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Federated Hermes unveils sustainable global IG credit fund
1 year ago
Federated Hermes Limited today unveiled a sustainable global investment grade credit fund, Federated Hermes Sustainable Global Investment Grade Credit Fund, which complies with Article 9’ of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation -
European CLO managers trade loans to avoid (par) burn
1 year ago
Between March and July, European CLO managers traded €21 billion of assets within CLOs that were still in their reinvestment period as opportunities arose amid a weaker macro environment and Russia’s war with Ukraine -
Elfa prepares standardised ESG CLO questionnaire
1 year ago
The European Leveraged Finance Association is in the final stages of launching a standardised ESG questionnaire for the CLO market. Sources anticipate it will be published and distributed before the end of the year. -
Can someone call the triple A? We’ve stalled
1 year ago
CLO issuers are in need of AAA roadside assistance. Despite the emergence of new buyers, a lack of senior CLO investors — particularly US banks — has brought the primary market to a halt -
Schroders appoints private credit solutions head
1 year ago
Schroders has apppointed a former Federated Hermes official as head of private credit solutions -
Federated Hermes hires official with restructuring experience to direct lending team
2 years ago
Federated Hermes says it has hired Christoph Lausecker as a director in its private debt team -
Aeon adds CLO and SRT specialist to its investment team
2 years ago
Aeon Investments has appointed a CLO and SRT specialist as a managing director, responsible for originating and structuring new investments, and managing existing credit portfolios in commercial real estate and SME lending -
Sinking Euribor floor brings CLO relative value into play
2 years ago
The collapse in the value of the Euribor floor over recent weeks, which reflects inflationary pressures, may lead to global CLO investors favouring US CLO paper on a relative value basis -
Hermes seeks ESG alpha in companies making changes
2 years ago
Buy-side demand to tick boxes for ESG standards has fuelled a boom in green and social impact bonds that is extending into high yield issuance. But as investment opportunities mount, so does soul-searching about the next phase -
Corporates show resilience despite sovereign struggles
2 years ago
Turkey’s sovereign credit spread blow-out in the second half of March came as a shock for emerging market credit investors, adding to jitters Brazil had caused a month earlier. But it also highlighted a new trend of corporate borrowers shaking off sovereign weakness -
European CLO rollover rate slumps amid refi/reset surge
3 years ago
European CLO investors' rolling rate into refinancings and resets has dropped since the start of the year, with the huge pipeline, a flight to quality and caution about widening spreads all playing a part -
Credit Rendezvous: sometimes you have to dive deep to find value
3 years ago
Some parts of the credit market are fraught with danger, but that does not mean portfolio managers are avoiding them entirely, according to the Credit Rendezvous, Creditflux's 10-page quarterly report eaturing comments from 15 credit experts -
High yield borrowers face pressure over social data
3 years ago
Two major themes of the credit market in 2020 are on a collision course: high yield issuers playing catch-up after a dearth of issuance and the Black Lives Matter movement putting the focus on the S of ESG investing -
Federated's US and European businesses launch high yield impact funds
4 years ago
Federated Investors, Hermes Investment Management and UBS have joined forces to launch new high yield credit funds, which are in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) framework. The vehicles take the form of a Ucits offering and a mutual fund -
Investors raise concerns over obscure wording in CLO docs
4 years ago
Europe’s structured credit market has been abiding by the Securitisation Regulation for the best part of six months, but some investors have told Creditflux that they are still not satisfied with the way European CLOs are accounting for potential fines. -
Hermes adds to its direct lending team in London
4 years ago
Hermes Investment Management has added to its private debt team in London, Creditflux has learned. -
It’s going to be a credit picker’s market
5 years ago
Our panel of experts believe that the credit market will be volatile this year, but there will be opportunities in European credit and additional tier one bonds, trups CDOs and unitranches -
Hermes adds ex-UBS official to private debt team
5 years ago
Hermes Investment Management has appointed a European leveraged finance specialist to its private debt team -
Hermes brings in senior emerging market debt PM
5 years ago
Hermes Investment Management has appointed a former Jupiter Asset Management official as a senior emerging market debt portfolio manager -
Hermes appoints head of direct lending in London
5 years ago
Hermes Investment Management has a new head of direct lending. The experienced official now reports into Hermes's head of private debt and CLOs, Patrick Marshall -
Hermes’ novel fee structure sheds light on DL performance
5 years ago
Hermes Investment Management has taken a novel approach to direct lending fees, giving investors an insight into portfolio performance, which is something of a rarity in the direct lending market. -
Hermes launches £185 million unconstrained credit fund
5 years ago
London-based Hermes Investment Management has launched a new Ucits-compliant unconstrained credit fund - which will include pricing ESG risks -
Hermes partners with another three banks to deliver European direct lending fund
5 years ago
Hermes Investment Management has formed new lending partnerships with Danske Bank, DZ Bank and KBC Bank for its upcoming European-focused fund -
Hermes hires portfolio managers for asset-based lending and Euro ABS
5 years ago
London-headquartered Hermes Investment Management has strengthened its fixed income team and Stephane Michel and Andrew Lennox as portfolio managers, the firm announced today -
Hermes wins $400 million mandate to show investing ethically really is worth it
6 years ago
Hermes Investment Management has won a $400 million mandate to oversee a global high yield credit portfolio on behalf of Swedish pension fund giant Första AP-Fonden (AP1)
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