Steele Creek
Steele Creek Investment Management is a Charlotte, North Carolina-based alternative credit manager specializing in leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, CLO management, and direct lending strategies. The firm manages approximately $18 billion in assets across its CLO platform, separately managed accounts, and registered funds, serving institutional investors and financial advisors with access to its institutional credit expertise. Steele Creek is one of the more active CLO managers in the U.S. leveraged credit market and also manages registered closed-end funds and interval funds providing individual investors with access to its credit investment capabilities.
Steele Creek's investment strategy is grounded in rigorous fundamental credit analysis within the leveraged loan and high-yield bond markets, with particular depth in CLO management and structuring. The firm's CLO management capabilities encompass the full lifecycle of CLO investment management, from initial structuring and capital raising through ongoing portfolio management and reinvestment decisions. Steele Creek's direct lending platform provides middle-market companies with senior secured financing solutions, leveraging the firm's credit expertise and institutional relationships to originate attractive investment-grade and below-investment-grade loans.
Steele Creek Investment Management has established a growing presence in the institutional alternative credit market, building its CLO platform and associated investment management capabilities over more than a decade. The firm's institutional credit expertise, active CLO management track record, and expanding registered product suite position it as a credible and growing participant in the alternative credit investment landscape. Steele Creek's registered investment vehicles extend its institutional credit capabilities to financial advisors and individual investors seeking floating-rate, income-oriented credit exposure through accessible registered fund structures.