces $314 million deal
Trups CDO spreads have widened since the end of last year – much like corporate credit spreads – after EJF Investments priced its sixth securitisation of financial company debt.

Apollo's credit funds report gains in 2018 despite Q4 slump
Apollo saw $21.6 billion inflows throughout the quarter leading to a record total assets under management of $280.3 billion. The firm, however, reported a net loss throughout the quarter 

Virginia pension fund commits to Asian private credit
Virginia Retirement System (VRS) approved a $150 million commitment to the SSG Capital Partners V fund at a January board trustees meeting, a spokesperson has confirmed.  

Orchard wraps up fundraising for $2.5 billion structured credit and special opportunities fund
Orchard Global Asset Management has held a $2.5 billion final close for its structured credit and special opportunities fund,

Cairn sheds light on single-investment SRT fund
Fresh details have emerged on Cairn Capital’s new significant risk transfer (SRT) funds with the manager informing Creditflux that Pathfinder Fund III was structured such with US requirements in mind

Cairn adds two SRT funds to its roster
Cairn Capital has raised $150 million across two significant risk transfer (SRT) funds - with differing mandates - according to an announcement by the firm

Recent CLO debutant Vista brings in GSO official to lead credit team
Vista Credit Partners has hired a former GSO official to lead its credit team

Missouri pension plan seeks alternatives consultant
The $8.2 billion Missouri State Employees’ Retirement System (MOSERS) is seeking an alternative investment consultants

Chicago manager targets secondary market for new CLO fund
Boutique CLO manager Chicago Fundamental Investment Partners has registered a new opportunistic CLO fund

Managers see growth in distressed and direct lending, but structured credit splits opinion
The private credit industry remains on track to grow to $1 trillion assets under management by 2020, according to joint research published by the Alterative Credit Council and law firm Dechert with allocations to distressed and mid-market deals tipped to rise. But structured credit has divided US and European managers

Ellington partners with Trium for new credit Ucits offering
Ellington has joined the alternative Ucits party, partnering with London-based Trium Capital for Ellington Trium Alternative Credit Ucits, a long/short credit Ucits fund.

Hayfin brings in head of structured credit from New York-based fund manager
Sources say that Hayfin has made a major hire in New York as it looks to build up its CLO investment capabilities