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Loans will be winners in bearish year for credit: BNP Paribas
2 years ago
Floating rate loans are best positioned for a year of widening credit spreads, but high yield bonds will outperform investment grade and EM credit is set for losses, says BNP Paribas in its 2022 outlook -
Axa IM launches multi-strat fund for pensions
2 years ago
Axa Investment Managers’ ‘alternatives’ business has launched an open-ended strategy for pension funds -
Credit Rendezvous: And breathe...
2 years ago
The unanimous verdict is that credit spreads will be moving wider – they have to. But the difficulty credit fund managers face is predicting when the next sell-off comes and how sharp it will be. In the Q3 instalment of Creditflux’s Credit Rendezvous, the over-riding message from portfolio managers is that there’s little point in taking on too much risk. The report features the views of prominent credit figures including Paul Horvath (Orchard), Himani Trivedi (Nuveen), Ronnie Jaber (Onex), Graham Rainbow (Alcentra) and Michelle Russell-Dowe (Schroders). The report looks at 14 segments of the market including CLOs, direct lending, leveraged loans, distressed debt and credit derivatives. -
Axa IM extends palm oil policy to cover ecosystem protection and deforestation
2 years ago
Axa Investment Managers says it is expanding its 2014 policy of excluding investments in companies which do not have sustainable palm oil production certificates by factoring in deforestation and ecosystem protection -
Schroders unites private market divisions under Schroders Capital umbrella
3 years ago
Schroders has united its private market capabilities under a new umbrella branded Schroders Capital -
Fund performance: Lightning strikes twice as range of credit funds deliver
What seemed like a chance occurrence in February has struck again in March, as seven categories make our top 10 best performing hedge funds -
US pension terminates three credit mandates due to 'underperformance' and relative value
3 years ago
The New Mexico pension terminated one multi-asset credit mandate and two bank loan mandates -
Lord Abbett prepares special situations interval fund
3 years ago
Lord Abbett is preparing to launch a new special situations fund in the form of an interval fund -
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 fundraising: Goldman Sachs direct lending fund takes March figures to $23 bn
3 years ago
Credit funds sprung forward in March as $23 billion was raised alongside $2.6 billion worth of allocations to credit managers. -
Four managers win lucrative $700 million credit mandate
3 years ago
A $39 billion pension has selected four managers for an opportunistic credit mandate and identified a further four ‘bench’ managers -
CIFC makes senior hire to business development team
3 years ago
CIFC Asset Management is scaling up its business development team after hiring a managing director in its investor solutions group -
Blackstone raises $1.1 billion for mezz and $1.7 billion for direct lending
3 years ago
The New York-based manager had a strong final quarter of 2020, adding $13.1 billion in credit assets under management in the quarter -
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 -
Barings and PGIM win loan and structured credit mandates as pension puts £2.7bn in credit
3 years ago
The firms will manage global syndicated loans, securitised credit, emerging market debt and global high yield credit for Border to Coast Pension Partnership's £2.7 billion ($3.43 billion) multi-asset credit fund -
Don’t be a hero: managers opt to go market-neutral
3 years ago
There’s yet more volatility in store later this year — that’s the consensus according to credit portfolio managers that have spoken to Creditflux. What they are unsure about is the scale and direction of this movement, which is leading them to prune their portfolios with an emphasis on market-neutral tactics -
LP round up: Oregon eyes $1.8 billion into structured credit
3 years ago
Institutional investors have earmarked over $6 billion to credit funds over the past two weeks -
Credit Rendezvous: record fiscal stimulus provides pick-me-up
3 years ago
Credit markets had a mini bounce-back in the second quarter as central banks poured cash into the economy. But there is great uncertainty about the effects of a second wave of coronavirus. As part of our quarterly report on credit - the Credit Rendezvous - Creditflux spoke to experts across 12 segments of the credit market -
LP round-up: Champaign pension raises a glass (or bucket) to private credit
3 years ago
Institutional investors allocated over $600 million to 11 managers this week, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux -
PGIM prepares listed credit fund
4 years ago
PGIM is marketing a ‘flexible’ listed fund, dubbed PGIM Strategic Credit Fund , to invest at least 80% across fixed income -
Sculptor doubles global credit exposure in master fund amid dislocation
4 years ago
Sculptor Capital Management has doubled its global credit exposure in its Master Fund during the covid-19 volatility, according to the firm’s Q1 earnings call -
California pension looks to cut liquid credit allocations
4 years ago
Fresno County Employees’ Retirement Association will likely cut back on liquid credit and completely remove hedge fund allocations in 2020.. But the pension is optimistic about core bonds – and may include it as a new asset class -
Pimco launches listed multi-sector global credit fund
4 years ago
Known as Pimco Tactical Income Fund, the fund will invest in a range of global credit strategies and will list on the New York Stock Exchange -
Azimut hires ex-Dyal official as it aims to buy minority equity in asset managers
4 years ago
Azimut will initially focus on acquiring minority stakes in alternative asset managers with under $3 billion AUM – including private credit, private equity, infrastructure and real estate firms -
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
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