In case you missed it: Palmer Square explores possible sale of its business
Creditflux reported on 14 August that Palmer Square is holding conversations and is looking at both organic and inorganic growth options

Victory Capital to acquire CLO manager First Eagle Investments
First Eagle will retain its branding and operate on Victory Capital’s platform following the USD 7bn acquisition

Hayfin in active talks with buyers for its US CLO unit
EXCLUSIVE: The London-headquartered credit platform is mulling selling the US arm in entirety or just the CLO assets, according to a source

CLO managers invest in distressed experts in expectation of higher LME environment
EXCLUSIVE: Carlyle and BlackRock are among the CLO managers who have invested in distressed and special credits teams ahead of an expected rise in defaults and LME activity 

Orrick adds another partner to its CLO practice in New York
Former DLA Piper special counsel Steve Lozner has joined Orrick’s structured finance team as a partner in New York with a focus on CLOs 

More amend-and-extend transactions to come into the market in H2 — Carlyle
EXCLUSIVE: Amend-and-extend transactions are expected to increase over the coming months, as managers get ahead of the 2028 maturity wall

CLO investors see improvement in collateral quality metrics
EXCLUSIVE: CLO collateral quality metrics are improving, according to three investors in the space

Palmer Square explores possible sale of its business
The firm is currently holding conversations and is looking at both organic and inorganic growth options, a source familiar has told Creditflux

More manager dispersion expected for second half of 2026
Multiple market sources have predicted that manager dispersion will characterise the second half of 2026, amid ongoing volatility

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader adds another partner to CLO team
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader has added former Mayer Brown partner Joanna Suna as a partner in its structured finance team, as the firm continues to build out its CLO practice

Innovation and uncertainty lead to widening dispersion
The global CLO market is adapting to the uncertainty of the macro environment by leaning into innovation — a tougher arb environment has led some CLO equity investors to turn towards tranche investing, while a growing cohort of managers have been raising funds for captive CLO equity funds

CLOs at a glance – August 2026
Our list of recent CLO pricings globally

CLO equity funds to become dominant source of funding as trio of new funds prepares to hit the market
EXCLUSIVE: At least three funds investing in CLO equity will soon come to market, as the vehicles become the dominant source of funding for new CLOs, according to industry sources

Investor demand strongest for European PC CLOs – Golub
EXCLUSIVE: Investor demand is stronger for European private credit CLOs than any other segment of the CLO market, according to Golub Capital’s Landis Wood

Michael Curtis leaves Fidelity as firm begins search for new co-PM
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Curtis will leave his role as head of alternative credit at Fidelity Investments on 31 July, according to a source familiar

M&G establishes joint venture with Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to back further CLO issuance
M&G Investments has established a joint venture with global institutional investor Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to support the scaling of a multi-billion-Euro CLO platform

Distressed double Bs are a better-kept secret of the credit market – CIFC
EXCLUSIVE: Distressed double Bs represent hidden value in the credit markets, according to CIFC’s Jay Huang

BlackRock highlights Euro CLO AAA debt opportunities in 3Q outlook
BlackRock has identified triple A-rated European CLO tranches as continuing to offer attractive opportunities in the current fixed income market, in the asset manager’s third-quarter fixed income outlook

CLO manager rankings by AUM – Q2 2026
The latest Creditflux CLO manager AUM rankings sees stability in the top rankings following a shake-up in the top 3 last quarter – but a little further down, CIFC has moved ahead of UBS to snare seventh overall behind Ares, while Benefit Street Partners edged out CVC to move into the top 10

Year-to-date US CLO performance tops global fixed income products – Janus Henderson
US CLO triple Bs have outperformed all other fixed income sectors in the year-to-date and will likely continue to perform well in a higher interest rate landscape, according to new research from Janus Henderson

Global CLO legal counsel rankings – 2Q 2026
Industry heavyweights Milbank and Paul Hastings top Creditflux’s global rankings for CLO manager and arranger legal counsel for the first half of 2026, but there’s ongoing movement further down the tables

Time to get your passport ready
Credit market participants, including Creditflux correspondents, have been trekking the globe — attending conferences in New York, London, Barcelona, Berlin and Rome, to name a few — in search of opportunities

US CLO industry flies in for summer tour of Europe
American accents are forming the soundtrack in Europe this summer, as the region’s CLO market attracts investor interest from around the globe

‘There’s a difference between perceived and actual safety’
Investor's Corner with Anchorage Capital Advisors’ Soo Kim and Curtis Hardwick

News in brief
Top stories on creditflux.com: including early summer visits to Clearlake and Nearwater