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Investors take comfort from an active secondary market, but liquidity can be a mixed blessing
3 years ago
One of the most interesting characteristics of credit behaviour during the coronavirus era has been the momentum of junk bonds, with sharp changes in issuer and investor confidence around the asset class driven by technical factors: near-zero interest rates, the Fed’s support of fallen angels and skewed-to-worse ratings for leveraged loans -
Direct lenders weigh options as next round of funding nears: Creditflux webinar
Churchill's Randy Schwimmer, First Eagle's Chris Flynn and DLA Piper's Jamie Knox talk about how mid-market portfolios have performed during the covid-19 pandemic at Creditflux's US Private Credit Webinar, sponsored by DLA Piper
3 years ago -
US private credit webinar set to tackle mid-market
3 years ago
Creditflux is set to go live today at 11am New York time wih its US private credit webinar -
Libor fall weighs heavily on loan and CLO portfolios
3 years ago
Libor floors are set to return to prominence after three-month rates tumbled to 0.38% by 18 May, returning the loan market’s base rate to its lowest level since the oil and gas crisis of 2014-16 -
Creditflux goes live again with virtual event on the US middle market
3 years ago
The second Creditflux live virtual briefing will happen on Tuesday 2nd June, when we will switch gears from the US CLO market to US Private Credit. -
Liquidity is king. A company with a sound long-term value proposition may not last the next few weeks
3 years ago
For borrowers — and credit providers seeing revolvers drawn down — liquidity is the greatest concern -
Churchill collects $2 billion for second unlevered US direct lending fund
4 years ago
Churchill Asset Management has held a $2 billion final close on its second US direct lending fund, doubling its original $1 billion target size -
Private credit is not overcrowded — there is four times as much private equity dry powder
4 years ago
With much negative reporting around private credit, our columnist debunks oft-heard complaints -
Nuveen merges junior capital arm with Churchill to create $21 billion private markets platform
4 years ago
Nuveen, the asset management arm of TIAA, has combined its junior capital group with its mid-market private credit subsidiary Churchill Asset Management, in a move that will create a $21 billion private markets group -
Mid market CLO league tables: first time managers crack the top five
4 years ago
Five new issue middle market CLOs priced in November for a combined total of $2 billion with Audax and Owl Rock doubling down in 2019. -
Churchill splits double Bs for first mid market CLO in two years
4 years ago
Churchill Asset Management has priced its first middle market CLO of the year in a transaction which underlines how lower-rated CLO debt tranches are increasingly being carved up into senior and junior pieces -
The manager, not the market, decides value in direct lending
4 years ago
Mid market loan spreads are contracting, but that’s a reflection of low volatility not excess cash -
Negotiating terms up front and getting comfortable with the precedent document is key
4 years ago
Private equity sponsors are struggling to buy low and sell high, so they are trying to take advantage of weak debt covenants -
Points up front: What’s the word for when agreements evolve?
4 years ago
New jargon has a habit of sticking in the credit market. Perhaps the buzz-phrase of 2019 is ‘covenantive easing’, a term concocted by Churchill Asset Management’s Randy Schwimmer and one that he’s pushing in his Lead Left publication. -
Credit funds at a glance
4 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Churchill adds Twin Brook official to its Chicago office
4 years ago
Churchill Asset Management has appointed a former Twin Brook official to its capital markets and syndication team -
Upper mid-market yields value on price and leverage
4 years ago
Direct lenders are getting access to greater deal flow in the upper middle-market with private equity sponsors leaning towards private credit after a torrid end to last year in the broadly syndicated loan market. -
Points up front: Funky fund manager is music to our ears
It’s important for direct lenders to strike a chord with borrowers when they pitch flexible financing solutions. But for Churchill chief executive officer Ken Kencel, it’s equally important to play major chords outside work. -
PE hold periods have shrunk but fast acquisitions can lead to botched integrations
4 years ago
Buyout multiples are likely to stay high – but moving fast and specialising can help firms make money -
Bubble-watchers cite the popularity of leveraged lending as evidence against it
5 years ago
Growth in direct lending has been strong — but the sector is tiny compared to equities or bonds -
Creditflux reveals finalists for most competitive Manager Awards ever
5 years ago
To compile the shortlist for the annual Creditflux awards, we select the best performers in credit using a combination of detailed, data-driven metrics. The winners will be announced on 8 May -
Churchill appoints head of underwriting
5 years ago
Churchill Asset Management has announced several promotions including head of underwriting and managing director, underwriting and portfolio management -
It’s going to be a credit picker’s market
5 years ago
Our panel of experts believe that the credit market will be volatile this year, but there will be opportunities in European credit and additional tier one bonds, trups CDOs and unitranches -
Private credit managers are partially insulated from daily market moves — for them it’s the dough, not the Dow
5 years ago
If asked about credit investing, Yogi Berra might have said take the fork in the road leading to private credit, says our columnist Randy Schwimmer -
Churchill reaches halfway to $1.5 billion hard cap for loan fund
5 years ago
Churchill Asset Management has raised at least $746.5 million for its second middle market loan fund
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