CLO rankings: manager AUM, advisory firm and trustees Q4 2022
As 2022 draws to a close manager consolidation through mergers and acquisitions have been balanced out by new market entrants to leave roughly the same number of managers that entered the year, at least for now.

CIFC confirms $225,000 donation and mentoring agreement as part of new CLO
CIFC Asset Management's most recent CLO included a $225,000 donation to education charity Teak Fellowship, the firm has announced. Creditflux first reported on this at the start of the month, highlighting that CIFC's contribution of $100,000 was set to come out of its management fee

Key counterparties make charitable donation as part of new CIFC CLO
CIFC Asset Management’s new US CLO, CIFC Funding 2021-IV, is linked to support for racial justice initiatives, officials working on the transaction have told Creditflux

Natixis makes experienced structured credit sales hire in New York
Natixis has added a structured credit specialist with over 20 years' experience to its US team 

Alcentra prepares listed credit fund
BNY Mellon Investment Advisor has teamed up with affiliate Alcentra to launch a listed fund that can invest across a range of credit strategies

BNY Mellon expands private credit unit within its asset servicing business
BNY Mellon Asset Servicing has appointed Greg Kok as director of private equity, real estate, debt and infrastructure, in a bid to bolster its private markets team in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)  

BNY Mellon taps former JP Morgan director for structured products role
BNY Mellon has hired London-based Elizabeth Grier as director and sales executive focusing on hedge fund, ETF and structured products

BNY Mellon AMNA taps former Fidelity VP for investment strategy role
BNY Mellon Asset Management North America (BNY Mellon AMNA), which formed last month, has appointed a former Fidelity Investments professional to a senior investment strategy role

BNY Mellon IM brings Insight bond fund on to its distribution platform
New York-headquartered BNY Mellon IM introduced a new multi-sector bond fund - BNY Mellon Insight Core Plus Fund - which will be subadvised by Insight Investment 

BNY Mellon launches new emerging market debt fund
The New York-based manager launched the fund – which will be available to investors across the UK, Europe and Asia Pacific – following what the firm describes as a “dramatic transformation” in emerging market debt 

BNY Mellon completes sale of real estate asset manager
Global asset manager BNY Mellon Investment Management yesterday completed the sale of investment boutique CenterSquare Investment Management 

BAML's former head of European ABS sales joins BNY Mellon
An ex-Bear Stearns structured credit specialist has joined BNY Mellon as a business development manager for its European corporate trust team

BNY Mellon affiliate prices third CLO in $462 million deal
Cutwater Asset Management priced its first CLO of the year on Friday, according to market sources

BNY affiliate changes tack as it selects RBC for latest CLO
A startup CLO manager is preparing its first deal of the year, according to market sources. The manager has selected RBC to arrange the deal, after working with Natixis on its previous CLOs

Trustee announces meeting to decide fate of unusual 2008 CLO
Investors in a European CLO, which closed in August 2008, will meet on 10 February to discuss a possible optional redemption

Equity investors return $7.3 million (9.1%) to BlueMountain CLOs
Equity investors are used to receiving strong cash flows from CLOs. Now some have returned the favour by handing $7.3 million back to two CLOs. That's a 9.1% return on principal (for the CLO).