Nuveen brings CLOs under one roof as Symphony takes on TIAA deals in rejig
Four TIAA US CLOs are being absorbed into its affiliate Symphony Asset Management as part of a streamlining undertaken by TIAA and its asset management business, Nuveen

Cut! Cineworld’s cancelled merger boosts CLO OCs
Investors in Cineworld’s $1.9 billion term loan breathed a sigh of relief in July after the UK cinema chain cancelled its merger with Canadian firm Cineplex, with holders repaid in full, according to market sources

New asset management firm in Los Angeles acquires rights to 2014 CLO
The CLO management contracts for a 2014 CLO managed by Tortoise Credit Strategies has tranferred to Los Angeles-based manager Ducenta Squared Asset Management

Hildene to take over management of ground-breaking trups-style CLO
Hildene Capital Management is in line to take over the collateral management contract for the first trups-style securitisation since the financial crisis

Morgan Stanley IM completes Assurant CLO platform acquisition
Morgan Stanley Investment Management has completed the transaction to acquire Assurant’s US CLO management fee contracts, according to a notice to investors seen by Creditflux

Garrison BDC agrees to merge with Portman Finance
As part of the transaction, Portman will assume Garrison’s on-balance sheet CLO liabilities upon closing 

Pine Brook sells CLO firm WhiteStar
Pine Brook Capital Partners has sold its majority equity stake in CLO specialist WhiteStar Asset Management to Clearlake Capital Group

Mariner transfers CLO management rights to Orix following MBO
Mariner Investment Group has begun transferring the management rights to its CLOs to its parent company Orix Corporation USA, according to a regulatory notice. The move follows Orix's decision to sell Mariner to its executive board, but retain the leveraged credit business

Morgan Stanley IM takes lead in race for Assurant's CLO business
Morgan Stanley Investment Management has emerged as the front runner for Assurant’s US CLO business

Rapid CLO M&A activity on the horizon as fee deferrals pick up
A flurry of M&A deals could soon sweep the CLO market as management fee deferrals become an increasing pressure point for small CLO managers

Garrison exits CLO management after selling contracts to credit manager
Garrison Investment Group is exiting the broadly syndicated loan-backed CLO management business after selling three management contracts to Anchorage

Assured Guaranty to buy BlueMountain for $160 million
Assured Guaranty has agreed to buy BlueMountain Capital Management, as well as its associated entities, for $160 million

Morningstar eyes credit rating expansion as it announces DBRS acquisition
Morningstar today announced it has entered an agreement to acquire DBRS for $669 million, according to a statement from the firm

Atalaya purchases Telos CLO business
Atalaya expands into CLOs to compliment existing private credit platform

US CLO manager JMP Credit rebrands following majority acquisition by Medalist
Medalist has bought a majority stake in the US CLO manager from a subsidiary of JMP Group

LibreMax moves into CLO management with Trimaran acquisition
LibreMax Capital is set to buy US CLO manager Trimaran Advisors from Kcap Financial for $37.9 million

AIG makes dramatic return to CLOs with US manager acquisition
Eight years on from selling its asset management arm (which included 11 CLOs) to Pacific Century Group, AIG is embarking on a return to CLO management

Pretium adds to its US CLO AUM with another acquisition
A boutique US CLO manager has sold two management contracts to fast-growing Pretium

Japanese bank to buy minority stake in CLO boutique GreensLedge
A Japanese bank is taking its relationship with GreensLedge to the next level by buying a 20% stake in the New York-based firm

Mortgage credit specialist Pretium steps in to back Valcour's CLO ambitions
Stamford-based Valcour Capital Management has been acquired by real estate and mortgage credit specialist Pretium Partners in a transaction which boosts Valcour’s prospects of returning to the US CLO market.

NewStar picks up Fifth Street CLOs for $16 million
Acquisitive CLO manager NewStar Financial has announced that it has reached an agreement to take on two middle-market US CLOs

Dallas-based Trinitas closes $250 million CLO deal with Pine Brook
CLO manager Trinitas Capital Management has confirmed the receipt of a $250 million line of equity from its new parent Pine Brook

Fifth Street looks to quit CLO management as it winds down credit hedge fund
Fifth Street Asset Management is streamlining its business and its three middle-market CLOs and credit hedge fund will be cut as part of this process

Start-up credit manager moves into CLOs by taking on MatlinPatterson deals
A newly-formed company, run by former Hildene officials, has acquired three US 2.0 CLOs, according to market sources