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DWS prints new CLO backed by infrastructure assets
4 months ago
DWS Group priced a new CLO backed by infrastructure loans on Monday -
European real estate available with pruned inflation hedges
10 months ago
Throughout the upheaval in European credit this year, one segment of the market that has shown itself to be resilient against the pressures of inflation is real estate debt -
Credit funds at a glance (November 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
DWS hires regional heads for direct lending business
11 months ago
DWS Group has unveiled two senior appointments to it European direct lending team -
Senior CLO investor departs buyside after 17 years to rejoin Fitch
1 year ago
So often CLO investment firms will poach talent from rating agencies and other CLO service providers. But it can be a two-way street, as demonstrated by Fitch Ratings -
CEO steps down after DWS greenwashing allegations lead to police raid
1 year ago
A tumultuous 24 hours for DWS Group, in which police and regulators raided its office, has been compounded by the resignation of its chief executive officer Asoka Woehrmann on Wednesday morning -
"Do not rush to set up a check-box approach with negative screening and start de-investing"
2 years ago
Instead of rushing through an ESG framework, asset managers need to adopt a long- and short-term approach -
Former DWS official claims company over-stated ESG progress: WSJ
2 years ago
DWS Group’s environmental, social and governance investment claims are in the spotlight after its former sustainability officer claimed the firm over-stated its ESG efforts, according to the Wall Street Journal -
"Technology won’t replace human judgement. In ESG a qualitative review is necessary"
2 years ago
The social aspect of ESG must be given sufficient weight in investment decisions -
Managers offer solutions for underfunded pensions
2 years ago
Credit managers are tapping UK defined benefit pensions that are battling negative cashflows -
Credit funds at a glance (June 2021)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
DWS and Tikehau target UK pensions with multi-strategy credit fund
2 years ago
The new fund will invest in CLOs, ABS, private debt, leveraged loans, infrastructure debt and real estate debt -
"The lack of standardised ESG data creates opportunities for data-driven investors"
2 years ago
Investors can gain an edge by using technology to help parse ESG data -
CLOs are here to help with infrastructure expansion
2 years ago
Issuers of CLOs backed by infrastructure debt are looking forward to a boom as investors turn to infrastructure projects as a way out of the pandemic slump -
"The heterogeneous set of KPIs make comparisons difficult and self-policing hurts credibility"
2 years ago
Loans with ESG ratchets are popular and a good way to align incentives – but we need accountable external reviewers -
DWS wraps fourth infra CLO
2 years ago
DWS Group has issued its fourth CLO backed by infrastructure credits -
A transformational framework means fund managers have to drive real-world change
2 years ago
There are managers who make transformational investments, those who incorporate ESG and those who do nothing -
The imperfect incorporation of ESG is no excuse not to act
2 years ago
Managers’ legal ESG responsibilities may be vague, but they must still set up a credible strategy -
All types of financing will have to incorporate ESG risks and use their real economy influence
2 years ago
Fund managers can no longer ignore, postpone or hide from measures to tackle climate change -
Faith in structures has been rewarded
2 years ago
CLOs have been resilient against covid-19 fallout, said speakers at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium last month. But there’s always room to improve and 3.0 deals may add ESG and bullet tranches -
CLO managers offer views on ESG for upcoming PRI report
3 years ago
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is set to unveil a report detailing results from its ESG structured credit survey in the next few months, and the institution anticipates that this will be a launch pad for further investigation about ESG integration into the asset class -
Zais ESG head to join DWS
3 years ago
Zais Group’s head of ESG (environmental, social, governance) and impact investing is joining DWS as group sustainability officer in New York -
ABS market holds strong as talf date approaches
3 years ago
The US Federal Reserve announced last week that the term ABS loan facility's first subscription date for loans backed by eligible asset-backed securities (ABS) will be 17 June, but before the Fed has even spent a dollar, talf has already been a success, says Tom Sweeney, co-head of structured credit finance at DWS Asset Management. -
DWS holds €350 million first close for inaugural direct lending fund
3 years ago
DWS has garnered €350 million on the first close of its inaugural European direct lending strategy, according to an announcement by the firm -
Deutsche AM's real estate division prepares second infra CLO
4 years ago
RREEF America, a subsidiary of Deutsche Asset Management that invests in commercial real estate, is readying a new securitisation backed by project finance assets named RIN II
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