Credit Rendezvous: sometimes you have to dive deep to find value
Some parts of the credit market are fraught with danger, but that does not mean portfolio managers are avoiding them entirely, according to the Credit Rendezvous, Creditflux's 10-page quarterly report eaturing comments from 15 credit experts

LP round up: $5 billion flows to credit as private market allocations increase
Global institutional investors allocated nearly $5 billion to credit funds this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux

LP round up: private credit drive gains momentum as Calpers backs Pimco
Private credit continues to be viewed as an attractive investment strategy for institutional investors, with four global allocators outlining new buckets, or increases to the asset class

LP round up: Connecticut eyes Fortress for private credit partnership
Investors placed $3.3 billion across 26 credit mandates over the past fortnight, according to documents seen by Creditflux 

Euro CLO league tables: Apollo blasts its way to top spot
July marked the largest month of European CLO issuance since coronavirus pandemic-induced volatility hit financial markets

LP round up: Oregon eyes $1.8 billion into structured credit
Institutional investors have earmarked over $6 billion to credit funds over the past two weeks

European CLO spreads tighten across stack as Oaktree prices new issue
Oaktree Capital Management broke European CLO market records yesterday by pricing the tightest new issue transaction amid the coronavirus pandemic

Oaktree managing director joins Peak Rock as it grows credit business
Peak Rock Capital has appointed a former Oaktree Capital Management official to help lead investments across corporate credit 

Oaktree markets first 2020 Euro CLO via Barclays
The €300 million deal, named Arbour VIII, is expected to price in the week beginning 13 June

LP round up: horseshoe does the trick for Pimco and other distressed managers
Institutional investors poured $2.7 billion into credit this week through 14 managers, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux

Oaktree sets up North America sourcing and origination group
Oaktree intends for the platform to enhance its private credit sourcing and deal-origination capabilities

OC health check: slowing of downgrades offers some reprieve for CLOs stuck in breach
89 deals reported overcollateralisation breaches last week, but only seven of these deals were breaching any OC test for the first time, according to the latest reports available on CLO-i

LP round-up: Champaign pension raises a glass (or bucket) to private credit
Institutional investors allocated over $600 million to 11 managers this week, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux

LP round-up: mighty Oaks win $1 billion apiece from Calpers
Credit investors allocated over $3 billion to 18 credit managers this week across a wide range of strategies

Oaktree mixes defensive with opportunistic in new fund for recent hire
Oaktree Capital Management has launched a standalone absolute return fixed income fund for recent hire Brad Boyd, according to market sources

Points up front: Senior tranches pay down despite junior OC passes
192 US CLOs have breached at least one over-collateralisation test, according to CLO-i, but at least two deals have not followed the conventional path

Owl Rock hires from Oaktree to build opportunistic credit platform
Owl Rock Capital has built out a new opportunistic credit investing division, adding that “current market conditions make it especially attractive and relevant today.” 

Minnesota pension's 2020 credit allocations hit $1 billion
Minnesota State Board of Investments has earmarked $400 million across to two credit managers in a private market update. The commitments mark $1 billion allocated to credit in 2020 by the pension

OC health check: interest diversion failures foreshadow breaches
14 CLOs reported over-collateralisation test breaches last week, five for the first time, according to the latest trustee reports available on CLO-i. 

$350 million of CLO collateral drips into default as oil companies file for Chapter 11
CLOs hold $353 million worth of debt of two oil and gas companies - Ultra Petroleum and Gavilan Resources - which have become the latest casulties of the precipituous decline in oil prices. The pair filed for chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas on Thursday and Saturday, respectively

Oaktree gets off the mark with one-year reinvestment CLO
Oaktree Capital Management has priced its first US CLO of 2020, partnering with Barclays to produce a one-year reinvestment deal. The CLO has priced wide of where some three-year deals were being marketed, with Oaktree CLO 2020-1 printing its senior notes at 200 basis points

CLO pipeline: Apollo targets fourth deal as managers line up to break 2020 ducks
Six CLO managers, five in the US and Fair Oaks Capital in Europe, are showcasing their first new issues of the year in preparation for pricing later this month. And Apollo Global Management is marketing its fourth new issue CLO (third US new issue CLO) in the last month and a half

Fitch places five BDCs on negative outlook
Fitch Ratings has changed the outlooks of five business development companies from stable to negative folllowing a review of its rated BDCs

Four managers eye breakthrough new issue European CLOs
The European primary CLO market is showing signs of revival with four managers eyeing deals

European CLO triple Bs go from 99 to 73 in less than a month
European CLO mezzanine prices have fallen by almost 30 cents in less than a month, with a b-wic yesterday featuring a 2019 PGIM-managed CLO underlining the dramatic decline