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"All that remains is to thank all of you who have kept faith with my monthly confessions of insanity"
1 year ago
With the economic outlook now beyond a joke, Welshcake signs off amid denials he is actually a Welsh footballer -
"This ‘higher rates for longer’ saga is more like the 1920-21 depression than the 1970s high inflation era"
1 year ago
Sometimes you have to swallow your medicine and take a step back to go forwards -
"The shutdown of economies in the pandemic showed it’s better to suffer up front"
1 year ago
Rather than prolong the agony, central banks would be better off bunching their planned rate hikes into one -
"It’ll take something special to drag my attention away from Depp/Heard, but Jerome Powell could just do it"
1 year ago
It’s not easy letting go of the past, but May heralds the start of something new in credit -
Points up front: Italian international tackles banking after rugby
1 year ago
In his latest column, on page 21, Thomas Majewski draws similarities between the CLO market and a youth soccer game. Turns out there might also be parallels between investment banking and rugby -
Points up front: "It’s all me, me, me"
1 year ago
A study last month by the University of Marburg found that narcissistic fund managers are up to 34% more likely to deviate from their advertised investment style, and they tend to underperform non-narcissists. -
"The loan market is the septic tank for sub-single B LBO financing"
1 year ago
Portfolios of single name IG CDS are less complex and more liquid than CLOs -
They said it: "The third term is Jinping’s legacy..."
2 years ago
... He does not care about near-term growth." -
"If ESG funds only talk the talk, it is because investors, legislators and regulators don’t walk the walk"
2 years ago
Whatever an ESG fund means to you, it probably means something different to the next investor -
"Pain is on the way: spreads are too tight, while compression and carry are done. But what if it's not?"
2 years ago
Welshcake reminds us that mid-cycle portfolio management is a funny old game -
Points up front: The flattest term curve - work anniversary rewards
2 years ago
If you think CLO term curves are flat with a handful of basis points between three and five-year triple A CLOs, then you haven’t seen anything yet -
We say it: Creditflux salutes women in credit
2 years ago
The credit industry is blessed with many strong women and for this issue of Creditflux we’re exclusively hearing their voices across our news, analysis and columns -
Cessation of activity mid-December is an opportunity to switch off… and let the mind wander
3 years ago
Welshcake is grateful for a lull in credit markets. The downtime has inspired him to dream up a CLO play -
They said it: "We’re going to change the world of finance"
3 years ago
Big ambitions in blockchain -
They said it: "Imagine a garden party and all of a sudden a big wasp shows up"
3 years ago
On Creditflux’s US CLO webinar last month, Napier Park’s head of US CLO investments Serhan Secmen described the March sell-off as a garden party -
Points up front: Channelling Twain, Agent Smith and Mike Tyson
3 years ago
Lockdown can adversely affect one’s grasp of reality, and for credit portfolio managers this has manifested itself in a penchant for quoting famous (sometimes fictional) figures -
Points up front: Blame it on capitalism
3 years ago
You know it’s a tough month for returns when a hedge fund manager quotes Lenin and laments that capitalism and globalisation have failed to distribute wealth efficiently -
Investors need to ask: can my asset manager survive the crisis?
Mergers, declines in assets and changes in risk profile can signal that an investment manager is not as healthy as it was -
You need a balanced portfolio that’s ready for calculated risk taking — so consider a barbell approach
4 years ago
Investors can’t afford to be too conservative as they prepare for the end of the cycle -
Don’t get too comfortable. The truth is there are hundreds of things that could be catalysts for a sell-off
4 years ago
Just because there’s no obvious sign of a sell-off, doesn’t mean it’s not going to happen. Often, market moves defy logic -
Points up front: There are lies, damn lies and awards pitches
4 years ago
We’re hearing empty boasts, trash talking of their rivals and no shortage of promises that will absolutely be delivered. -
Points up front: Benefits of being unethical
4 years ago
Investing ethically is increasingly becoming part of a credit manager’s mandate, with environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies all the rage. -
Tourists have turned high yield into a sketchier neighbourhood… IG credit could be the answer
4 years ago
Using CDS to exploit roll-down in IG credit can generate good returns even in a low-rate environment -
You can’t time everything 100% correctly, but being too early can be a mistake
5 years ago
ArrowMark's Kaelyn Abrell takes our credit quiz -
They said it: "I enjoy problem-solving and puzzles"
5 years ago
CQS founder Sir Michael Hintze on his role as senior investment officer at the London-based credit fund manager
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