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  • Manager looks to cut HY exposures in CLO-heavy credit interval fund
    A credit fund manager has provided a performance update on is multi-strategy closed-end credit fund through regulatory filings, revealing it has beat its benchmark from 1 April to 30 September despite losing 13.66%

    1 year ago
  • Franklin Templeton wraps up deal for $35bn Alcentra
    Franklin Templeton has completed its acquisition of BNY Mellon’s $35 billion credit unit Alcentra

    1 year ago
  • Fund performance: August provides much-needed relief for CLO funds
    .August fund performance 

    1 year ago
  • HY fund is exception to rule of CLOs
    CLO funds have had back-to-back years of outperformance versus credit, proving the asset class is a great place to invest, rain or shine. But a Wasserstein HY fund was the star performer in 2021  

    2 years ago
  • Credit Rendezvous: the upside of inflation
    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

    2 years ago
  • Credit Rendezvous: And breathe...
    The unanimous verdict is that credit spreads will be moving wider – they have to. But the difficulty credit fund managers face is predicting when the next sell-off comes and how sharp it will be. In the Q3 instalment of Creditflux’s Credit Rendezvous, the over-riding message from portfolio managers is that there’s little point in taking on too much risk. The report features the views of prominent credit figures including Paul Horvath (Orchard), Himani Trivedi (Nuveen), Ronnie Jaber (Onex), Graham Rainbow (Alcentra) and Michelle Russell-Dowe (Schroders). The report looks at 14 segments of the market including CLOs, direct lending, leveraged loans, distressed debt and credit derivatives.  

    2 years ago
  • Credit fundraising: Audax scores big in lighter month
    Fundraising markedly dropped in May, but credit funds still amassed $12.8 billion and 10 credit funds reached final closes across a variety of different strategies

    2 years ago
  • LP round-up: $2.6 billion flows into 26 credit managers
    A stuck ship in the Suez Canal may have prevented others from getting through one of the world's busiest waterways in March, but allocations to credit funds were much more free flowing as investors poured over $2.6 billion into the hands of credit managers

    2 years ago
  • High yield fund sets pace with 22% return in January
    Wasserstein Debt Opportunities Fund has set the early pace for credit hedge funds in 2021 after registering a 21.7% gain in January. This builds on the high yield fund’s success last year and takes 12-month returns to 40.44%. 

    3 years ago
  • Credit rally slows but structured finance funds gain
    Corporate credit spreads levelled off in September, which means that 63% of funds in the Creditflux database have just a single quarter left to make it to positive returns for the calendar year.  

    3 years ago
  • Alcentra hires Mulshine as head of US distribution
    Alcentra has hired a new head of US distribution from Lazard

    3 years ago
  • Fund performance: A third of funds reach positive territory in 2020
    August has been another successful month for the CLO category as seven of the top 10 funds invest primarily in CLOs

    3 years ago
  • Alcentra appoints DeSimone as CEO
    Alcentra has appointed Johnathan DeSimone as chief executive officer following David Forbes-Nixon’s decision to step down and take an investment role at the firm

    3 years ago
  • Credit Rendezvous: record fiscal stimulus provides pick-me-up
    Credit markets had a mini bounce-back in the second quarter as central banks poured cash into the economy. But there is great uncertainty about the effects of a second wave of coronavirus. As part of our quarterly report on credit - the Credit Rendezvous - Creditflux spoke to experts across 12 segments of the credit market

    3 years ago
  • Credit funds at a glance
    A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit

    4 years ago
  • The ideal home for a loan

    European corporate loans can fit into various fund types and this year there has been an increase in managed accounts targeting these assets. But CLOs are still the best structures to house loans

    4 years ago
  • CVC adds Alcentra official to investor relations team in London
    CVC Credit Partners has appointed a managing director in its investor relations team from Alcentra 

    4 years ago
  • Beyond blacklists: the next step in ESG
    Credit managers are integrating ESG into their investment processes, but that does not mean they are unable to invest in unethical credits — they can, if they are paid adequately for the risk.

    4 years ago
  • Alcentra hires former BlackRock US loan and CLO chief
    Alcentra has announced the appointment of Leland Hart as managing director and head of US loans and high yield

    6 years ago

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