Fund performance
Spire, Prytania and Serone funds enter top 10 dominated by CLOs; Leading fund: Alegra ABS 2

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge fund performance tables

Credit funds at a glance
Top indices; recent hires; recent fundraising

Ex-Sculptor veterans launch new asset-backed firm Indago
Sculptor alumni led by Akhil Mago have kick started Indago to invest in asset-backed finance and CLOs

Apollo affiliate prices first triple-A rated aviation ABS since 9/11
Apollo-affiliate PK AirFinance has closed the market’s first AAA-rated aviation ABS public issuance since the Great Financial Crisis

CLO veteran departs Bain
Bain Capital has lost a managing director and CLO portfolio manager 

Fund performance
CLO funds dominate again as they take 18 spots in top 30 list

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge funds

Credit funds at a glance
Credit funds at a glance

Janus’ AAA CLO ETF tops 10 billion in AUM
Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF (JAAA) has passed USD 10bn in AUM, as interest in CLOs continues to rise among retail investors

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge fund performance

Credit funds at a glance
Credit funds at a glance

Fund performance
In February, CLO funds once again claimed the majority of top positions in our fund ranking — this time taking eight of the top 10 spots (see table below).

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge fund performance

Credit funds at a glance
Credit funds at a glance

Pensions specialist Broadstone snaps up credit risk shop
Broadstone has acquired credit and analytics firm Vestigo Partners Limited for an undisclosed amount, as the UK-based pensions, investments and employee benefits specialist expands its credit risk capabilities

New Mountain prices second quasi-CLO
New Mountain priced a second rated feeder fund last week, a deal that straddles the line between the simpler traditional rated feeder fund structures and middle market CLOs

Job opportunity with Investcorp: Structured Credit Investment Associate
Investcorp Credit Management is seeking qualified candidates for a position as a Structured Credit Investment Associate within its Structured Credit Investments Group

Schroders Capital adds new global head of business development and product
Schroders Capital turned to ICG to source its newly-created role of global head of business development and product

Forward flow structures drive surge in private structured finance issuance
A hidden area of the US ABS market is growing fast, according to market sources, as a wide variety of originators join the mania for all things private

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge funds

Credit funds at a glance
Credit funds at a glance

As banks are forced to offload more risk, SRTs build an increasingly long list of advantages
Banks — even global systemically important banks — need additional capital. Problem CRE exposures, increased reserve requirements for expected credit losses under IFRS9/CECL, the entrance of government bond portfolio losses... 

RR ABS returns with new Vista deal
The growing market for recurring revenue securitizations saw a boost last week with the pricing of VCP RRL ABS III

News in brief
Increasingly popular credit interval funds grow by $10bn in 2023 and New arrangers gather speed in US market