Carlyle’s deputy CIO of credit says inflationary cost pressures starting to emerge
PODCAST: Inflationary impacts are beginning to emerge and are hard to ignore, although they remain manageable for now, according to Carlyle's deputy CIO of global credit Alex Chi on the latest episode of Credit Exchange

CalPERS appoints leaders for total portfolio approach investing, private markets
The US pension giant has hired a CPP Investments alum to lead the transition to a new portfolio investment strategy

Rate market dispersion and divergence is the theme for this year: El-Erian
Speaking at this year’s Global ABS conference, Allianz’s chief economic adviser and the former CEO of PIMCO Mohamed El-Erian said the most important issue currently facing the market is the sources and uses of funds

Connecting women in credit
This year’s Creditflux Women in CLOs networking event was held in midtown New York. It was attended by more than 100 structured credit investors, managers, arrangers and lawyers

Credit hedge funds – June 2026
Our roundup of top performers, fundraising and moves in credit

Barings reorganises leadership team, taps new president
Barings President Eric Lloyd is transitioning to the role of vice chairman

BCA’s chief geo-macro strategist says Iran war could result in surprisingly aggressive rate hiking cycle
PODCAST: Speaking with Lisa Lee on the latest episode of the Credit Exchange podcast, macro and geopolitical expert Marko Papic says there are a number of inflationary elements coming together that could lead to more aggressive action than previously expected by the Fed and other central banks

Leveraged Finance Fights Melanoma gears up for annual charity gala at NYC’s MoMA
The 16th annual LFFM gala will take place on 10 June at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art

First Eagle taps AlbaCore alum for alternative credit product sales
Edward Berry joins as a managing director in London and will help distribute the firm’s alternative credit products, including those under the Napier Park brand

Credit dispersion increases as software loans pull away from the pack – KKR
Software loan bids fell to 87.97% during the first quarter, the lowest in four years, while the rest of the leveraged loan market held up

Oaktree’s deputy CIO of strategic credit says we’re in the early innings of private credit dislocation
Oaktree has been very opportunistic about deployment in cycles or dislocations, which the market may be in the early stages of, says Milwood Hobbs, Jr., deputy chief investment officer of the firm’s strategic credit platform, on the latest episode of the Credit Exchange podcast with Lisa Lee

AI is reshaping capital markets, say Milken confab attendees
Artificial intelligence will be the most transformative technology of our lifetime, reshaping everything, including capital markets. This was the dominant prediction at the annual Milken Global Conference 2026

Credit funds at a glance – May 2026
Our roundup of top performers, fundraising and moves in credit

UK public M&A rides scale wave as clouds obscure macro outlook – White & Case’s Patrick Sarch, with John West – podcast
While deal volumes reach significant highs in the UK, the numbers are largely being driven by big deals with expensive price tags. But these big-ticket transactions may not be the tide that lifts all boats, says White & Case’s Patrick Sarch, speaking with Mergermarket's John West

Wellington’s macro strategist says China may come out as a winner from the oil shock -- podcast
With global economies adjusting to the oil shock from the Iran war, it is China that has shown surprising resilience, says Juhi Dhawan, macro strategist at Wellington Management, on the latest episode of the Credit Exchange podcast with Lisa Lee

European M&A faces 1H hangover with Iran-impacted earnings – Continental Drift
Megadeal run undiminished by Middle East conflict; cocktail of risks threatens almighty headache if equity party ends

Iran war, AI to present lasting challenges – Apollo’s Tristram Leach
EXCLUSIVE: The current global macroeconomic environment presents real and imminent challenges to navigate alongside opportunities, Apollo’s Tristram Leach at the second day of the Creditflux CLO Symposium 2026 

Credit funds at a glance – April 2026
Our roundup of top performers, fundraising and moves in credit

Luxembourg embraces fund tokenisation to court retail investors but concerns over centralised EU supervision linger
Grand Duchy emphasises innovation stance; concerns EU oversight may slow innovation

Apollo’s head of investments Europe says private credit is going through a rite of passage
PODCAST: Speaking on the latest episode of the Credit Exchange podcast with Lisa Lee, Apollo’s head of investments Europe Tristram Leach says he believes direct lending will continue to grow – but it needs to go through a period where there are elevated redemptions in the market

Muzinich appoints Tatjana Greil Castro as global head of investments
The privately-owned corporate credit specialist has also appointed Thomas Samson as global head of high yield and Hugo Wheeler as head of global accounts and marketing

StepStone pursues collateralised fund obligation transaction
EXCLUSIVE: The deal would see the firm securitise a pool of private fund interests and free up capital

Napier Park’s CIO says firm has stockpiled cash to buy mispriced assets
PODCAST: The alternative asset manager, which oversees USD 40bn in AUM, has been prepping for a repricing of financial assets that predates the Iran war and the software crisis, according to its Chief Investment Officer, Jonathan Dorfman, speaking on the latest episode of Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee

Sponsors reshaping Europe’s chemicals sector add Iran fallout to buyout risks – Dealspeak EMEA
As concerns over European feedstock prices grow amid the fallout from war in the Middle East, the burning question is whether sponsors will continue to reshape the chemicals industry as they have over the past year, with the wave of private equity investment across Europe’s embattled sector names having shaken up an industry traditionally moulded by strategic players

CPPIB appoints head of structured credit group in leadership shakeup
Paras Vira, a managing director in the capital solutions group, will start as head of CPP Investments’ structured credit group on 1 April, a spokesperson said