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Anima holds first close on Italian direct lending fund with EIF backing to follow
3 years ago
The Anima Alternative 1 fund has a €150 million target and €200 million hard cap -
Investec holds €165 million first close on inaugural direct lending fund
3 years ago
Investec has held a first close of its inaugural debt fund, Investec Private Debt Fund I, at €165million -
LCH reports 60% growth in CDS clearing
3 years ago
LCH, the central clearing house of London Stock Exchange Group, has reported growth in clearing of index, option and single name CDS during 2020 -
Primary weighs as pain contributor in credit slump
3 years ago
Credit is beginning the week on uncertain footing with spreads widening on worries about covid case numbers in Europe and investors trying to size up the scale of primary market activity in the coming weeks -
Europcar auction faces challenge with tight turnaround
3 years ago
The Emea Determinations Committee has little time to settle a challenge on Europcar Mobility Group deliverable obligations if an auction to settle CDS contracts referencing the defaulted French vehicle hire firm is to take place on time this week -
Tikehau hires head of French private debt
3 years ago
Tikehau Capital has hired a head of France and chief operating officer within the firm’s €8.9 billion private debt team -
Kartesia prioritises ESG with newly created role
3 years ago
Kartesia says it has appointed Coralie De Maesschack as head of ESG and corporate, social responsibilities (CSR) in a newly-created role -
Euro CLO league tables: Killer Bs: Barclays and Blackstone cause buzz to lead new issuance
3 years ago
The coronavirus pandemic-induced volatility had a marked effect on the European CLO market in 2020 with total issuance falling by €18.5 billion and new issuance €7.8 billion lower than 2019’s figures -
Global 2020 CLO league tables
3 years ago
Global 2020 CLO league tables -
Full circle for credit as investors navigate stormy year-opener
3 years ago
Credit is ending 2021's politically tumultuous first week tighter in cash bonds and flattish in CDS spreads, but performance has noticeably lagged more emphatic improvements in stocks, commodities and the record-hitting Bitcoin -
Sixth Streets hits €1 billion hard cap for second European direct lending fund
3 years ago
Sixth Street has closed its second European direct lending fund, Sixth Street Specialty Lending Europe II, at its €1 billion hard cap -
Onex hires former BlackRock official as European CLO head following departure
3 years ago
The appointment comes after the departure of Onex's senior-most European CLO portfolio manager Steve Baker late last year -
Creditflux and Debtwire open European direct lending survey
3 years ago
Creditflux and Debtwire are joining forces to launch their third European direct lending survey. It comes a year after the second survey, which featured in the fifth issue of the European Direct Lending Perspectives report. -
LP round-up: investors gift private debt and leveraged loan RFPs over holiday season
3 years ago
2020 ended on a strong note with four institutional investors increasing asset allocation to private debt or initiating private debt and leveraged loan searches. ArrowMark, Banner Ridge, BBAM, HIG Whitehorse, Monroe and Rialto were also awarded mandates -
Bet on beta compression - except in sub fin CDS, say BofA strategists
3 years ago
Beta compression will be a dominant theme in 2021 for high yield versus investment grade CDS and bonds, financial versus non-financial credit and subordinated versus senior financial bonds, say Bank or America strategists in a research note. Short volatility positions are also attractive, they add, while cautioning sub versus senior financial CDS could buck the trend -
Munich Re makes senior structured credit hire
3 years ago
Munich Re has hired one of the co-heads of structured products solutions at Mizuho to join its team in London -
High yield has primary bonds more than Georgia on mind in third day of underperformance
3 years ago
European high yield credit is on a run of underperformance as the first signs of primary market bond issuance appear, with spreads widening for a third day straight against improvement in other asset classes -
Goldman Sachs collects $4 billion for large cap direct lending
3 years ago
Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division has raised at least $4 billion for its fourth large cap-scale direct lending fund, Broad Street Loan Partners IV -
Disconnect as credit sells off as stocks and oil strengthen
3 years ago
Credit is a big underperformer today versus stocks, with the sell off that began yesterday afternoon starkly at odds with the positive tone with which the week began -
Guggenheim expands credit trading with senior hire in New York
3 years ago
Guggenheim Securities has hired a managing director to expand its fixed income credit trading capabilities -
2020 wrap: CLO funds bloom despite rocky ground
3 years ago
2020 was a busy year for CLO fundraising, with Creditflux recording at least 30 funds that launched over the 12 months to invest across the CLO capital structure -
Financials lead as credit opens 2021 with optimism
3 years ago
Financial credits, and particularly banks, are among the big movers today with the market having opened 2021 in buoyant mood following agreements on a Brexit deal and US stimulus package -
Tikehau and Churchill form direct lending partnership to 'expand cross border footprints'
3 years ago
European direct lending specialist Tikehau and US direct lending experts Churchill announced late December that the pair formed a partnership to ‘expand their respective cross border direct lending footprints’ -
Sharp reversal for banks, travel and commodity firms as EU shuts borders
3 years ago
About a month's worth of improvement in high yield credit spreads - and nearly two months in investment grade - has been wiped out today, with European countries banning flights from the UK and Brexit talks missing a key deadline -
All types of financing will have to incorporate ESG risks and use their real economy influence
3 years ago
Fund managers can no longer ignore, postpone or hide from measures to tackle climate change
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