Citi names sales head with global structured credit remit
Citi has promoted Rajiv Amlani to global head of special products solution sales, in which he will be responsible for non-flow structured credit and securitised trading business

CLO monoline businesses return with new purpose
CLO tranche insurance is making a comeback. Assured Guaranty has underwritten two middle market transactions, while in Europe various firms are testing the waters for this type of insurance, according to sources.

Investcorp hires ex-Medley structured credit head as John Fraser retires
Investcorp has appointed a CLO specialist as co-head of US credit, following the retirement of the firm’s previous sole US credit head

Former Ares partner takes on head of structured products role at Sound Point (correction)
A figure with more than 20 years of experience in CDO and CLO markets has resurfaced at Sound Point in New York 

JP Morgan makes big hire to its global credit trading desk
An experienced banker who has covered CLOs, CSOs, loan TRS and credit derivatives, has joined JP Morgan after leaving BNP Paribas 

Credit Suisse adds to its US CLO team
Credit Suisse has made two hires to its CLO team in recent months - in sales and origination

Hayfin brings in head of structured credit from New York-based fund manager
Sources say that Hayfin has made a major hire in New York as it looks to build up its CLO investment capabilities

CLO veteran parts ways with Tetragon
A senior structured credit veteran has departed Tetragon, according to market sources

CRE CLOs poised to grow by as much as 40%
The CRE CLO market will grow in 2019 over 2018 as cross-over CLO investors get more comfortable with the simpler, shorter duration structure, said speakers at IMN’s ABS East conference in Miami

Brigade prices triple Bs tight of double As with second CBO of 2018
Brigade Capital Management priced its second CBO of the year on Friday named Brigade Debt Funding II

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

CLO managers give blessing to Morningstar
“Our methodology is extremely transparent and our turnaround is extremely quick" - Morningstar's Brian Grow describes the company's ascension into the CLO market

Deadline looms for Creditflux's annual Manager Awards
The deadline for this year’s Creditflux Manager Awards is fast approaching as managers across the CLO, credit hedge fund and direct lending industries compete for the eighth consecutive year

Structured credit specialist swaps CSOs for CLOs as he returns to Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley has added to its CLO structuring team in New York, bringing an official who has been working on synthetic CDOs

Carlyle group's solid Q4 results include $1.7 billion of global credit fundraising
The firm’s fourth quarter global credit fundraising of $1.7 billion included four CLOs, follow-on closes in their new private BDCs, structured credit fund, and managed accounts

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

Morgan Stanley promotes New York-based CLO specialist to managing director
The head of US CLO syndication, who has recently taken on a bigger role at Morgan Stanley, has been promoted to MD

Law firm bolsters its CLO practice after hiring from Credit Suisse
Law firm Chapman and Cutler has further strengthened its CLO and structured finance practice, bringing in a figure from Credit Suisse's new issue CLO team

Citi promotes European CLO head and co-head of credit correlation trading
Citi – a market leader in CLO origination and bespokes – has promoted officials responsible for these businesses.

CLO manager looks to raise up to $2 billion to invest in CLOs globally
A US CLO manager is planning to invest in CLO tranches for the first time. It is understood that the firm is putting together a structured credit fund that will also have the ability to invest in index tranches

Buoyant CRE CLO market to finish the year with a flourish
Two deals are in the CRE CLO pipeline in what has been a bumper year following $12.2 billion of issuance