Ellington expands CLO team by hiring Black Diamond loan specialist
Ellington Management Group has hired an associate portfolio manager to its loan team

Global CLO b-wic round-up: control equity hits the market as secondary market picks up
The CLO secondary market in both Europe and the US brought healthy volumes last week. There was €174.9 million listed in the European CLO secondary market, while the US returned a with just over $600 million in CLO b-wics. 

Euro CLO league tables: three debutants, but familiar faces stay top
June brought €3.4 billion of European CLO issuance between seven new issues and two refinancings. Of the seven new issue European CLOs priced last month, three were from debut managers to the continent 

Black Diamond prices new CLO via Mizuho in first-time partnership
Black Diamond has teamed up with Mizuho to price its latest CLO offering named Black Diamond 2019-2

CLO pipeline: new business and manager returns add ray of light as arbitrage clouds the picture
The near-term CLO pipeline is shrinking amid familiar cries that the equity arbitrage is challenging. Adding to constraint fundamentals, the usual summer torpor is also approaching.

CLO pipeline: Black Diamond looks to brush itself off and jump back in ring after year out
Black Diamond Capital Management features twice in our CLO pipeline this week, as the firm is planning a return to both the European and the US CLO market.

Spire wins Creditflux Manager of the Year award
Spire Partners was the big winner at Creditflux's Manager Awards last night as the London-based manager scooped the award for the manager of the year. On top of this, the firm picked up awards for Best European CLO Manager and Best European CLO for Aurium CLO II

Control equity up for grabs in two 2015 CLOs this Wednesday
Control equity in two 2015 CLOs is up for auction at 9.30am New York time this Wednesday

Nuveen adds industry veteran Fleischhacker to private credit unit
TIAA subsidiary Nuveen has hired Jean Fleischhacker as a private credit asset class specialist within its alternative investments distribution team

Mizuho prices its second CLO transaction of this year
Tokyo-headquartered Mizuho has arranged its second CLO transaction of the year, according to market sources

Manager grows new structured credit business with hire from Black Diamond
A regular CLO issuer has hired an official to work across its CLO management and investing units

Black Diamond hires structured credit specialist from Natixis's CLO desk
Black Diamond Capital Management has hired former Natixis credit specialist Andy Phelps as a senior managing director, after working alongside him on CLO deals for years

Partners Group hires for private debt and CLO role in London
Partners Group, the Zug-based private equity and debt manager, has expanded its debt team in London by hiring a loans specialist from Black Diamond

JP Morgan markets "tranched equity" positions in new CLO
JP Morgan has released an update on its forthcoming CLO for Black Diamond Capital Management, according to market sources

Black Diamond prices first euro/dollar 2.0 CLO
Black Diamond Capital Management has become the first 2.0 manager to issue a CLO with euro and dollar tranches, according to market sources

Black Diamond's Europe-friendly US CLO earns continental support
Black Diamond Capital Management's recent US CLO, which was marketed as a risk retention-compliant deal, has delivered investment from one of Europe's biggest investors.

New Black Diamond CLO prices as 2014 issuance tops $100 billion
According to Creditflux data, the first eight months of the year saw global issuance of $101 billion across 193 deals.

JP Morgan prepares first "originator" CLO in the US
A $412 million deal, due to price this week, becomes the first US CLO explicitly marketed as an "originator" CLO

Black Diamond hires structured products PM from credit hedge fund
Black Diamond Capital Management has hired former Bear Stearns CMBS official Jerome Shapiro

Investors redeem legacy CLO with negative final IRR
Final pay-out shows that not all seasoned CLOs have recovered from their losses during the crisis