Alcentra teams with Steadfast for $3 billion global mid-market strategy
Steadfast Capital Markets Group and Alcentra have announced the launch of a new credit fund, which will lend to companies in the US and western Europe

Alcentra and reit specialist Steadfast team up for fund
Alcentra has launched a new retail fund in the US to invest in mid-market credit

US pension fund’s private credit search leads it to Alcentra
The pension fund for a major US city has chosen to invest in a fund managed by Alcentra after carrying out its first search for a private credit manager

Alcentra promotes three after US loan head Lemberg retires
Alcentra has announced that one of the loan market’s best known figures, Bill Lemberg, is retiring

Morgan Stanley shaves 36bp off triple-A coupon as it refinances CLO
Morgan Stanley priced a US CLO refinancing for a global manager earlier this week, according to market sources

Morgan Stanley cuts triple-A coupon by 32bp in US CLO refi
Senior CLO coupon goes from 148bp to 116bp after Morgan Stanley refinances a 2014 US CLO 

British Business Bank joins forces with Start Up Loans Company
The British Business Bank and the Start Up Loans Company are set to merge, according to a joint-statement issued yesterday. The former has supported a number of UK direct lending funds

Endowment fund seeks US direct lending manager for $50 million mandate
An endowment fund with an anti-tobacco stance is looking to deploy up to $50 million in US direct lending

Alcentra shaves 38bp off triple-A coupon as it prices US CLO refi
Alcentra has secured a significant drop in funding costs for its 2013 CLO, Shackleton IV, after pricing a $350 million refinancing earlier today

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

Global credit manager signs up Morgan Stanley for 2014 US CLO refi
A global manager has selected Morgan Stanley to refinance a 2014 vintage CLO, with the deal expected to close in April

Morgan Stanley cuts triple-A coupon by 53bp as it resets euro CLO
Morgan Stanley has reset a global CLO manager's 2014 deal, securing a triple-A spread of 87bp in the process

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

BSL CLO issuance surpasses $5 billion as Alcentra prices new deal
US broadly-syndicated CLO issuance surpassed $5 billion today as Alcentra priced its first deal of the year. 

Hedge fund manager rumoured to be hunting for $258 million of US CLO equity
Market sources say that a New York-based hedge fund manager is looking to buy control equity stakes in several 2.0 US CLOs

Alcentra picks new arranger to prepare its first US CLO of 2017
Alcentra is preparing its first new issue US CLO of the year, according to market sources

When the market is tight, buy cash not wide tranches
Alcentra’s Hiram Hamilton takes our credit quiz

JP Morgan completes first euro CLO reset of the year
JP Morgan has priced the European CLO market’s first reset of 2017, in a €417.5 million deal

Barclays adds to its CLO pipeline with three forthcoming European deals
Barclays is currently working on three European CLOs and has obtained ratings for the warehouse facilities backing these transactions

Alcentra prices two CLO refinancings in one day
Alcentra has priced two CLO refinancings in a single day, completing deals on either side of the Atlantic on Friday

Alcentra delivers big return on credit opps fund
Alcentra recently wound up one of the first structured credit hedge funds launched post-crisis with an annualised return of over 28%

Alcentra explores refi of debut 2.0 European CLO
Alcentra is seeking to refinance its debut 2.0 European CLO, according to an investor notice seen by Creditflux