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Aksia partners for interval credit fund

Aksia and Calamos Investments have joined forces to launch the Calamos Aksia Alternative Credit and Income Fund (CAPIX), a closed-end interval fund providing all investors with access to the broad spectrum of private credit investments. The fund will accept allocations ...

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Credit deals outpace private equity

Divided by asset class, Alternatives Watch tracked a total of roughly $2.6 billion in deals publicly announced in the five-day period for the week ending Jan. 27. Credit: $1.7 billion Silicon Valley Bank provided $10 million in venture debt to Miach Orthopaedics, ...

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PE firms continue to back biotech, medtech

Divided by asset class, Alternatives Watch tracked a total of roughly $16.3 billion in deals publicly announced in the five-day period for the week ending Nov. 4. Private equity: $13 billion Cooperative Ventures invested in Sabanto, a hardware and software company that ...

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Blackstone launches structured finance business

Blackstone formed its Structured Finance Group, bringing together Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies (BREDS) and the firm's various asset-backed finance activities. The new global head of the group is Jonathan Pollack, currently the global head of BREDS. Timothy Johnson who ...

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BTIG builds out structured products business

BTIG hired new executives to launch its new structured products business within its fixed income, currency and commodities division. Alejandro Freely will lead the new unit, with the titles managing director and head of structured products. Conor O’Callaghan will also ...

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Opportunity funds lifting prices for CLOs

Opportunity funds are buying secondary credit products at a furious pace, lifting prices to pre-COVID levels, according to asset sellers. This is especially true in the meteoric rise in collateralized loan obligation (CLO) equity to BB-rated secondary market prices.  "Now is ...

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