Candriam and NYL buy stake in European direct lender
Candriam and its affiliate New York Life Investments Alternatives have bought a minority equity stake in a pan-European private debt firm

Mount Logan completes mid market CLO acquisition for $3 million
Mount Logan Capital has completed the acquisition of management rights for two middle market CLO contracts from Garrison Capital. The firm disclosed in an announcement it paid $3 million for the transaction which included the two contracts plus ‘certain side letter agreements

EQT completes sale of credit business to Bridgepoint
EQT has completed the sale of its €3.9 billion credit business segment to Bridgepoint

Sun Life Financial buys 51% stake in Crescent
Sun Life Financial has bought a 51% stake in credit manager Crescent Capital Group as part of its push into alternative credit

Morgan Stanley to buy Eaton Vance for $7 billion
Morgan Stanley is set to buy Eaton Vance for an equity value of $7 billion as part of a broader push into wealth management

Canadian direct lender takes on US mid market CLO
Toronto-based Mount Logan Capital is set to acquire portfolio management rights to a middle market CLO issued by Garrison Investment Group named Garrison MML CLO 2019-1. Pending investor approval, Mount Logan would become the first Canada-based firm to manage a US CLO

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

Sun Life Financial in talks to buy Crescent Capital - report
Canadian insurer Sun Life Financial is said to be in talks to buy credit manager Crescent Capital, according to a report by Bloomberg

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

Azimut purchases 20% stake in US private credit manager
Azimut Group has purchased a 20% equity stake in a $2.1 billion opportunistic private credit manager

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

MeDirect CLO team seeks spin-off from bank
The specialist credit team at MeDirect is looking for a strategic partner to spin off from the bank

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

Bridgepoint buys EQT's credit business - report
Bridgepoint is buying the credit business of EQT, according to the Financial Times

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

Goldman Sachs in talks to buy minority stake in Permira
Goldman Sachs is looking to buy a minority stake in private equity firm Permira

Pretium buys Latigo to boost distressed capabilities
Pretium Partners has bought the investment management business of New York-based Latigo Partners, in a bid to expand the firm’s distressed debt and event-driven credit capabilities. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed

Past returns: Would-be CLO buyers turn sellers
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported that the new generation of US 2.0 CLO managers were striving to grow their CLO AUM through manager acquisitions; namely, Benefit Street Partners and Triumph Capital Advisors, the pair having issued their debut CLOs in 2012 and 2014, respectively.

Ares buys seven CLOs from Crestline Denali
Ares Management has bought management contracts for seven Crestline Denali CLOs