Credit drives strong returns for five of the largest asset managers in the business
Carlyle is close to hitting its ambitious fundraising target; direct lending has been kind to Ares; and Och-Ziff has decided to shed its US CLO risk retention stakes after exiting its financing agreements

US CLO round-up: investors feast on over $3 billion of CLOs
One CLO manager has gone for a reissue as its main, another two have gone back for seconds of new issue -  and this all leads to the inevitable: an expanding middle 

Carlyle resets 2015 mid market CLO with unusual triple A debt structure
Carlyle Group has reset its 2015 vintage middle market CLO, Carlyle Direct Lending CLO 2015-1

Not a bad time to try your hand at CLOs

Carlyle prices five CLO transactions in just one month
The manager teamed up with JP Morgan to price its second US new issue of the year yesterday

Columbia prices second CLO transaction in two weeks following management reshuffle
Columbia Asset Management has returned to the CLO market following the departure of its two CLO portfolio managers earlier this year

Citi prints three US CLOs in one day
Citi priced three US CLO transactions on Friday with deals for Carlyle Group, Intermediate Capital Group and Romark

Carlyle prices its third US CLO reissue of 2018
Carlyle Group teamed up with Citi to reissue Carlyle GMS CLO 2014-4

Carlyle prices its largest ever CLO transaction in $815.85 million deal
Carlyle Group has priced its largest CLO transaction to date with a $815.85 million reissue

US CLO round-up: Voya print stands out as spreads disperse
There has been a fair bit of spread dispersion within the CLO market over the last few days with deals pricing up to 11.1 basis points apart when it comes to triple-A financing costs

Carlyle prices partial refi of 2015 CLO with double and single As untouched
Carlyle Group priced a partial refinancing of Carlyle GMS CLO 2015-2 yesterday

Carlyle and Oppenheimer opt for interval fund structure as part of JV
The new private credit fund will invest at least 80% across loans and structured credit (Including CLOs), opportunistic credit, direct lending and liquid credit, SEC filings reveal

Global CLO manager prices its first new US deal of the year
A New York-based CLO manager priced its first new US CLO of 2018 yesterday via Citi

Carlyle hires three to credit opps team in New York
Carlyle has hired Apollo's Taylor Boswell as managing director on the credit opportunities team, along with Ben Fund and Leo Kang

Carlyle's Columbia acquired CLO is reset in $424.3 million deal
Carlyle Group has reset Carlyle C17 CLO, the transaction it acquired from Columbia Asset Management in March

Structured credit specialists seek future-proofing in direct lending
At the turn of the last credit cycle, structured credit recovered spectacularly – but credit managers today seem to be gravitating towards private credit as the area to pick up excess returns in a downturn

Co-heads of CLO and leveraged debt resign from Columbia after CLO sale
Two senior managing directors have resigned from Columbia Asset Management after 18 years at the firm

Columbia CLO to transfer to Carlyle following refi
Columbia Asset Management's 2013 CLO, Cent CLO 17, will have management responsibilities transferred to Carlyle Group, according to a notice

B-wic round-up: mid market CLOs find new homes in secondary market
The US secondary CLO market has had another eventful week as $908.2 million worth of CLO notes were made available, out of which $693.2 million, or 76.3%, traded successfully

Carlyle prices European CLO in its first new issue deal of the year
Carlyle Group has issued its first new CLO of the year following a €439.35 million transaction

B-wic round up: triple A investor locks in gains after major CLO auction
Senior notes completely dominated the secondary market last week as one investor decided to showcase a $635.54 million selection of triple A notes spanning 13 CLOs

Global CLO manager prices its third reset of 2018
A manager priced a $650 million reset transaction yesterday via Morgan Stanley

Carlyle’s direct lending BDC hits $2 billion, buoyed by inflows to credit fund
Carlyle’s Group’s direct lending business development company, TCG BDC, has announced a net increase in assets of $27 million for the most recent quarter

Oppenheimer and Carlyle launch global credit fund as part of JV
Carlyle Group and OppenheimerFunds International have filed to register the first fund product of their previously announced joint venture. The vehicle will invest in a wide range of credit products including CLOs, direct lending and opportunistic debt

Carlyle group's solid Q4 results include $1.7 billion of global credit fundraising
The firm’s fourth quarter global credit fundraising of $1.7 billion included four CLOs, follow-on closes in their new private BDCs, structured credit fund, and managed accounts