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New report finds 2023 a record year for alternative credit M&A
3 months ago
A new report on “Acquisitions of Alternative Credit Managers” by credit specialist Gapstow forecasts that more M&A activity lies ahead for credit firms as they struggle with the challenges facing the broader investment management industry -
FS and Portfolio Advisors join forces to create $73bn asset manager
1 year ago
FS Investments and Portfolio Advisors have announced a merger in a deal which will see Portfolio Advisors become the institutional investment arm of FS -
Buy-out rumours send US high yield company back to January spread levels
1 year ago
Not many single name credits are ending 2022 at the same spread levels they entered the year, but one US high yield company has that profile after its rally of the past three weeks picked up speed following buy-out rumours -
Franklin Templeton wraps up deal for $35bn Alcentra
1 year ago
Franklin Templeton has completed its acquisition of BNY Mellon’s $35 billion credit unit Alcentra -
Aristotle boosts credit business with Pacific AM acquisition
1 year ago
Pacific Life Insurance Company has agreed to sell its credit asset manager – Pacific Asset Management – to Aristotle Capital Management -
Iron Park finds new parent just 10 months on from Hunter Point investment
1 year ago
General Atlantic says it has agreed to buy credit manager Iron Park Capital Partners with a view to rebranding it as General Atlantic Credit -
MetLife set to buy impact bond specialist AIM
1 year ago
MetLife Investment Management has struck a deal to buy fixed income ESG specialist Affirmative Investment Management -
Gapstow expects strategic deals as credit manager M&A volume slumps to $120 billion
2 years ago
M&A volume involving credit asset managers dropped last year with total target value assets under management slumping to $120 billion from $149 billion in 2020 (and $254 billion in 2019), according to Gapstow Capital Partners -
Wells Fargo AM becomes Allspring under new ownership
2 years ago
Wells Fargo Asset Management has completed its transformation into Allspring Global Investment -
Bennett Goodman's Hunter Point buys stake in MidOcean
2 years ago
Hunter Point, which was launched by Blackstone Credit’s co-founder Bennett Goodman alongside Avi Kalichstein in 2020, has made its first investment and bought a minority stake in mid-market specialist MidOcean -
T Rowe Price to buy Oak Hill for up to $4.2 billion
2 years ago
Oak Hill is set to become T Rowe Price’s private markets platform, led by Oak Hill’s chief executive officer Glenn August -
Santander to acquire Amherst Pierpont for $600 million
2 years ago
Banco Santander says it has struck an agreement to acquire fixed income broker dealer Amherst Pierpont Securities -
Birch Grove merges with American Securities' credit business
2 years ago
US private equity firm American Securities has merged its opportunistic credit business, Ascribe Capital, with boutique alternative credit hedge fund Birch Grove Capital -
Ziegler buys stake in credit SMA specialist
3 years ago
Ziegler Capital Management has acquired a minority stake in a US credit asset manager that invests across investment grade, high yield and emerging market corporate bonds along with mortgage-backed securities -
Blackstone buys $7.5 billion quantitative credit manager
3 years ago
Blackstone has bought DCI, a $7.5 billion technology-driven quantitative credit manager -
PE firms look to go it alone as credit units reach maturity
4 years ago
Private equity firms are starting to weigh up the merits of housing private debt businesses, with TPG Capital the latest to contemplate splitting with its credit business TPG Sixth Street. It follows EQT Capital, which announced a strategic review in January centred on parting ways with its credit unit. -
Apollo ups stake in Athene to 35% through stock deal
4 years ago
Apollo Global Management is doubling its stake in Athene Holding to around 35% by exchanging $1.2 billion of common equity and buying $350 million extra of Athene stock -
ArrowMark completes purchase of StoneCastle's asset manager
4 years ago
ArrowMark Partners has completed the acquisition of financial debt specialist StoneCastle Asset Management -
CarVal’s independence backed by five-year Cargill loan
4 years ago
CarVal Investors’ management buy-out from parent company Cargill will be financed with a five-year term loan from Cargill alongside equity contributions by management, documents seen by Creditflux reveal. -
Investcorp adds fund placement business as it brings Mercury buyout to the boil
4 years ago
The transaction for the alternatives placement agent will help “serve investors worldwide with an array of attractive opportunities in alternative investments”, says Investcorp -
Moving on from the late 2018 hangover
5 years ago
It might be too early to call a full recovery, but it’s fair to say that the US loan market is back on track with $48 billion of institutional issuance in 2019 — 88% of which is made up of new issues -
Brookfield strikes deal to buy 62% stake in Oaktree
5 years ago
Brookfield Asset Management has agreed to buy a 62% stake in Oaktree Capital Management in a move which will lead to the creation of one of the largest asset managers in the business. -
$1.8 billion manager Shelton buys credit manager Cedar Ridge
5 years ago
The $1.85 billion multi-asset manager has bought credit-focused firm Cedar Ridge Partners -
Investcorp adds ex-Anteil officials to run manager buy-out business
5 years ago
The new strategy will focus on acquiring up to 25% stakes in mid-sized alternative asset managers -
Managers cash in as investors come calling
5 years ago
Credit management platforms are being viewed as attractive investments, with a slew of acquisitions taking place in recent months — mainly involving private credit operators
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