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Fund performance: CLO funds dominate top 10, but long-short and Ucits funds find places too
3 months ago
CLO funds made sure to end the year their way: once again they claimed most of the top performance spots. Six of the 10 best-performing funds in December have a majority of their assets invested in CLOs. -
Credit PMs remain gloomy in latest IACPM survey
4 months ago
Survey participants in the latest IACPM Credit Outlook Survey believe the euphoria seen in global financial markets during the last few months of 2023 was overdone -
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
8 months ago
Positive August for credit sees CLO funds on top again -
Credit funds at a glance (September 2023)
8 months ago
A round-up of people moves and fund raising -
Credit hedge fund returns (September 2023)
8 months ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Credit hedge fund returns (May 2023)
1 year ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Credit funds at a glance (May 2023)
1 year ago
A round-up of people moves and fund raising -
March madness sees most funds give up gains made in Q1
1 year ago
After a positive start to the year, credit funds ended the quarter with a step backwards; just under 30% of those listed reached positive returns for the month. -
Fund performance: European CLO funds lead the way
1 year ago
February was a positive month for many funds, as only one quarter failed to reach the black. This builds off a stellar start to the year: 96% of funds reached a positive return in January -
Credit hedge fund returns (April 2023)
1 year ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Credit Rendezvous: Make yourself comfortable, there’s a storm coming
1 year ago
In our Q1 outlook, we speak to Edwin Wilches, PGIM (US CLOs), Mikkel Sckerl and Flemming Dose, Capital Four (European CLOs), Jim Fitzpatrick, CQS (US loans), Loic Prevot, Polus (European loans), Madelaine Jones, Oaktree (global high yield), Art Penn, Pennant Park (US direct lending), Mattis Poetter, Arcmont (European direct lending), Keerthi Raghavan, Waterfall (structured credit), Ray Costa, Benefit Street (distressed), Grant Webster, Ninety One (Emerging markets), Oumar Diallo, Aeon (real assets) for their views for the upcoming quarter. -
Credit hedge fund returns (February 2023)
1 year ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Credit funds at a glance (February 2023)
1 year ago
A round up of people moves and fundraising -
Brighter start for credit in 2023 as investors return with bid for risk
1 year ago
Credit markets have opened the year on a positive footing, with Europe particularly buoyant as investors lift CDS hedges they placed at the end of 2022 and some bonds receive enthusiastic bids in the secondary market -
Credit belatedly gives up gains after flurry of central bank hikes
1 year ago
Credit markets barely flickered on Wednesday’s US Federal Reserve announcements, but successive central bank rate hikes on Thursday have caused spreads to widen as traders prepare for the festive season slowdown -
Credit hedge fund returns (December 2023)
1 year ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Credit funds at a glance (December 2023)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Capex and real yields will split winners from losers in '23: BofA
1 year ago
Companies able to undertake capital expenditure will be the winners in 2023, while those historically most sensitive to rising real yields should inspire caution, say Bank of America strategists -
High yield markets win big in 2022’s love-letter to CDS
1 year ago
Tradeable credit assets have suffered a rough year for liquidity and returns, but credit derivatives are among a small group of products defiantly enjoying a bumper year. -
One-year CSOs come to fore as investors predict widening
1 year ago
With credit spreads entering the fourth quarter at much the same elevated levels they began Q3, investors are increasingly looking to bespoke tranches as a way of taking advantage while mitigating the market’s tail risks. -
Down in the hole: investors hedge their bets ahead of pivotal Powell
1 year ago
Credit spreads are shifting wider on Friday, after an initial improvement, as investors try to balance positions ahead of what could be a pivotal speech by US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell -
Europe leads relief rally while UK gets Borexit done
1 year ago
UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s resignation has brought a collective sigh of relief across all political parties on Thursday that finds pathetic fallacy – but little attributable causal connection – in a strong relief rally in European financial markets -
US retailers hit hard as inflation and dollar spark big sell-off
2 years ago
Inflation worries and a strengthening US dollar have once again upended the credit market’s fragile confidence, taking spreads on a violent lurch wider with the US underperforming Europe -
"Derivative longs versus cash corporate shorts looks attractive, especially if we see a market sell-off"
2 years ago
Technicals are keeping cash credit spreads tight, but as central banks reduce purchases there will be relative value opportunities
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