Palmer Square stays still for latest European deal
Static deals made a reappearance in the primary market yesterday, when Palmer Square Capital Management priced a new European CLO in conjunction with JPMorgan

Missing Milbank CLO team surfaces at rival law firm
A global law firm has announced the arrival of veteran European CLO lawyer John Goldfinch, one of the partners who pushed Milbank to the top of our European manager counsel league tables last year

GSAM launches private credit fund for wealthy European investors
Goldman Sachs Asset Management is the latest firm to launch a private credit fund aimed at wealthy European individual investors, joining managers like Blackstone in the push for alternative fundraising sources

Deadline nears for 16th Creditflux Manager Awards submissions
The deadline for entries to the 16th annual Creditflux Manager Awards is closing in, with entries accepted until Thursday 22nd February.

Second European delayed draw tranche prices
Five Arrows Managers priced the delayed-draw single-B tranche of 2023’s Contego CLO XI on Thursday, marking the second such deal of 2024

Recruiters predict renewed private credit hiring spree
While job-hopping has become commonplace in the post-pandemic landscape, companies are expected to slow hiring in 2024. But some sectors are bucking the trend, including private credit.

European Union rolls out ELTIF 2.0 structure
The European Union’s latest regulations for its long-term investment funds — known as ELTIF 2.0 — went into effect on 10 January, ousting the old model to make it easier for both alternative investment managers and retail investors alike to tap into the market

CLO rankings: 2023 turns out OK
Last year may not have seen records in the primary CLO market, but it was a very solid performer with a strong finish. 

A strong year for CLO strategies
After the pain of 2022, credit fund managers must have been praying that 2023 turned out better. It did.

Fund performance: CLO funds dominate top 10, but long-short and Ucits funds find places too
CLO funds made sure to end the year their way: once again they claimed most of the top performance spots. Six of the 10 best-performing funds in December have a majority of their assets invested in CLOs.

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge fund performance

Credit funds at a glance
Credit funds at a glance

CLOs at a glance
CLOs at a glance

Troubled European name reaches end-game
The long-running saga of French mass-market retail group Casino Guichard-Perrachon appears to be nearly over as the firm filed for Chapter 15 recognition in the US

Fresh wave of CLO calls looms as US equity distributions drop
Equity distributions for US CLOs outside their reinvestment period continue to fall as prepayments cut into cashflows

Alternative asset managers increasingly tapping wealth channel for private credit fundraising
Wealthy individual investors have become increasingly appealing to alternative asset managers looking to raise money for private credit funds as asset managers look to broaden fundraising beyond institutional investors

AlbaCore joins European renaissance with new CLO
European credit specialist AlbaCore Capital priced its latest new-issue European CLO on Tuesday, its sixth deal in this asset class

UK-based manager looks to restart European infra CLO market
RM Funds, an Edinburgh-based infrastructure debt investor, is looking to launch the first European infrastructure CLO since 2008

European CLO market stirs as first refi of the year prices
BNP Paribas injected some life into the sluggish European CLO market on Monday with the first European refi of the year

Carlyle launches European private credit fund for wealthy individuals
Carlyle European Tactical Private Credit Fund offers European investors in the wealth channel access to Carlyle's global credit business

Kirkland & Ellis poaches partner from Macfarlanes in London
New UK-based partner's practice focuses on structuring alternative investment funds, specifically credit funds

Partners Group follows KKR below 150 for new European CLO
Partners Group has followed KKR in dipping below the 150 level for European triple-As, with a new issue arranged by JP Morgan weighing in at EUR 403.4m on Wednesday

CVC reissues structured financing facility as a full European CLO
The beginning of February saw something unusual in the CLO market – a reissue of the CVC Cordatus Opportunity Loan Fund, undertaken by CVC Credit Partners.

European triple As drop below 150 as KKR prices new CLO
The somewhat limp activity in the European primary market so far in 2024 was given a kick along on Friday with the pricing of Avoca CLO XXIX, a new EUR 402.85m BSL CLO from KKR