Morgan Stanley IM rakes in $1.6 billion for junior debt fund
Morgan Stanley Investment Management has closed its latest junior direct lending fund, North Haven Credit Partners III, at $1.6 billion

US plays catch up with Europe as spreads reconverge
There has been a slight softening of European credit on Tuesday, even as stocks hold onto their record highs and US credit spreads take their chance to close the gap after recent underperformance

Middle east firm hires high profile loan official to build on control CLO equity business
Middle east asset manager Lakemore Partner is doubling down on CLOs with the control CLO equity investor hiring one of the biggest names in the loan and CLO management business

Silver Point raises $2 billion for direct lending
Silver Point Capital has raised $2 billion through its direct lending business for Silver Point Specialty Credit Fund II. The firm says this is its hard cap and that $1 billion was its target

Pretium swoops for three managing director hires to residential credit business
Pretium has made three managing director hires to its residential credit business in New York 

Former DWS official claims company over-stated ESG progress: WSJ
DWS Group’s environmental, social and governance investment claims are in the spotlight after its former sustainability officer claimed the firm over-stated its ESG efforts, according to the Wall Street Journal

BlackRock upsizes 2020 CLO by $270 million with reset
BlackRock has pulled off one of the largest CLO upsizes of the year by resetting its 2020 deal Magnetite XXVI via Goldman Sachs

Post returns to CLO market and delivers first class execution
Post Advisory Group has priced a long-awaited second CLO transaction, pairing with Morgan Stanley to print the deal named Post CLO 2021-1    

BlackRock issues low levered, mid-market CLO with two arrangers
BlackRock has priced its second CLO of the year backed by loans to middle market companies

Oak Hill upsizes 2016 CLO by $53.9 million
Oak Hill Advisers paired with GreensLedge on Friday to reset a 2016 CLO, OHA Credit Partners XIII

MJX prints $407 million CLO refi
MJX Asset Management has priced a $407 million refinancing of the triple to single A notes of its 2019 CLO Venture 37

Rising stars will fuel double B boom, says BofA
A rising star cycle is underway and adds to a bullish outlook for double B credits with company results pointing to an ‘epic V-shaped recovery’ in high yield revenues and earnings, say Bank of America credit strategists

CLO pipeline: Birch Grove and Fort Washington dish out first 2021 deals as Carlyle goes for sevenths
CLO investors can feast on a range of deals in the new issue market over the next month. 

PGIM becomes third CLO manager to print triple As at market tights
PGIM priced its latest new CLO on Thursday, becoming the third manager to place its triple A notes at the quarterly market tight of 112 basis points over Libor

Zais prices wide of the market with reset of post-covid CLO
Zais Group on Thursday became the 30th manager to reset a post-covid CLO, teaming up with Jefferies to rework Zais CLO 15 from June 2020 and renewing the deal's reinvestment period for three years

Triple Bs gain momentum as IG buyers pick best spots
The absolute tightness of credit spreads has led many to lament their chances of delivering strong returns in 2021, while stressing the need to move down either the quality or duration curve. But even within investment grade, European and US managers are still finding pockets of value

SLR targets $1 billion deployable capital for healthcare direct lending fund
SLR Capital Partners has surpassed the halfway mark on its first dedicated healthcare-focused direct lending fund, making a $480 million initial close

Blue Owl closes $2 billion debut opportunistic credit fund
Blue Owl has closed its inaugural credit opportunities fund, Owl Rock Opportunistic Fund at its $2 billion target

CVC scores month's tightest US CLO
CVC Credit Partners priced its latest CLO on Wednesday via Citi, scoring the tightest debt execution in July

Key CLO official earns promotion to managing director at Z Capital
Z Capital Group has promoted two members of its investment team in New York, including a central figure on its CLO management platform

Publishing boost for French firm but China sours wider market
Lagardere is a notable positive outlier in another off day for the credit market, after China turmoil rocked stocks and sent spreads wider

Ares tightens 2019 CLO by 19bp with reset
Ares Management reset its 2019 CLO, Ares LI, via Barclays on Monday, tightening the deal's capital structure by 18.94 basis points in the process

Global CLO trading lab: Equity supply spikes as investors go long
CLO equity returned to the secondary market in a big way last week, after a month of very little visibility, with $118.3 million of US CLO and €44.9 million of European CLO subordinated notes on sale

China crackdown and Fed meeting rattle nerves
Credit spreads widened as financial markets began the week on a less certain footing amid panic stock selling in China and a retreat to treasuries ahead of the US Federal Reserve two-day monetary policy meeting