Fund performance
Positive August for credit sees CLO funds on top again

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge funds performance data

Capital Four beefs up US credit team with three new hires
The Danish-based credit manager is expanding its US presence

CLO manager raises new captive equity fund
The New York-based alternative asset manager raised a new CLO equity fund with a first close of USD 136m

New digital asset lender launches
Ex credit trader among team looking to bring structure to crypto market

Credit funds at a glance (September 2023)
A round-up of people moves and fund raising  

Credit hedge fund returns (September 2023)
Credit hedge fund returns  

CLO funds are hot in summer as they take nine spots in top 10 (Fund performance)
CLO funds took the lead through summer as the returns of the category index reached 1.88% and 3.18% in June and July, respectively. Both months saw a CLO fund as the top performer — Sound Point Meridian in June, and Oxford Gate Master Fund in July.

Ares second Pathfinder credit fund nears $5 billion target
Ares raised an additional $1.8 billion in 2Q23 for asset-backed fund

West coast manager adds new global co-head to securitized group
Peter Van Gelderen will take up the role of global co-head of the securitized group in Los Angeles in October

Angelo Gordon strengthens structured credit team
Angelo Gordon announced a mix of internal promotions and new hires for its structured credit team yesterday.

Obra completes acquisition of KDP assets following bankruptcy filing
Obra Capital has acquired the assets of KDP Investment Advisors following the latter firm's chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in May of this year

Illiquid assets are increasingly hot in the private markets according to Aeon survey
Illiquid assets may offer protection against macro uncertainty, according to findings from a new survey.

Asset management firm creates new credit platform
Insurance and asset management firm Nassau launches new credit platform with more than $8 billion in assets under management. 

Golub rearranges direct lending leadership team

Golub Capital promoted several members of its direct lending leadership team as the firm continues to grow.

Private credit firm launches new platform for structured financing
Private credit manager Victory Park Capital has launched Triumph Capital Markets, a new platform that focuses on structured financing and capital markets

Union Bancaire Privée adds new strategy to fixed income plans
Union Bancaire Privée has expanded its fixed income offering with a new high-income strategy investing in high-yield bonds, subordinate corporate and financial debt and securitized credit, such as CLOs

Carlyle names future CFO
Carlyle has named John Redett its new chief financial officer and head of corporate strategy, the company has said.

Pemberton hires business development head from Federated Hermes
Pemberton has appointed Harriet Steel as partner and head of global clients

Credit hedge fund returns (May 2023)
Credit hedge fund returns

Credit funds at a glance (May 2023)
A round-up of people moves and fund raising

March madness sees most funds give up gains made in Q1
After a positive start to the year, credit funds ended the quarter with a step backwards; just under 30% of those listed reached positive returns for the month.

KKR plans asset-based fund
KKR Asset-Based Income Fund will take a 'multi-sector' approach, investing across consumer finance, mortgages, small-medium sized enterprises, hard assets, infrastructure and contractual cash flows

Pimco eyes CLOs as part of new flexible credit interval fund
Pimco is preparing to launch a new closed-ended, non-listed interval fund, named Pimco Flexible Corporate Income Fund, which will invest at least 80% of assets in corporate debt across public and private credit markets

Fund performance: European CLO funds lead the way
February was a positive month for many funds, as only one quarter failed to reach the black. This builds off a stellar start to the year: 96% of funds reached a positive return in January