Beneath the triple C: Stormy October hits CLOs with rising tide of downgrades
After a slight respite in the pace of downgrades over the summer for CLOs, October brought renewed momentum as macro-economic pressures - primarily high interest rate burdens for corporate borrowers and supply side inflation - became the recurring rationale

Credit funds at a glance (November 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

BNP Paribas and LFIS join forces on QIS fund
BNP Paribas’ quantitative investment strategies unit has partnered with LFIS Capital for a market neutral fund

Ucits at a glance: LBBW shines as Ucits take a turn for the worse
Ucits fund returns

Ucits at a glance: Robus stands tall among Ucits funds
27% of Ucits funds had positive returns in March, a slight improvement from 10% in February

Ucits at a glance: Long-short funds provide resistance in tough month
In February, Ucits funds followed market sentiment as 90% made negative returns

BNP Paribas AM claims debtholder agreement means US CLO 'default' was avoided
BNP Paribas Asset Management has disputed the downgrade to D, by S&P Global, of two junior debt tranches in its 2014 US CLO known as BNPP IP CLO 2014-1

Ucits at a glance: Robus and Altana dip but stay at the top
In October, Ucits funds continued a slide that had begun the previous month with 60% of them in the red

Credit funds at a glance (January 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Credit Fundraising: mega funds contribute to record-breaking month as volume hits $39bn
The sheer size of the funds raised in November more than compensated for a drop in the number of funds raised as fundraising volume in credit reached $38.9 billion. This beat September by $2.4 billion to make it the most productive month of credit fundraising in 2021

BNP Paribas AM launches Article 9 social bond fund
BNP Paribas Asset Management has launched a sustainable bond fund that will be classified as article nine under the EU’s sustainable financial disclosure regulation

Ucits at a glance: Robus and Altana enter the final sprint neck and neck
A downward turn hit Ucits funds as 65% of them made positive returns in September,

BNP Paribas AM cuts CLO tranche costs throughout structure with refi
=BNP Paribas Asset Management has refinanced a 2019 Euro CLO, arranged via its banking arm, with tightening across all tranches

BNP Paribas buys majority stake in Dutch mortgage lender
BNP Paribas Asset Management says it is acquiring a majority stake in Dynamic Credit Group, a mortgage lender based in Amsterdam.

Siaci €202 million loan to leave CLOs after merger as new debt guided in low 400s
Burrus has outlined price talk on an €850 million loan backing its acquisition and merger with Siaci, a popular CLO credit

Beneath the triple C: CLOs benefit as upgrades make for lighter triple C buckets
For the first time since the sell off in March last year, downgrades to triple C have come to a near-standstill

BNP Paribas AM pairs again with Citi for 2018 European CLO refi
BNP Paribas Asset Management has refinanced four senior tranches of its 2018 vintage CLO

BNP Paribas AM targets €1 billion for two infrastructure debt funds
BNP Paribas European Infrastructure Debt Fund II will target €500 million while  BNP Paribas European Junior Infrastructure Debt Fund I has a €300 million to €500 million target

BNP Paribas AM names CIOs for real estate and infra debt
BNP Paribas Asset Management has announced four Paris-based appointments within its private debt and real assets team, including chief investment officers for its real estate debt and infrastructure debt team

Beneath the triple C: downgrades hold steady as Travelport loses its luggage
For the second month in a row downgrades to triple C steadied, with just under $9 billion of CLO loans falling to this rating across 34 corporate borrowers

BNP Paribas AM collects €576.5 million for second European debt fund
BNP Paribas Asset Management has held a final close on its second European debt fund, BNP Paribas Euro SME Debt Fund II, which provides senior debt to small and medium-sized companies primarily in France, Italy and Belgium

ICG hires two for its European real estate debt platform
Intermediate Capital Group has hired two managing directors to its European real estate debt platform, according to an announcement today

OC health check: US CLOs show improvement as first euro CLOs breach multiple tests
15 deals reported a breach in an overcollateralisation test last week according to the latest reports available on CLO-i, including one European CLO and 14 US broadly syndicated loan CLOs.

BNP Paribas unit holds final close on special opportunities fund of funds
BNP Paribas Capital Partners has held a final close on its European special opportunities fund of debt funds

Fitch takes action on 29 European CLO tranches
Fitch Ratings took action on 29 European CLO tranches yesterday, placing the majority of these on rating watch negative