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Houlihan Lokey adds new credit MD
1 month ago
Investment bank Houlihan Lokey released news yesterday of a new managing director hired to the firm’s Financial Sponsors Group -
Altice isn’t just a European CLO problem
1 month ago
The latest BofA research estimates that US CLO OC test breaches could jump to as high as 17% if all Altice entiites are downgraded -
Proskauer poaches pair of credit partners from Milbank
2 months ago
Proskauer Rose continues to build out its team with the addition of Eric Reimer and Gayle Berne as partners in the global finance practice -
Blackstone sets sights on USD 10bn for opportunistic private credit fund
3 months ago
Blackstone will soon introduce the latest version of its opportunistic private credit fund, aiming to raise USD 10bn, Michael Chae, the firm's chief financial officer, told analysts -
Florida pension system allocates to three alternative funds
4 months ago
Three funds received commitments from the City of Hollywood Employees' Retirement Fund including an opportunistic credit fund and a direct lending fund -
Lumen Technologies ad-hoc group preps competing proposal
5 months ago
The refinancing of Lumen Technologies, currently held by 1311 different CLOs with a combined principal balance of USD 3.8bn, took a new twist today as details of a competing proposal emerged -
RiverRock secures €153 million in commitments for new senior loan fund
RiverRock sets €1 billion commitment target for latest fund, nearly double the size of its previous vintage
7 months ago -
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. -
Creditors try double dips to raise recoveries
7 months ago
A new form of liability management has emerged to take its place alongside the various uptiering and drop-down transactions that have been executed recently: the so-called “double dip” financing -
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund sinks hundreds of millions into credit funds
The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund has invested more than half a billion dollars into several credit and direct lending funds
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Brazilian distressed fund gains investor attention internationally
8 months ago
International investors continue to take note as Brazil's Jive Investments raises roughly half a billion dollars for fourth vintage of distressed and special situations fund. -
CLOs hit by bankruptcy of Envision as zero recovery predicted for first lien loans
10 months ago
Envision has joined the growing number of companies to have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The emergency medical services company, which has been owned by KKR since 2018, announced on 15 May that it was entering a restructuring support agreement. -
LP round up: HPS wins $550m mandate as Ares launches third US direct lending fund
11 months ago
US institutional investors allocated nearly $3 billion to credit funds in April. The news comes amid a BlackRock survey in the month which showed significant investor interest in private credit -
Stress ticks up in CLOs as downgrades take triple C loans to over 5% of market
11 months ago
The percentage of the leveraged loan market rated triple C passed 5% in April and further expected downgrades are likely to push the figure over 7.5% in the coming months -
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 -
LP round up: opportunistic credit dominates as investors allocate $2.2 billion
1 year ago
US institutional investors invested at least $2.2 billion to credit funds in March, according to documents seen by Creditflux, with opportunistic credit funds dominating commitments -
BC Credit targets $1.25 billion for third opportunistic credit fund
1 year ago
BC Partners Credit plans to deploy half the fund in private lending and structured equity opportunities and the other half in specialty lending and dislocated liquid credit deals -
Lights go out for Heritage Power with 120 CLOs left in the dark
1 year ago
US based power plant operator Heritage Power filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in the bankruptcy court of Texas on Tuesday night, impacting $124.45 million of assets held by 120 US CLOs. -
Serta Simmons makes its bed again with default leaving CLOs with a restless night
1 year ago
$172.5 million of CLO assets defaulted on Monday after Serta Simmons Bedding filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. -
Are we ready for another crisis?
1 year ago
Credit managers must brace themselves for stress in 2023, as rates rise and the number of poor performing assets increases. But most CLOs look well-placed and can rely on plump OC cushions -
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 -
HIG adds capital raising clout with senior credit and PE hires
1 year ago
HIG Capital has added to its global credit and private equity businesses with three senior appointments -
Plenty more US CLOs in the CCC as buckets pass 5%, finds S&P
1 year ago
US CLO triple C baskets have nudged to 5.02% in November from 4.4% the prior month -
Brookfield/Oaktree targets "larger" than $16 billion for next opportunistic credit fund
1 year ago
Brookfield Asset Management held a $2.8 billion first close on its third infrastructure debt fund and has started fundraising for its next vintage of our opportunistic credit flagship fund, alongside affiliate Oaktree, according to the firm's Q3 earnings call -
Beneath the triple C: Stormy October hits CLOs with rising tide of downgrades
1 year ago
After a slight respite in the pace of downgrades over the summer for CLOs, October brought renewed momentum as macro-economic pressures - primarily high interest rate burdens for corporate borrowers and supply side inflation - became the recurring rationale
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