TCW launches 'first' ESG-labelled structured credit fund in the US
TCW has launched what it claims to be the first dedicated structured credit fund with an ESG-label in the US

Carlyle breaks records with 10th US CLO of 2021
Carlyle Group has become the first CLO manager to price 10 US new issues in the space of a year

Elmwood includes single B piece in new $608 million CLO
Elmwood Asset Management grew its 2021 CLO book to $3.6 billion after pricing its seventh deal of the year on Wednesday

Octagon scores new $500m CLO via Barclays
Octagon Credit Investors priced its seventh new CLO of 2021 on Wednesday, partnering with Barclays on the $509.3 million deal named Octagon Investment Partners 57

Putnam returns to CLOs after 17 years with Morgan Stanley-arranged comeback deal
Putnam Investments priced its comeback CLO on Wednesday after teaming up with Morgan Stanley

AMMC lowers 2020 CLO funding costs by 48bp with refi
American Money Management Corporation refinanced its late 2020 CLO AMMC 23 on Wednesday, lowering the deal's funding costs by 47.99 basis points in the process

Vibrant hires to structured credit team in New York
Vibrant Capital Partners has hired a vice president to its structured credit team

Casino's hand improves as credit eases off year's wides
Credit markets have taken a turn for the tighter, with spreads broadly rallying, amid a retreat of oil prices and government bond yields

Vanguard opens subscriptions for core-plus bond fund
Vanguard Core-Plus Bond Fund builds on the firm's original Core Bond fund but with greater exposure to high yield and emerging markets investments

Guggenheim splits double Bs and merges triple As in US CLO refi
Guggenheim Investments refinanced Guggenheim 2019-1 on Tuesday night via MUFG and opted to split its double B-rated D tranche in doing so

Francisco Partners keeps 100% investor retention for second $2.2 billion credit fund
The firm’s second technology-focused opportunistic credit fund hit its $2.2 billion hard cap - and the firm says all investors in its first fund invested in the follow-up 

Capital structure revealed for Beach Point debut CLO
The world welcomed a new CLO manager on Friday as Beach Point Capital Management issued its inaugural deal via JP Morgan

Angelo Gordon prints second new CLO of 2021
Angelo Gordon priced its second new CLO of the year on Tuesday, bringing its 2021 issuance volume over $800 million

AGL upsizes debut CLO by $54 million with reset
AGL Credit Management reset its debut CLO from 2019 named AGL CLO I on Friday, upsizing the deal by $54 million in the process

Apollo poaches private debt secondaries head from Tikehau
Apollo Global Management has poached Tikehau's private debt secondaries head, five months after launching a $1 billion platform in May

Frosty times for UK retailer as credit hits new wides
Frozen food retailer Iceland is heading into the riskiest reaches of the iTraxx Crossover spread dispersion, where few other constituents tread

Antares names CEO following Brackett's retirement
Antares Capital has named its new chief executive officer, following the retirement of CEO David Brackett effective 31 December

CLO Census latest: banks in tight race, 51% optimistic on Sofr and large managers viewed as outperformers
More than 100 CLO market participants have already cast their vote in the most tightly-contested Creditflux CLO Census ever with a single vote separating the top three banks at US and European CLO execution. Meanwhile, most voters are unworried by the Sofr migration and BlackRock, CSAM, CIFC and PGIM are among the CLO managers viewed as having outperformed following the covid crash. Click here to vote: CreditfluxCLOCensus2021

US CLO pipeline: newcomers look to follow Beach Point's lead by pricing before year-end
Beach Point Capital Management became the latest debut issuer in the US CLO market on Friday, and Sycamore Tree Capital Partners and Putnam Investments are set to join it    

US insurers’ CLO investments pose “insignificant risk”, NAIC reports
US insurer’s investments in CLOs remains an “insignificant risk”. That’s according to a report released last week by the National Association of Insurance Companies entitled Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) – Stress Testing U.S. Insurers’ Year-End 2020 Exposure

Adler rally gains extra LEG as rest of market slips on oil
Few credits have escaped widening pressure in a dour start to the week, but Adler Group has extended its relief rally after agreeing to sell part of its property portfolio

KKR announces new co-CEOs as Kravis and Roberts step down
KKR has announced the appointment of its second ever pair of co-chief executive officers, effective immediately, replacing co-founders Henry Kravis and George Roberts

Medalist prices first new US CLO since January 2020
Medalist Partners has priced its first new US CLO since it took full control of Medalist Partners Corporate Finance (formerly known as JMP Credit Advisors) from JMP Group in July, ending a 21-month break from the CLO primary market

Trimaran goes long with five-year US CLO as it splits triple Bs
Trimaran Advisors has priced its second new CLO of 2021, and first with a full five-year reinvestment period.

113bp is US CLO triple A spread to beat as CSAM matches market-tight print
Credit Suisse Asset Management's sixth CLO of 2021 priced on Friday, with the firm securing a market-tight triple A print of 113 basis points over Libor