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Fund performance: European CLO funds lead the way
1 year ago
February was a positive month for many funds, as only one quarter failed to reach the black. This builds off a stellar start to the year: 96% of funds reached a positive return in January -
Credit Rendezvous: Make yourself comfortable, there’s a storm coming
1 year ago
In our Q1 outlook, we speak to Edwin Wilches, PGIM (US CLOs), Mikkel Sckerl and Flemming Dose, Capital Four (European CLOs), Jim Fitzpatrick, CQS (US loans), Loic Prevot, Polus (European loans), Madelaine Jones, Oaktree (global high yield), Art Penn, Pennant Park (US direct lending), Mattis Poetter, Arcmont (European direct lending), Keerthi Raghavan, Waterfall (structured credit), Ray Costa, Benefit Street (distressed), Grant Webster, Ninety One (Emerging markets), Oumar Diallo, Aeon (real assets) for their views for the upcoming quarter. -
Capital Four European CLO knocks 1bp off benchmark for 184bp triple As
1 year ago
Capital Four has shaved 16 basis points off its triple A spread since it originally marketed its European CLO, and prices 1bp inside two recent deals. -
Fund performance: Credit funds end difficult 2022 on a positive note
1 year ago
In December 66% of credit funds reached a positive return, following an even better November where 81% of all funds pushed into the black -
Capital Four markets European CLO via Goldman Sachs
1 year ago
Capital Four Management is targeting next week to price its €339 million deal, named Capital Four Euro CLO 5 -
Credit funds at a glance (October 2022)
1 year ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
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Senior official departs Capital Four after 16 years
1 year ago
A partner, who began his stay at Capital Four as an analyst, has left the firm -
You seem familiar
1 year ago
The overlap between European CLOs has risen to 51.6%, but the largest issuers are only slightly more aligned to their peers at 55.19% — so bonds are proving to be an important differentiator -
CLOs at a glance (June 2022)
1 year ago
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month
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Capital Four prints two-year ESG European CLO
1 year ago
Capital Four has become the latest European CLO manager to print a short-dated new issue, with JP Morgan arranging the €351.6 million deal, named Capital Four Euro CLO IV -
Fund performance: Credit bounces back from February blues
1 year ago
March performance figures were a slight improvement from the market turn in February; 47% of funds made positive returns, an increase on 17% the previous month -
Minority equity available in Capital Four's forthcoming short-dated Euro CLO
1 year ago
JP Morgan is marketing Capital Four Management’s latest European ESG CLO, anticipated to price at the end of this week or beginning of next week -
Capital Four expands in Europe with Frankfurt office
2 years ago
Capital Four has expanded its presence in Europe by opening a Frankfurt office -
Fund performance: Groundhog Day as 2021 leaders start strong
2 years ago
CLO funds once again claim the most top performing spots as seven out of 10 funds belong to the category -
CLOs at a glance (January 2022)
2 years ago
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month -
It's All Relative: CQS, Capital Four and Tikehau look for CLO breakthrough as debutant premiums drop
2 years ago
The number of US CLO issuers in 2021 could be about to reach 106 with Capital Four, CQS and Tikehau looking to price debut deals, with price talk set at ambitious levels -
CLO managers join forces as they line up behind SFDR
2 years ago
A plethora of European CLO managers have teamed up with regulatory reporting provider FinDox to form a working group focused on Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), sources tell Creditflux. -
The Last Tranche with Capital Four: 26% of new European loans have an ESG-linked margin ratchet, and the US could follow fast
2 years ago
In this episode of the Last Tranche, Capital Four's Torben Skødeberg and Jim Wiant discuss the emergence of loans linked to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria -
Fund performance: CLOs lead but variety is the spice of life
2 years ago
.An assortment of funds have made their mark in August as five different strategies make it into our top 10 for the month -
CLO triple As hit 102bp again as Capital Four becomes 42nd manager to print European CLO
2 years ago
Capital Four has become the 42nd manager to price a new issue European CLO this year after partnering with Bank of America to produce Capital Four CLO III -
Credit funds at a glance (August 2021)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Woah, we’re halfway there
2 years ago
Judging by the 2020 vintage, European CLO overlap is 50%. But varied approaches to holding bonds and the many loans managers turn down mean there are ways for issuers to outperform -
MidOcean CLO PM joins European credit manager to lead US expansion
3 years ago
Former MidOcean Credit CLO portfolio manager Jim Wiant has joined a Copenhagen-headquartered manager to lead the firm's US expansion -
Axa IM leads as ESG grows in European CLO industry
3 years ago
European CLOs are increasingly launching with express ESG mandates embedded as issuers seek to get ahead of what appears to be an inevitable shift towards ethical investing -
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.
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