Samsung Life becomes latest institution to take minority stake in Hayfin
Insurer Samsung Life joins Mubadala and AXA IM Prime as minority stakeholders in Hayfin

AXA Prime, Mubadala take stakes in Hayfin as more private credit firms welcome outside investors
Private credit managers selling GP stakes to third parties has become more common as managers seek ways to spur additional growth

Monroe hires ex-Nuveen senior MD for head of capital formation
The new hire will lead Monroe’s fundraising strategy in the Americas

BNP Paribas taps alts head for combined BNP, AXA IM group
Isabelle Scemama will oversee more than EUR 300bn in assets as the two groups merge

AXA resets 2022 European CLO second time
The EUR 321.66m repricing included a substantial equity upsizing

AXA IM issues first CLO since announcement of US tariff regime
The manager's second new US BSL deal of the year has emerged as a USD 508m offering

AXA IM Prime takes minority stake in Monroe Capital
AXA IM Prime used its GP stake strategy to invest in Monroe alongside the Wendel Group, which acquired a majority stake last year

AXA IM Alts launches diversified private credit fund for individual investors
The new strategy will invest across the entire private credit spectrum, covering not just direct lending but also asset-backed finance

AXA IM reissue sees lower mezz tranches print well wide of guidance
The reissue of the 2016-vintage European CLO saw lower mezz spreads widen markedly compared with earlier guidance to investors three weeks ago

ELTIF 2.0 funds take off with 80 launches in just over a year

AXA IM prints first new US BSL CLO of 2025
The deal priced the top of the stack at SOFR plus 118bps

AXA IM Alts launches first evergreen private credit fund under ELTIF 2.0
AXA IM Alts has launched its first evergreen private credit fund that conforms to ELTIF 2.0

BNP Paribas AM hires from AXA and LFPI to build unitranche strategy
BNP Paribas Asset Management has created a new European direct lending strategy focused on unitranche and junior debt investments with the help of two senior hires

European CLO double-B spreads hit 2024 low, signalling investor confidence
European CLO double-B spreads are falling lower, hitting year-to-date tights for both new issue and reset deals in the past week. Investors are waving off worries about a potential economic slowdown and opting for primary deals over secondary paper.

AXA’s latest new Euro CLO clears with widening mezz spreads
AXA has priced a new European CLO, valued at EUR 401.5m, with the mezz pricing wider than other new issues so far this month

AXA reissues second CLO this year
Reissues are a rarity in the current market, but AXA has just priced its second such deal - Allegro CLO VIII-S

AXA IM Alts launches IG ABS Fund
The latest fund launch by AXA is looking to raise at least EUR 1bn for a broad portfolio of investment-grade ABS assets 

AXA Investment Managers completes acquisition of European private credit firm CAPZA
French-based AXA IM Alts has completed the purchase of European private credit and private equity firm CAPZA

BNP Paribas announces negotiations to buy AXA IM
BNP Paribas said it entered exclusive talks to buy AXA's asset management unit and set-up a partership for EUR 5.1bn

French asset manager raises more than EUR 2.3bn for SRT fund
Alternative asset manager AXA IM Alts revealed the final close of its latest SRT fund, Partner Capital Solutions 9 Fund

New AXA European CLO shows mezz dispersion
AXA maintained its prolific recent rate of issuance, with a new European deal – the firm’s first for the year – following on from two US deals last month

Natixis markets new AXA European CLO
AXA is among the managers boosting the pipeline of forthcoming European deals, with the manager currently marketing a new European issue via Natixis

Axa refinances 2018 US CLO
Axa priced its fourth deal of 2024 and third US refinancing on Tuesday with a USD 265m reworking of a 2018-vintage CLO

Secret structured credit product becomes talk of the town as US opens up
What was once an opaque corner of structured credit has been in the spotlight, as the booming SRT market draws attention from growing numbers of banks and investors.

AXA wins USD 400m for SRT strategy from US pension fund
The growing global demand for SRT transactions was confirmed yesterday with an announcement from AXA IM Alts that it had been awarded a USD 400m investment mandate from a US pension fund