Hayfin appoints new US CLO head
Hayfin Capital Management has announced it has recruited Peter Swanson to head its High-Yield and Syndicated Loans team in New York

Hayfin secures its largest private credit fundraise to date with €6 billion in commitments
Hayfin's latest private credit fundraise exceeds target goals, securing more than €6 billion in capital commitments

Hayfin Capital Management beefs up high-yield and syndicated loans team

Hayfin Capital Management has hired a new head of high yield and syndicated loans trading from Capital Asset Solutions

CLO PM tipped to join CVC in trading/capital markets role
The hire is understood to reflect the fast growth of CVC's CLO and performing credit business in Europe

CLO portfolio manager parts ways with Hayfin
An experienced figure in the European loan and CLO market has left Hayfin Capital Management in London

Details emerge on investor-driven Hayfin European CLO
Hayfin Capital Management priced a European CLO on 1 December, with sources indicating one account took triple As to triple Bs

European CLO managers trade loans to avoid (par) burn
Between March and July, European CLO managers traded €21 billion of assets within CLOs that were still in their reinvestment period as opportunities arose amid a weaker macro environment and Russia’s war with Ukraine

Euro CLO league tables: Goldman Sachs, Fidelity and Tikehau enter fray as Jefferies extends lead
Four European CLO managers braved the market in August to price a new issues, the same number as August 2021

Emerald mezz magic brings Euro CLO market tighter
The European CLO market has found a better footing on the yellow brick road as Hayfin Capital Management brought spreads tighter on Friday with its new issue, Hayfin Emerald CLO X

LP round up: 28 credit managers win $6.6 billion as San Diego carves private credit allocation
Pensions allocated over $6.6 billion to credit managers in June including Angelo Gordon, Antares, Apollo, Ares, Beach Point, BioPharma, Brookfield, CarVal, Cerberus...

Credit funds at a glance (May 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
   

European CLO pipeline thins as investors wait for stability
The European leveraged loan and CLO market has yet to regain momentum following the start of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, with investors pointing to a thin immediate CLO pipeline

LP round up: Oak Hill wins $3bn mandate as credit allocations near $10bn in March
Institutional investors revealed over $9.5 billion of allocations to credit funds in March. Oak Hill Advisors walked away with the largest mandate, as US heavyweight pension Calpers allocated a whopping $3 billion across several of its funds

Portfolio manager leaves Hayfin after one year
A London-based official in Hayfin Capital Management's private credit team has left the firm 

Euro CLO league tables: Jefferies takes huge lead as managers bunch up
The increased volatility and geopolitical risk brought about by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine meant European CLO issuance dropped off in March after a strong February

Hayfin short-dated Euro CLO features loan tranche and StanChart as co-placement agent
Hayfin Capital Management has become the latest manager to print a shorter-dated, 3.13-year reinvestment European CLO

Goldman Sachs MD joins buy side in private credit role
An experienced leveraged finance banker is taking his first buy-side role at a large European direct lender 

Hayfin dilutes structured credit unit as senior pair launch their own business
Hayfin Capital Management is pulling back from structured credit with the head of this business and a portfolio manager leaving to launch their own business

Hayfin raises 'more than €2 billion' for special opportunities strategy
Hayfin Capital Management has held a ‘more than €2 billion’ final close on its third special opportunities private credit fund, Hayfin Special Opportunities Fund III

Hayfin carves Emerald Euro CLO triple A tranches in two with capped note
The transaction takes Hayfin’s year-to-date Euro CLO volume to just over €3 billion

Hayfin hires senior business development officials from BlackRock and Atalaya
Hayfin Capital Management has hired two New York-based managing directors to its business development team

CLOs at a glance (November 2021)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

Hayfin creates head of ESG role in London
Hayfin Capital Management says it has hired a head of ESG. This is a newly-created role, but Hayfin says it has “well-established environmental, social and governance capabilities”

LP round up: no Stoptober as investors allocate $5 billion to credit
US institutional investors allocated $5 billion to credit funds in October, with Oak Hill and Pimco among the biggest mandates    

Hayfin prints five-year European CLO reset in fourth Jefferies partnership of 2021
Hayfin Capital Management has paired with Jefferies for the fourth time this year, with a reset of its 2019 deal Hayfin Emerald CLO III