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Global Loan Highlights 1Q24: Don’t call it a comeback
1 month ago
Loan refinancing share hits historic high, but IG issuance stymies YoY global growth -
CLO rankings: 2023 turns out OK
2 months ago
Last year may not have seen records in the primary CLO market, but it was a very solid performer with a strong finish. -
Loan Highlights 3Q23: Loan volumes remain significantly lower than historical averages
6 months ago
Capital markets loan activity continued to struggle in the third quarter of 2023, as issuers in the Americas and Europe held off from tapping markets -
European CLOs win out against US deals
6 months ago
Last month, our analysis explored the performance of US CLOs that were previously reset. We found that they delivered higher distributions than deals which weren’t reset, with the exception of the 2017 and 2018 vintages (Creditflux September 2023 — Do resets help CLOs perform better?). This article expands that analysis to the European market, and compares the performance of US BSL and EU CLO equity tranches. -
Fed members need to restore their credibility, which could translate into excessive tightening
7 months ago
Rising wages have boosted spending and GDP — but the party can’t last forever -
Past returns: Truly transatlantic
9 months ago
10 years ago we reported on Axa Investment Managers’ plans to enter the US CLO market. -
CSAM makes it three-in-a row after Creditflux manager of the year award win
11 months ago
After a tumultuous last few months, Credit Suisse Asset Management is celebrating after winning the Creditflux Manager of the Year award for the third year running. -
Sound Point holding CLO M&A talks which could catapult it to fifth-largest manager
1 year ago
Sound Point Capital Management is locked in talks with a large, global CLO manager over a deal that could take its CLO AUM north of $36 billion -
Beneath the triple C: Life could be better, but it’s just a letter, under the CCC
1 year ago
Many market participants were eagerly looking forward to a break in December after a gruelling year, but the rating agencies were in no mood to oblige. -
Not every CLO can be a winner
The CLO industry has undeniably performed well enough to justify the plaudits it receives. But there will always be some unloved CLO tranches that slip into triple C territory -
Beneath the triple C: Winter is coming for CLOs as downgrades outstrip upgrades
1 year ago
Both US and European issuers have felt downward pressure from the rating agencies as we head towards the end of the year, with downgrades to triple C now firmly outpacing upgrades out of it. -
Manager looks to cut HY exposures in CLO-heavy credit interval fund
1 year ago
A credit fund manager has provided a performance update on is multi-strategy closed-end credit fund through regulatory filings, revealing it has beat its benchmark from 1 April to 30 September despite losing 13.66% -
Nochu turns tables after experiencing CLO walkouts
1 year ago
Norinchukin Bank’s retreat from global CLO investing — having agreed to take down the senior notes of several upcoming CLOs — has disappointed market participants. However, although they don’t condone such actions, sources say there were mitigating circumstances -
Sculptor CEO Levin refutes "personal issue" accusation by ex-chief Och
1 year ago
Sculptor Capital Management’s independent board and the company’s chief executive officer and chief investment officer Jimmy Levin have fired back at former CEO and founder Daniel Och after he cited a “personal issue” in reference to Levin’s past -
Nuveen strikes deal to buy European direct lender Arcmont
1 year ago
Nuveen has reached an agreement to buy a controlling stake in European credit manager Arcmont Asset Management -
Iron Park finds new parent just 10 months on from Hunter Point investment
1 year ago
General Atlantic says it has agreed to buy credit manager Iron Park Capital Partners with a view to rebranding it as General Atlantic Credit -
It's Nochu it's me: bank backs out of CLO triple A tranche as it takes sideline
1 year ago
Triple A CLO investor Norinchukin is understood to be taking a pause from investing -
Axa IM and InPact close €395m global revolving credit facility fund
1 year ago
AXA Investment Managers and InPact Partners have closed their second vintage revolving credit facilities fund, RCF II, with over €395 million in capital commitments -
GreensLedge AM targets IG-rated CLO tranches with $500m fund
1 year ago
GreensLedge Asset Management has made a breakthrough with its first commingled CLO fund through a $500 million vehicle that invests in senior CLO tranches -
Global captive CLO equity fund closes with $230 million
1 year ago
The fund will invest in majority equity positions of the manager's US and European CLOs -
Euro risk retention becomes must-have feature for US CLOs
1 year ago
For the past four years, risk retention-compliant US CLOs have been viewed as a luxury. But today issuers see a clear advantage to putting skin in the game -
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 -
Impact investor earns $146 million from US body for second CLO
1 year ago
An impact investment firm owned by M&G is poised to launch its second CLO, according to filings seen by Creditflux -
Five credit managers win nearly $1 billion from UK pension pool
1 year ago
Five private credit funds emerged as winners after UK pension pool Border to Coast revealed $1 billion in a wide variety of private credit commitments -
Algebris adds second PM in two months to credit opportunities team
1 year ago
Algebris Investments has hired a co-portfolio manager for its Global Credit Opportunities strategies
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