LP round up: big name managers win direct lending mandates amid $1.5 billion allocations
Apollo, Ares, Barings and CVC were among the beneficiaries of the direct lending rush in May 

Credit funds at a glance (June 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Redding Ridge cuts triple C exposure with reset of debut CLO
Redding Ridge Asset Management reset its 2018 CLO RR 1 on Friday, cutting its Moody's Caa concentration from 8.9% to 3.03%, and its S&P CCC concentration from 10.1% to just 3.54% in the process

Mid market CLO league tables: Antares and Wells Fargo press reset to lead market
Following March's $5.87 billion, the busiest month of mid market CLO issuance since at least 2016, April felt like a quiet month for mid market CLOs with $2.26 billion pricing across three new issues, two resets and one partial refinancing

Global CLO league tables - April 2021 YTD
Global CLO league tables - April 2021 YTD

Structurers tempted by buy-side perks amid CLO bonanza
Do you have experience structuring CLOs? If the answer is yes, then your skills are in demand, with asset managers keen to add CLO capital markets specialists amid the onslaught of CLO transactions that have taken place this year

Apollo establishes $1 billion credit secondaries platform
Apollo says it formed the platform to capitalise on the explosive growth of private credit, as well as addressing related liquidity or portfolio needs from underlying investors

Apollo poaches two US CLO structurers as sell-side exodus continues
Apollo Global Management has snapped up US CLO structurers from Bank of America and Barclays in what is fast amounting to mass migration away from CLO origination roles

Big US CLO investor crystalises gains with $101 million mezz sale
A well-known CLO investor has emerged as a repeat seller of CLO tranches this year, with sources indicating the firm has been monetising gains it made from purchases over the past year

Mid market CLO league tables: Billion dollar reset and tech CLO kick-start issuance
Mid-Market springs to life as winter winds down

Credit fundraising: ESG centre stage as capital pours into new strategies
Sustainability was the watchword for fundraising in February, amid a flurry of fund launches as well as first closes for impact funds and sustainable bond funds

Apollo holds $2.34 billion final close on latest credit dislocation fund
Apollo Global Management has held a $2.34 billion final close on its latest flagship dislocated credit fund, Apollo Accord Fund IV

Global CLO b-wic round-up: 2020 deals trade at premium
As the primary CLO market continues to grind tighter, the secondary market is holding steady, but last year's vintages are trading well as they near the end of their call-locks

Apollo credit assets rocket 50% with anticipated fundraising hike after Black investigation
Apollo Global Management's credit assets rocketed 52% over 2020 to $329 billion - and the firm predicts third-party fundraising to “build significantly” in the first quarter, following the conclusion of Dechert's investigation into chief executive officer Leon Black

MidCap prints largest CLO transaction for 12 months with $1.2 billion reset
MidCap, the middle market affiliate of Apollo, has priced the largest CLO primary transaction in almost exactly 12 months, printing a reset of its huge $1.2 billion mid market CLO named Woodmont 2017-2

At least 2020 wasn’t dreadful for CLOs
Last year’s downturn was another in which CLOs survived and in many cases thrived as active management and Libor floors helped managers deliver 13%-plus returns to equity

Redding Ridge equity covers at 116 for new European CLO record
Redding Ridge Asset Management set a new record on Wednesday as €5.2 million of RRE 4, a 2020 vintage CLO, traded in the secondary CLO market with a cover of 115.8

They said it: "I am extraordinarily proud of the firm I have helped build"
Apollo chief executive officer Leon Black announces he is stepping down.

Global CLO b-wic round-up: US lower mezz trades strong, but European piece softens
CLO investors have had no chance to catch their breath after a historic 2020 as US CLO secondary volume reached $3.3 billion and European secondary listings topped €1 billion in January

Apollo names successor CEO as Black steps down
The announcement that Leon Black will step down from leading the firm comes on the heels of law firm Dechert’s independent review of his working relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

CLO pipeline: 2020 absentees join new issue rush
The CLO pipeline is growing by the minute as managers prepare their first new issues of the year after varying lengths out of the market

US CLO spreads grind tighter with Gulf Stream five-year deal
Gulf Stream Asset Management has priced its third CLO since refashioning itself for the 2.0 era, bringing its total CLOs under management up to $1.4 billion

Mid market CLO league tables: Golub makes it four in row and Wells Fargo returns to summit
For the fourth year in a row Golub Capital was the most prolific mid market CLO manager, while Wells Fargo led the mid market CLO arranger league tables for the third time in the last four years

Euro CLO league tables: Killer Bs: Barclays and Blackstone cause buzz to lead new issuance
The coronavirus pandemic-induced volatility had a marked effect on the European CLO market in 2020 with total issuance falling by €18.5 billion and new issuance €7.8 billion lower than 2019’s figures

US CLO league tables: AGL and JP Morgan topple leaders in new issuance, but Apollo and Citi maintain overall dominance
Only 13 months after setting up shop, AGL Credit Management vaulted itself to the top of the US CLO new issue league tables in 2020