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

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”

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

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

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

First Eagle to buy Napier Park
First Eagle Investments has struck a deal to acquire Napier Park Global Capital, according to an announcement, in a deal which will take the firm’s overall global CLO assets under management up to $29.7 billion.

Two CLO managers link up as AB agrees to buy CarVal
AllianceBernstein has entered an agreement to buy CarVal investors for $750 million, bringing two major CLO managers under the same roof

CBAM: star power, friends in insurance, and doing things 'my way'
"And now the end is here, and so I face that final curtain... I've lived a life that's full, I traveled each and every highway, And more, much more
I did it, I did it my way". Sinatra could easily have been thinking of CBAM when he penned these lyrics. We look back at how a group of experienced CLO officials came together to launch a mega player in the CLO business in no time at all 

Carlyle to become world's biggest CLO manager with deal to buy CBAM assets
Carlyle Group says it is buying CBAM Partners assets in a deal that is set to make the firm the largest CLO manager globally with about $48 billion of CLOs under management.

Spac pricing hints at Sound Point's growth ambitions in loan market
Sound Point Acquisition Corp has priced a $225 million IPO, signalling that credit asset manager Sound Point Capital Management is looking to expand its platform

Leucadia AM takes non-controlling stake in Hildene
Hildene Capital Management has entered a strategic relationship with Jefferies affiliate Leucadia Asset Management

Blue Owl reaches agreement to buy CLO manager Wellfleet
Blue Owl Capital, owner of Owl Rock Capital Partners a mid market CLO manager, has reached an agreement to buy Wellfleet Credit Partners from Littlejohn & Co

Points up front: CLO valuation buzz - to infinity and beyond
Last month it emerged that Eldridge Industries was exploring the possibility of selling part of its majority stake in global CLO manager CBAM

Whitestar swoops for US CLOs as it readies European deals
MacKay Shields has completed its exit from CLO management after it emerged that the asset manager has transferred the rights to two of its US CLOs to Whitestar Asset Management