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Credit Rendezvous: heading for homes
3 years ago
Fund managers in structured credit, real assets and distressed are bullish on the prospects for residential housing in 2021. Elsewhere, niche royalty-based strategies are in favour and although a CLO repricing wave is expected, it may not be easy to execute resets. For more, read our 13-page quarterly report on credit. -
MeDirect names replacement corporate credit head following Curtis departure
3 years ago
MeDirect has hired a former NatWest Markets official as head of corporate credit -
Alcentra co-CIO for liquid credit set to leave this month
3 years ago
A high profile figure in the US CLO business is leaving Alcentra -
Beneath the triple C: 13 CLO loans take a dive but defaults subside to a ripple
3 years ago
22 corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in November and December by Moody’s or S&P, out of which 13 can be found in CLO portfolios – hurting $4.55 billion of US CLO loans, €1.87 billion of European CLO portfolios and almost $80 million of middle market CLOs loans, according to CLO-i -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
CLO 2021 outlook: back to the 'old' normal with volumes, spreads and structures to revert to pre-covid levels
3 years ago
Predictions went out the window this year because, well, who in December 2019 could have foreseen a pandemic devastating lives and wrecking financial markets? But the emergence of vaccines to combat the threat of the coronavirus has spurred a rally in credit over the last month. And CLO researchers expect a resurgence in 2021 with US new issue CLO volumes predicted to hit the $80-110 billion range, according to reports analysed by Creditflux. -
Fund performance: CLOs look to continue recovery with end of the year in sight
3 years ago
CLO funds claim the majority of positions in our top 10 -
Ucits at a glance: Year-to-date returns head for double figures
3 years ago
Ucits funds generally performed well in October as 75% achieved positive returns -
Credit funds at a glance (January 2021)
3 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves -
Credit hedge funds (January 2021)
3 years ago
Monthly credit hedge fund tables -
Vaccine boosts credit as PE firms open up to bridge loans
3 years ago
The leveraged loan and CLO markets ended 2020 on a long-awaited high after multiple vaccines for covid-19 were rubber-stamped by regulators -
Napier Park flexible credit fund powers to 17.8% gains in 2020
3 years ago
A European credit fund run by Napier Park Global Capital is up 17.8% in 2020 through to the end of October to sit atop of the list of funds by that metric -
Cessation of activity mid-December is an opportunity to switch off… and let the mind wander
3 years ago
Welshcake is grateful for a lull in credit markets. The downtime has inspired him to dream up a CLO play -
AlbaCore generates 55% IRR for new $1 billion dislocation strategy
3 years ago
AlbaCore Capital Group says it generated a 55% internal rate of return on its coronavirus-related European dislocation strategy from March through to November -
Two managers beat 80 others for £660 million multi-asset credit mandate
3 years ago
The UK's Local Government Pension Scheme Central has selected two managers for its £660 million Multi-Asset Credit Fund -
LP round up: Arcmont, Ares and Sixth Street win European direct lending mandates
3 years ago
Investors have allocated around $2 billion to credit funds in recent weeks, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux. Among those to recieve allocations include ADM, Arcmont, Ares, Audax, Bain, Centerbridge, Clearlake, Goldman Sachs merchant banking, Invesco, Monarch, Oaktree, Raven, Sixth Street and Sound Mark -
Europe leads corporate credit rally, but US outperforms in CLOs
3 years ago
iTraxx Crossover has been the CDS market's outperformer this week, tightening over 30 basis points, or 11.4%, to trade at 235bp today. But in the CLO market, US deals have come out on top thanks to a BlackRock CLO that priced its double Bs at some of the tightest levels this year -
PGIM hires senior European lev fin PM
3 years ago
PGIM has hired the former head of European high yield and global loans at Aberdeen Standard Investments -
US and European CLO PMs earn promotion as Carlyle's Pace takes on new role
3 years ago
Carlyle Group’s global head of liquid credit has decided to take on a new role as vice chair of global credit, according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux, which will involve investing capital across the Carlyle platform -
Beneath the triple C: cinemas get clipped but default picture improves
3 years ago
14 corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in October by Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s – hurting $3.15 billion of US CLO loans, €761.73 million of European CLO portfolios and $37.95 million of middle market CLOs loans, according to CLO-i. Cinema chains were among those to suffer last month -
Värde closes $1.6 billion dislocation fund
3 years ago
Värde Dislocation Fund, has a flexible, global mandate to invest in mispriced, stressed and distressed credit, focusing on short- to medium-term credit opportunities -
Head of Emea secondary loan trading leaves bank
3 years ago
The head of Emea secondary loan trading at a UK bank is said to have departed at the end of last month
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