Paamco and KKR to join forces for fund of hedge funds business
Paamco and KKR Prisma to merge for fund-of-fund business with big credit credentials 

Mount Street agrees deal to buy structured credit specialist EAA
Mount Street has acquired €29 billion credit manager EAA Portfolio Advisors, according to an announcement this morning

New York Life Investments buys boutique CLO manager CVP
New York Life Investments has agreed to purchase a majority stake in Greenwich-based Credit Value Partners

Marble Point acquires eight American Capital US CLOs
Marble Point Credit Management has completed its move into CLO management by purchasing $3.4 billion worth of CLOs from American Capital, according to an announcement today

Kuwait's Wafra Capital buys US healthcare lender
Healthcare lender gets snapped up by asset-based and real estate lending giant 

All change as Investcorp buys 3iDM in £222 million deal
3i and Investcorp have this morning confirmed that they have agreed a deal which will see Investcorp acquire 3i Debt Management for £222 million ($271 million). Unrelated to this transaction, sources say that a well-known CLO specialist has left the firm

Tikehau acquires four loan funds from Lyxor in London
Tikehau Investment Management is set to grow its credit AUM by €700 million with the firm announcing that it has agreed to acquire four debt funds run by Lyxor in London

Janus and Henderson join forces to create new global asset manager
Heavyweight asset managers Janus Capital and Henderson have announced that they are merging to form a super-manager known as Janus Henderson Global Investors

Schroders anticipates $1 billion of inflows for new structured credit business
Schroders Investment Management has taken on sub-advisory duties for two closed-end funds run by Brookfield Investment Management as part of its acquisition of the latter’s US structured credit business

Expect annual CLO issuance of $50 to 60 billion post-2016, conference hears
CLO risk-retention will be a doddle for those CLO managers that have built a strong track record, according to panellists at the ABS East conference in Miami

Nexpoint makes hostile takeover bid for BDCA
Highland Capital Management affiliate NexPoint Advisors has made a bid to take over management of Business Development Corporation of America

Qatari royal family agrees to support $333 million acquisition of CIFC
The royal family of Qatar is supporting FAB Partners' acquisition of New York-based CLO manager CIFC Asset Management in a $333 million deal

GSAM buys stake in new CLO manager's private equity parent
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has acquired a minority stake in asset manager Littlejohn, a private equity firm which has moved into the CLO space in the last 18 months

CVC Credit buys US direct lender Northport
CVC Credit Partners has acquired US direct lender Northport Capital from Resource Capital, according to an announcement today

Neuberger Berman's Dyal unit buys minority stake in HIG
HIG Capital has announced that it has sold a minority stake in its business to Dyal Capital, a unit of Neuberger Berman which acquires stakes in alternative asset managers

Tullett Prebon grabs Creditex’s voice brokerage business
US brokerage agrees to acquire exchanges brokerage business for credit 

AMG buys stake in credit hedge fund manager Capula
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has sold minority equity investments it held in five asset managers through its Petershill I strategy to Affiliated Managers Group

CNO buys minority stake in credit manager Tennenbaum
Insurance firm CNO Financial Group will invest $250 million in Tennenbaum's funds as part of a new partnership between the firms

Angel Oak acquires Rainier's high yield fund and portfolio managers
Angel Oak Capital has acquired Rainier Investment Management’s high yield fund and taken on its two portfolio managers, according to an announcement.