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IACPM survey finds credit PMs still gloomy, but less so than last quarter
6 days ago
Respondents to the latest IACPM Credit Outlook Survey are still negative about future credit conditions, but less so than in previous surveys -
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. -
Veteran JP Morgan credit trader leaves for buy-side
2 months ago
JP Morgan's global head of macro credit trading has left to move to a London-based hedge fund -
New report finds 2023 a record year for alternative credit M&A
3 months ago
A new report on “Acquisitions of Alternative Credit Managers” by credit specialist Gapstow forecasts that more M&A activity lies ahead for credit firms as they struggle with the challenges facing the broader investment management industry -
Credit PMs remain gloomy in latest IACPM survey
3 months ago
Survey participants in the latest IACPM Credit Outlook Survey believe the euphoria seen in global financial markets during the last few months of 2023 was overdone -
Corvid Peak closes on acquisition of long/short credit fund Coherence Capital
5 months ago
Corvid Peak Capital Management has completed the purchase of credit fund Coherence Capital Management's investment team -
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. -
New IACPM survey points to a global recession
9 months ago
Respondents to the latest IACPM Credit Outlook Survey overwhelmingly expect global economies to fall into recession either later this year or sometime in 2024. -
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 -
CDS volume jumps by 50% as investors seek new ways to do business
1 year ago
Credit derivatives traders are wrapping up a bumper year, in which there was a big increase in volume and a growing number of use cases for the product -
CSO momentum builds as focus turns to fundamentals
Collateralised synthetic obligations (CSOs) have proved to be a bright part of the credit market in 2022. And participants are daring to dream the coming year will be one of the asset’s busiest. -
Capex and real yields will split winners from losers in '23: BofA
1 year ago
Companies able to undertake capital expenditure will be the winners in 2023, while those historically most sensitive to rising real yields should inspire caution, say Bank of America strategists -
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 -
Soft mood music abruptly dashed as Fed and BoE rile markets
1 year ago
The credit market’s strong run of improvement has come to an end this week, with the US Federal Reserve and Bank of England delivering a reality check to hopes of a more dovish path forward on interest rates -
Sona rolls out event-driven and bespoke financing fund to US investors
1 year ago
Sona Asset Management is courting investors in the US for its second capital solutions strategy, having filed an offering of the fund with the Securities & Exchange Commission -
It's time for bullish reversal on IG credit to play decompression: JP Morgan
1 year ago
Having been bearish most of the year JP Morgan has changed its view on investment grade credit to neutral, saying value has become too cheap to ignore -
Credit investors find bright spots in gloomy outlook: Credit Rendezvous Q4 2022
1 year ago
Clouds are looming over financial markets as the fourth quarter begins — so investors are moving away from diversified approaches in favour of tailored investments and relative value plays -
Credit/equity RV trades work better in selloffs than rallies: Barclays
1 year ago
Investors looking to exploit dislocations between high yield debt and equity would do better to short bonds following equity selloffs rather than buy bonds following equity rallies, according to Barclays credit strategists -
Investors nurse wounds after UK scuppers credit expectations
1 year ago
Financial markets are picking up the pieces on Thursday following an extremely volatile session ignited in large part by UK economic mishap, which sparked fears of a financial crisis and necessitated the central bank’s intervention -
European credit returns to peak covid levels with UK getting pounded
1 year ago
What looks set to be another challenging week for financial markets has opened as bearishly as last week ended, with credit spreads in Asia and Europe once again surging to new wides -
Credit structuring head lands at Deutsche Bank in expanded role
1 year ago
Deutsche Bank has hired former Credit Suisse global credit structuring head Paul Bajer in a broader remit as global co-head of cross asset structuring -
CFOs stage comeback as fundraising tool for managers
1 year ago
Collateralised fund obligations are coming back into fashion, with Churchill Asset Management the latest firm to launch such an offering after announcing a $700 million deal last month. -
Europe leads relief rally while UK gets Borexit done
1 year ago
UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s resignation has brought a collective sigh of relief across all political parties on Thursday that finds pathetic fallacy – but little attributable causal connection – in a strong relief rally in European financial markets -
ECB wizards seek ‘anti-fragmentation’ spell to calm spreads
1 year ago
Eurozone financial market performance this month will heavily focus on the European Central Bank’s unveiling of an ‘anti-fragmentation tool’ as it races to avert a blow-out of peripheral spreads and the build-up of longer-term financing problems -
Europe vs US arb hits resistance as dislocation becomes more extreme
1 year ago
Recession fears have pushed several different asset classes to key psychological levels, while leaving European and US credit markets at a high level of dislocation
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