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There will surely be jewels in the high yield dung heap, but the risk-reward is more compelling in IG
3 years ago
Whatever the long-term effects of the pandemic, one thing stays the same: IG looks attractive -
US lags as credit explores three-month tights
3 years ago
Credit markets in Europe and Asia have begun June on a rally to their tightest levels in nearly three months, with optimism over reopening economies outweighing concern about US/China trade negotiations. But US credit looks set for a more cautious opening, after a weekend of widespread protests and rioting -
Basis and capital structure strategies zing for Xaia as market anomalies multiply
3 years ago
April was another challenging month for most funds. But some managers were able to take advantage of relative value opportunities and growing investor appetite for this form of investment strategy -
Fund performance: CLO tranches move up
3 years ago
April returns managed a partial bounce back after a tumultuous March. 82% of funds listed in the Creditflux database made positive returns, showing at least small signs of recovery after 90% of all funds listed posted negative returns in March -
Credit funds at a glance (June 2020)
3 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves -
Ucits at a glance: Ucits begin recovery phase
3 years ago
April returns prove positive for Ucits funds as 85% of those listed in the Creditflux database have moved into the black after a rough March -
Forced selling triggered by downgrades has created crossover opportunities
3 years ago
Mackay Shield's Alexandra Wilson-Elizondo takes our credit quiz -
HPS hires from sports and entertainment financier in Los Angeles
3 years ago
HPS Investment Partners has appointed two managing directors from 23 Capital to the firm's Los Angeles office -
Saba launches new credit hedge fund
3 years ago
Saba Capital has raised at least $165 million for a new credit hedge fund, -
Eaton Vance signals intention to raise new credit fund
3 years ago
Eaton Vance Management has filed a preliminary prospectus with the SEC for a new opportunistic credit fund, Eaton Vance Income Opportunities Fund -
PGIM prepares short duration fund
3 years ago
PGIM has filed its intentions to begin fundraising for a new opportunistic fund. PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opportunities Fund will invest primarily in high yield fixed income instruments that are rated below investment grade -
Volatility trading has room to run, say strategists, as market holds firm after rally
3 years ago
Big intraday swings have abated from the credit market, but spreads are finely poised in their mid-range positioning between the March peaks of the crisis and pre-crisis levels. According to strategists, this leaves plenty to play for in volatility trading -
Idiosyncratic risk keeps traders on their toes as volatility abates
3 years ago
Global credit markets are ending the week at wider levels, after early gains, with optimism waning on the likely pace of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and nervousness ahead of key economic numbers next week. But volatility has clearly abated from the picture, replaced by greater focus on some of the more troubled companies and sectors -
Assurant outsources investment management
3 years ago
Assurant has outsourced the management of its core investment portfolio to Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Voya Investment Management -
KKR takes covid-19 hit on flagship credit funds and lev fin
3 years ago
KKR took a 16% hit to returns on its alternative credit flagship funds amid the first quarter coronavirus downturn and a 13% loss on leveraged credit, taking these into negative territory for the last 12 months. The firm's private equity portfolio also slumped by 12% -
Credit hedge fund returns: March 2020 stats
3 years ago
Monthly performance across credit hedge funds -
Fund performance: Index tranche investors make it work from home
3 years ago
March brought a drastic drop in return figures as covid-19 swept across the globe, as Orchard tops the Creditflux performance tables -
Ucits at a glance: Long-short credit capitalises on coronavirus
3 years ago
Ucits funds were not spared from the crash in mid-March, but Pictet outperforms -
Credit funds at a glance (May 2020)
3 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves -
Credit finely poised despite German affront to ECB bond buying programme
3 years ago
Credit markets have hit a moment of near equilibrium, with little change in most spreads, as the market seeks firmer answers to questions lockdown easing, earnings, oil supply/demand and political stand-offs -
OFS and CIM team up for fund geared towards loans, CLOs and real assets
3 years ago
Credit-related investments in the new interval fund will include floating and fixed rate loans, broadly syndicated senior secured corporate loans, CLO debt and equity tranches and opportunistic credit -
US-Europe relative value gap closes as market sell-off resumes
3 years ago
Credit markets are heading wider into the weekend, with European underperformance closing a relative value gap that had opened with the US last Friday. The moves accompany detoriation in equity markets, stoked by the threat of a renewed US-China tariff war, pressured bank results, airline job cuts and poor UK economic numbers -
Autos dominate in BofA €25 billion fallen angel watchlist
3 years ago
Downgrade impact for fallen angels in the coming months could be more extreme than during the 2008 financial crisis, Bank of America strategists have warned, as they identified €25 billion worth of debt at European investment grade companies most at risk of falling into high yield territory -
KKR deploys 10% of $2 billion coronavirus dislocation credit fund
3 years ago
KKR Credit has plans to launch a $2 billion dislocated corporate and asset backed credit fund to take advantage of coronavirus-induced volatility. And the New York-based manager has wasted no time swooping on opportunities after deploying $212 million by 9 April -
Fidelity and Loomis Sayles win IG and securitised credit mandates
3 years ago
Fidelity Institutional Asset Management and Loomis Sayles have beat out the competition to manage Employees System of Rhode Island’s investment grade corporate credit and securitised credit plans
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