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2023: a bumper year for CLO funds
5 months ago
It looks like 2023 will finish as a solid year for most credit funds, and an outstanding one for CLO funds. But funds pursuing corporate distressed strategies continued to struggle -
Fund performance
11 months ago
Good month for CLO funds sees six in top 10 as Axiom sets pace -
Credit hedge funds
11 months ago
Credit hedge funds performance data -
Credit funds at a glance
11 months ago
Fund performance, fund raising and LP commitments -
Fund performance
11 months ago
A roundup of fund performance -
We can cope with downgrades again
Having overcome one loan downgrade wave in 2020, the CLO market is now facing another. But this time CLOs are defensively positioned, and managers have a chance to adjust portfolios1 year ago -
A fresh approach to loss distribution
2 years ago
Considering how cash balances change over time, loss distribution models can look very different to conventional thinking. So is your CLO’s pricing based on incorrect assumptions? -
An alternative way of looking at CLO overlap
2 years ago
Analysing CLO collateral to look for overlap is critical for any CLO investor, but it is normally done either within a portfolio of CLOs or by bilaterally comparing two managers. In one of its latest research pieces, Moody’s Analytics has taken a different approach -
Woah, we’re halfway there
3 years ago
Judging by the 2020 vintage, European CLO overlap is 50%. But varied approaches to holding bonds and the many loans managers turn down mean there are ways for issuers to outperform -
Moving fast pays off for hedge funds
3 years ago
2020 was an up and down year in credit, and credit hedge fund managers had to move quickly to capture opportunities from the dislocations that inevitably opened up -
Answering the “what if?” question
3 years ago
CLOs can be complex, and efficiently calculating trading scenarios even more complex. But new tools are available to help managers quickly model hypothetical scenarios -
A different kind of crisis
4 years ago
Panellists on Creditflux’s US CLO webinar were positive about the robustness of CLO structures and the role of cure contributions. But they warned about zombie defaults and gaming tests -
Credit pickers need luck to avoid OC trap
4 years ago
We know what you’re thinking: is my CLO failing its OC test? The truth is, in all this volatility, it can be hard to keep track, unless your deal has high quality liquid loans
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Credit hedge fund returns: March 2020 stats
4 years ago
Monthly performance across credit hedge funds -
Fund performance: Index tranche investors make it work from home
4 years ago
March brought a drastic drop in return figures as covid-19 swept across the globe, as Orchard tops the Creditflux performance tables -
Ucits at a glance: Long-short credit capitalises on coronavirus
4 years ago
Ucits funds were not spared from the crash in mid-March, but Pictet outperforms -
Credit funds at a glance (May 2020)
4 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves -
We’ve survived before, we can do so again
$7.8 billion of CLO collateral, split evenly between the US and Europe, is in the loans that have fallen fastest in the past month. But short term CLO pain will bring opportunities for building par4 years ago -
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit
4 years ago -
Ucits at a glance: Long-short approach lifts Pictet to the top
A round-up of ucits fund performance4 years ago -
Fund perfomance: Slowdown for some as pandemic takes hold
A round-up of fund performance4 years ago -
Dispersion tests hedge fund managers
Credit hedge funds with the ability to go long and short the market were the top performers last year. But dispersion made it possible for fund managers to eke out value across many sectors4 years ago -
Credit funds at a glance
4 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Fund performance: CLO funds pick up where they left off
4 years ago
A round-up of fund performance -
Repricing spike points to sharp spread compression
US loan repricing came to the fore in Q4, with higher quality credits hitting the market. The biggest was Refinitv, repricing at 325bp in December. Overall loan volumes fell 37% in 20194 years ago
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