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Private credit managers are partially insulated from daily market moves — for them it’s the dough, not the Dow
5 years ago
If asked about credit investing, Yogi Berra might have said take the fork in the road leading to private credit, says our columnist Randy Schwimmer -
Loans have changed. Leverage and docs are different. So what does this mean for recoveries?
5 years ago
With Fed chiefs past and present signalling rising financial risk, managers need to check their metrics, writes our columnist and Churchill Asset Management's head of capital markets and origination -
Without a single dollar being raised, future loan supply dwarfs current demand by as much as 10 to one
5 years ago
There’s plenty to be spent on mid market loans, but it’s still not enough to cover the $1 trillion of financing likely to be required, says our columnist Randy Schwimmer -
No one knows when the next downturn will come, but for now we can hope for a soft landing
5 years ago
Our columnist, Churchill Asset Management's Randy Schwimmer, addresses the question that is baffling credit market participants: exactly where are we in the credit cycle? -
They said it: BSL loans and mid-market loans are basically the same thing
6 years ago
A US CLO portfolio manager is heard putting himself forward for a direct lending fund management role.. -
With the right connections, you can find attractive loans
6 years ago
Demand for middle market loans has been huge, so why have spreads widened? Our columnist and Churchill Asset Management's head of origination Randy Schwimmer explains all -
Staying afloat in credit takes care and character
6 years ago
In his final article, our columnist sheds light on his identity and has some 'nice' advice for those navigating credit’s changeable oceans -
Points up front: the best way to source direct lending loans is to sit and wait
6 years ago
Spend a few minutes in the company of a direct lending manager and you’re sure to hear about the lengths to which funds go in order to source deals (one firm said that it operates a call centre in order to contact borrowers). Not so Pascal Meysson, managing director at Alcentra. -
European direct lending may not be as European as it seems
6 years ago
In European direct lending, raising capital has become the easy part of a manager’s job. But deploying that capital is more difficult, says Diala Minott, a London-based partner at law firm Paul Hastings -
The creditors' ball and making your own weather
6 years ago
Our columnist Randy Schwimmer sums up the key takeaways from the "Davos of credit" -
Points up front: zombie managers near extinction
6 years ago
The long-term nature of CLOs means the market tends to have a large number of zombie managers, those with one or two deals outstanding but no plans for future issuance. However, a spate of redemptions, especially in Europe, has swept away some of the ghostly deadwood. -
The biggest credit stories in 2017
6 years ago
CLO ramp-up risk, new risk retention proposals and new CLO joint ventures were in the headlines last year. Here, Creditflux reveals the most read stories of 2017 -
Inflation is seeping in and leverage is rising like helium
6 years ago
The Fed is keeping close tabs on any signs of inflation in consumer products. But there are signs of an inflationary bubble in the credit market -
Fishknife classified advertising
6 years ago
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Keep feeding the beast and you just might get bitten
6 years ago
Middle-market direct lenders are both suppliers and consumers of capital – and they risk hurting themselves when loan terms loosen -
How credit fraud could make a comeback
6 years ago
Easy credit leads inevitably to fraud, whether in consumer credit or corporate lending -
Points up front: the biggest leaving do of the year
6 years ago
Key players from across the CLO industry gathered to bid farewell to Alcentra’s Hiram Hamilton, who is swapping London for New York. -
They said it: No sympathy for managers
6 years ago
How many yatchs is enough for a credit portfolio manager? -
Points up front: Private equity is the enemy
6 years ago
Damien Dwin of Brightwood Capital Advisors was one of the most talked about speakers at Credit?ux’s Private Credit conference last month in New York, raising a laugh with his forthright comments about private equity ?rms. -
After high yields? Then understand the higher risks
6 years ago
Direct lenders with higher yield targets must be aware of the different risk profiles involved -
Join the debate
6 years ago
What's wrong with non-sponsored direct lending? -
Private credit isn’t crowded: it’s following the 80/20 rule
7 years ago
With 20% of private credit fundraising dedicated to 80% of financing there is plenty of room for new players -
Fishknife: Beware of amateurs playing the leverage game
7 years ago
Private equity firms may play hardball but dealing with family-owned businesses can be even more bruising
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