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Past returns: Indirect lending
3 years ago
Five years ago in Creditflux we reported how banks were playing a role in European direct lending — an industry borne out of the fact that banks had reduced appetite for lending to small and mid-sized companies -
Non-bank lenders spot fund financing opportunities
3 years ago
Volatility arising from the coronavirus will give non-bank lenders an opportunity to gain market share from traditional lenders in the fund financing space, sources say -
Libor fall weighs heavily on loan and CLO portfolios
3 years ago
Libor floors are set to return to prominence after three-month rates tumbled to 0.38% by 18 May, returning the loan market’s base rate to its lowest level since the oil and gas crisis of 2014-16 -
Fund performance: CLO tranches move up
3 years ago
April returns managed a partial bounce back after a tumultuous March. 82% of funds listed in the Creditflux database made positive returns, showing at least small signs of recovery after 90% of all funds listed posted negative returns in March -
Credit funds at a glance (June 2020)
3 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves -
Ucits at a glance: Ucits begin recovery phase
3 years ago
April returns prove positive for Ucits funds as 85% of those listed in the Creditflux database have moved into the black after a rough March -
LP round-up: talf and dislocation funds win as pensions allocate $350 million to credit
3 years ago
Investors poured in $350 million to eight credit-focused funds, primarily to credit dislocation funds. Private debt continued to remain stead with investors maintaining or increase allocations -
KKR raises $4 billion for coronavirus dislocation credit strategy
3 years ago
KKR has collected $4 billion to invest across credit opportunities in eight weeks– including $2.8 billion in its KKR Dislocation Opportunities Fund and over $1.1 billion from managed accounts -
Standard Board publishes structuring, valuation and conflict memos for credit funds
3 years ago
The Standard Board for Alternative Investments has published three memos as guidance to managers and investors, alongside a framework of questions investors may wish to ask managers when conducting operational due diligence -
Minnesota pension's 2020 credit allocations hit $1 billion
3 years ago
Minnesota State Board of Investments has earmarked $400 million across to two credit managers in a private market update. The commitments mark $1 billion allocated to credit in 2020 by the pension -
EnTrust aims to onboard $1 billion for maritime direct lending fund by June
3 years ago
EnTrust Global is targeting $1 billion for a maritime direct lending fund, Blue Ocean Onshore Fund, and anticipates a final close in June -
Alantra holds €30 million first close on Spanish real estate debt fund
3 years ago
Madrid-based Alantra anticipates a €100 million final close by the end of the year -
Alcentra's 'significant personnel changes' lead pension to terminate private credit contract
3 years ago
Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System has plans to rescind and terminate its private credit contract with Alcentra "based on significant and unexpected turnover of senior personnel”, according to documents seen by Creditflux. The pension is instead looking to redeploy commitments to Crescent Capital -
Pemberton holds €800 million first close on credit fund after two months fundraising
3 years ago
Pemberton held a €800 million first close on Pemberton Strategic Credit Opportunities II in March, after the fund began fundraising in mid-January. It has a €1.5 billion to €2 billion target size -
Illinois pension seeks distressed debt or opportunistic credit manager
3 years ago
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund is requesting proposals for opportunistic and distressed private credit fund managers and has at least $25 million to allocate -
European Investment Fund backs German digital direct lender
3 years ago
German digital direct lender Creditshelf has held a €62 million first close on its inaugural fund offering, Creditshelf Loan Fund, following a €30 million commitment from the European Investment Fund -
Direct lenders turn on liquidity taps as major Q2 test awaits
3 years ago
European direct lenders have been on hand to support their portfolio companies with liquidity over the past two months, sources say. These moves come despite uncertainty over the full impact the coronavirus pandemic will have on businesses in the second quarter -
Creditflux announces finalists for online CLO awards
3 years ago
Creditflux is pleased to announce the finalists for a new-look manager awards event, which will be hosted online for the first time. -
Private credit dangers lurk, but fear drives inflows
3 years ago
Fear of missing out is one reason institutional investors are allocating to private credit, but market participants say that investors should err on the side of caution, despite the number of attractive opportunities -
Direct lenders eye 200bp premium in primary market
3 years ago
Deal flow is streaming in for European direct lenders who, despite monitoring portfolios for covid-19 related issues, have one eye on the primary market -
Managers vie for trophies at new-look awards event
3 years ago
The 2020 Creditflux Manager Awards will take on a fresh complexion as we transition to a virtual event. But some things will never change: our finalists have been assessed using data alone
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Credit hedge fund returns: March 2020 stats
3 years ago
Monthly performance across credit hedge funds -
Fund performance: Index tranche investors make it work from home
3 years ago
March brought a drastic drop in return figures as covid-19 swept across the globe, as Orchard tops the Creditflux performance tables -
Ucits at a glance: Long-short credit capitalises on coronavirus
3 years ago
Ucits funds were not spared from the crash in mid-March, but Pictet outperforms -
Credit funds at a glance (May 2020)
3 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves
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