Blackstone buys $3.6 billion US CLO manager
An affiliate of Blackstone has entered into a purchase and sale agreement to buy a CLO management business 

Sound Point holding CLO M&A talks which could catapult it to fifth-largest manager
Sound Point Capital Management is locked in talks with a large, global CLO manager over a deal that could take its CLO AUM north of $36 billion

Nassau adds $3.6 billion credit firm Angel Island to its platform
Under the deal, Angel Island will become a subsidiary of Nassau’s asset management unit, Nassau Asset Management

Buy-out rumours send US high yield company back to January spread levels
Not many single name credits are ending 2022 at the same spread levels they entered the year, but one US high yield company has that profile after its rally of the past three weeks picked up speed following buy-out rumours

Investcorp to buy Marble Point as it rejuvenates US CLO business
Investcorp has agreed to acquire US CLO manager Marble Point Credit Management

Medalist and Semper form partnership to jointly invest in structured credit
Medalist Partners and Semper Capital Management have joined forces in a partnership which results in the pair co-investing in structured credit.

Franklin Templeton wraps up deal for $35bn Alcentra
Franklin Templeton has completed its acquisition of BNY Mellon’s $35 billion credit unit Alcentra

Aristotle boosts credit business with Pacific AM acquisition
Pacific Life Insurance Company has agreed to sell its credit asset manager – Pacific Asset Management – to Aristotle Capital Management

Nuveen strikes deal to buy European direct lender Arcmont
Nuveen has reached an agreement to buy a controlling stake in European credit manager Arcmont Asset Management

PE firm Nile buys minority stake in Prytania AM
Nile Capital Group has bought a minority stake in a structured credit specialist 

Apollo and Pimco buy ‘significant portion’ of Credit Suisse's securitised products group
The move has prompted a rally for Credit Suisse, which on Thursday unveiled a strategic review “designed to reduce risk-weighted assets and leverage exposure”

Iron Park finds new parent just 10 months on from Hunter Point investment
General Atlantic says it has agreed to buy credit manager Iron Park Capital Partners with a view to rebranding it as General Atlantic Credit

Credit managers form partnerships as they eye growth
Two credit managers have struck new relationships

Apollo reaches for bigger slice of pi(e) with 5% Diameter stake
Apollo Global Management has bought a 5% stake in credit fund and CLO manager Diameter Capital Partners, cementing the relationship between the firms

Sun Life buys 51% stake in US retail distribution specialist
The firm will have exclusive rights to market and promote SLC's alternative products to the US retail market. SLC Management includes Crescent Capital Group,  BentallGreenOak and InfraRed Capital Partners

MetLife set to buy impact bond specialist AIM
MetLife Investment Management has struck a deal to buy fixed income ESG specialist Affirmative Investment Management

Czech mate: Voya IM agrees to buy $5 billion US direct lender
Private markets and alternative capabilities have been a “strategic focus and growth driver” for Voya and the firm says its new direct lending team will “complement our leading fixed income platform and accelerate the expansion of our private and leveraged credit franchise across institutional, insurance and retail channels”

GSAM buys stake in US direct lender
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has taken a stake in $15.1 billion US lower middle-market direct lender 

US CLO manager valued at $278 million goes up for sale
One of the most consistent US CLO issuers for two decades is on the market

Tall Tree CLO stays rooted despite proposed Benefit Street transfer
In January, a notice was sent to investors of Lockwood Grove that Tall Tree Investment Management was set offloading management rights to the CLO to Benefit Street Partners

"Wholesale moves into risk areas after internal changes should sound an alarm"
The composition of CLO managers is changing, so management styles may drift  

CLO manager M&A deal boosts equity investor Hildene Capital
Hildene Capital Management boosted returns in its CLO equity business last month after its manager partner Carlson Capital sold the management contracts for its CLOs to WhiteStar Asset Management

Ares buys mid-market portfolio from direct lender for $2.4 billion
As of 31 December, the portfolio is backed by 28 private equity sponsors and 46 borrowers, with an average $44 million investment size

Carlyle closes CBAM transaction to become largest CLO manager in the world
Carlyle Group has closed a deal to buy the assets of CBAM and has become the largest CLO manager in the world

CBAM CLO debt comes into play with reset incentive
Carlyle Group’s acquisition of CBAM for roughly $787 million ($615 million in cash) has underlined that we are in a seller’s market, sources say. But a key part of that deal will be the ability to extend CBAM CLOs through resets