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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 -
Past returns: Ellington invents triple C-flex CLOs
2 years ago
Five years ago, Creditflux reported that Ellington Management was launching a US CLO business -
HPS upsizes US CLO equity tranche and lowers deal leverage with reset
2 years ago
HPS Investment Management priced a $472.2 million CLO reset on Tuesday, upsizing the deal's equity tranche by $7.65 million in the process -
Global CLO trading lab: Payments season prompts equity to surge but short-dated bonds trade low
2 years ago
Over the last two weeks, $2.8 billion of US CLOs and €640 million of European CLO paper have appeared on b-wics, with equity making up 33% and 40% of the respective markets -
Credit funds at a glance (February 2022)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Credit funds at a glance (January 2022)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Credit Fundraising: mega funds contribute to record-breaking month as volume hits $39bn
2 years ago
The sheer size of the funds raised in November more than compensated for a drop in the number of funds raised as fundraising volume in credit reached $38.9 billion. This beat September by $2.4 billion to make it the most productive month of credit fundraising in 2021 -
LP round up: CLO fund included in whopping $13 billion of credit allocations in November
2 years ago
Credit took centre stage in November as investors allocated over $13 billion to credit funds in the month, with one pension allocating $50 million for a European CLO risk retention fund -
HPS among winners as Texas pension reveals $725 million allocation to credit
2 years ago
Texas County District & Retirement System has revealed over $700 million in allocations to credit funds it made in October and November - including $400 million to a HPS managed account -
HPS prints first regular US CLO in 28 months
2 years ago
Nomura arranged the $507.4 million deal, which is HPS's first regular way US CLO since July 2019 -
HPS targets $9.5 billion for fifth mezzanine debt fund
2 years ago
HPS Investment Partners is targeting $9.5 billion for its fifth global mezzanine debt fund, HPS Strategic Investment Partners V - but unlike earlier vintages, HPS says it will not target opportunities within the upstream energy space -
Points up front: HPS gives it 200%
2 years ago
One of the biggest fundraisers this year in credit is HPS Investment Partners. Its $11.7 billion Specialty Loan Fund V totals $15.4 billion including leverage -
CLO managers join forces as they line up behind SFDR
2 years ago
A plethora of European CLO managers have teamed up with regulatory reporting provider FinDox to form a working group focused on Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), sources tell Creditflux. -
Credit funds at a glance (October 2021)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Credit Fundraising: September breaks 2021 record and poses question - is it sustainable?
2 years ago
The third quarter ended with $36.5 billion being raised in credit last month, doubling July and August figures. Several of the new funds have embedded Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation or ESG criteria at the heart of their investment thesis -
How's this for Stratas? HPS returns to US CLO issuance with triple C-flex deal
2 years ago
HPS Investment Partners priced a rare CLO with an elevated triple C basket on Monday as it marks its first new US CLO of any kind in over two years -
HPS closes $15.4 billion direct lending fund as deployment hits 60%
2 years ago
HPS Investment Partners has closed its fifth direct lending fund with $11.7 billion of investor commitments. Creditflux understands this is nearly double its $6 billion original hard-cap -
US CLO pipeline: 33 new issues enter market with historic CLO records on the verge of shattering
2 years ago
The US CLO market is running as hot as it has all year with a whopping 33 managers marketing new issues CLOs, according to market sources -
HPS makes big hire with CLO head Frey set to retire
2 years ago
HPS Investment Partners is set to hire the former CLO head at a rival issuer as well known loan PM David Frey prepares to step down -
CLOs at a glance (July 2021)
2 years ago
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month -
HPS joins group of managers to upsize CLO equity with reset
2 years ago
HPS Investment Partners has joined the burgeoning group of CLO managers to upsize their equity tranche following a CLO reset -
Global CLO pricing lab: let’s all point at that 108bp print while spreads leak out
2 years ago
The tsunami of CLO paper coming to market is the biggest technical factor causing spreads to widen, according to sources -
US CLO structurer joins HPS
2 years ago
The destination of a CLO originator who left her job last month has come to light -
Global CLO pricing lab: investors get over fatigue and embrace reset roll over
2 years ago
The demand for CLOs is showing no signs of slowing down after the market had experienced some fatigue at the end of the first quarter and into the second. In the last two weeks, there have been 47 CLO transactions across all forms of pricing in the three markets; led by 18 US CLO new issues -
LP round up: $3.2 billion flows to 21 managers as private credit illiquidity premium holds firm
2 years ago
Investors allocated at least $3.2 billion to credit managers in April - and direct lending funds were in favour with Churchill and Ares being awarded two mandates
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