Hayfin pairs with Jefferies on first new US CLO of year
Hayfin Capital Management returned to the CLO primary market on Friday with its first US new issue deal of 2021

Euro CLO managers price €1bn as triple As surpass 100bp and capped tranches gain popularity
CBAM, Hayfin Capital Management and GoldenTree Asset Management have all taken to the European CLO primary market, adding €1 billion to 2021 volume

US loan managers capture secondary opportunities as new issues struggle
US loan managers switched gears by sourcing loans in the secondary market in the second quarter. This came as pricing in the primary market became less attractive in the early part of Q2 and with new loan issuance slowing in May and June

CLO pipeline: Man GLG resurfaces from six-year absence as deals exiting call-lock fill pipeline
CLO spreads have leaked out in recent weeks but deal economics are still favourable, encouraging managers to come back to the primary market for the first time this year

CLO PM set to leave PGIM ahead of move to London-based manager
A London-based mid-sized CLO manager has hired an official from PGIM 

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

Credit fundraising: three massive European direct lending funds notch up €17.6 bn
Fundraising figures continued upwards in April as just over $24 billion was raised for credit funds, alongside $3.2 worth of allocations to credit managers. Nine funds held final closes including the largest European direct lending fund raised to date

More US CLO refis price as supply weighs on spreads
CLO refi transactions from Benefit Street Partners and Hayfin Capital Management have priced, adding $788.8 million to primary volume

LP round-up: $2.6 billion flows into 26 credit managers
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

Hayfin closes 'over €5 billion' European direct lending strategy amid record deployment
Hayfin held a final close on its latest European direct lending fund, Hayfin Direct Lending Fund III

CLO pipeline: expensive 2019 CLOs in vogue with 32bp savings potential
The CLO pipeline is dominated by refinancings and resets, with new issuance taking a backseat

Hayfin markets tight lower mezz tranches for CLO reset
Hayfin Emerald CLO II's lower mezz tranches are guided tighter than March reset averages

Blackstone and Hayfin get Euro CLO new issues rolling as single Bs diverge
Blackstone paired with BNP Paribas for Carysfort Park, while Hayfin followed the yellow (or rather gold) brick road to pair with Goldman Sachs on Hayfin Emerald CLO VI

Hayfin targets market tights with €403.8 million Euro CLO and fourth-time Goldman pairing
Goldman Sachs won the mandate to arrange Hayfin's first new issue Euro CLO of 2021, Hayfin Emerald CLO VI

Debutant Jefferies takes Euro CLOs to €2 billion in under two weeks with Hayfin reset
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain" is a famous injunction associated with the Emerald City. But it is hard not to notice the woman-led team at Jefferies driving CLO volume, given it passed another impressive landmark on Thursday by resetting Hayfin Capital's inaugural Emerald CLO I

Hayfin hires senior BofA figure as private credit portfolio manager
Hayfin Capital Management has hired a Bank of America official as a London-based portfolio manager in the firm’s private credit team

US manager completes first new issue CLO in 17 months
Hayfin Capital Management has returned to the US CLO market with its first new issue since July 2019

CLO pipeline: LCM switches arranger to complete deal and join issuance surge
Over $3.5 billion of global CLO issuance priced last week and managers in all three CLO markets are taking advantage of tightening spreads across the capital structure after three major covid-19 vaccine breakthroughs and increased confidence since the US presidential election

Hayfin pairs with Goldman for second European CLO in four months
Hayfin Capital Management has priced its latest European CLO, Hayfin Emerald CLO V, via Goldman Sachs. The €345.6 million transaction comes just three months after the pair worked together to print Hayfin Emerald CLO IV

CLO pipeline: fixed income giants plan debut 2.0s with Morgan Stanley
Two large fixed income managers are pre-marketing debut 2.0 CLOs

Hayfin readies second new European CLO with Goldman Sachs in three months
Hayfin Capital Management is preparing to price its second CLO via Goldman Sachs in the space of three months

Global CLO b-wic round-up: CLO mezz tranches widen amid macro concerns
Last week was busy for the primary European CLO market but not for secondary, with €1.35 billion of new issue European CLOs priced across four transactions but just €190 million of European CLO paper listed in b-wics

Hayfin partner lands at Ares in London
Ares Management has appointed a former Hayfin official as managing director in the firm’s credit group, focused on alternative credit investments

Hayfin appoints global business development head
Hayfin Capital Management has hired a new global head of business development from Avenue Capital in New York

Hayfin hires former Barings official to new head of fund finance role
 The new job reflects the growing number of financings Hayfin handles, sources say