IACPM survey finds credit PMs still gloomy, but less so than last quarter
Respondents to the latest IACPM Credit Outlook Survey are still negative about future credit conditions, but less so than in previous surveys

Schroders Capital adds new global head of business development and product
Schroders Capital turned to ICG to source its newly-created role of global head of business development and product

New report finds 2023 a record year for alternative credit M&A
A new report on “Acquisitions of Alternative Credit Managers” by credit specialist Gapstow forecasts that more M&A activity lies ahead for credit firms as they struggle with the challenges facing the broader investment management industry

Credit PMs remain gloomy in latest IACPM survey
Survey participants in the latest IACPM Credit Outlook Survey believe the euphoria seen in global financial markets during the last few months of 2023 was overdone

Voya Investment brings in new CIO, fixed income from Morgan Stanley
Voya Investment Management has made some changes to its leadership team. The company is bringing in a new chief investment officer, fixed income, from Morgan Stanley as part of a wider reshuffle.

Impax Asset Management scoops up Danish boutique manager
Impax Asset Management, an asset manager that invests in the transition to a more sustainable economy, has agreed to buy a boutique Danish business

CIFC launches new multi-strategy credit UCITS fund
New York-based alternative asset manager CIFC has launched a new liquid UCITS strategy with an emphasis on sub-investment grade fixed income investments

Full-year 2023 European Leveraged Highlights
Debtwire has released the full-year 2023 European Leveraged Highlights, containing key trends in the leveraged loan and high-yield bond markets

Macquarie hires head of leveraged credit
Macquarie has poached the head of European and UK fixed income at Alliance Bernstein for a role in Philadelphia

Blackstone to close multi-strategy fund after assets fell nearly 90%
Blackstone plans to shut down its Blackstone Diversified Multi-strategy Fund by the end of the year after assets within the fund declined by nearly 90% in the last four years

Capital Four named new sub manager of high yield bond fund
Danish boutique asset manager Capital Four revealed on Tuesday that it will take over sub-management of the Nordea 1 - International High Yield Bond Fund, as the firm continues to build out its investment capabilities in the US

Boutique asset management firm partners with Australian credit fund manager
A new global credit fund will focus on long-only credit opportunities with the intent of capitalizing on inefficiencies in the credit cycle

September 2023 US Leveraged Highlights
Refinancing continues to amplify leveraged debt volume in Debtwire's latest report featuring key trends in the leveraged loan and high-yield bond market

New York-based asset manager launches floating-rate credit fund
EUR 30m fund focuses on floating-rate debt investments

RiverRock secures €153 million in commitments for new senior loan fund

RiverRock sets €1 billion commitment target for latest fund, nearly double the size of its previous vintage

CLO funds are hot in summer as they take nine spots in top 10 (Fund performance)
CLO funds took the lead through summer as the returns of the category index reached 1.88% and 3.18% in June and July, respectively. Both months saw a CLO fund as the top performer — Sound Point Meridian in June, and Oxford Gate Master Fund in July.

CSAM loses senior credit portfolio manager
Credit Suisse Asset Management rearranges its asset management team after long-time bond fund manager exits

Neuberger Berman secures £2 billion mandate for credit fund
One of the UK's largest pension funds has awarded Neuberger Berman a £2 billion mandate for credit

Australia's largest super fund beefs up international team
Australia's largest pension fund is is growing its team across other geographies in an effort to increase its international presence

Hayfin Capital Management beefs up high-yield and syndicated loans team

Hayfin Capital Management has hired a new head of high yield and syndicated loans trading from Capital Asset Solutions

Edmond de Rothschild adds new co-manager to credit fund

Edmond de Rothschild adds additional fund manager to credit fund. 

Primary loan and bond markets shows signs of revival, but at a cost
Activity in the US junk debt market has picked up after the 4th of July and the momentum is expected to continue through 2H23, but at a cost for issuers.

Asset management firm creates new credit platform
Insurance and asset management firm Nassau launches new credit platform with more than $8 billion in assets under management. 

Australian fund manager adds new credit PM
Australian fund manager IAM has branched into opportunistic credit with the acquisition of the River Capital Liquid Credit Fund and credit mandate, which includes a move for the fund’s portfolio manager.

Wall Street veterans spin off credit fund to start their own firm
Two credit industry veterans spin off fund to start their own firm in New York.