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Past returns: Tracing Fair Oaks’ roots
10 months ago
10 years ago in Creditflux, we reported on Miguel Ramos Fuentenebro’s nascent firm GMB Partners securing its first mandate -
CLO funds make best of a bad situation
11 months ago
It can’t get any worse can it? Well, it did in 2022, when credit spreads kept moving wider. Still, CLO funds were able to withstand the pressure, and they outperformed other credit strategies -
The rise and rise of CLO ETFs
1 year ago
A couple of years ago, the prospect of billions of dollars being invested in CLOs through exchange-traded funds would have seemed far-fetched. But a crop of CLO ETFs have popped up, demonstrating that liquidity is no longer an issue -
Loan managers must act to prevent CSA leakage, say CLO investors
1 year ago
CLO investors have made clear that managers need to stay on top of US loan amendments that are switching benchmark from Libor to Sofr -
Ucits at a glance: Ucits see red in a tough June for returns
1 year ago
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
1 year ago
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
1 year ago
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
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 -
Fund performance: Credit bounces back from February blues
1 year ago
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
1 year ago
27% of Ucits funds had positive returns in March, a slight improvement from 10% in February -
Credit Rendezvous: Pass masters
1 year ago
Most often, a credit market downturn has its roots mired in one big, blatant obstacle that credit managers have to focus their attention to overcome. But right now, it’s not the dominant risk factor that has to be defeated, it’s the sheer number of them... -
Ucits at a glance: Long-short funds provide resistance in tough month
1 year ago
In February, Ucits funds followed market sentiment as 90% made negative returns -
HY fund is exception to rule of CLOs
2 years ago
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
2 years ago
Ucits funds moved slowly into 2022 as 59% made negative returns in January -
Fund performance: Groundhog Day as 2021 leaders start strong
2 years ago
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
2 years ago
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
2 years ago
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
2 years ago
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
2 years ago
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 -
CLO pricing holds up against omicron as liquid credit takes a hammering
2 years ago
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
2 years ago
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. -
Fair Oaks scoops up two control CLO equity positions
2 years ago
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)
2 years ago
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month -
CLO pipeline: Five out, five in as market digests new issuance wave
2 years ago
Five new issue US CLOs priced from last week’s pipeline, but five more have replaced them in this week's edition of our pipeline report -
CLOs come up smelling of roses
2 years ago
The coronavirus crisis could have cut back 10 years of CLO market progress, but investors’ foresight, trading chops and flexibility meant many saw their strategies blossom during 2020
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