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August: fund performance
5 years ago
CLO spreads jumped wider in August, but funds that invest in these assets have been able to outperform -
September: credit funds at a glance
5 years ago
White Oak Global Advisors held a $2.1 billion final close on a new direct lending fund, while Phil Raciti's move from CVC Credit Partners to Halcyon Capital Management was one of the biggest moves in the credit industry -
Weighted average life divides CLO industry
5 years ago
Creditflux’s second CLO Census reveals stark differences of opinion on weighted average life and par-flush for US CLOs. But there is a clear consensus on which bank is best at CLO execution -
Loan market finds balance as spreads edge wider
5 years ago
New issue volumes were robust in July with relatively few loan refinancings getting done. Loan portfolio managers say the loan market is finally balanced, having been in favour of borrowers -
Experienced CSAM holds off boutiques to win biggest prize
5 years ago
Credit Suisse Asset Management became a two-time winner of the Creditflux Manager of the Year award last month after picking up the 2018 trophy in front of a packed house at London’s Landmark Hotel on 9 May -
CLO performance is faltering – a loans shock would help
5 years ago
Early CLO 2.0s benefited from wide loan spreads. Today, that arbitrage opportunity has closed and returns have gradually diminished – yet there are now similarities to the market in 2007 -
Tracking down the credit industry’s original winners
5 years ago
All winning managers at the first Creditflux awards survived the crisis, under their own names – like BlackRock – or under new owners. But what happened to the people who collected the trophies?
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Synthetic CDOs seek to follow CLOs
6 years ago
Growing issuance, interest in longer maturities and the emergence of a secondary market are encouraging dealers to believe that bespokes are on the road to acceptance. By Sayed Kadiri -
Managers predict skill will win out
6 years ago
We asked managers to predict the year ahead across a range of credit strategies. Overall, they had a positive outlook. By Grace Jennings-Edquist -
Who predicted $145 billion of issuance?
6 years ago
That went better than expected: US risk retention came in, and $145 billion of global new issuance later, it’s clear that CLOs aren’t disappearing. By Tanvi Gupta and Sam Robinson -
Engineering and construction: diversification leads to deepening debt
6 years ago
In trying to build a more global roster of clients, some construction companies may have dug a hole for themselves -
CLO managers return to new issues
6 years ago
The frenetic pace of refis and resets slowed in the third quarter as CLO managers – new and old – turned their attention to building assets -
CLO boom encourages new ideas
6 years ago
Volumes are up, spreads are down and risk retention is a doddle. That must mean it’s time to push the boat out and innovate -
Spotlight: Local exchange carriers - calling for rescue on the M&A hotline
6 years ago
Growth-starved US phone companies are seeing consolidation as the best way to improve performance -
Leading fund: Lupus Alpha CLO Opportunity Notes I
6 years ago
Single-B CLO trades boost Lupus Alpha asset Management -
Trading out of a tight spot
6 years ago
Relentless spread tightening in European credit this year has got the market wondering which CLO managers are actively trading and what they are buying -
Investing ethically is worth it
6 years ago
Managers could see less volatile returns as a result of their increasing adoption of ESG-friendly portfolios; meanwhile direct lending is spreading across Europe -
Who cares about risk retention?
6 years ago
Managers watching CLO spreads reach their tightest levels since the crisis had little time to fret about US risk retention -
Boutique CLO managers boss secondary market
6 years ago
Creditflux analysis shows that, when their total assets are taken into account, small managers' CLOs are more liquid than those of large managers
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