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

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

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

Credit funds at a glance
Credit funds at a glance

Fund performance
In February, CLO funds once again claimed the majority of top positions in our fund ranking — this time taking eight of the top 10 spots (see table below).

Credit funds at a glance
Credit funds at a glance

New Mountain prices second quasi-CLO
New Mountain priced a second rated feeder fund last week, a deal that straddles the line between the simpler traditional rated feeder fund structures and middle market CLOs

Job opportunity with Investcorp: Structured Credit Investment Associate
Investcorp Credit Management is seeking qualified candidates for a position as a Structured Credit Investment Associate within its Structured Credit Investments Group

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge funds

Credit funds at a glance
Credit funds at a glance

RR ABS returns with new Vista deal
The growing market for recurring revenue securitizations saw a boost last week with the pricing of VCP RRL ABS III

News in brief
Increasingly popular credit interval funds grow by $10bn in 2023 and New arrangers gather speed in US market

A strong year for CLO strategies
After the pain of 2022, credit fund managers must have been praying that 2023 turned out better. It did.

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge fund performance

Credit funds at a glance
Credit funds at a glance

European ABS and CLOs rally on Fed rates forecast
Trading activity in European ABS and CLOs was strong on Thursday after the Federal Reserve signalled it would cut rates in 2024

BlackRock launches securitised asset fund
BlackRock has launched a new securitised asset fund dubbed the BlackRock Senior Securitised Fund with at least 65% exposure to ABS and no more than 35% to CLOs

ABS rallies on better-than-expected inflation prints
The European ABS market has rallied over the last two days on news of rapidly falling inflation in both the US and the UK