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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 -
Fund performance: CLO funds outperform as two hit over 100% 12-months return
2 years ago
CLO funds swatted away the competition in April on their way to dominating our top 10 credit hedge fund return table after an upbeat month -
Credit hedge funds (June 2021)
2 years ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Ucits at a glance: Altana sits atop tables as credit bounces back
2 years ago
Ucits funds picked up in April as 79% made positive returns -
Lighten up, these are due an upgrade
2 years ago
CLO triple C buckets were overflowing last year, but the average exposure is now 7.3%. That is still close to trigger levels, but CLO managers are relaxed, as further loan upgrades are on the horizon -
Meag hires experienced credit specialist for top fixed income job
2 years ago
€328 billion asset manager Meag has appointed a head of active fixed income in Munich to oversee a range of assets including credit -
CLOs bask in 'golden period' as industry approaches $1 trillion market cap
2 years ago
The economic rebound following the reopening US economy has created a 'golden period' for the CLO market, market participants say -
Blackstone and Credit Suisse among participants in talks for new ESG loan index
2 years ago
European leveraged loan market participants – including Blackstone and Credit Suisse – are said to be in the process of launching the ESG loan index -
CLO PM set to leave PGIM ahead of move to London-based manager
2 years ago
A London-based mid-sized CLO manager has hired an official from PGIM -
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 -
Woah, we’re halfway there
2 years ago
Judging by the 2020 vintage, European CLO overlap is 50%. But varied approaches to holding bonds and the many loans managers turn down mean there are ways for issuers to outperform -
BofA and State Street divided over CLO convertibles
2 years ago
A split has emerged in the approach between the two big buyers of triple A-rated CLO tranches that are structured as loans -
"Why can’t loans and CLOs simply move to three-month treasury bills as our reference rate?"
2 years ago
Sofr may be touted as Libor’s natural replacement, but the best known rate in the world is also an option -
Fund performance: Lightning strikes twice as range of credit funds deliver
What seemed like a chance occurrence in February has struck again in March, as seven categories make our top 10 best performing hedge funds -
Credit hedge funds (May 2021)
2 years ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Ucits at a glance: Altana moves into pole position
2 years ago
March marked a drop in pace for Ucits funds as only 62% of funds made positive returns, compared to 80% in February -
CLOs cushioned as regulators get more comfortable on Sofr
2 years ago
The quest to find a suitable Libor replacement looks to have taken a big step forward in recent weeks, with hopes rekindled that securitised products such as CLOs and ABS could soon make use of a term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (Sofr) -
US pension terminates three credit mandates due to 'underperformance' and relative value
3 years ago
The New Mexico pension terminated one multi-asset credit mandate and two bank loan mandates -
CME touts forward-looking Sofr term benchmarks
3 years ago
CME Group has begun publishing term benchmarks for the secured overnight interest rate (Sofr) as part of the global push to move away from Libor in financial markets -
Lord Abbett prepares special situations interval fund
3 years ago
Lord Abbett is preparing to launch a new special situations fund in the form of an interval fund -
Credit Rendezvous: ready and waiting
3 years ago
In Creditflux's quarterly review of credit, portfolio managers tell us that Inflation is likely to nudge higher but they are optimistic because dispersion will pick up and windows of volatility will emerge, rather than elongated phases of stress -
Beneath the triple C: CLOs benefit as upgrades make for lighter triple C buckets
3 years ago
For the first time since the sell off in March last year, downgrades to triple C have come to a near-standstill -
BofA and Citi unveil multi-dealer platform for CLOs and loans
3 years ago
Bank of America and Citi have joined forces with plans for a multi-dealer CLO and loan platform which will cover trading, data and analytics -
CLOs wheel and deal as overlap increases
3 years ago
2020 CLOs are a different breed to any other vintage. But this cohort features an overlap of almost 40% as CLO issuers have been forced to focus almost entirely on secondary market loans -
ESG drive poses little threat to CLO returns or flexibility, says Moody's
3 years ago
Environmental, social and governance investment criteria are not impairing CLOs either in flexibility or performance, Moody's Investors Service has found in a new report
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