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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 -
CLO pipeline: US manager base poised to hit 119 and Europe 57
2 years ago
The CLO market is open to newcomers as both the US and European are set to welcome first time CLO issuers – BlueBay Asset Management in the US and Acer Tree Investment Management in Europe -
Credit Rendezvous: the upside of inflation
2 years ago
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 -
Credit funds at a glance (January 2022)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
BlueBay adds CLO specialist and structured credit PM
2 years ago
BlueBay Asset Management has made two senior hires to its structured credit team in New York -
Credit Fundraising: mega funds contribute to record-breaking month as volume hits $39bn
2 years ago
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 -
Credit funds at a glance (August 2021)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Credit funds at a glance (June 2021)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
CLOs at a glance (June 2021)
2 years ago
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month -
Credit funds at a glance (May 2021)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
BlueBay confirms hire in structured credit and CLO management team
2 years ago
The new appointment will focus on investing in US and European structured credit securities across the capital structure -
Credit Rendezvous: ready and waiting
3 years ago
In Creditflux's quarterly review of credit, portfolio managers tell us that Inflation is likely to nudge higher but they are optimistic because dispersion will pick up and windows of volatility will emerge, rather than elongated phases of stress -
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. -
Credit spreads wind back to February to bring shorts into focus
3 years ago
The credit rally since April has opened up an opportunity to go short credit, say fund managers, with spreads back to where they were in late February -
BlueBay pushes into US CLOs after taking on RBC's management business
3 years ago
BlueBay Asset Management has taken on the CLO management business of its parent company RBC, the firm announced today -
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit
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No hedges, but no problem for optimistic CLO investors
4 years ago
CLOs are prone to idiosyncratic risks, but investors have told Creditflux that they are confident about performance in 2020, despite the lack of hedging options. The general consensus is that some deals will suffer, but the vast majority will deliver after a disappointing end to 2019 for junior debt. -
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit
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BlueBay launches CLO fund with seed capital from parent RBC
4 years ago
Sources say the strategy launched earlier this year via an Irish fund structure with seed capital provided by BlueBay’s parent company, RBC -
Credit traders' kickstand: curves in focus as market overcomes mid-week wobble
4 years ago
Credit markets have had a more positive week overall than last, and that was given a couple of extra twists today by UK/European Union and US/China talks. But this masks weakness mid-week and, following a brief steepening of curves, improvement is mainly exhibited by financial sector names -
BlueBay launches global leveraged finance fund
4 years ago
BlueBay Asset Management has launched a global leveraged finance fund that is able to allocate towards high yield bonds, leveraged loans, structured credit and investment grade assets -
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit4 years ago
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BlueBay targets €5 billion for European direct lending strategy
5 years ago
BlueBay Asset Management is targeting €5 billion for its latest European direct lending strategy, according to documents seen by Creditflux, and has won $125 million in commitments from two US pension funds -
Direct lenders express concern over proliferation of ‘adjusted ebitda’ terms
Adjusted ebitda language is creeping into direct lending loan terms, with market sources telling Creditflux that adjustments are rife within covenants, meaning lenders are not being given the protection they would expect.5 years ago -
Destra and BlueBay team up to launch credit interval fund
5 years ago
Destra has become the latest manager to launch an interval fund - Destra International & Event-Driven Credit Fund - which will focus on two strategies: multi-strategy international credit and event driven credit.
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