Janus Henderson raises USD 350m in seed capital for private ABF interval fund
The fund has secured capital from strategic investors such as General Electric Pension Fund, CNO Financial Group and Corbin Capital Partners

Credit hedge funds – July 2026
Credit hedge fund performance

Citizens Bank recruits Wells Fargo director as it preps CLO arranging business
Citizens Bank has hired Jeff Jones from Wells Fargo as it looks to build out a CLO and ABS arranging business, according to a source familiar

Orrick adds four more partners to growing structured finance team
Orrick has grown its structured finance team further with the addition of four new partners to meet “unprecedented” demand for ABS expertise

Credit hedge funds – June 2026
Credit hedge fund performance

Apollo predicts banks will trade AMAPS notes someday
EXCLUSIVE: Apollo’s head of asset-backed finance says that Apollo’s newly-launched CLO alternative AMAPS will one day be traded by banks

Comfortable with being uncomfortable
Despite macro concerns, CLO warehouses remain open. Deals may be delayed, but attendees at the Creditflux CLO Symposium were confident CLO issuance this year will match that of 2025

Credit hedge funds – May 2026
Credit hedge fund performance

ABS steady as inflation concerns linger while BWICs clear in active secondary
While the ABS market had largely priced in no policy moves from major central banks this week, persistent inflationary pressures remain a concern, with market participants increasingly expecting a tighter policy stance over the medium term

Brookfield-backed Primary Wave raises USD 2.2bn for music royalties fund
Brookfield Asset Management, which holds a minority stake in the firm, contributed to the latest fundraising effort, a source familiar told Creditflux

Capital deployment is changing – Creditflux CLO Symposium
Investors are becoming more selective against an increasingly volatile macroeconomic background, said Evis Progonati, managing editor of Debtwire ABS, on day one of the Creditflux CLO Symposium

Creditflux CLO Symposium 2026 starts today
Join us for day one of the definitive CLO community gathering on 20-21 April 2026 at The Chancery Rosewood, London

Record 1Q for European ABS primary issuance despite geopolitical volatility
Primary issuance in the first quarter of 2026 reached a record EUR 25.4bn (excluding CLOs), marking a 34% increase on 1Q25, according to Debtwire's European ABS Activity Tracker

Credit hedge funds – April 2026
Credit hedge fund performance

JPMorgan Asset Management mixes public, private credit in new semi-liquid fund
JPMorgan’s asset management arm offers exposure to various credit investments across the public and private markets in a new interval fund for affluent individuals

Credit hedge funds – March 2026
Credit hedge fund performance

European originators hit brakes on ABS primary as geopolitics weigh on market
European ABS market has remained relatively resilient to geopolitical tensions, but originators still opt to pause deals

Debt options proliferate as lenders back data centres
The AI boom has set off a rush to construct USD 7tn of data centres. The ABS and CMBS markets are being tapped, and direct lenders are creating novel solutions to fund developments

Credit hedge funds – December 2025
Credit hedge fund performance

Oaktree collaborates with parent Brookfield on ABF product for US individuals
The new product launched with USD 400m in committed capital and will give wealthy US individual investors access to Oaktree’s asset-backed finance expertise

ABF: the new frontier for private credit in Europe
ABF is established in the US. It is now a focus for credit investors looking for private credit deployment opportunities in Europe that can offer attractive potential yields outside of traditional direct lending

Credit hedge funds – October 2025
Credit hedge fund performance

Commercial real estate SRTs on the rise as banks look for capital relief
Improved sector sentiment helps boost CRE SRT issuance

ECB pushback on securitisation reforms sparks concerns from industry
ECB sceptical about key aspects of proposed reforms – it backs operational tweaks, but opposes a prudential overhaul, while the industry is worried this provides ammunition for reform opponents

Private ABF lenders field diligence questions
The alleged collateral fraud at the heart of recent high-profile bankruptcies has put a spotlight on diligence standards