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

Ares, Hayfin and Octagon reset $1.4 billion of CLOs
$1.4 billion of US CLO resets priced on Thursday after Ares Management, Hayfin Capital Management and Octagon Credit Investors each reworked a legacy transaction

Credit Rendezvous: Credit spins full circle
The third quarter was massive in terms of volumes with CLOs, high yield, leverage loans and private equity registering record issuance. But credit spreads were up and down as inflation fears, crackdowns in China and rising coronavirus cases became catalysts for risk-off sentiment in July and September

Hayfin confirms Euro CLO PM hire as business scales to €3 billion
Hayfin Capital Management has confirmed the appointment of European CLO portfolio manager 

Euro CLO league tables: deal flurry takes Barclays and CVC to the top
The European CLO market machine swatted away any suggestion of a summer slowdown in August with €6.74 billion of issuance coming to market

What summer slowdown? Carlyle, Hayfin and Investcorp add €1.2 billion Euro CLO issuance
Europe’s CLO market has shown no sign of a summer slowdown in the first week of August as Hayfin and Investcorp rework 2020 deals and Carlyle refis