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Credit funds at a glance (September 2020)
3 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves -
Fund performance: Almost a third of credit funds reach positive YTD returns
3 years ago
July has been a successful month for many credit funds, despite the recovery peaking in May and June -
CLOs at a glance: CLO managers are quite partial to a refi
3 years ago
There was a wave of CLO partial refinancing in August as equity investors capitalised on lower interest rates to cut the coupon on fixed rate tranches -
CLO funds top rankings, but still have ground to make up
3 years ago
CLOs may have taken a hammering in March but, for the fourth consecutive month, funds that invest in these assets dominate our ranking of the top performing credit funds -
They said it: "We’re going to change the world of finance"
3 years ago
Big ambitions in blockchain -
Points up front: From drafting CLO docs to writing crime thrillers
3 years ago
Nicola Bashforth, a popular figure in the CLO business, announced last month that she had left the industry to return to Lancashire in England and try her hand at writing novels -
Points up front: How much do I owe you?
3 years ago
Payment systems in the credit industry had a bad August -
First Eagle prices one-year mid market CLO
3 years ago
First Eagle has priced its latest CLO backed by middle market loans -
Canadian direct lender takes on US mid market CLO
3 years ago
Toronto-based Mount Logan Capital is set to acquire portfolio management rights to a middle market CLO issued by Garrison Investment Group named Garrison MML CLO 2019-1. Pending investor approval, Mount Logan would become the first Canada-based firm to manage a US CLO -
Hema and Matalan auctions set as DC ponders Ensco credit event
3 years ago
Dates have been set for credit event auctions to settle two constituent defaults in iTraxx Crossover — the first to hit the European on-the-run index in almost two years -
Loan leverage in CLOs has risen 1.3 turns, finds S&P
3 years ago
Leverage in US CLO portfolios increased by an average of 1.3 turns compared to the pre-covid-19 loan market, according to new research from S&P Ratings -
Push tighter takes credit indices back to pre-March levels
3 years ago
Credit markets are hitting new tights this week, with European spreads today following the example set by the US on Monday -
Valaris and Ensco posed to DC as bankruptcy credit events
3 years ago
Valaris and its subsidiary Ensco International Incorporated have been proposed to the Americas Determinations Committee as bankruptcy credit events after the group filed for chapter 11 protection in August -
Highland no longer defendant in Citi's Revlon loan lawsuit
3 years ago
Citi has dismissed its suit against Highland Capital Management as it seeks repayment on a Revlon loan, according to court filings. The lawsuit remains open against another 11 defendants -
Credit fundraising: distressed keeps in favour but CLO ETFs emerge
3 years ago
Five months into global lockdown and distressed debt funds are still proving popular, but several managers have found success pitching other types of credit strategies -
Nassau hires business development head from Seix
3 years ago
Nassau Financial Group has hired a former Seix Advisors managing director as head of business development for its asset management platform Nassau Asset Management in Darien, Connecticut -
RBC arranges two US CLO tranche refis
3 years ago
Barings and PineBridge each priced their first US CLO transactions of 2020 after refinancing fixed rate tranches from 2018 vintage deals, according to market sources -
CLO pipeline: Allstate looks to end 15-month new issue absence
3 years ago
Allstate is among those managers looking to issue a CLO as the primary market heads into September, traditionally one of the busiest months in the new issue calendar -
Europcar hits bumps on the road less travelled
3 years ago
A rough road for Europcar this week has taken its bond and CDS spreads back towards the outer reaches, setting the French car rental firm apart from a general improvement in fortunes for names at the wider end of the market -
GSO prepares inaugural non-traded BDC
3 years ago
GSO Capital Partners, the credit-focused business of the Blackstone Group, is preparing to launch an inaugural non-traded business development company named Blackstone Private Credit Fund -
Symphony raises $77 million for CLO fund
3 years ago
Symphony Asset Management has collected $77 million on a first close for a CLO equity fund dubbed Nuveen CLO Issuance Fund -
Eagle Point targets $100 million with CLO fund launch
3 years ago
Eagle Point is set to launch another CLO-focused fund this summer, with the Greenwich-based manager on the fundraising trail for EP CLO Opportunities Fund II -
Libor issue hurt Q2 returns on CLO investments, says Prospect's Eliasek
3 years ago
Prospect Capital Corporation's interest bearing investments generated an annualised yield of 11.4% in the second quarter, down 1% from the first quarter, the firm has revealed - with the decline in Libor to blame for the decrease in its CLO yields, management said on an earnings call today -
Sound Point goes refi route for fixed notes of 2018 CLO
3 years ago
Sound Point Capital management is the latest CLO manager to refinance the fixed rate debt in one of its CLOs after working with Goldman Sachs to slash funding costs on Sound Point CLO XIX -
US financial CDS basket plans dropped for September
3 years ago
Plans to develop trading of US financial CDS have hit a second set-back, after several CDX IG committee members said they are not ready to begin including these in the index at the September roll
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