Beneath the triple C: CLOs benefit as upgrades make for lighter triple C buckets
For the first time since the sell off in March last year, downgrades to triple C have come to a near-standstill

Senior structured credit portfolio manager tipped to join BlueBay in London
BlueBay Asset Management is close to filling a gap on its structured credit portfolio management team

CSAM prints largest new issue Euro CLO since 2017
Credit Suisse Asset Management has priced the largest European new issue CLO since at least November 2017, according to Creditflux data

BlackRock wins €400 million ESG private debt mandate
BlackRock has won a mandate to manage an ESG focused European private debt fund from a Munich-based firm

CLO pipeline: Deutsche Bank and Carlson hit comeback trail
The CLO market is preparing to be very active in the coming weeks, as the issuance slow-down is set to be in the rear view mirror

Two credit managers open offices in Germany
Two asset managers have bolstered their presence in Germany by opening offices in the country

Permira promotes five in credit team to MD including head of structured credit
Permira Debt Managers has promoted five members of its credit team to managing directors 

Ex-JP Morgan portfolio manager joins boutique as head of structured credit
A portfolio manager who worked in JP Morgan's chief investment office (2008-2014) and with experience across macro credit trading, relative value, index tranches, options and CSOs has resurfaced on the buy side

Morgan Stanley hires European CLO trader from buy side
Morgan Stanley has added to its European CLO trading team, bringing in an official who previously worked at a CLO fund manager

Permira fires starting gun on covid CLO resets as it cuts funding costs by over 50bp
Permira Debt Managers wastes no time resetting its post-covid European CLO transaction, which is scheduled to close on the CLO's original one-year non-call end date

Credit fundraising: Goldman Sachs direct lending fund takes March figures to $23 bn
Credit funds sprung forward in March as $23 billion was raised alongside $2.6 billion worth of allocations to credit managers. 

BofA and Citi unveil multi-dealer platform for CLOs and loans
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

Triple A loan tranches keep getting bigger as Axa IM resets European CLO
Axa Investment Managers has reset its 2015 vintage European CLO Adagio IV and has become the latest manager to feature a substantial loan tranche as part of the transaction

CSAM refis triple As on Euro CLO with six months left of reinvestment
.JP Morgan arranged the €237.3 million refi in a transaction that cut cost of debt by 11.9 basis points

"IG investors might want to rethink the instrument, but they need not fear rising rates just yet"
In his latest column for Creditflux, Cheyne's Duncan Sankey writes that the sharp rise in 10-year US treasuries could be positive for investment grade investors, but value is in CDS rather than bonds 

Travel company CDS soars wider as bond issue converts to concern
TUI, the Anglo-German travel operator, is under pressure in credit and equity markets just it has launched an offering of convertible bonds

Another structured credit PM leaves BlueBay
The departure follows Creditflux reporting on a separate structured credit portfolio manager exit

GreensLedge and NatWest prep Euro CLO arranging comeback with Blackstone reset
GreensLedge and NatWest Markets are making a comeback to European CLO arranging after a roughly 17-month hiatus

Oak Hill refis European CLO triple As and double As a week apart
Oak Hill Advisors has partially refinanced a 2018 vintage CLO, Oak Hill European VII

CLO pipeline: European new issues set to resume but managers seek pricing stability
The CLO pipeline is heavy with reworked deals - and anticipation - as 14 US CLO and one European CLO refinancings feature, along with nine US CLO and six European CLO resets

Inflation fears add to allure of CLOs and keep fatigue at bay
CLO debt investors took a breather in late March, but sources indicate a busy second quarter is in store.

Technicals support IG while investors hunt for rising stars
Investment grade credit spreads have been stubbornly tight for the past six-months, but investors see positive technical factors that make lower-rated bonds appealing

Dutch telco CDS leaps on private equity rumours
An iTraxx Europe constituent has surged wider in five-year CDS amid reports of a buy-out approach

ESG drive poses little threat to CLO returns or flexibility, says Moody's
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

CLO managers eye bonds as short-dated loan universe shrinks
European CLO managers that focus on bonds say they had flexibility in the first quarter as the new issue loan pipeline ramped up