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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 -
China contagion fears linger as Huarong rebounds
3 years ago
China Huarong Asset Manager, the state-owned bad debt manager, is back on a path to improvement after shocking markets by delaying its annual report. But questions remain over the extent of government support and the ripple effects to the wider credit market -
Credit hedge funds (April 2021)
3 years ago
Monthly credit hedge fund tables -
Corporates show resilience despite sovereign struggles
3 years ago
Turkey’s sovereign credit spread blow-out in the second half of March came as a shock for emerging market credit investors, adding to jitters Brazil had caused a month earlier. But it also highlighted a new trend of corporate borrowers shaking off sovereign weakness -
Investec offloads Australian corporate loan book
3 years ago
The sale comes as Investec exits the Australian market after 23 years -
Roll pushes indices wider but fair value trumps technical positioning
3 years ago
Several CDS indices rolled into new series on Monday, with all of them adding spread over the outgoing versions due to added duration as well as composition changes -
ESG basket grows and rising stars take focus in CDS index roll changes
3 years ago
Expansion of the ESG investing universe is a prominent feature of this month's roll of iTraxx and CDX indices into new series. Improved credit performance of high yield companies is also a focus, with several moving up into investment grade portfolios -
Credit funds at a glance (March 2021)
3 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves -
Credit hedge funds (March 2021)
3 years ago
Monthly credit hedge fund tables -
Credit fundraising: ESG centre stage as capital pours into new strategies
3 years ago
Sustainability was the watchword for fundraising in February, amid a flurry of fund launches as well as first closes for impact funds and sustainable bond funds -
Goldman prints infrastructure debt-backed CLO for London and Seoul-based firms
3 years ago
Goldman Sachs has issued a $233.3 million CLO designed to finance infrastructure projects. The deal, named Sequoia Infrastructure Funding I, names London-based Sequoia Investment Management Company as investment advisor and Seoul-headquarterd Shinhan Alternative Investment Management as collateral manager -
Europe resumes rally in US absence with Italian spreads hitting new records
3 years ago
Caution about a possible Draghi bubble looks to be a rare commodity, as Italy sovereign and bank spreads are once again among the biggest improvers in a buoyant start to the week -
Bain and Pantheon form $320 million private credit JV to invest in Europe and Australia
3 years ago
Bain Capital Specialty Finance, a publicly traded business development managed by Bain, has formed a joint venture with Pantheon’s private credit business to invest across Europe and Australia -
Saudi Arabia's PIF becomes latest sovereign wealth fund to target direct lending
3 years ago
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has become the latest sovereign wealth fund to enter the direct lending space, anchoring a Shariah compliant private credit fund managed by NBK Capital Partners -
Credit returns to year-opening levels as bulls score five out five
3 years ago
Credit markets are on course for their fifth straight day of improvement, with CDS index spreads not only undoing last week's volatile move wider but regaining the tight levels at which they began the year -
High yield credits play catch up as central banks put brakes on bull run
3 years ago
High yield single names gained attention on Thursday, as financial markets took a breather after three days of improvement to digest UK and China central bank policy signals -
M&G lays out ESG focus with £5 billion pledge to 'sustainable private assets'
3 years ago
M&G is allocating £5 billion ($6.8 billion) from its £136 billion with-profits fund into businesses using a model which places emphasis on ESG, sustainability and impact investing -
Credit funds at a glance (February 2021)
3 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves -
Credit hedge funds (February 2021)
3 years ago
Monthly credit hedge fund tables -
Asian direct lender spins off from PE house Olympus with Canadian backing
3 years ago
Olympus Capital Asia’s private credit team has become the latest firm to spin out of its parent company and has rebranded to Orion Credit Capital Asia -
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. -
TIG delves into Asian credit following minority investment in Arkkan
3 years ago
New York-based asset manager TIG Advisors has bought a minority equity stake in Hong Kong-based alternative asset manager Arkkan Capital -
Credit funds at a glance (January 2021)
3 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves -
LP round up: pensions plan private credit pacing as strategic credit takes on "midfield" role
3 years ago
US pensions have allocated $1.4 billion across 22 credit funds including those managed by Angelo Gordon, Ares and GoldenTree, according to recent board documents seen by Creditflux. Meanwhile a pension fund draws parallels between strategic credit and Jordan Henderson -
CSLA raises $226 million for Asian private debt fund backed by rated debt
3 years ago
The joint venture, named Lending Ark Asia Secured Private Debt Fund, will invest across private debt in the Asia-Pacific region
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