CIFC hires team of four for distressed credit push
CIFC, a manager specialising in US corporate and structured credit, is building out its distressed debt capabilities with four senior hires in anticipation of a maturing credit cycle

Symphony CEO Stein steps down after 19 years
Symphony Asset Management's CEO and CIO has resigned, with four colleagues assuming his responsibilities

Halcyon poaches CVC's US performing credit head Raciti
Halcyon Capital Management has poached CVC Credit Partners’ Philip Raciti and appointed him head of US performing credit and portfolio manager

Sound Point wins $285 million CLO equity mandate from Canadian pension fund
The C$366.6 billion Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board is looking towards CLO equity to broaden its investment exposure

BlackRock becomes latest manager to explore interval fund structure for credit
Several managers have hit the market with the interval fund structure, as investors look to invest in illiquid strategies through an illiquid fund structure

Reed Smith adds former NatWest structured finance specialist to its team
Law firm Reed Smith has added structured finance specialist David Barton as counsel in its London office

Fair Oaks acquires control equity position in new US CLO
Fair Oaks Capital has acquired a control equity position in a new US CLO managed by HPS Investment Partners, according to a stock exchange announcement

American Beacon teams up with Apollo for credit interval fund
Regulatory filings reveal that Apollo will allocate assets across four main areas: US corporate credit, global corporate credit, structured credit and real estate credit

AllianceBernstein looks towards BSL CLO management with new hire
AllianceBernstein is looking to expand its CLO management business and enter into the world of broadly syndicated CLOs

GSO CLO fund looks to wind up with offer to roll into manager's originator strategy
The board responsible for Carador Income Fund, managed by GSO Capital Partners, has given shareholders an opportunity to wind the fund up, alongside a rollover opportunity for shareholders into GSO's CLO originator fund, Blackstone/GSO Loan Financing

US CLO issuer seeks portfolio manager in Los Angeles
A Los Angeles-based manager is looking to hire for its CLO team 

Maples & Calder announce several CLO lawyer promotions
Maples & Calder has announced several promotions for CLO lawyers.- including three partners and one counsel 

Bain targets $500 million for CLO-focused vehicle
Bain Capital Credit is targeting $500 million for its CLO-focused vehicle, Bain Capital Credit CLO Management, according to sources familiar with the situation

Steep climb: dealers and investors cross-examine merits of five-year CSOs
The market for bespoke tranches of credit synthetic obligations (CSOs) looks set for further year-on-year growth, but this could depend on expanding activity to longer tenors

Credit drives strong returns for five of the largest asset managers in the business
Carlyle is close to hitting its ambitious fundraising target; direct lending has been kind to Ares; and Och-Ziff has decided to shed its US CLO risk retention stakes after exiting its financing agreements

CLO Ucits funds take off despite investment limits
CLO investors are swarming over the Ucits fund market, despite the obvious regulatory headwinds and stringent liquidity requirements associated with these structures

Oaktree raises new special situations fund while CIO warns of direct lending risk
Oaktree Capital Management has released its second quarter 2018 results in which the Los Angeles-based firm reported $2.4 billion of new capital commitments in the quarter

BNP Paribas reorganises US credit business and appoints leveraged finance head
BNP Paribas has integrated its existing US primary and secondary credit units under a single new entity known as global credit markets Americas

Crestline Denali announces new structure following CEO departure
Crestline Denali has announced its new organisational structure, following the retirement of its chief executive officer David Killion

German asset manager launches CLO-focused Ucits fund
UniInstitutional Structured Credit, managed by Frankfurt-headquartered Union Investment, will invest in a portfolio of securitisations, with a strong focus on CLOs  

Eagle Point eyes CLO BB tranches with new vehicle
CLO equity investor Eagle Point Credit Management has registered a new vehicle Eagle Point Income Company, which intends to focus on investing in CLO “BB” tranches

Sovereign investors' allocation to alternative credit increase rapidly, finds survey
Sovereign investors are increasing their exposure to CLOs, direct lending and bank loans, according to a 2018 Global Sovereign Asset Management Study published by Invesco this week

BDCs turn to CLO financing as effective alternative to bilateral leverage agreements
Business development companies now have the ability to take on an extra turn of leverage, but rating constraints mean they could end up using CLOs instead

Investors fight to stop assets being pulled into black holes
US loan investors are fighting back against terms which they believe are effectively turning supposedly senior secured loans into unsecured agreements