Carlyle hires three to credit opps team in New York
Carlyle has hired Apollo's Taylor Boswell as managing director on the credit opportunities team, along with Ben Fund and Leo Kang

Angel Oak's new fund to invest in CLOs and structured credit
Atlanta-based Angel Oak Capital Advisors has launched a new mutual fund, the Angel Oak UltraShort Income Fund, which will invest  in residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, CLOs, US treasuries and agency debentures, and corporate credit

Structured credit specialists seek future-proofing in direct lending
At the turn of the last credit cycle, structured credit recovered spectacularly – but credit managers today seem to be gravitating towards private credit as the area to pick up excess returns in a downturn

A credit market in constant flux
Since Creditflux's launch in 2001, we've reported on CLO evolution, trendy new products, regulatory U-turns, and, of course, crashes. Which, we wonder, is coming next?

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

Structured credit investors look beyond US RMBS
Re-remic, re-performing loans, non-performing loans and single family rental securitisations have come into favour as non-agency RMBS issuance dries up

Join the debate: most memorable moment in credit
At Creditflux we’ve now produced 200 monthly magazines since Fishknife first came up with the idea of tracking the global credit markets in 2001). We asked several key credit industry officials about their most memorable moment in credit

Dedication pays off in risk sharing
Fund managers are pitching dedicated CRT funds to institutional investors as market hits €75 billion in 2017 and US banks start to take notice. By Sayed Kadiri

Texas pension fund approves two new CLO manager mandates
The Texas Municipal Retirement System has approved the appointment of GSO Capital Partners LP and Octagon Credit Investors as CLO managers on its non-core fixed income strategy

Structured credit PM earns promotion as Pimco unveils new managing directors
Structured credit portfolio manager Russell Gannaway is among seven officials to have been promoted to managing director at Pimco

Manager prices $90 million securitisation backed by "fix-and-flip" loans
An Atlanta-based asset manager has launched a $90 million mortgage securitisation, believed to be the first to be backed by "fix-and-flip" loans

Anchorage wins $75 million ticket for global credit fund
A US pension fund has approved an investment in the upcoming Anchorage credit fund

Past returns: Europe's own risk retention rewrite
Five years ago we reported that European CLO managers were hunting for partners to retain risk retention on their behalf. Shortly after, regulators performed a U-turn (nothing new here) and decided to prohibit third parties from acting as risk retainers

Cheyne generates double-digit returns for hedge funds
Cheyne Capital has delivered with two credit hedge funds that have reached their maturity

Synthetic CDOs seek to follow CLOs
Growing issuance, interest in longer maturities and the emergence of a secondary market are encouraging dealers to believe that bespokes are on the road to acceptance. By Sayed Kadiri

Seer holds first close on new credit fund
A structured credit boutique founded by former Deutsche Bank manager Philip Weingord has recently raised $42.5 million for its latest fund in what appears to be a first closing, regulatory filings show

Mayer Brown appoints securitisation specialist as partner
Global law firm Mayer Brown has appointed James John Antonopoulos as partner in the firm’s Banking and Finance Practice and Structured Finance Group

Credit specialist poaches Goldman Sach's Eric Muller in New York
Credit specialist Oak Hill Advisors has hired New York-based Eric Muller from Goldman Sachs Group, according to a market source

Oppenheimer and Carlyle launch global credit fund as part of JV
Carlyle Group and OppenheimerFunds International have filed to register the first fund product of their previously announced joint venture. The vehicle will invest in a wide range of credit products including CLOs, direct lending and opportunistic debt

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

Chorus launches third credit fund for reg cap strategy
Reg cap specialistChorus Capital has launched its third credit fund, according to SEC filings seen by Creditflux

BlueMountain hires former Pine River credit specialist
BlueMountain Capital Management has hired credit specialist Colin Teichholtz as global governments and agency mortgage-backed securities head

Beach Point reels in $193 million for securitised credit fund
Los Angeles-based Beach Point Capital Management has raised over $193 million from 49 investors for a securitised credit fund

Chicago manager holds initial close for $1 billion private credit fund
Monroe Capital has held a $348 million initial close for its third private credit fund, which has a $1 billion hard cap, market sources say

Apollo reorganises its global credit platform
Sources say Apollo Global Management has reshaped its credit business by merging certain divisions and promoting several staffers in New York. Separately, sources say a high-ranking credit head has left the firm