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Illinois pension seeks minority-owned fund of minority-owned fund
4 years ago
The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) has launched a search, seeking minority-owned investment manager of managers to overlook international equities and/or fixed income strategies. -
Texas pension pumps $300 million into Pimco fund
4 years ago
Texas Municipal Retirement System has earmarked up to $300 million to a credit fund managed by Pimco, according to board documents seen by Creditflux, building on a relationship established through a predecessor fund -
Axa terminates $14 billion fixed income mandate with AB as it takes assets in-house
4 years ago
Axa has terminated a $14 billion taxable-fixed income investment mandate with AB -
Crossover and senior financials lead widening on coronavirus uptick
4 years ago
iTraxx Senior Financial and Crossover credits are taking the brunt of a move wider today, along with slumping stock markets, as fears about the spread of novel coronavirus took another turn upwards -
US pension seeks fixed income managers
4 years ago
The Weymouth Retirement Board has launched two requests for proposals, searching for core plus and unconstrained/flexible fixed income managers -
Davidson Kempner hires ex-Barclays convertibles research head
4 years ago
DavidsonKempner, the investment management firm, has hired the former head of European and Asian convertibles research at Barclays to manage convertible bonds in its London office -
Elfa partners with LMA to develop standardised ESG disclosure topics
4 years ago
The European Leveraged Finance Association, in partnership with the Loan Market Association, has launched an engagement programme to develop a standard set of material ESG disclosure topics on which issuers and borrowers can be expected to report publicly -
UK financials push wider following Irish election surprise
4 years ago
UK and Italian financials are the weakest part of the credit market today, against an otherwise flattish backdrop, with the Irish general election result adding to concerns about how Brexit negotiations will fare this year -
Credit Rendezvous: the outlook in 2020 across a dozen segments of the credit market
4 years ago
Welcome to the Credit Rendezvous, the first instalment of a regular feature published by Creditflux that tracks credit market dynamics in a dozen segments from investment grade, liquid loans, CLOs and CSOs all the way through to distressed debt. We view this as the meeting point for credit specialists across strategies to share their perspectives -
California pension looks to cut liquid credit allocations
4 years ago
Fresno County Employees’ Retirement Association will likely cut back on liquid credit and completely remove hedge fund allocations in 2020.. But the pension is optimistic about core bonds – and may include it as a new asset class -
Schroders scheme allocates £800 million to credit and liability investments
4 years ago
The Schroders Retirement Benefits Scheme has invested £800 million of its defined benefit assets to the organisation’s cash flow driven investing building blocks -
Correlation rise stokes mezz rally but adds to CSO woes
4 years ago
Below the calm surface of the credit market, correlation has been churning and creating dislocations rich with reward for index tranche traders but complicating bespoke issuance, say sources. -
Portfolio manager returns to BlueCrest after four years
4 years ago
The former head of BlueCrest Capital Management's US multi-strategy credit group has returned four years after his departure from the firm -
Fund performance: Presents under the tree as CLO funds perform
A round-up of fund performance4 years ago -
Ucits at a glance: Ucits end strong year on a high
A round-up of ucits fund performance4 years ago -
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit
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BTIG hires strategist to cover US and European financials
4 years ago
Nandana Shenoy has joined BTIG in New York to work as a strategist covering US and European financials, according to an announcement by the brokerage -
Italian financials put Europe's best foot forward as US outperforms
4 years ago
Financial credits are once again leading the way as the market continues this week’s sharp return rally -
Credit traders' kickstand: full reversal for Crossover as coronavirus spreads
4 years ago
European high yield CDS index iTraxx Crossver is ending the week back at around 230bp, in effect undoing all its improvement since the start of December -
Skew trading discord as single name CDS snub index rally
4 years ago
The credit market’s reappraisal of risk today, following from Monday’s widening on coronavirus fears, comes with a marked dislocation between the performance of CDS indices and their underlying constituents -
European financials outperform corporates as coronavirus spreads
4 years ago
Financial CDS is outperforming corporate credit today, and Europe outperforming the US, as the market jumps wider on rising alarm at the spread of China’s novel coronavirus -
Portfolio managers wary of US default rates, IACPM survey reveals
4 years ago
Portfolio managers are more pessimistic about North American corporate defaults in the next 12 months than other global regions, according to the latest survey by the International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers -
Pimco launches listed multi-sector global credit fund
4 years ago
Known as Pimco Tactical Income Fund, the fund will invest in a range of global credit strategies and will list on the New York Stock Exchange -
Credit traders’ kickstand: primary market flood gives basis for relative value
4 years ago
A deluge of investment grade bond supply in the first two weeks of the year has weighed on the spread basis between the cash market and CDS, leaving opportunities for traders who believe this dislocation should correct over the coming weeks -
Renault hits bump in flat markets
4 years ago
The future of Nissan’s relationship with Renault has been in question since last year. But the likelihood of the companies parting ways has increased since Nissan’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn, who faced charges of financial crimes, fled from Japan to Lebanon in December
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