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Packaging company Schur is painful for European CLOs
2 years ago
The dramatic fall in loans taken out by Austrian flexible plastic packaging manufacturer Schur Flexibles has shocked CLO managers. The firm is hiring PJT Partners and Allen & Overy ahead of a potential restructuring -
Fund performance: Groundhog Day as 2021 leaders start strong
2 years ago
CLO funds once again claim the most top performing spots as seven out of 10 funds belong to the category -
Credit hedge funds (March 2022)
2 years ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Credit funds at a glance (March 2022)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
They said it: Whichever CSA number you use, it’s wrong
2 years ago
Whichever CSA number you use, it’s wrong... -
"The reset market is open, but it doesn’t always make sense to extend the life of a CLO"
2 years ago
Strong secondary loan prices are making CLO liquidations a compelling option -
Impact of Russia-Ukraine war on Euro CLOs will be indirect, finds BofA
2 years ago
European companies largely do not have much direct exposure to Russia or Ukraine, but pricing and inflationary pressures may impact companies -
State Street and Blackstone target US CLOs, high yield and senior loans for ETF
2 years ago
State Street Global Advisors has teamed up with Blackstone Credit to launch a new exchange traded fund named SPDR Blackstone High Income ETF -
Banks join fight against slow loan settlement in mini-win for CLOs
2 years ago
Several developments are in the works to tackle painfully slow loan settlement times in Europe, with Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Clifford Chance and the Loan Market Association among the firms looking to drive change -
CSA does not make sense for new loans and CLOs, say market participants
2 years ago
Credit market participants have not been too hung up on what the credit spread adjustment should be on new CLOs and loans aligning to term Sofr – and that’s a positive, according to speakers on a webinar hosted by DealCatalyst -
BlueBay opens Madrid office with sales director relocating to lead team
2 years ago
BlueBay's new office will be located within parent company Royal Bank of Canada’s Madrid office -
LP round up: two CLO funds win support as Cali pensions home in on private credit
2 years ago
Two investors revealed allocations to European and US CLO funds, private credit allocations increases and private credit consultant searches get underway -
Oak Hill hires head of ESG in New York
2 years ago
Oak Hill Advisors has hired its first head of ESG and sustainability -
CLOs should realise gains from reorg equity positions: Pearl Diver
2 years ago
Reorg equity sitting within CLOs has risen in value over the last year and Pearl Diver Capital says it may be a good time to exit these positions “and realise value for CLOs” -
Credit hedge funds (February 2022)
2 years ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Credit funds at a glance (February 2022)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Booster mandates leave unvaccinated further in the cold
2 years ago
US credit asset managers are starting to make coronavirus vaccination boosters part of their recruitment policy requirements, sources say. -
Sofr spike boosts CLO debt as Europe and US go out of sync
2 years ago
The sharp rise in three-month term Sofr has caused CLO relative value to shift decisively towards primary US CLO debt tranches in January as the floating rate benchmark shot up from 9.11bp to 17.06bp (from 1-20 January) -
Fund performance: Wasserstein's early 2021 performance drives it to the top
2 years ago
The final top 10 of 2021 featured a variety of funds as five different strategies were ranked among the best. US high yield was the most highly represented with two BlackRock funds and an Angel Oak in the top 10 -
Ucits at a glance: Robus claims top spot in 2021 after tight race
2 years ago
Ucits funds have ended 2021 on a high as 62% made positive returns in December -
Migration into floating rate kicks off with record loan inflows
2 years ago
The leveraged loan market received record-breaking inflows from retail funds in January as investors pivoted into floating rate products in advance of interest rate rises -
Apollo hires ex-JP Morgan CLO co-head to lead new Apac credit business
2 years ago
Apollo Global Management has hired three from Commonwealth Bank to lead the fim’s Asia Pacific credit business -
Credit Rendezvous: the upside of inflation
2 years ago
It is clear, inflation is not transitory and central banks are acting with several interest rate hikes likely in store for the US this year. That makes loans and CLO debt tranches attractive, but there could be opportunities beyond these floating rate assets -
Three-month term Sofr spikes ahead of rate hikes to bridge gap to Libor
2 years ago
Three-month term Sofr rates have shot up in the last few days with sources saying March interest rate hikes are being fully priced in. Three-month Sofr hit 17.11 basis points on Friday having been at 14.52bp on Tuesday and just 9.11bp at the start of the year. -
Gapstow expects strategic deals as credit manager M&A volume slumps to $120 billion
2 years ago
M&A volume involving credit asset managers dropped last year with total target value assets under management slumping to $120 billion from $149 billion in 2020 (and $254 billion in 2019), according to Gapstow Capital Partners
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