Lakemore strikes US CLO equity partnership with Aegon AM
The news follows a day after Aegon AM expanded its presence in Europe to be a global CLO manager

Banking volatility seen as opportunity for CLO managers
The CLO investor community gathered in New York in March to discuss the best strategies for managing through the volatility stemming from the regional banking crisis

TCW strikes CLO equity deal with Lakemore
TCW Group has entered a strategic partnership with Lakemore Partners to support future CLO issuance

Pressure starting to mount as CLO warehouses turn stale
In the US CLO market, deals have been marinating for a long time. That’s to say CLO warehouses – the traditional appetiser before a CLO is served – have been at the prep stage far longer than managers would have originally expected.

Points up front: Who is going into the Creditflux interview room?
The Creditflux CLO Symposium brought together 620 market participants from across the globe, and they had one question on their lips: what’s going on in the Creditflux interview room?

We’ll get through this awkward patch
Wide liabilities have made pricing CLOs trickier in the past few months. But speakers at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium were optimistic that the arbitrage is OK — so long as you can place those triple As

Think of the arb, say US CLO panelists after big loan drop
Far from being a cause for alarm, falling loan prices have brought a welcome opportunity in new CLO issuance for managers and investors, according to speakers at the Creditflux Symposium in London today

Lakemore names CLO veteran Tiffen as independent board member
US control CLO equity investor Lakemore Partners has appointed a CLO and loans veteran to its board of directors

CLO investor Lakemore names European business development head
US CLO equity investor Lakemore Partners has hired a managing director and head of business development Europe

Lakemore lauds greater control afforded by supermajority CLO equity strategy
Lakemore Partners has shed more light on its supermajority CLO equity investment strategy through a roundtable discussion with Maples Group    

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

Patience pays off as control CLO equity investor expands into US
US CLO equity investor Lakemore Partners signalled major CLO growth plans after it hired US loans veteran Dan Norman in August. Officials at the firm say they have been building towards this important development

Control US CLO equity investor raises $400 million for fourth fund
The fund focuses on US CLO control equity positions, typically investing around 95-100% of the equity tranche