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RR ABS returns with new Vista deal
2 months ago
The growing market for recurring revenue securitizations saw a boost last week with the pricing of VCP RRL ABS III -
A strong year for CLO strategies
2 months ago
After the pain of 2022, credit fund managers must have been praying that 2023 turned out better. It did. -
BlackRock launches securitised asset fund
5 months ago
BlackRock has launched a new securitised asset fund dubbed the BlackRock Senior Securitised Fund with at least 65% exposure to ABS and no more than 35% to CLOs -
Manulife Investment agrees deal to buy CQS
5 months ago
Manulife Investment Management, the global wealth and asset management portion of Manulife Financial Corporation, has agreed to buy London-based alternative credit manager CQS, including the CQS credit platform and CQS brand -
Janus Henderson expands ETF lineup
5 months ago
The new Janus Henderson Securitized Income ETF will invest in ABS, commercial mortgage-backed securities, CLOs, mortgage credit and agency mortgage-backed securities -
Capital Four beefs up US credit team with three new hires
7 months ago
The Danish-based credit manager is expanding its US presence -
CLO manager raises new captive equity fund
7 months ago
The New York-based alternative asset manager raised a new CLO equity fund with a first close of USD 136m -
CLO funds are hot in summer as they take nine spots in top 10 (Fund performance)
7 months ago
CLO funds took the lead through summer as the returns of the category index reached 1.88% and 3.18% in June and July, respectively. Both months saw a CLO fund as the top performer — Sound Point Meridian in June, and Oxford Gate Master Fund in July. -
Panagram launches its second CLO ETF of the year
9 months ago
Panagram Structured Asset Management has launched its second CLO exchange traded fund of 2023, naming the fund Panagram AAA CLO ETF -
Asset management firm creates new credit platform
9 months ago
Insurance and asset management firm Nassau launches new credit platform with more than $8 billion in assets under management. -
Question your assumptions
9 months ago
Valuing CLO paper is complicated, and loan prepayments are one of the trickiest parts. When pricing a new issue CLO, the market generally assumes that 15-20% of loans will prepay their principal annually. This prepayment rate is important because it essentially determines the pace at which a CLO’s rated debt is paid off after the reinvestment period, when the CLO pays down its own principal. -
Sound Point becomes 5th largest CLO manager as Assured deal completes
9 months ago
Sound Point announced the completion of its partnership with Assured Guaranty yesterday jumping Sound Point into position as 5th largest CLO manager in the world. -
Secondary activity ramps up as post-Barcelona rally continues
10 months ago
BWIC activity across European ABS and CLOs increased this week as investors and asset managers look to take some risk off heading into the summer -
Managers scramble to launch captive equity funds as they become best route to market
10 months ago
A plethora of CLO managers are eyeing captive equity fund launches in 2023 with the lack of such vehicles cited as the “main hurdle” for issuing deals. -
Pimco eyes CLOs as part of new flexible credit interval fund
1 year ago
Pimco is preparing to launch a new closed-ended, non-listed interval fund, named Pimco Flexible Corporate Income Fund, which will invest at least 80% of assets in corporate debt across public and private credit markets -
Fund performance: European CLO funds lead the way
1 year ago
February was a positive month for many funds, as only one quarter failed to reach the black. This builds off a stellar start to the year: 96% of funds reached a positive return in January -
Canada Life hires well-known CLO specialist in New York
1 year ago
A Canadian insurer, which is part of a large family of asset managers, insurers and financial service firms, has hired an experienced CLO specialist -
CLOs cheap to corporates but expensive to agency MBS, says BofA
1 year ago
CLO bonds are currently pricing cheap relative to corporates but look expensive relative to agency MBS bonds, according to new research from Bank of America -
New York lifts limit on pension alternatives to 35%
1 year ago
New York pensions have been granted the ability to elevate their alternative investment allocations from 25% to 35%. This comes after New York governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill on 23 December that lifts the “basket clause” -
Nassau adds $3.6 billion credit firm Angel Island to its platform
1 year ago
Under the deal, Angel Island will become a subsidiary of Nassau’s asset management unit, Nassau Asset Management -
Citi forms new securitised trading business
1 year ago
Citi has formed a new securitised products trading business, with sources saying the combined business is better aligned with how the bank’s clients are organised -
LDI funds prepare for return to CLOs and ABS early next year
1 year ago
Liability-driven investment (LDI) strategies that had to sell senior CLO tranches in droves could come back in for CLOs in the early part of 2023, sources say -
Belstar partners with Apollo to launch global corporate and structured credit fund
1 year ago
Belstar Management Company has launched a credit fund to invest across global liquid and private credit - including both corporate and structured credit -
LP round up: 27 managers find the top corner with investor wins
1 year ago
Credit fund managers like to take it one fund at a time and give it 110% for their 90-minute investor fund pitches - and it's working as $3.8 billion was allocated during November and early December. The gaffer would be proud. -
Structured credit gains focus from 75% of UK pensions: Aeon
1 year ago
Three quarters of UK pension schemes say they are increasingly focused on structured credit products
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