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Relative to Airbus, Boeing was long accountants but short engineers
17 days ago
A qualitative approach can help investors spot boards that are too focused on short-term returns -
"A bit ‘woke’? Possibly. But true corporate sustainability derives from sound governance"
1 year ago
Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse underlines the importance of sound governance -
Past returns: US firms become Euro CLO issuers
1 year ago
Five years ago in Creditflux we reported on CIFC Asset Management and Voya Investment Management harbouring European CLO ambitions as US issuers became accustomed to risk retention. -
CSAM does the CLO awards double
1 year ago
Winning the Creditflux Manager of the Year award is a feat in itself. Winning it back-to-back in such different markets is an outstanding achievement — and CSAM can take great pride in it -
"Faltering oil supply is lamentable at a time of strategic and moral shortfall"
2 years ago
We need to accept the pain and cut dependence on Russian oil today -
"The loan market is the septic tank for sub-single B LBO financing"
2 years ago
Portfolios of single name IG CDS are less complex and more liquid than CLOs -
"This is the CLO market’s time to shine and prove it deserves to be a mainstream asset class"
2 years ago
The CLO market shouldn’t fear inflation — in fact, 2022 could be a very good year indeed -
Past returns: Prophet’s early CLO redemption
2 years ago
In Creditflux five years ago, we reported that Prophet Capital, the control equity investor in Covenant Credit Partners CLO I, had driven liquidation of the deal -
A brighter year ahead
3 years ago
Panellists on Creditflux’s CLO webinar described how CLO spreads are close to historic tights, ESG is entering the docs and managers have more flexibility with work-outs than ever before -
The tide has turned… the solution for investors is to move into floating rate loans
3 years ago
2020 was the year of fixed-rate bonds, but treasury curves are steepening and demand for loans is heating up -
Speculative protection buying censures managements that seek only to enhance their own wealth
3 years ago
The Catholic church misses the mark when referring to CDS as ‘finance of chance’ -
Cessation of activity mid-December is an opportunity to switch off… and let the mind wander
3 years ago
Welshcake is grateful for a lull in credit markets. The downtime has inspired him to dream up a CLO play -
The opportunities to build par and spread within a CLO haven’t been this plentiful since 2009
4 years ago
Last year’s CLOs could become the benchmark for manager performance -
Past returns: Would-be CLO buyers turn sellers
4 years ago
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported that the new generation of US 2.0 CLO managers were striving to grow their CLO AUM through manager acquisitions; namely, Benefit Street Partners and Triumph Capital Advisors, the pair having issued their debut CLOs in 2012 and 2014, respectively. -
Regrettably, a small number of CLO debt investors insist on ‘hardcoded’ Sofr replacement provisions
4 years ago
Sofr looks like the most likely candidate to replace Libor, but it is still risky to write it into CLO documentation -
Considering the variables over the life of a CLO, a drop in Libor is a relatively modest risk
4 years ago
Changes in Libor do not have a major impact on CLO equity cash flows or equity yields -
Tourists have turned high yield into a sketchier neighbourhood… IG credit could be the answer
4 years ago
Using CDS to exploit roll-down in IG credit can generate good returns even in a low-rate environment -
The IRR of CLO equity is driven by far more than just initial spreads
4 years ago
No one ever says the CLO equity arb looks great. But even in particularly challenging periods there are ways for equity investors to generate strong returns -
Being fully invested can have a greater impact on IRRs than avoiding 2% defaults annually
4 years ago
The IRR differential can be as much as 3.3% for a fully invested CLO versus one that maintains a 5% cash balance -
Just because there have always been loan fees doesn’t mean they are the right way of doing things
5 years ago
Scrapping loan transfer costs of up to €3,500 per transaction is a bridge Europe should cross for the sake of liquidity -
Q4 2018, which had loan price volatility without defaults, was close to nirvana for CLO investors
5 years ago
The current vintage of CLOs could be the best ever if the volatility in Q4, when retail funds dumped loans, repeats itself, says our columnist Thomas Majewski -
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 -
Points up front: “I always think of myself as Bruce Lee when I’m investing in CLO equity”
5 years ago
An analytical mind, a strong network of industry contacts and an eye for value are vital for a competent CLO equity investor. But don’t forget the one-inch punch -
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 -
There is an opportunity for investors able to look beyond the typical fixed income asset classes
5 years ago
Real money investors need to be aware of the merits of investment grade CLO tranches over similarly rated corporate debt, says our columnist Thomas Majewski
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