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Elfa taps Hermes to chair CLO investor committee
2 years ago
Trade body the European Leveraged Finance Association has formed a CLO investor committee it hopes will be a forum for various industry initiatives, including environmental, social and governance standards -
US CLO portfolio manager set to join fast-growing Redding Ridge
2 years ago
A US CLO portfolio manager is set to join Redding Ridge Asset Management next month, taking the firm's CLO PM roster to three -
Siaci €202 million loan to leave CLOs after merger as new debt guided in low 400s
2 years ago
Burrus has outlined price talk on an €850 million loan backing its acquisition and merger with Siaci, a popular CLO credit -
"I’ve been doing ESG for 27 years; I just didn’t know it"
2 years ago
Apollo's Joe Mornoey takes our credit quiz -
"Spacs… what better buyer than someone with a short fuse who needs to get their capital working"
2 years ago
Since the beginning of 2020, more than $191 billion has been raised in spac (special purpose acquisition company) IPOs. This money has such a short fuse — get a deal done in 24 months or management loses the IPO costs it covered — and there has been so much of it, that it has had an impact on the markets -
US loan managers capture secondary opportunities as new issues struggle
2 years ago
US loan managers switched gears by sourcing loans in the secondary market in the second quarter. This came as pricing in the primary market became less attractive in the early part of Q2 and with new loan issuance slowing in May and June -
Investors proclaim ‘CLO arb is good’
2 years ago
Hold on to your hats: at long last market participants agree that US CLO economics are in favour of equity tranche investors -
Fund performance: Déjà vu as April leaders dominate
2 years ago
CLO funds stayed in the top flight for another month as they took over the top 10 credit hedge fund return table in May, when 87% of all funds listed made positive returns -
Credit hedge funds (July 2021)
2 years ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Ucits at a glance: Ucits stay positive for second month in a row
2 years ago
Ultra-tight credit spreads are not taking away from Ucits funds – 80% of funds in our database have again recorded positive returns. -
Credit funds at a glance (July 2021)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
"Pain is on the way: spreads are too tight, while compression and carry are done. But what if it's not?"
2 years ago
Welshcake reminds us that mid-cycle portfolio management is a funny old game -
CLO investors don Euribor caps to hedge rising rates
2 years ago
Euribor-capped tranches have made a comeback in European CLOs, with AIG and PGIM understood to be behind them. Sources say PGIM has been investing in triple A-rated tranches, while AIG has taken on double-A rated tranches -
Credit fundraising: managers take care of infrastructure with new partnerships
2 years ago
Credit managers were busy launching new partnerships to support growth in infrastructure and CLOs. There were 13 announcements in the month paving the way for upcoming funds, platforms, and joint ventures -
Birch Grove merges with American Securities' credit business
2 years ago
US private equity firm American Securities has merged its opportunistic credit business, Ascribe Capital, with boutique alternative credit hedge fund Birch Grove Capital -
The Last Tranche with Pretium's Goss: airlines are barometer for reopening trade
In this episode of The Last Tranche, Pretium's Roberta Goss and Creditflux's Hugh Minch discuss how the effects of the vaccine rollout and economic reopening are showing in the loan market. -
It's all relative: CDX HY touches record tights but junior US CLO tranches leak wider
2 years ago
Credit spreads are marching tighter, but someone forgot to tell the CLO market. European and US CDS spreads have moved in step with each other for the most part with investment grade and high yield tightening 4-6% in the last week, whereas CLOs have been losing ground -
CLO demand to drive loan outperformance over bonds: BNP Paribas
2 years ago
The buying power of CLOs and funds could mean leveraged loans rally further and outpace high yield bonds, says BNP Paribas' credit research team -
Update: Kayne to split from CLO and credit opps units
2 years ago
Kayne Anderson is set to spin out its CLO business -
Axa IM extends palm oil policy to cover ecosystem protection and deforestation
2 years ago
Axa Investment Managers says it is expanding its 2014 policy of excluding investments in companies which do not have sustainable palm oil production certificates by factoring in deforestation and ecosystem protection -
"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 -
Credit markets heed early indicators of inflation pressure
2 years ago
Inflation became the topic du jour after the consumer price index (CPI) grew 4.2% in April, its fastest rate since September 2008 and much higher than the 3.6% many analysts predicted -
Elfa adds to ESG fact sheet range in standardisation drive
2 years ago
The European Leveraged Finance Association (Elfa) will shortly publish sector-specific fact sheets for the transport and healthcare industries, sources say, bringing its total of ESG fact sheets to 12 -
Managers offer solutions for underfunded pensions
2 years ago
Credit managers are tapping UK defined benefit pensions that are battling negative cashflows -
Breakthroughs come thick and fast for Libor alternatives
2 years ago
Momentum has gathered around initiatives to replace Libor in contracts, with CME Group obtaining a regulatory nod on the term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (Sofr) as well as moving to launch interest rate futures based on banks’ short term credit yields
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