US manager looks to raise $300 million for new CLO equity fund
Regulatory filings indicate that a US fund manager is targeting a new fund which will purchase CLO equity tranches

US boutique to launch fund of funds investing in CLOs and alternatives
The asset and wealth management RIA firm is establishing an alternatives fund of funds to be launched in 2018, according to market sources

Manager looks to raise up to $500 million to invest in CLOs globally
A firm regarded as one of the biggest CLO mezzanine and equity investors in the market is launching its latest CLO strategy 

CIFC liquidates CLO-focused fund
Private debt manager CIFC has liquidated a closed-end fund known as the CLO Opportunity Fund I, but has launched a successor fund

Los Angeles pension fund considers investing in CLOs
A large LA pension fund wants to boost returns from its fixed income portfolio and has set its sights on CLOs and private debt

Mid-market lender NewStar agrees to sell itself for more than $500 million
New York-based asset manager First Eagle Investment Management announced this morning that it plans to buy mid-market loan specialist NewStar Financial

Eagle Point raises $100 million for new CLO-focused fund
Greenwich-based Eagle Point has raised $100.2 million for a new private fund that will invest in CLO equity, regulatory filings reveal

White & Case promotes three credit lawyers to partners in US and Europe
White & Case has announced the promotion of three lawyers with credit expertise to its partnership in offices across the US and Europe

Partner leaves Ares's credit group after almost 20 years at the firm
A former fund and CLO portfolio manager, who had spent the last couple of years working in a business development role, has left Ares's Los Angeles offices    

Angel Oak joins growth in credit interval funds
Angel Oak is set to become the latest credit manager to target retail investors following in the footsteps of Alcentra, GoldenTree, GSO and Octagon 

Chicago-based manager unveils ambitious plans for listed CLO equity fund
US CLO manager aims to become the latest to add a CLO investment fund

FS unveils new closed-end credit fund that can invests in CLOs
FS Investments has launched a new closed-end credit interval fund offering five share classes

Octagon’s debut retail credit fund goes live
XA Investments has raised up to $83.4 million for the closed-end credit fund it has set up with Octagon Credit

Danish manager lists two new CLO-focused funds with assets of €74 million
Danish asset manager Accunia has listed two new alternative investment funds on the Copenhagen stock exchange

Seer's Lamont set to join European credit firm as managing partner
European merchant bank has signalled big plans in structured credit by hiring a well-known former Deutsche Bank figure

Goldman's former head of structured credit trading to move to the buy side
Goldman Sachs veteran Jerry Ouderkirk is joining Pretium Partners, according to a Bloomberg report

Credit fund manager Frost allows management fees to thaw down to 50bp
San Antonio-based Frost Investment Advisors has slashed management fees on its CLO-heavy credit fund

CVC Credit appoints chairman as credit CIO steps down
CVC Credit Partners has today announced that Stephen Hickey will be leaving the firm for personal reasons. Joining the firm will be former JP Morgan leveraged finance head Hamish Buckland

Job opportunity with Fair Oaks Capital
Fair Oaks Capital is looking for an investment manager in New York

Founder looks to take structured credit manager Zais private
Founder Christian Zugel has bid to take Zais Group private, ending its two year stint as a public company

Axa unwinds short-maturity CLO fund as 1.0 universe dwindles
Axa Investment Managers has recently wound down a fund designed to take advantage of a short-term opportunity in ageing CLO debt tranches

Octagon launches its first retail credit fund
Closed-end fund with 50% allocation to structured credit goes live

Macquarie confirms senior fund specialist appointment
Macquarie has hired former Investec fund finance specialist Steve Berry to head up its Macquarie Specialised Investment Solutions division

New York pension gets behind CLO manager's risk retention vehicle
The New York State Common Retirement Fund invested $450m in two credit funds in July, documents seen by Creditflux reveal

Institutional investors - does Europe still provide the best opportunities in credit?
Cash or synthetics, CLOs versus CMBS, senior or junior debt? Institutional investors have a variety of ways to approach credit investing and Creditflux's biannual survey of credit allocators aims to determine which market they view as offering compelling returns