Virginia pension discloses $800 million in credit allocations
Virginia Retirement System has disclosed $800 million in credit fund allocations made over the first quarter of this year

CLOs are our highest-conviction investment category, says Oaktree
Oaktree Capital Management has said that CLOs are the firm's 'highest-conviction investment category' in a credit market outlook study published on Thursday, despite the recent turbulence stemming from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

Oaktree targets $10 billion for LBO financing strategy
The launch of the firm's large-cap sponsor-backed private credit strategy follows banks retreating from the LBO space and a more compelling risk-adjusted return than other sectors in the market

Credit Rendezvous: Make yourself comfortable, there’s a storm coming
In our Q1 outlook, we speak to Edwin Wilches, PGIM (US CLOs), Mikkel Sckerl and Flemming Dose, Capital Four (European CLOs),  Jim Fitzpatrick, CQS (US loans), Loic Prevot, Polus (European loans), Madelaine Jones, Oaktree (global high yield), Art Penn, Pennant Park (US direct lending), Mattis Poetter, Arcmont (European direct lending), Keerthi Raghavan, Waterfall (structured credit), Ray Costa, Benefit Street (distressed), Grant Webster, Ninety One (Emerging markets), Oumar Diallo, Aeon (real assets) for their views for the upcoming quarter. 

US CLO pipeline: busy January sets the tone for the year
US CLO new issuance in January has exceeded 2022’s volumes with $6.4 billion priced last month compared to $4.6 billion last year, and the market is showing no signs of slowing down

Brookfield/Oaktree targets "larger" than $16 billion for next opportunistic credit fund
Brookfield Asset Management held a $2.8 billion first close on its third infrastructure debt fund and has started fundraising for its next vintage of our opportunistic credit flagship fund, alongside affiliate Oaktree, according to the firm's Q3 earnings call

CLOs at a glance (October 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month  

US CLO syndication returns after long layoff as triple As settle tighter
After months where CLO liability pricing lagged the loan market, September saw a reversal as a vibrant investor base helped CLOs outperform

LP round up: $2.7bn flows to 20 credit managers as investors battle PE overallocation
Investors faced huge headwinds in September with inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical turmoil, alongside the UK gilts sell-off at month end

LP round up: Magnetar and Värde among winners as $3 billion flows to credit
Institutional investors allocated at least $3 billion to credit funds in August

Oaktree prints new CLO with 235bp triple As at wides for five-year CLO
Oaktree Capital Management priced a new CLO on Wednesday with triple A notes yielding Sofr plus 235 basis points

Credit funds at a glance (August 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
   

Experienced CLO banker joins Oaktree as managing director
A well-known name in the US CLO market has joined Oaktree as head of CLO capital markets 

Oaktree identifies CLOs among top picks in credit
Oaktree Capital Management’s head of performing credit Armen Panossian has outlined CLO tranches among his three favoured investments in this market

Oaktree prints new US CLO while Deerpath resets mid-market deal
The US CLO market has added to its June transaction tally, with Oaktree Capital pricing a new issue while Deerpath Capital Management reset a 2018 vintage mid-market deal

Oaktree seeks US-based head of CLO capital markets
Oaktree Capital Management is looking to hire a head of CLO, capital markets, with the US-based person working alongside Oaktree’s US senior loans and CLO strategy

LP round up: Oak Hill wins $3bn mandate as credit allocations near $10bn in March
Institutional investors revealed over $9.5 billion of allocations to credit funds in March. Oak Hill Advisors walked away with the largest mandate, as US heavyweight pension Calpers allocated a whopping $3 billion across several of its funds

Morgan Stanley prints new CLOs for Oaktree, Octagon and Voya
Morgan Stanley priced three new issue CLOs on Friday worth a combined $1.36 billion

Oaktree buys majority stake in 17Capital
Oaktree Capital Management has bought a majority stake in net-asset-value financing specialist 17 Capital

LP round up: Fidelity wins big, Pacific retains loan mandate, pensions eye distressed
The month also included one CLO fund commitment, one high yield manager search, one finalised US loans mandate and one $400 million multi-sector fixed income managed account mandate

Oaktree closes $3 billion real estate debt fund with 55% deployment
Oaktree Capital Management held a roughly $3 billion final close on its third global real estate debt strategy, Real Estate Debt Fund III

Credit funds at a glance (January 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

CLOs at a glance (January 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

Credit Fundraising: mega funds contribute to record-breaking month as volume hits $39bn
The sheer size of the funds raised in November more than compensated for a drop in the number of funds raised as fundraising volume in credit reached $38.9 billion. This beat September by $2.4 billion to make it the most productive month of credit fundraising in 2021