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Fund performance: August provides much-needed relief for CLO funds
1 year ago
.August fund performance -
CSAM does the CLO awards double
1 year ago
Winning the Creditflux Manager of the Year award is a feat in itself. Winning it back-to-back in such different markets is an outstanding achievement — and CSAM can take great pride in it -
Hopes of full recovery quashed as credit funds struggle
1 year ago
Optimism about a prolonged recovery after credit hedge funds bounced back in March was dashed as 60% of funds in our database recorded negative returns in April. -
Fund performance: Credit hits another bump in the road after March revival
1 year ago
There was more upheaval for credit funds in April, reversing the mini-recovery in March as 40% of funds made positive returns, a decrease on the 47% in March -
Fund performance: Credit bounces back from February blues
1 year ago
March performance figures were a slight improvement from the market turn in February; 47% of funds made positive returns, an increase on 17% the previous month -
Arb work pays off
1 year ago
With day-one arbitrage alone delivering projected CLO cash-on-cash returns of 20-25%, 2021 may have been the best year ever for equity investors — at least until CLO spreads began to widen -
Quarterly rankings: Wave of acquisitions reshapes CLO market
1 year ago
A wave of acquisitions and consolidation hit the CLO market in the first quarter of 2022, although the ripples have yet to alter Creditflux’s manager rankings -
CLOs at a glance
2 years ago
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month -
I’ll see your 2020 and raise you 2021
2 years ago
Discounted loans, Libor floors and bond flexibility helped make 2021 an even better year for CLO returns than 2020, as US CLOs distributed 15.54% and European CLOs paid 13.93% annualised -
Napier Park promotes two senior employees to partner
2 years ago
Napier Park Global Capital has named two members of its team as partners -
The Last Tranche with Napier Park's Secmen: tailwinds fuelling CLO market mask manager incompetence
2 years ago
In this episode of the Last Tranche, Serhan Secmen, head of US CLO investments at Napier Park Global Capital, joins to discuss how equity investors choose which managers to allocate to for the best long-term performance -
CLO managers join forces as they line up behind SFDR
2 years ago
A plethora of European CLO managers have teamed up with regulatory reporting provider FinDox to form a working group focused on Sustainable Financial Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), sources tell Creditflux. -
CLO Census results: Citi and JP Morgan still top in US but Jefferies breaks through in Europe
2 years ago
Citi and JP Morgan are the clear favourites in US CLO arranging – the pair are locked in a close battle for supremacy over deal volumes and they have been voted joint-best at US CLO execution, according to the results of Creditflux’s CLO Census -
CSAM regains best manager throne
2 years ago
Upstart CLO managers overtook more experienced rivals at last year’s Creditflux Manager Awards, but CSAM and other large firms, such as PGIM, emerged victorious in London this time around -
Record-breaking CSAM wins Creditflux Manager of the Year 2021
2 years ago
The Creditflux Manager Awards dinner was back with a bang last night as 250 attendees saw Credit Suisse Asset Management crowned Creditflux Manager of the Year for a record third time -
Fund performance: CLO funds outperform as two hit over 100% 12-months return
2 years ago
CLO funds swatted away the competition in April on their way to dominating our top 10 credit hedge fund return table after an upbeat month -
Woah, we’re halfway there
2 years ago
Judging by the 2020 vintage, European CLO overlap is 50%. But varied approaches to holding bonds and the many loans managers turn down mean there are ways for issuers to outperform -
Beneath the triple C: CLOs benefit as upgrades make for lighter triple C buckets
2 years ago
For the first time since the sell off in March last year, downgrades to triple C have come to a near-standstill -
Moving fast pays off for hedge funds
3 years ago
2020 was an up and down year in credit, and credit hedge fund managers had to move quickly to capture opportunities from the dislocations that inevitably opened up -
Fund performance: CLO funds pick up where they left off
3 years ago
New year, same funds leading the way with CLO strategies the top performers in January -
CLO pipeline: snow business like the CLO business
3 years ago
CLO issuers are putting aside the cold snap and are warming up with a flurry of deals. -
Fund performance: CLO funds keep up momentum as Napier Park finishes top
3 years ago
2020 ended with funds in our CLOs category taking the top few spots -
Napier Park fund ends 2020 on top with massive 29.5% gain
3 years ago
Napier Park Global Capital stormed to the top of our credit hedge fund rankings for 2020, registering a gain of 29.49% through Napier Park Eton Fund. -
Credit Rendezvous: heading for homes
3 years 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. -
2020 wrap: CLO funds bloom despite rocky ground
3 years 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
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