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Ex-Highland official launches private credit placement agent firm for niche strategies
1 day ago
The former partner and chief executive officer at global placement agent FirstAvenue Americas, has launched his own placement agent named Briarcliffe Credit Partners -
Structured finance and CLO partner departs SRZ after 17 years to join DLA Piper
14 days ago
DLA Piper has hired a partner in its structured finance practice in New York -
UK pension seeks head of ABS as it makes first foray into asset class
14 days ago
The investment management arm of the UK’s largest private pension fund is planning its first foray into public ABS investing -
I'm a nosy neighbour... get CSO deals public and embrace the age of information
21 days ago
A year of staying under the radar has not helped the CSO market -
Credit funds at a glance (February 2021)
22 days ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves -
Fund performance: CLO funds keep up momentum as Napier Park finishes top
22 days ago
2020 ended with funds in our CLOs category taking the top few spots -
Ucits at a glance: Advent ends calendar year on top
22 days ago
Ucits ended 2020 on the rise as 89% of funds achieved positive returns in December -
Credit hedge funds (February 2021)
22 days ago
Monthly credit hedge fund tables -
LP round up: Dutch pensions put €1.3 billion into infra debt
25 days ago
Institutional investors allocated over $2 billion to credit funds in January. Opportunistic credit funds were a favourite but the biggest moves came in infrastructure debt -
CIFC makes senior hire to business development team
28 days ago
CIFC Asset Management is scaling up its business development team after hiring a managing director in its investor solutions group -
Blackstone raises $1.1 billion for mezz and $1.7 billion for direct lending
29 days ago
The New York-based manager had a strong final quarter of 2020, adding $13.1 billion in credit assets under management in the quarter -
Buy CLO equity to capitalise on reflation, says JP Morgan
1 month ago
CLO equity stands out in a tightly priced market as offering up to double digit yields, say JP Morgan structured credit strategists, who posit it as their top trade -
Credit Rendezvous: heading for homes
1 month ago
Fund managers in structured credit, real assets and distressed are bullish on the prospects for residential housing in 2021. Elsewhere, niche royalty-based strategies are in favour and although a CLO repricing wave is expected, it may not be easy to execute resets. For more, read our 13-page quarterly report on credit. -
Credit funds at a glance: several funds post double digit November returns
1 month ago
November was a strong month for credit hedge funds listed by Creditflux, with latest returns demonstrating the effect of the vaccine/US election rally on fund perfomance -
Loomis Sayles promotes official to structured credit portfolio manager
1 month ago
The Boston based official will co-manage the Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Securitised Credit strategy with Alessandro Pagani, head of the $30.4 billion mortgage and structured finance team -
Prophet ends 2020 on high with new-look structured credit platform
1 month ago
Prophet Capital has revamped the liquidity profile of its structured credit platform after restructuring its CLO and structured credit hedge fund, which it gated back in March amid the market sell-off. The fund manager managed to grow assets under management after 2020's rocky start -
Stone Point and Wilton Re invest $100 million in Nassau
1 month ago
Nassau Financial Group says Wilton Reinsurance Company and Stone Point Credit have invested $100 million in its business through a new series of non-cumulative perpetual preferred equity -
Munich Re makes senior structured credit hire
1 month ago
Munich Re has hired one of the co-heads of structured products solutions at Mizuho to join its team in London -
2020 wrap: CLO funds bloom despite rocky ground
1 month ago
2020 was a busy year for CLO fundraising, with Creditflux recording at least 30 funds that launched over the 12 months to invest across the CLO capital structure -
Spanish boutique goes for growth with CLO equity fund
2 months ago
Arcano Asset Management has plans to develop its product suite in 2021, including launching a dedicated CLO equity vehicle, its second opportunistic credit fund and second revolving credit fund, according to the firm -
Fund performance: CLOs look to continue recovery with end of the year in sight
2 months ago
CLO funds claim the majority of positions in our top 10 -
Signs of new dawn as tranche volumes smash past $250bn
2 months ago
Last year, people formed fresh habits as they adapted to the coronavirus pandemic. Similarly, in credit, a breakthrough year for the CDS tranche market is leading participants to believe that elevated tranche volumes are here to stay -
Past returns: Barclays gambles and wins on Zohar
2 months ago
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported how Barclays had made gains from its investment in the debt of Zohar CLO I, a deal which was filed into bankruptcy by manager Patriarch Partners a few months earlier -
Zombies demand brain work from tranche traders
2 months ago
Outperformance of junior tranches and underperformance of senior was the big theme in CDS index tranches going into December. But the picture began to change as Creditflux went to press -
LP round up: pensions plan private credit pacing as strategic credit takes on "midfield" role
2 months ago
US pensions have allocated $1.4 billion across 22 credit funds including those managed by Angelo Gordon, Ares and GoldenTree, according to recent board documents seen by Creditflux. Meanwhile a pension fund draws parallels between strategic credit and Jordan Henderson
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