DE Shaw closes on USD 1bn opportunistic credit fund
Alkali Fund VI is a closed-end fund targeting opportunistic investments across corporate debt, structured credit, synthetic securitization and other specialty investments

CLO fundraising round-up - November 2024
CLO funds have had a stand-out year, and both fundraising and fund returns have soared, with managers out in the market with both third-party and captive CLO funds

Beach Point ramps up fundraise for captive CLO equity fund
Santa Monica, California-based Beach Point Capital Management is looking to raise a captive equity fund to support its CLO issuance

Global SRT market set for record year, according to Chorus estimates
A new update from SRT specialist Chorus Capital forecasts that 2024 will be another record-breaking year for its market with the number running around 25% ahead from last year so far

Fund performance
August returns were largely positive for credit hedge funds, as 88% of those listed in the Creditflux database reached into the black

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge fund performance tables as of the end of August 2024

Credit funds at a glance
Emerging markets, structured finance and US high yield outperform, plus our tables of recent credit hires and recent fundraising

Pearl Diver raises USD 100m for first investment grade CLO fund
CLO equity specialist Pearl Diver has expanded up the stack with the launch of its first investment grade CLO fund 

Fund performance
CLOs feel the heat from corporate long-short and ucits funds in July; top ten credit funds in July 2024

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge fund performance for July 2024

Credit funds at a glance
Fund performance; recent fundraising; recent hires

Credit hedge funds
Our credit hedge fund performance tables for June

Credit funds at a glance
Top performers, recent hires and recent fundraising

Sycamore Tree raises more than USD 100m for CLO tranche strategy
Sycamore Tree Capital Partners has raised more than USD 170m across two separate debt funds, include USD 100.5m for CLO debt

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