Refine Search
Article Categories
Strategy Tags
- Direct lending (189)
- Emerging markets (123)
- High yield bonds (246)
- Investment grade credit (166)
- Structured credit (190)
- CLO (637)
- Distressed debt (186)
- Leveraged loans (334)
- Marketplace lending (18)
- Synthetic/SRT (189)
- ABL Financing (93)
Geography Tags
-
Credit hedge funds (February 2021)
3 years ago
Monthly credit hedge fund tables -
Napier Park fund ends 2020 on top with massive 29.5% gain
3 years ago
Napier Park Global Capital stormed to the top of our credit hedge fund rankings for 2020, registering a gain of 29.49% through Napier Park Eton Fund. -
It's all relative: senior CLO tranches tighten 18% in Europe as CDS indices sit out rally
The corporate credit rally in January is notable because some assets tightened to levels not seen in over a decade (loans), others rallied albeit with a lag (CLOs) and the most liquid stream of credit (CDS indices) defied moves in other asset classes to widen
-
US and European control CLO positions land in secondary market
3 years ago
The first control equity positions of 2021 for the European and US CLO markets were listed in the secondary market on Thursday -
Blackstone raises $1.1 billion for mezz and $1.7 billion for direct lending
3 years ago
The New York-based manager had a strong final quarter of 2020, adding $13.1 billion in credit assets under management in the quarter -
OC health check: CLOs end 2020 with fragile recovery
3 years ago
Only 109 CLOs breached an overcollateralisation test in December, falling from 121 in November. This in turn was down from the 147 CLOs that breached an OC test in October, but 33 cured their breaches in November and a further 11 cured all OC test failures in December -
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. -
Credit funds at a glance: several funds post double digit November returns
3 years ago
November was a strong month for credit hedge funds listed by Creditflux, with latest returns demonstrating the effect of the vaccine/US election rally on fund perfomance -
Prophet ends 2020 on high with new-look structured credit platform
3 years ago
Prophet Capital has revamped the liquidity profile of its structured credit platform after restructuring its CLO and structured credit hedge fund, which it gated back in March amid the market sell-off. The fund manager managed to grow assets under management after 2020's rocky start -
Eagle Point makes large investment in rival's CLO fund
3 years ago
Eagle Point Credit Management has made a large investment in the preferred stock in a competitor's publicly traded CLO fund -
Beneath the triple C: 13 CLO loans take a dive but defaults subside to a ripple
3 years ago
22 corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in November and December by Moody’s or S&P, out of which 13 can be found in CLO portfolios – hurting $4.55 billion of US CLO loans, €1.87 billion of European CLO portfolios and almost $80 million of middle market CLOs loans, according to CLO-i -
Moody's begins upgrading CLO tranches
3 years ago
Moody's began the gradual process of upgrading CLO tranches in December, ending on a more positive note a year which brought the biggest wave of tranche downgrades -
CLO issuers flex their bond muscles
3 years ago
Some panellists at Creditflux’s US CLO Investor Summit pointed to structural difficulties, but the consensus was that flexibility — particularly the ability to buy bonds — could improve performance -
CLO 2021 outlook: back to the 'old' normal with volumes, spreads and structures to revert to pre-covid levels
3 years ago
Predictions went out the window this year because, well, who in December 2019 could have foreseen a pandemic devastating lives and wrecking financial markets? But the emergence of vaccines to combat the threat of the coronavirus has spurred a rally in credit over the last month. And CLO researchers expect a resurgence in 2021 with US new issue CLO volumes predicted to hit the $80-110 billion range, according to reports analysed by Creditflux. -
All’s well that ends well in 2020 OC tests
3 years ago
Swathes of CLOs failed over-collateralisation tests last year, but unlike the drawn-out recovery following the 2008 financial crisis, the return to compliance after the covid-19 crash was rapid -
Fund performance: CLOs look to continue recovery with end of the year in sight
3 years ago
CLO funds claim the majority of positions in our top 10 -
Ucits at a glance: Year-to-date returns head for double figures
3 years ago
Ucits funds generally performed well in October as 75% achieved positive returns -
Credit funds at a glance (January 2021)
3 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves -
Credit hedge funds (January 2021)
3 years ago
Monthly credit hedge fund tables -
Vaccine boosts credit as PE firms open up to bridge loans
3 years ago
The leveraged loan and CLO markets ended 2020 on a long-awaited high after multiple vaccines for covid-19 were rubber-stamped by regulators -
Past returns: Barclays gambles and wins on Zohar
3 years ago
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported how Barclays had made gains from its investment in the debt of Zohar CLO I, a deal which was filed into bankruptcy by manager Patriarch Partners a few months earlier -
Equity investors call time on CSAM bond-flex CLOs
3 years ago
Two of Credit Suisse Asset Management’s three bond-flex CLOs were called by their equity investors in October, according to notices seen by Creditflux, despite both deals being within their reinvestment periods -
Zombies demand brain work from tranche traders
3 years ago
Outperformance of junior tranches and underperformance of senior was the big theme in CDS index tranches going into December. But the picture began to change as Creditflux went to press -
The right climate doesn’t guarantee a great bottle of wine. The skill of the winemaker is also vital
3 years ago
2020 could still turn out to be the best private credit vintage ever -
All’s well that ends well in 2020 OC tests
Swathes of CLOs failed over-collateralisation tests last year, but unlike the drawn-out recovery following the 2008 financial crisis, the return to compliance after the covid-19 crash was rapid3 years ago
Want all the latest news, comment, analysis and data?