Refine Search
Article Categories
Strategy Tags
- Direct lending (remove)
- Distressed (2)
- Emerging markets (155)
- High yield bonds (305)
- Investment grade credit (174)
- Structured credit (265)
- CLO (652)
- Distressed debt (420)
- Leveraged loans (373)
- Marketplace lending (26)
- private credit (3)
- Synthetic/SRT (148)
- ABL Financing (243)
Geography Tags
-
Alcentra structured credit portfolio manager steps up as primary PM for two funds
1 year ago
Alcentra has promoted the official, with Hiram Hamilton and Suhail Shaikh no longer the primary portfolio managers of BNY Mellon Alcentra Global Multi-Strategy Credit Fund and Hamilton no longer primary portfolio manager of BNY Mellon Alcentra Global Credit Income 2024 Target Term Fund -
Senior PM leaves Blackstone to join growing hedge fund
1 year ago
The capital formation head at Blackstone has parted ways with the firm to join another fund manager -
Vista hires from Anchorage to lead credit platform investor relations
1 year ago
Vista Equity Partners has appointed Michael Charlton as managing director for capital and partner solutions, responsible for investor relations on the firm's credit platform Vista Credit Partners -
Apollo co-founder Harris launches $5 billion firm
1 year ago
Apollo co-founder Josh Harris announced the launch of a new $5 billion asset management firm on Friday named 26North Partners, which will invest across private equity, credit and insurance solutions -
MUFG welcomes two senior originators to new US direct lending team
1 year ago
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has made two senior appointments to its new direct lending business -
Fidelity Investments prepares inaugural BDC
1 year ago
Fidelity Investments is preparing to launch its inaugural private credit business development company, Fidelity Private Credit Fund -
Hamilton Lane wraps up private credit fund above $900 million target
1 year ago
It comes after Hamilton Lane's Q1 2023 earnings call on 2 August with the firm's head of investment solutions Brian Gildea saying the firm held “multiple closes that totalled over $573 million of LP commitments" with "total amount raised to over $890 million" -
Sun Life buys 51% stake in US retail distribution specialist
1 year ago
The firm will have exclusive rights to market and promote SLC's alternative products to the US retail market. SLC Management includes Crescent Capital Group, BentallGreenOak and InfraRed Capital Partners -
Macquarie taps former Alcentra official to lead global private credit and asset finance
1 year ago
Macquarie Asset Management has appointed former Alcentra European direct lending head to lead its global private credit and asset finacne business -
LP round up: Magnetar and Värde among winners as $3 billion flows to credit
1 year ago
Institutional investors allocated at least $3 billion to credit funds in August -
Mid market CLO issuance tops $7 billion with first AB deal of year
1 year ago
Middle market CLO issuance for 2022 surpassed $7 billion on Friday after AB priced its first mid market new issue of 2022 named ABPCI Direct Lending Fund CLO XI -
Middle market CLOs facing "unexpected headwinds", says S&P
1 year ago
Middle market CLOs are facing 'unexpected headwinds' as their liability costs rise faster than their asset spreads -
Fortress adopts unusual triple A debt structure on latest mid market CLO
1 year ago
Fortress Investment Group priced a new middle market CLO on Wednesday with an unusual triple A debt structure -
LP round up: private credit takes big slice of inflows as 10% portfolio share projected for 2026
1 year ago
Institutional investors revealed nearly $4 billion allocations to credit funds in July, with recipients including Angelo Gordon, Apollo, Ares, BlackRock, Brookfield, CarVal, Comvest, Deerpath, KKR, Schroders and Sixth Street -
Apollo invests $1 billion in IG CLOs, launches secondary solutions platform and cuts BDC fees
1 year ago
In its earnings call, Apollo highlighted the resilience of the CLO asset class, strong deployment in direct lending, upcoming reduction in management fees for its publicly traded BDC and the launch of a new secondaries and sponsor solutions platforn, seeded by Abu Dhabi Investment Authority -
"Extreme volatility can push BSL yields close to mid market levels, although that trade never lasts"
1 year ago
The two segments of the loan market are on different paths as mid-market volumes rise -
HPS launches sixth direct lending fund
1 year ago
The firm's previous fund in the series closed in September with over $15 billion of investable capital -
Credit funds at a glance (August 2022)
1 year ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
-
CFOs stage comeback as fundraising tool for managers
1 year ago
Collateralised fund obligations are coming back into fashion, with Churchill Asset Management the latest firm to launch such an offering after announcing a $700 million deal last month. -
Carlyle launches decarbonisation-linked financing initiative
1 year ago
Carlyle Group says its credit division has launched a decarbonisation-linked financing programme, having closed the first two loans under this initiative -
Czech mate: Voya IM agrees to buy $5 billion US direct lender
1 year ago
Private markets and alternative capabilities have been a “strategic focus and growth driver” for Voya and the firm says its new direct lending team will “complement our leading fixed income platform and accelerate the expansion of our private and leveraged credit franchise across institutional, insurance and retail channels” -
JP Morgan AM names head of private credit secondaries
1 year ago
The firm says the hire reflects “significant demand for secondaries strategies from clients across the globe, reflecting the need for greater liquidity to take advantage of opportunities as private debt markets mature" -
KKR reports $115 billion dry powder as it changes public markets business name
1 year ago
KKR reported strong deployment and dry powder figures but fee-related earnings came short of expectations -
Arena collects $930 million for second opportunistic credit fund
1 year ago
Arena has made a final close on a fund and surpassed the target it set at its first close in July last year -
Ares plans four credit fund launches amid strong deployment
1 year ago
Ares Management benefitted from strong private credit deployment in the quarted and unveiled plans to raise its sixth European direct lending fund, second flagship closed-end alternative credit fund and third US junior capital direct lending fund
Want all the latest news, comment, analysis and data?