Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge fund performance data for September YTD 

Wendel announces purchase of majority stake in Monroe Capital
French investment firm Wendel announced on Tuesday it has agreed to acquire 75% of US private credit firm and CLO manager Monroe Capital for USD 1.13bn, as part of its planned expansion into third-party asset management.

Fund performance
August returns were largely positive for credit hedge funds, as 88% of those listed in the Creditflux database reached into the black

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge fund performance tables as of the end of August 2024

September 2024 European Leveraged Highlights
Heading into the final quarter institutional loan volumes rose 171% year-on-year to EUR 150bn, while bond issuance doubled from last year to EUR 93bn

AXA IM Alts launches IG ABS Fund
The latest fund launch by AXA is looking to raise at least EUR 1bn for a broad portfolio of investment-grade ABS assets 

Clearlake Capital agrees to buy MV Credit
Clearlake Capital has agreed to purchase European credit manager MV Credit Partners from Natixis Investment Managers

Fund performance
Prytania grabs gold; Spire and Sound Point take silver and bronze after June fund returns come in

Credit hedge funds
Our credit hedge fund performance tables for June

Credit funds at a glance
Top performers, recent hires and recent fundraising

BNP Paribas announces negotiations to buy AXA IM
BNP Paribas said it entered exclusive talks to buy AXA's asset management unit and set-up a partership for EUR 5.1bn

Blackstone reports 18% return from private credit over last 12 months
Blackstone's private credit and liquid credit returns outperform private equity investments in the last 12 months

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

Fund performance
CLO funds dominate again as they take 18 spots in top 30 list

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge funds

CLOs and Private Credit can learn to coexist, conference hears
A discussion led by Debtwire's Head of Leveraged Loans Jelena Cvejic, brought together an audience of lawyers, CLO managers and private credit players to hear about the battle between the two. 

CLO funds maintain strong start to 2024 to stay top year to date
The first quarter of 2024 has been a memorable one for CLO funds, as the category continues its dominant spell, claiming 7 of the top 10 spots in March

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

Muzinich hires head of alternative credit solutions and strategy
Muzinich has hired Rehan Virani in the newly-created role of head of alternative credit solutions and strategy as the New York and London-headquartered credit specialist continues to expand its private credit and CLO strategies

DWS expands in London with new senior investment manager role
London-based Roscoe Roman has joined German asset manager DWS, in the newly created role of senior investment manager for alternative credit (EMEA)