Assured Guaranty and Sound Point Join Up to Form CLO Powerhouse

The deal is part of a wave of consolidation driven by insurers and alternative asset managers

Assured Guaranty has committed to invest $1 billion in funds operated by Sound Point. Photo: Pavlo Gonchar/Zuma Press

Insurer Assured Guaranty Ltd. and debt fund manager Sound Point Capital Management LP have agreed to join forces to better compete in the booming credit-investing market.

The tie-up, earlier reported in The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, would create a fund manager with $47 billion invested primarily in corporate debt with below-investment-grade credit ratings.

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