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Connection hires from Invesco for head of funds role
5 years ago
London's Connection Capital has named Lorna Robertson as the firm’s new head of funds -
CVC markets second European CLO deal of the year with target pricing this week
5 years ago
CVC Credit Partners is setting up to be the first double issuer in Europe’s CLO market this year, following up its February reset with a new issue named CVC Cordatus Loan Funding XIV -
European regulators lower Solvency II capital charges for private debt
5 years ago
The European Commission has amended Solvency II rules to make it easier for insurance companies to invest in private debt and private equity -
US pension fund earmarks $375 million for various credit strategies
5 years ago
Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (Mass PRIM) has committed $125 million to distressed, $100 million to aviation investments, while earmarking $150 million for structured credit -
CLO pipeline preview: resets and refis set to make a comeback
5 years ago
Despite a slow build up, the pipeline offers respite with many deals lined up to come to market -
Euro CLO b-wic round-up: mezz is where the money is
5 years ago
This year, there has been one constant: junior mezzanine tranches have accounted for most listings on the secondary market -
Los Angeles pension to shortlist managers for private credit mandate
5 years ago
Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System (LACERS) is set to short-listed six firms as semi-finalists as part of a $670 million private credit mandate. -
Danske hires PensionDanmark's alternative investment head
5 years ago
Danske Bank Asset Management has appointed a head of alternative investments -
The Last Tranche: Podcast episode 1
5 years ago
Creditflux takes on Las Vegas, b-wics and Welshcake, among other credit topics in the inaugural episode of the Last Tranche podcast -
Being the only provider in a deal allows us to be closer to the company
5 years ago
Tikehau's Cécile Mayer-Lévi takes our credit quiz -
Investors eye trade finance as alternative to direct lending
5 years ago
Institutional investors are turning their attention towards trade finance funds in a bid to reduce duration risk within their portfolios, sources say. -
Regulation stifles SRTs, but banks and investors revel in quarter-four outperformance
5 years ago
Over the course of 2018 there was roughly €6.5 billion of issuance in the market for significant risk transfer (SRT) deals, sources say, with the last three months understood to be the busiest quarter on record -
CDS relative value traders shift their bets as Europe trades inside US
5 years ago
Credit derivative markets have hit a point of position cutting and resetting, with the iTraxx Europe index having dipped inside its US counterpart CDX IG for the first time since December even as the European Central Bank’s new funding programme underwhelmed financials traders -
Italian pension fund seeks loan exposure through direct lending and large cap loan funds
5 years ago
Intesa Sanpaolo’s defined contribution pension scheme has issued a tender notice seeking senior secured loans and direct lending funds to invest in. -
Demonised triple Bs could outshine angelic neighbours
5 years ago
There has been a stampede to denounce triple B corporate credit, but investors ditching this rating band may not only miss solid returns but find bigger problems up the spectrum, investors and analysts tell Creditflux. -
Ares to expand network with hubs in Amsterdam and Madrid
5 years ago
Ares Management is expanding across continental Europe by opening offices in Amsterdam and Madrid. These are expected to be running in the first half of 2019 -
Ares and GSO carry unitranches over €1 billion mark
5 years ago
Flush with cash, European direct lending managers have finally passed the milestone one billion unitranche mark this quarter -
They said it: I dedicated eight years of my life to it - so yes!
5 years ago
European Banking Authority principal policy advisor Christian Moor is asked whether the creation of the Simple, Transparent & Standardised label has been worth the effort -
Securitisation Regulation hits European ABS issuance
5 years ago
Issuance in traditional European ABS has been notably slow in the first two months of 2019 following the introduction of the new Securitisation Regulation. -
AT1s should be highly valued, not feared
5 years ago
Additional tier one (AT1) bonds stand out as a rich source of value this year, say portfolio managers, despite the shock headlines generated mid-February by Santander’s decision not to call a €1.5 billion note -
Unlevered direct lending funds bring in first-time investors
5 years ago
Unlevered direct lending funds are particularly appealing to first-time investors and one of the biggest managers in the business has taken note of this -
CLO managers make arbitrage work by boosting leverage
5 years ago
Leverage in European CLOs is now averaging 9.6 times debt to equity versus 8.3 times in the first quarter of 2017 -
Private credit body urges regulators to remove barriers
5 years ago
The Alternative Credit Council (ACC) is lobbying for policy makers to remove barriers in some EU countries that restrict the ability of non-bank lenders to operate -
Loans recover slightly after late-2018 havoc
5 years ago
Secondary loan prices have ticked higher this year, although they are still some way off the levels reached before the fourth quarter slump. However, M&As are starting to fill the new issue pipeline
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Just because there have always been loan fees doesn’t mean they are the right way of doing things
5 years ago
Scrapping loan transfer costs of up to €3,500 per transaction is a bridge Europe should cross for the sake of liquidity
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