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Natixis's Hernan Quipildor's secret talent and why those looking to launch a hedge fund business should pick their company name wisely  

Boutique CLO managers boss secondary market
Creditflux analysis shows that, when their total assets are taken into account, small managers' CLOs are more liquid than those of large managers 

Are you resets in disguise? - CLO specialists analyse new issue volumes
CLO volumes have been boosted by refis, resets and now repacks? Top CLO names analyse CLO formation at the Creditflux Credit Symposium

Prytania fund registers big gains after transitioning from CLO debt to equity
Prytania Investment Advisors has continued its impressive start to 2017

CLO round-up: Investcorp tops table of highest 2.0 equity distributions
This month has seen the largest 2.0 CLO equity distribution ever, according to CLO-i data

CLO round-up: CSAM prices US triple As at tightest levels since 2013
CLO spreads have been grinding tighter this year and last week saw Credit Suisse Asset Management achieve the tightest triple-A spread in the US market since June 2013, according to Creditflux data

Secondary CLO round-up: investors bid up 2013 BlueMountain CLO
The secondary CLO market slowed down last week, but there was still plenty of mezzanine CLO paper in for the bid, according to data from CLO-i.

Investcorp draws up plans for dual risk retention-compliant CLOs
Investcorp Credit Management has recently issued its first European CLO following the sale of the business, formerly known as 3i Debt Management (or 3iDM), to Investcorp and the deal looks like being the first of a number of dual risk retention-compliant offerings from the manager

Diverse Prytania fund posts promising 2017 gains
Prytania Investment Advisors has got off to a strong start in 2017 with the manager’s Athena Fund gaining 8.4% through February

Move up the stack to avoid implosion
Pundit warns investors to be concerned about return of their principal – but senior loans may be a safe haven as credit yields are squeezed and high yield becomes crowded

BlueMountain splits CLO platform in two after CMV launch
BlueMountain Capital Management has neatly divided its platform in order to create some separation between its pre-risk retention CLOs and those which have been issued to comply with risk retention

Alcentra confirms hire to its new-look structured credit team
Alcentra has confirmed the hire Brandon Chao from Omega Advisors to its structured credit team in New York

GSO Capital pools retention vehicles as it debuts MOA
GSO Capital has launched its first globally risk retention compliant CLO, it has emerged

JP Morgan's head of European CLO origination set to relocate to New York
The head of JP Morgan’s primary European CLO team is in the process of relocating from London to New York, according to market sources.

Alcentra hires from activist hedge fund for growing CLO investment team
Alcentra has hired an experienced analyst for its CLO investment team, according to well placed sources