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Credit funds at a glance (November 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
LP round up: $2.7bn flows to 20 credit managers as investors battle PE overallocation
1 year ago
Investors faced huge headwinds in September with inflation, rising interest rates, and geopolitical turmoil, alongside the UK gilts sell-off at month end -
CLOs keep eyes glued to screen as Cineworld previews possible chapter 11
1 year ago
Cineworld, the UK-based cinema giant, has announced that a chapter 11 restructuring is among the options it is considering, in response to recent media speculation about a possible default -
CSAM does the CLO awards double
1 year ago
Winning the Creditflux Manager of the Year award is a feat in itself. Winning it back-to-back in such different markets is an outstanding achievement — and CSAM can take great pride in it -
Credit funds at a glance (June 2022)
1 year ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
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LP round up: Oak Hill wins $3bn mandate as credit allocations near $10bn in March
2 years ago
Institutional investors revealed over $9.5 billion of allocations to credit funds in March. Oak Hill Advisors walked away with the largest mandate, as US heavyweight pension Calpers allocated a whopping $3 billion across several of its funds -
Credit funds at a glance (February 2022)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
New York pension favours credit as it pumps $1.1 billion into tech, loans and distressed
2 years ago
New York State Common Retirement Fund has splurged over $1 billion in credit, topping allocations it made in equities and real estate -
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 -
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 -
Credit fundraising: Goldman Sachs direct lending fund takes March figures to $23 bn
3 years ago
Credit funds sprung forward in March as $23 billion was raised alongside $2.6 billion worth of allocations to credit managers. -
Credit fundraising: January proves anything but dry for manager inflows
3 years ago
After a tough and unpredictable year, January may have been seen by many as an opportunity for a fresh start. But for seven managers it meant holding final closes on funds, while three undertook first closes and one a fund launch -
Blackstone raises $1.1 billion for mezz and $1.7 billion for direct lending
3 years ago
The New York-based manager had a strong final quarter of 2020, adding $13.1 billion in credit assets under management in the quarter -
Credit fundraising: managers build homes for real estate credit funds
3 years ago
The “largest ever real estate credit fund” was one of the fundraising highlights last month as Blackstone’s Real Estate Debt Strategies IV fund reached $8 billion on its final close -
Blackstone reveals CLO originator NAV was understated for four months
3 years ago
Blackstone says the net asset value of class A units in its privately-offered CLO originator were understated between 31 March and 30 June -
GSO prepares inaugural non-traded BDC
3 years ago
GSO Capital Partners, the credit-focused business of the Blackstone Group, is preparing to launch an inaugural non-traded business development company named Blackstone Private Credit Fund -
Cut! Cineworld’s cancelled merger boosts CLO OCs
3 years ago
Investors in Cineworld’s $1.9 billion term loan breathed a sigh of relief in July after the UK cinema chain cancelled its merger with Canadian firm Cineplex, with holders repaid in full, according to market sources -
GSO names additional portfolio manager for three listed credit funds
3 years ago
GSO Capital Partners has added Robert Post as a portfolio manager to three listed credit funds, effective 1 August -
Covid could trigger 'mega trend' into private debt, says Blackstone's Gray
3 years ago
The coronavirus pandemic could spark a 'mega trend' of investors into alternatives in private credit, Blackstone's president and chief operating officer said on the firm's second quarter earnings call on Thursday -
LP round up: managers keep fundraising hopes high as GSO targets $7.5 billion for mezz offering
3 years ago
Institutional investors allocated $1.6 billion into credit this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
Beneath the triple C: downgrade rate slows as $8 billion of CLO loans tumble
3 years ago
May offered some respite to CLO portfolios as corporate downgrades to triple C were reduced heavily - affecting just $6.67 billion of US CLO paper and €1.09 billion of European CLO portfolios -
On-site due diligence rules pose fundraising challenge
3 years ago
Stipulations in some fund limited partner bylaws dictating strict due diligence could pose a challenge for asset managers, sources say -
Credit pickers need luck to avoid OC trap
We know what you’re thinking: is my CLO failing its OC test? The truth is, in all this volatility, it can be hard to keep track, unless your deal has high quality liquid loans3 years ago -
We’ve survived before, we can do so again
$7.8 billion of CLO collateral, split evenly between the US and Europe, is in the loans that have fallen fastest in the past month. But short term CLO pain will bring opportunities for building par4 years ago
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