Minnesota pension's 2020 credit allocations hit $1 billion
Minnesota State Board of Investments has earmarked $400 million across to two credit managers in a private market update. The commitments mark $1 billion allocated to credit in 2020 by the pension

Global CLO b-wic round-up: $8 billion of US CLOs listed in record-breaking March
Last week brought an end to the busiest month in both the US and European CLO secondary markets since at least 2014. $7.7 billion of US CLO paper was on sale in March with a further €1.8 billion of European CLO bonds available, bringing the total listed in Q1 to $13.9 billion and €3.6 billion

Global CLO league tables - February 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - February 2020 YTD

US CLO league tables: old deals get a fresh start in the new year
The majority of CLO issuance last month was in all forms of repricings, which totalled $4.8 billion and accounted for 54.5% of US CLO volumes

Global CLO league tables - January 2020 YTD
Global CLO league tables - January 2020 YTD

THL follows up August new issue CLO with reset of 2014 deal
THL Credit Partners has reset a 2014 CLO in a deal arranged by Morgan Stanley on Friday

Hildene revives trups CDO market with new securitisation
Hildene Capital Management became just the second firm this year to price a Trups CDO yesterday

B-wic round-up: above par bids flood in for CLO double Bs
$401.43 million worth of CLO paper was available via b-wics last week out of which $378.23 million (94.2%) traded, according to CLO-i

Alcentra holds $513 million close for CLO-focused fund
Alcentra has held a final close on its third structured credit opportunity fund with $513 million capital commitments - which has the ability to invest in US and European CLO equity, mezzanine tranches and warehouse capital 

Credit boutiques shine bright in Morningstar’s list
Morningstar’s five-star rating has recently been bestowed on a number of boutique credit managers

Alcentra creeps closer to $300 million target with third structured credit fund
London-headquartered Alcentra, the alternative fixed income specialist for BNY Mellon Investment Management, appears to have raised more than $214 million for its third Clareant structured credit opportunities fund

New York CLO manager returns to market after six months to price reset
The manager teamed up with Goldman Sachs to reset a 2015 CLO

Recently acquired CLO manager Valcour returns to market after two-year hiatus
Valcour Capital Management has returned to the US CLO market for the first time since 2015 with new refi deal

Wells Fargo prepares to price its 11th mid-market CLO of the year
A $444.49 million mid-market CLO is expected to price on 13 September

Mid-market CLO round-up: spreads reach tightest levels of 2017
Golub, Madison Capital and MidCap price mid-market CLOs as triple A spreads keep drifting lower

DFG marks US CLO’s reinvestment end date with refi
DFG Investment Advisors has priced a refinancing of a 2013 CLO on the day it reached the end of its reinvesment period

Ares wins $1.1 billion in global direct lending SMAs in strong start to 2017
Direct lending proved to be Ares Management’s most successful strategy in fundraising terms with the firm registering $1.1 billion of inflows for European and US private debt in the first quarter