Generali Completes Acquisition of Conning 

04/03/2024

HARTFORD, CT –  Conning Holdings Limited, a leading global asset manager serving the needs of insurance company and institutional clients, today announced that its acquisition by Generali Investments Holding S.p.A. (GIH), an entity comprising the majority of asset management activities of Generali Group (Generali), has closed. 


XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Term Trust Announces Portfolio Management Change

01/02/2024

Effective January 1, 2024, Lauren Law, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager at Octagon Credit Investors, and a member of the firm's Investment Committee, assumed the position of lead portfolio manager of the Trust.


Octagon Credit Investors names Gretchen Lam as Chief Executive Officer

10/17/2023

Current CEO and Co-Founder Andy Gordon to remain as Executive Chair of the Board


XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Term Trust Reaches $500 Million Total Managed Assets Milestone

09/21/2023

XFLT, the XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Term Trust, reaches $500mm in total managed assets. For more information, please see the press release.


Conning and its Affiliates to be Acquired by Generali; Transaction Enhances Firms' Long-Term Growth Plans

07/06/2023

HARTFORD, CT –  Conning Holdings Limited, a leading global asset manager serving the needs of insurance company and institutional clients, today announced that it will be acquired by Generali Investment Holdings.


Octagon Announces Tom Connors's Retirement; Amy Adar Promoted to CFO

01/04/2023

New York, NY - Octagon announced today that Amy Adar was appointed Octagon’s Chief Financial Officer, effective January 1, 2023. Ms. Adar succeeds Thomas Connors, who retired on December 31, 2022, after 23 years of exemplary leadership and service to the Firm.


XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Term Trust Celebrates 5th Anniversary

09/27/2022

We are delighted to commemorate XFLT’s 5-year anniversary. We appreciate the shareholders putting their trust with us.


XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Term Trust (XFLT) Prices Initial Public Offering

09/27/2017

New York, NY - Octagon is the investment sub-adviser to XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Term Trust (XFLT), a NYSE-listed, registered closed-end fund designed for investors seeking attractive total return with an emphasis on income generation through investments in CLO debt and CLO equity securities, senior secured loans, and opportunistic credit. For additional information about XFLT, please contact XA Investments LLC or your financial advisor. Securities are not being offered by Octagon or Conning Investment Products.


Doug McDermott to Join Octagon Credit Investors

05/09/2016

New York, NY – Octagon Credit Investors, LLC is pleased to announce that effective May 31, 2016, Doug McDermott will join the firm as a Managing Director of Business Development. In this capacity, Mr. McDermott will be responsible for sourcing and cultivating new business opportunities in partnership with John Dudzik (Managing Director, Business & Product Development) and George Duarte (Managing Director, Business Development).


Conning Completes Octagon Acquisition

02/02/2016

Hartford, CT & New York, NY – Conning, a premier global investment management firm, today announced that it has completed the previously-announced acquisition of Octagon Credit Investors, LLC (“Octagon”), a U.S.-based investment manager with expertise in collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), bank loans and high yield bonds.