Managers raise billions to take advantage of talf opportunities
Aegon, Payden & Rygel, Invesco, Morgan Stanley IM, Voya and Palmer Square are just some of the latest managers to have raised funds dedicated to the strategy 

Morgan Stanley IM takes lead in race for Assurant's CLO business
Morgan Stanley Investment Management has emerged as the front runner for Assurant’s US CLO business

Credit funds at a glance

Morgan Stanley IM hires from Carlyle again as it makes direct lending "strategic priority"
The new hire rejoins former colleague Jeff Levin, who Morgan Stanley Investment Management added in February last year to establish a direct lending business as a "strategic priority"

US CLO league tables: CSAM makes it three in a row as Citi completes a clean sweep
The US CLO market suffered a drop in volume last year with $149 billion of issuance, down 43% on 2018’s $262.5 billion. But the heavy slump was not across all forms of CLO pricing, as new issues once again crossed $100 billion and only suffered a 6.5% fall

CLOs at a glance: innovations arrive as year draws to close

US CLO league tables: CSAM pulls away from pack
The back and forth tussle between Octagon Credit Investors and Credit Suisse Asset Management for the lead in the US CLO issuance league tables took a new turn in November

Morgan Stanley IM prices debut CLO after $50 million upsize
Morgan Stanley Investment Management priced its debut CLO on Friday, becoming the 14^th first-time CLO issuer in the US market of the year

CLO pipeline: ESG, risk retention and secondary loans come to the fore
Managers new and old are trying different strategies and structures to price their latest deals    

Morgan Stanley IM pre-markets debut US CLO
Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s CLO ambitions have taken another step forward with market sources indicating that the firm has begun pre-marketing its debut US CLO