Credit Rendezvous: ready and waiting
In Creditflux's quarterly review of credit, portfolio managers tell us that Inflation is likely to nudge higher but they are optimistic because dispersion will pick up and windows of volatility will emerge, rather than elongated phases of stress 

Black Diamond structured credit BD head joins impact investment firm
Black Diamond Capital Management's head of structured credit business development has parted ways with the firm after nearly four years, according to market sources. He is set to join start-up impact investment firm Lafayette Square as managing director and head of capital markets

"Three CLOs issued in 2021 have included triple C baskets of 20%"
Big triple C buckets helped mid market CLO issuers in 2020 and the trend is for even bigger allowances this year

Ucits at a glance: Advent and Algebris lead the pack again
Ucits funds saw the brighter side of February, as 80% of funds achieved a positive return

LP round-up: $2.6 billion flows into 26 credit managers
A stuck ship in the Suez Canal may have prevented others from getting through one of the world's busiest waterways in March, but allocations to credit funds were much more free flowing as investors poured over $2.6 billion into the hands of credit managers

Eagle Point diversifies from CLOs as it wins $180 million for BDC lending strategy
A US public pension has earmarked $60 million for Eagle Point's fund and a further $120 million for a separate managed account

Monroe issues first CLO since Bonaccord equity deal
Monroe Capital has priced its first new CLO in nine months, issuing a $455 million middle market transaction named Monroe Capital MML CLO XI

SocGen arranges low levered CLO for mid market firm
Societe Generale arranged its first new issue CLO of 2021 on Thursday, issuing a $395.5 million transaction managed by Owl Rock Capital Advisors

Cerberus prints second mid market CLO of 2021
Cerberus Loan Management has become only the second manager to price two middle market CLOs in 2021, having teamied up with Wells Fargo to issue the $368.1 million deal named Cerberus XXXII

Four managers win lucrative $700 million credit mandate
A $39 billion pension has selected four managers for an opportunistic credit mandate and identified a further four ‘bench’ managers 

Deerpath makes tracks in CLO primary for first time in 2021
Deerpath Capital Management has returned to the CLO primary market for the first time in 2021, printing a $362.9 million new issue named Deerpath Capital CLO 2021-1

Creditflux announces new date for Manager Awards
Creditflux can announce we will hold our annual Manager Awards ceremony on 8 September. This is later than usual in the year, but should allow the event to take place in person and following the Credit Symposium, as it has historically 

Tikehau places €500 million sustainable bond as it plans high yield impact fund
Tikehau Capital has placed an inaugural sustainable bond that it says is the first of its kind for an asset manager

Golub prints its largest CLO of 2021 at $603 million
Golub has teamed up with Morgan Stanley to print its largest CLO transaction so far in 2021

Ares affiliate re-emerges in mid market with first primary CLO for three years
Ivy Hill Asset Management, the direct lending affiliate of Ares Management, has priced its first CLO primary market transaction in almost three years, completing a $499.3 million new issue backed by loans to middle market companies

BMO makes new issue CLO breakthrough with first lead arranger role
BMO Capital Markets has completed its first solo CLO assignment as arranger by pricing a middle market CLO for its affiliate BMO Asset Management on Friday

Golub goes from fixed to mixed in mid market CLO refi
Golub Capital Partners has refinanced the fixed-rate tranches of its 2017 vintage middle market CLO named Golub Capital Partners CLO 34(M), converting the bonds into a mix of fixed and floating-rate liabilities in the process

Barclays' head of middle market CLOs leaves bank
Barclays' middle market CLO head has parted ways with the bank

Madison matches mid-market tights with first CLO primary deal since July
Madison Capital priced its first CLO deal in eight months on Wednesday, teaming up with Wells Fargo to reset 2017's MCF CLO V for an extra four years of reinvestment

Blackstone cuts spreads on post-reinvestment mid market CLO
Blackstone Credit has refinanced four tranches of a 2019 middle market CLO just over four months after the deal left reinvestment

Mid market CLO spreads reach tightest point since 2018 as Fortress prices new issue
Four-year triple A spreads on middle market CLOs reached new post-covid tights on Friday as Fortress Investment Group issued a deal with first-pays at just 155 basis points over Libor

Credit funds at a glance (March 2021)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves

Fund performance: CLO funds pick up where they left off
New year, same funds leading the way with CLO strategies the top performers in January

Ucits at a glance: CIFC nears positive 12-month returns
Ucits funds have started 2021 on a quiet note as 72% of funds achieved a positive return

Credit hedge funds (March 2021)
Monthly credit hedge fund tables