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Permira closes sixth CLO junior debt and equity fund
1 year ago
Permira Credit has closed its sixth European CLO junior debt and equity fund, Permira Sigma VI -
LDI funds prepare for return to CLOs and ABS early next year
1 year ago
Liability-driven investment (LDI) strategies that had to sell senior CLO tranches in droves could come back in for CLOs in the early part of 2023, sources say -
LP round up: 27 managers find the top corner with investor wins
1 year ago
Credit fund managers like to take it one fund at a time and give it 110% for their 90-minute investor fund pitches - and it's working as $3.8 billion was allocated during November and early December. The gaffer would be proud. -
Structured credit gains focus from 75% of UK pensions: Aeon
1 year ago
Three quarters of UK pension schemes say they are increasingly focused on structured credit products -
Investors urged to look at CLO funds amid PE slowdown
1 year ago
Institutional investors are said to be eyeing CLOs and structured credit as they seek to calibrate duration risk and prepare for recession. In addition, year-to-date performance in private equity portfolios isn’t meeting pension funds’ tough returns targets -
LP round up: $2.7bn flows to 20 credit managers as investors battle PE overallocation
1 year ago
Investors faced huge headwinds in September with inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical turmoil, alongside the UK gilts sell-off at month end -
LP round up: 28 credit managers win $6.6 billion as San Diego carves private credit allocation
1 year ago
Pensions allocated over $6.6 billion to credit managers in June including Angelo Gordon, Antares, Apollo, Ares, Beach Point, BioPharma, Brookfield, CarVal, Cerberus... -
LP round up: Fidelity wins big, Pacific retains loan mandate, pensions eye distressed
2 years ago
The month also included one CLO fund commitment, one high yield manager search, one finalised US loans mandate and one $400 million multi-sector fixed income managed account mandate -
Axa IM launches multi-strat fund for pensions
2 years ago
Axa Investment Managers’ ‘alternatives’ business has launched an open-ended strategy for pension funds -
LP round up: no Stoptober as investors allocate $5 billion to credit
2 years ago
US institutional investors allocated $5 billion to credit funds in October, with Oak Hill and Pimco among the biggest mandates -
RBC hires ex-Citi structured credit sales head for alternatives push
2 years ago
RBC Capital Markets has hired Citi's former European structured credit sales head to lead its European alternatives and private capital solutions effort -
Manager targets $450 million for global CLO fund
2 years ago
A New York pension has backed the fund, which will invest in CLO debt and equity tranches and is said to have held a first close in Q1 -
Managers offer solutions for underfunded pensions
2 years ago
Credit managers are tapping UK defined benefit pensions that are battling negative cashflows -
Alcentra's global CLO fund closes at $484 million and over 50% deployed
2 years ago
Alcentra has closed its fourth global CLO fund, Alcentra Structured Credit Opportunities Fund IV, at $484 million -
LP round-up: $2.6 billion flows into 26 credit managers
3 years ago
A stuck ship in the Suez Canal may have prevented others from getting through one of the world's busiest waterways in March, but allocations to credit funds were much more free flowing as investors poured over $2.6 billion into the hands of credit managers -
Credit Rendezvous: heading for homes
3 years ago
Fund managers in structured credit, real assets and distressed are bullish on the prospects for residential housing in 2021. Elsewhere, niche royalty-based strategies are in favour and although a CLO repricing wave is expected, it may not be easy to execute resets. For more, read our 13-page quarterly report on credit. -
LP round up: Monroe and Angelo Gordon beat 25 for direct lending mandate, as private credit plans brew
3 years ago
US public pension funds have disclosed $1.2 billion in commitments to credit focused strategies -
LP round up: $2.8 billion flows to credit as Apollo concedes fundraising may slow
3 years ago
Florida Retirement System Trust Fund made the largest commitments allocating $1.6 billion. Apollo meanwhile acknowledged a potential slowdown in fundraising as investors await results on an independent review into CEO Leon Black's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein -
Insurance firm seeks CLO debt and ABS exposure
3 years ago
Investment consultant Callan is requesting proposals on behalf of an undisclosed insurance company for a CLO manager and ABS manager -
New York pension allocates $250 million to CLO fund
3 years ago
New York State Common Retirement Fund has allocated $250 million to a CLO-focused vehicle, according to a recently released September transaction report -
LP round up: $5 billion flows to credit as private market allocations increase
3 years ago
Global institutional investors allocated nearly $5 billion to credit funds this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
Barings and PGIM win loan and structured credit mandates as pension puts £2.7bn in credit
3 years ago
The firms will manage global syndicated loans, securitised credit, emerging market debt and global high yield credit for Border to Coast Pension Partnership's £2.7 billion ($3.43 billion) multi-asset credit fund -
LP round up: horseshoe does the trick for Pimco and other distressed managers
3 years ago
Institutional investors poured $2.7 billion into credit this week through 14 managers, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux -
LP round-up: mighty Oaks win $1 billion apiece from Calpers
3 years ago
Credit investors allocated over $3 billion to 18 credit managers this week across a wide range of strategies -
Waiting game pays off for European pension fund
3 years ago
Finnish pension fund Ilmarinen has been investing more in European CLO tranches after valuations dipped to their lowest levels in a decade, thanks to a distressed CLO fund strategy it put in place two years ago.
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