CSAM does the CLO awards double
Winning the Creditflux Manager of the Year award is a feat in itself. Winning it back-to-back in such different markets is an outstanding achievement — and CSAM can take great pride in it

Credit Rendezvous: the upside of inflation
It is clear, inflation is not transitory and central banks are acting with several interest rate hikes likely in store for the US this year. That makes loans and CLO debt tranches attractive, but there could be opportunities beyond these floating rate assets

Credit funds at a glance (August 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

The ideal home for a loan

Korean pension fund commits €80 million to European direct lending
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS), the €7.7 billion Korean pension fund, has selected Alcentra and BlueBay Asset Management for two commingled blind funds, according to an announcement notice seen by Creditflux.  

BlueBay loses marketing specialist to rival credit manager in New York
BlueBay's head of alternative investments for the Americas is leaving to join one of the largest CLO managers globally

UK county pension fund eyes direct lending exposure
Pension funds in the UK continue to gravitate towards direct lending strategies with  a £3.4 billion institution looking to put considerable resources into this area