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The Fund Watch Desk 8 stories this week · 95 total

Manager selection becomes the H2 2026 return driver

Wider return spreads make the manager pick the decisive call for allocators in H2 2026.
August 18

Janus Henderson's AAA CLO ETF tops $30bn as demand swells

The $5.7bn that has flowed into JAAA this year shows retail demand for CLO paper has staying power.
August 18

Serone hires three, targets first US CLO by year-end

Serone's year-end goal would add a new issuer to the US CLO primary market as direct lending cools.
August 18

Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF draws $5.7bn in 2026 inflows

Year-to-date inflows make it the second-largest active fixed income ETF, a daily-liquidity buyer of triple-A CLO paper.
August 18

LSTA filed a 2012 comment on the SEC's securitization conflicts rule

A gated, dated comment letter keeps the trade group on the record in a rulemaking CLO managers still watch.
August 18

Onex Credit posts record fees while credit marks slip

Onex Credit's record fee quarter and a $500m fund close with AIG show how the firm is leaning on structured credit, even as a $5m mark loss muddies the picture.
August 18

Star Mountain closes first collateralised fund obligation with Evercore

The rated vehicle gives insurers and institutions investment-grade exposure to US lower middle-market loans.
August 18

Pension anchor opens Homestead's first agriculture credit fund

A $150 million state pension commitment puts Homestead Capital's first agriculture private credit fund on track toward its $350 million target.
August 18

Three managers price $400 million CLO deals on a single Friday

Napier Park, Post Advisory and Blue Owl each priced a $400 million broadly syndicated loan CLO on Friday, per Creditflux.
August 18

Partners Group closes $1bn Asian private credit mandate

An open-ended evergreen with a co-investment sleeve signals a deliberate institutional build in Asia Pacific direct lending.
August 17

Palmer Square explores sale while weighing growth options

The CLO and private-credit manager is in early conversations about a possible sale, with organic and inorganic growth options under consideration, according to Creditflux.
August 16
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