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
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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
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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
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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

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
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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
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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

Credit hedge funds – October 2025
Credit hedge fund performance

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

Credit hedge funds – September 2025
Credit hedge fund performance

Manulife CQS raises USD 1.1bn for regulatory capital relief strategy
Under the strategy, the manager can pursue bilateral and club deals to take loans off a bank’s balance sheet

BlackRock launches securitised fund investing up to 30% in CLOs
The BGF Securitised Fund has a remit to invest in AAA to BBB tranches of European and US CLOs 

HPS partners with Vistina on investment grade ABF
The new collaboration will give HPS parent company BlackRock greater access to the growing ABF market for its investors

High issuance creating opportunities in CLOs and Australian ABS – Janus Henderson
ABS portfolio manager Ian Bettney finds market tight but sees attractiveness in certain sectors; high issuance keeping spreads on CLOs, Australian ABS, and US non-QM deals attractive

KKR raises USD 6.5bn, doubling the size of prior asset-backed finance fund
The sophomore fund in the series will invest in private credit investments backed by large, diversified pools of financial and hard assets