Loan managers must act to prevent CSA leakage, say CLO investors
CLO investors have made clear that managers need to stay on top of US loan amendments that are switching benchmark from Libor to Sofr

European CLOs emerge as gilt-y pleasure for US investors amid record b-wic volume
European CLO b-wics have flooded the market this week with sources indicating elevated supply on Wednesday and Thursday resulted in some of the busiest days on record. Officials at Bank of America say their weekly trading volume approached €1 billion  

Ucits at a glance: Ucits see red in a tough June for returns
June marked an exceptionally tough month for Ucits funds, as none of those listed in the Creditflux database made it into the black

Fund performance: Select funds shine in dreary June for credit hedge funds
Credit funds suffered through June, as only 8% of listed funds reached the black. This made June the fourth month in a row in which negative returns increased

Credit Rendezvous: Investors try to avoid suplex city as recession and inflation reform tag-team
Credit investors getting ready to lock up against that familiar 1970s pairing of inflation and recession. But the hard-hitting tag team has picked up some new moves, causing floating rate outperformance to give way to underperformance; synthetic credit to outperform cash; and CLO terms curves to reshape into barely recognisable positions

CSAM does the CLO awards double
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

Fair Oaks adds to credit, CLO and marketing team in London
Fair Oaks Capital has hired three people to its investment team and two to its marketing team

Fund performance: Credit bounces back from February blues
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

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

HY fund is exception to rule of CLOs
CLO funds have had back-to-back years of outperformance versus credit, proving the asset class is a great place to invest, rain or shine. But a Wasserstein HY fund was the star performer in 2021  

Ucits at a glance: 2022 opens shakily but with a familiar lead
Ucits funds moved slowly into 2022 as 59% made negative returns in January

Fund performance: Groundhog Day as 2021 leaders start strong
CLO funds once again claim the most top performing spots as seven out of 10 funds belong to the category

CLOs outperform yet again despite tough month for credit
CLOs can do no wrong it seems, and funds that invest in them topped Creditflux’s credit hedge fund rankings once again in January

Fund performance: Wasserstein's early 2021 performance drives it to the top
The final top 10 of 2021 featured a variety of funds as five different strategies were ranked among the best. US high yield was the most highly represented with two BlackRock funds and an Angel Oak in the top 10

Fund performance: CLO funds deliver again, but third of all funds post losses
CLO funds took six of the top 10 spots in October in a continuation of the previous month’s strong performances. However, a consistent showing from Wasserstein in the US high yield category has claimed the top spot for the last two months

CLO funds shine amid the gloom with unmatched returns
Credit funds stumbled in October, with European high yield, emerging markets and long-short strategies the weakest performers, according to Creditflux data, as several funds in these categories suffered losses

Fair Oaks achieves tight cost of debt on new European CLO
The manager has brought a €404.4 million, 13.4 times levered deal that features environmental, social and governance criteria

CLO pricing holds up against omicron as liquid credit takes a hammering
Being illiquid sometimes has its advantages, with the CLO market the picture of serenity as CDS swings imply volatility is afoot

CLO managers join forces as they line up behind SFDR
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.

Euro 2020 CLO resets reach €8 billion as Blackstone and Fair Oaks price at similar levels
Blackstone and Fair Oaks Capital took to the European CLO reset market this afternoon with both managers reworking 2020 deals

Fair Oaks scoops up two control CLO equity positions
Fair Oaks Capital has been picking up primary CLO equity paper, with the firm announcing a further two control US CLO equity investments in its publicly listed fund, Fair Oaks Income Fund

CLOs at a glance (June 2021)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

Fair Oaks saves nearly 100bp on 2020 reset as single Bs edge tighter
Fair Oaks has reset a 2020 European CLO with tight single Bs but triple As leaking wider