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

Secondary CLO prices continued to rise across June
US BWIC secondary prices continued to rise in June, according to a report by KopenTech. 

Panagram launches its second CLO ETF of the year
Panagram Structured Asset Management has launched its second CLO exchange traded fund of 2023, naming the fund Panagram AAA CLO ETF

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. 

Blackstone hires sell-side CLO trading head
Blackstone Credit is beefing up its team with a new hire to the liquid credit strategies group. 

Golub rearranges direct lending leadership team

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

Fund performance
Good month for CLO funds sees six in top 10 as Axiom sets pace

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge funds performance data

Credit funds at a glance
Fund performance, fund raising and LP commitments

Sound Point becomes 5th largest CLO manager as Assured deal completes
Sound Point announced the completion of its partnership with Assured Guaranty yesterday jumping Sound Point into position as 5th largest CLO manager in the world.

Blackstone rethinks captive equity strategy
Blackstone has announced proposals to wind down its existing risk retention vehicle, Blackstone Loan Financing Limited (BGLF).

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.

Managers scramble to launch captive equity funds as they become best route to market
A plethora of CLO managers are eyeing captive equity fund launches in 2023 with the lack of such vehicles cited as the “main hurdle” for issuing deals.

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

CLO funds make best of a bad situation
It can’t get any worse can it? Well, it did in 2022, when credit spreads kept moving wider. Still, CLO funds were able to withstand the pressure, and they outperformed other credit strategies

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