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"Wholesale moves into risk areas after internal changes should sound an alarm"
1 year ago
The composition of CLO managers is changing, so management styles may drift -
CLO manager M&A deal boosts equity investor Hildene Capital
1 year ago
Hildene Capital Management boosted returns in its CLO equity business last month after its manager partner Carlson Capital sold the management contracts for its CLOs to WhiteStar Asset Management -
Carlyle closes CBAM transaction to become largest CLO manager in the world
2 years ago
Carlyle Group has closed a deal to buy the assets of CBAM and has become the largest CLO manager in the world -
CBAM CLO debt comes into play with reset incentive
2 years ago
Carlyle Group’s acquisition of CBAM for roughly $787 million ($615 million in cash) has underlined that we are in a seller’s market, sources say. But a key part of that deal will be the ability to extend CBAM CLOs through resets -
First Eagle to buy Napier Park
2 years ago
First Eagle Investments has struck a deal to acquire Napier Park Global Capital, according to an announcement, in a deal which will take the firm’s overall global CLO assets under management up to $29.7 billion. -
Two CLO managers link up as AB agrees to buy CarVal
2 years ago
AllianceBernstein has entered an agreement to buy CarVal investors for $750 million, bringing two major CLO managers under the same roof -
CBAM: star power, friends in insurance, and doing things 'my way'
2 years ago
"And now the end is here, and so I face that final curtain... I've lived a life that's full, I traveled each and every highway, And more, much more
I did it, I did it my way". Sinatra could easily have been thinking of CBAM when he penned these lyrics. We look back at how a group of experienced CLO officials came together to launch a mega player in the CLO business in no time at all -
Carlyle to become world's biggest CLO manager with deal to buy CBAM assets
2 years ago
Carlyle Group says it is buying CBAM Partners assets in a deal that is set to make the firm the largest CLO manager globally with about $48 billion of CLOs under management. -
Spac pricing hints at Sound Point's growth ambitions in loan market
2 years ago
Sound Point Acquisition Corp has priced a $225 million IPO, signalling that credit asset manager Sound Point Capital Management is looking to expand its platform -
Leucadia AM takes non-controlling stake in Hildene
2 years ago
Hildene Capital Management has entered a strategic relationship with Jefferies affiliate Leucadia Asset Management -
Blue Owl reaches agreement to buy CLO manager Wellfleet
2 years ago
Blue Owl Capital, owner of Owl Rock Capital Partners a mid market CLO manager, has reached an agreement to buy Wellfleet Credit Partners from Littlejohn & Co -
Points up front: CLO valuation buzz - to infinity and beyond
2 years ago
Last month it emerged that Eldridge Industries was exploring the possibility of selling part of its majority stake in global CLO manager CBAM -
Whitestar swoops for US CLOs as it readies European deals
2 years ago
MacKay Shields has completed its exit from CLO management after it emerged that the asset manager has transferred the rights to two of its US CLOs to Whitestar Asset Management -
CBAM goes on block with parent Eldridge exploring 'strategic options': Bloomberg
2 years ago
Eldridge Industries is said to be considering selling a stake of its $15 billion credit unit CBAM Partners, according to a report by Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter -
Gapstow expects strategic deals as credit manager M&A volume slumps to $120 billion
2 years ago
M&A volume involving credit asset managers dropped last year with total target value assets under management slumping to $120 billion from $149 billion in 2020 (and $254 billion in 2019), according to Gapstow Capital Partners -
Timber! Boutique US CLO manager looks to offload deal to Benefit Street
2 years ago
A boutique US CLO manager is set to offload collateral management rights for its 2014 US CLO to Benefit Street -
WhiteStar to absorb MacKay Shields' European CLO platform
2 years ago
WhiteStar Asset Management has swooped for MacKay Shields’ European CLO business, ending weeks of speculation over the latter’s CLO ambitions and confirming WhiteStar's status as a rising star -
Lazard in talks to buy Brigade: Bloomberg
2 years ago
Lazard is reportedly in advanced talks to buy credit hedge fund Brigade Capital Management -
Bennett Goodman's Hunter Point buys stake in MidOcean
2 years ago
Hunter Point, which was launched by Blackstone Credit’s co-founder Bennett Goodman alongside Avi Kalichstein in 2020, has made its first investment and bought a minority stake in mid-market specialist MidOcean -
T Rowe Price to buy Oak Hill for up to $4.2 billion
2 years ago
Oak Hill is set to become T Rowe Price’s private markets platform, led by Oak Hill’s chief executive officer Glenn August -
Aquarian takes over Gallatin CLO platform
2 years ago
New York-based Aquarian Holdings has bought Gallatin Loan Management's CLO management business -
Investcorp looks at M&A for US CLO growth: Bloomberg
2 years ago
Investcorp Credit Management’s co-head of US credit David Moffitt has outlined plans to double the firm's US CLO assets under management – which include acquisitions and equity partnerships -
Medalist buys remaining stake in CLO manager due to “significant demand" from investors
2 years ago
Medalist Partners has accelerated the buyout option for its remaining stake in CLO platform Medalist Partners Corporate Finance (formerly JMP Credit Advisors) due to investor demand for CLOs -
Birch Grove merges with American Securities' credit business
2 years ago
US private equity firm American Securities has merged its opportunistic credit business, Ascribe Capital, with boutique alternative credit hedge fund Birch Grove Capital -
Sound Point looks to amplify mid-market offerings with BDC and CLOs
2 years ago
Sound Point Capital Management expanded into mid-market lending earlier this month with the acquisition of CVC Credit Partners’ US direct lending arm, and the firm has big ambitions to expand the business
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