Fund performance - February 2025
Structured finance leads, but all indices stay positive as 2025 begins

Partners Group seeks to more than double private credit AUM
The alternative investment firm plans to grow private credit AUM to more than USD 70bn and could consider acquisitions

Banner Ridge targets USD 3.2bn for private credit secondaries
The firm will use the latest secondaries fund to buy stakes in private credit funds focused on special situations, distressed debt and opportunistic credit

CalPERS reveals USD 3.9bn in private credit commitments
Public Pensions, Private Pursuits: CalPERS discloses 3Q24 private credit commitments, invests USD 16.9bn in 2024, and Connecticut, Oregon, Indiana, Texas, Jacksonville make investments   

Spain’s Arcano Partners debuts as a new CLO manager
Arcano has priced its first CLO transaction, making the Spanish firm the first new manager of the year

European CLO spreads flare wider due to policy uncertainty and weaker relative value
ANALYSIS: Increased worries about policy uncertainty have started to weigh as tiering becomes more evident in the lower mezz  

L Catterton raises USD 450m in first close for debut direct lending fund
EXCLUSIVE: The direct lending arm of L Catterton launched the fund in 2024 and is targeting USD 1bn in commitments.

BlueBay prices its first Euro CLO for 2025 with a new issue
The transaction was the first European pricing activity for the manager in five months  

Rockford Tower adds to rush of European new issues
The upsized half-billion-euro deal from the King Street Capital Management affiliate was its first Euro pricing activity for the year  

New Canyon CLO sees mezz spreads print wide of guidance
The BSL transaction was the first new US issue of the year from the manager  

US leveraged loan default rate set to rise to 1.6% by end of 2025: S&P
Macroeconomic headwinds, policy uncertainty and the reduced likelihood of interest rate cuts could contribute to the uptick  

M&G plans private credit fund for UK defined contribution plans
UK regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, recently approved the private credit feeder fund  

Clifford Chance adds Mayer Brown partner to meet CLO demand
The law firm is expanding its CLO capabilities in the US to meet a growing demand in the market

Morgan Stanley Eaton Vance prices first new deal since 2023
The new US BSL CLO is the manager’s first print since it priced two deals in November

Ex-Barclays senior CLO banker heads to Japanese bank
EXCLUSIVE: In a bout of musical chairs, a senior CLO banker formerly in the US arm of Barclays finds a new home at a smaller arranger

Nassau prints only second new US BSL CLO in two years
The USD 409m deal incorporated a relatively complex capital structure  

Bill Lemberg helms CLO team as Post Advisory mulls sales
Lemberg has put his retirement plans on hold following the quick departure of Marc Boatwright
 

Elmwood signals entry into Europe with BlackRock hire
EXCLUSIVE: US-based asset manager Elmwood has hired a European CLO veteran from BlackRock 

Brigade prices first new European issue in 10 months
The latest print in the manager’s Armada series was the tightest European deal so far this month  

Nuveen prices latest new Symphony CLO
It’s the first new US BSL issue from the manager this year and its fourth deal overall in 2025  

Arcano readies to price first European CLO next week and debut as a new manager
The Madrid-based manager is currently marketing a EUR 406.5m deal via Jefferies  

New Centerbridge print shows only slight mezz tightening compared to late 2024 levels
The manager’s first print of the year tightened triple As significantly from its last print in December, but priced only slightly narrower further down the stack  

The rise of LME blockers in Europe: valuable protection or an empty gesture?
A special report by Xtract Research, our sister product covenant analysis service, on LME blockers in Europe

Apollo’s Redding Ridge resets 2021-vintage CLO
The reworking of RR 19 priced its triple As in line with the current market average for US BSL resets  

Silver Point preps for first European CLO deal, hires trader for region
Silver Point is currently preparing its first deal and actively recruiting for its European platform