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Making arb work of it
4 years ago
In 2019, some CLO managers hoped that good timing would enable them to lock in favourable arbitrage levels, but others opted for aggressive or conservative tactics when building portfolios. -
BlackRock targets €2.5 billion as it completes first close on European mid-market fund
4 years ago
BlackRock European Middle Market Private Debt Fund II, having collected €1.5 billion at first close, is expected to hold a final close in the first half of next year at around €2.5 billion, according to market sources -
Euro CLO league tables: refi market opens up to give KKR best of both worlds
4 years ago
European CLO issuance in October crossed €5 billion for the second month this year as managers took advantage of falling spreads and increased demand. In one example, KKR obtained tight senior CLO financing to go with tight mezz spreads from 2017 in a demonstration of expert timing -
UK pension hires BNP Paribas AM for starring role in core-satellite private credit fund
4 years ago
UK pension fund Nest has appointed BNP Paribas Asset Management to run the core of a private credit fund, sources say, in an arrangement which sees Amundi and BlackRock manage certain satellite investments -
CLO pipeline: Capital time to debut in Europe as liability spreads drop
4 years ago
CLO managers are showing no signs of slowing down, as a further 16 US and five European new issue CLOs, including Capital Four's CLO management debut, appear in the pipeline -
Global CLO round-up: Europe mops up demand, as Euribor hits the floor
4 years ago
The final stretch of the year began with a bang, with the first week of Q4 bringing $3.3 billion of CLO issuance in the US and €1.2 billion in Europe. But the resurgence in volumes was not the only talking point last week, with Europe coming into focus as spreads surfed tighter -
European CLO spreads reach new tights as BlackRock prices new issue
4 years ago
European CLOs reached new record tights yesterday as BlackRock and Credit Suisse priced the tightest new issue for over 12 months -
CLO investor looks to offload US and European anchor equity positions
4 years ago
There are two controlling CLO equity stakes up for sale today with a 2017 European deal and a reissued US transaction going under the hammer -
BlackRock becomes fifth European CLO manager to refinance
4 years ago
BlackRock today became the latest European CLO manager to join the budding refinancing wave, having teamed up with Morgan Stanley to reprice the debt liabilities of BlackRock European CLO II -
New kids on the block dominate awards
Two firms that have been in the market for fewer than seven years were named the top managers at the Creditflux awards last month. Manager of the year Spire only issued its first CLO in 20154 years ago -
Spire scales heights as Creditflux’s Manager of the Year 2019
4 years ago
Spire Partners celebrated bringing home three Creditflux awards, including the coveted Manager of the Year trophy, on a night of high spirits on 8 May at London’s Landmark Hotel. -
Points up front: CLO awards banter
4 years ago
The Creditflux Manager Awards have a history of springing surprises. This year we had journalist and TV presenter Gavin Esler host the awards dinner and regale the audience with a Dolly Parton gag (the less said about that, the better). -
Spire wins Creditflux Manager of the Year award
4 years ago
Spire Partners was the big winner at Creditflux's Manager Awards last night as the London-based manager scooped the award for the manager of the year. On top of this, the firm picked up awards for Best European CLO Manager and Best European CLO for Aurium CLO II -
Control equity available in BlackRock CLO just one month after first payment
4 years ago
Control equity in BlackRock's 2018 European CLO is up for auction today at 10am New York time (3pm London), according to market sources -
BlackRock prices European CLO senior triple As at 108.5bp in new issue deal
5 years ago
Natixis has priced BlackRock European CLO VIII in a €408.5 million deal -
CLO pipeline: managers seek to return as others arrive, after testing Q1
5 years ago
With the first quarter of 2019 now in the books, the CLO market looks to be continuing where it left off. -
BlackRock names global alternatives head amid senior leadership shake-up
5 years ago
BlackRock has reshuffled its leadership and made several senior changes across various parts of its business, according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux -
Creditflux reveals finalists for most competitive Manager Awards ever
5 years ago
To compile the shortlist for the annual Creditflux awards, we select the best performers in credit using a combination of detailed, data-driven metrics. The winners will be announced on 8 May -
BlackRock's Weber: the banks saw us as competitors, now they see us as partners [video]
5 years ago
BlackRock's head of private debt in Germany, Theo Weber, spoke with Creditflux's Mike Peterson after his panel at the Creditflux European Direct Lending conference in London last week -
Keep calm and buy corporate loans
5 years ago
Calm heads prevailed in 2018. Markets were volatile and risk retention was supposed to cause problems, but there was no need to panic and volumes went on to break records set in 2014 -
UK pension looks to take investment grade strategy global
5 years ago
UK pension fund National Employment Savings Trust (Nest) has issued a search for a global investment grade corporate bond manager -
Majority of investors seek to increase private credit allocations, BlackRock survey reveals
5 years ago
Over half of investors plan to increase their allocation to private credit in 2019, according to an institutional client rebalancing report published by BlackRock -
BlackRock prices €411.25 million CLO via Barclays
5 years ago
BlackRock priced its third new issue European CLO yesterday in a €411.25 million transaction arranged by Barclays -
Former BlackRock PM joins Mirabaud for emerging market credit role
5 years ago
Mirabaud Asset Management has bolstered its emerging market debt team with the appointment of former BlackRock official Puneet Singh -
BlackRock becomes latest manager to explore interval fund structure for credit
5 years ago
Several managers have hit the market with the interval fund structure, as investors look to invest in illiquid strategies through an illiquid fund structure
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