Credit Rendezvous: ready and waiting
In Creditflux's quarterly review of credit, portfolio managers tell us that Inflation is likely to nudge higher but they are optimistic because dispersion will pick up and windows of volatility will emerge, rather than elongated phases of stress 

DE Shaw amasses $1 billion for stressed and distressed assets
The fund will invest in stressed and distressed assets, financings, and special situations opportunities

Owl Rock eyes $2 billion fundraise for opportunistic credit
Owl Rock Capital is targeting a $2 billion final close on its opportunistic credit strategy dubbed Owl Rock Opportunistic Fund

Regulation stifles SRTs, but banks and investors revel in quarter-four outperformance
Over the course of 2018 there was roughly €6.5 billion of issuance in the market for significant risk transfer (SRT) deals, sources say, with the last three months understood to be the busiest quarter on record