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Barrow Hanley makes first move in CLOs
2 years ago
Barrow Hanley Global Investors has unveiled plans to launch its first 'CLO fund' in the coming weeks, with suggestions that CLO issuance will follow -
Aquarian takes over Gallatin CLO platform
2 years ago
New York-based Aquarian Holdings has bought Gallatin Loan Management's CLO management business -
Credit Rendezvous: Credit spins full circle
2 years ago
The third quarter was massive in terms of volumes with CLOs, high yield, leverage loans and private equity registering record issuance. But credit spreads were up and down as inflation fears, crackdowns in China and rising coronavirus cases became catalysts for risk-off sentiment in July and September -
Highland files lawsuit against former founders and senior executives
2 years ago
Highland Capital Management has filed a lawsuit against several former senior-level executives at the firm, including co-founders James Dondero and Mark Okada -
Creditflux CLO Census 2021 closes with record participation
2 years ago
The Creditflux CLO Census 2021 has closed with 245 people in the industry casting their vote and having their say on key issues affecting the market -
CLO Census latest: voting crosses 200 as range of dealers lead in CLO origination
2 years ago
CLO market participants are placing value on the specialist service that dealers are providing, according to Creditflux’s CLO Census, with three different banks leading the way for US CLO execution, structuring and syndication. A silimar trend is in play in Europe -
Spread adjustment curve emerges for ground-breaking Walker & Dunlop Sofr loan
2 years ago
Walker & Dunlop has changed the credit spread adjustment (CSA) on its fully-Sofr $600 million loan, Debtwire reports, with a varied structure depending on the benchmark tenor -
The Last Tranche with Capital Four: 26% of new European loans have an ESG-linked margin ratchet, and the US could follow fast
2 years ago
In this episode of the Last Tranche, Capital Four's Torben Skødeberg and Jim Wiant discuss the emergence of loans linked to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria -
CLO Census latest: banks in tight race, 51% optimistic on Sofr and large managers viewed as outperformers
2 years ago
More than 100 CLO market participants have already cast their vote in the most tightly-contested Creditflux CLO Census ever with a single vote separating the top three banks at US and European CLO execution. Meanwhile, most voters are unworried by the Sofr migration and BlackRock, CSAM, CIFC and PGIM are among the CLO managers viewed as having outperformed following the covid crash. Click here to vote: CreditfluxCLOCensus2021 -
KKR announces new co-CEOs as Kravis and Roberts step down
2 years ago
KKR has announced the appointment of its second ever pair of co-chief executive officers, effective immediately, replacing co-founders Henry Kravis and George Roberts -
"If ESG funds only talk the talk, it is because investors, legislators and regulators don’t walk the walk"
2 years ago
Whatever an ESG fund means to you, it probably means something different to the next investor -
The Creditflux CLO Symposium was back as an in-person event for the first time in two years and participants were delighted to socialise and bask in an amazing year for the credit industry2 years ago
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Still plenty more fish in the triple C
US CLO triple C buckets are lighter than a year ago thanks to the wave of loan upgrades from Moody’s and S&P. But 48% of downgraded paper is yet to return to a coveted single B rating2 years ago -
Credit hedge funds (October 2021)
2 years ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Ucits at a glance: Angsana recovers from July slump
2 years ago
Just under 75% of Ucits funds made positive returns in August, holding steady from June and July -
Banks reject mandates amid loan surge as settlement lengthens
2 years ago
M&A bankers are turning down mandates and settlement times for US loan trades are extending as understaffed desks struggle to cope with record deal volumes -
CLO issuers sit on Sofr as they brace for short-term hit
2 years ago
Times are about as good as they get in the US CLO market, with new issuance breaking records as daily volumes in September regularly topped $2 billion, but in three months new CLOs will have to adopt Sofr as a benchmark and thoughts are turning to how the CLO industry will manage the accompanying basis risk -
Past returns: Black Diamond riles investors
2 years ago
10 years ago in Creditflux, we reported on lawsuits against Black Diamond Capital Management after it tried to make $45 million of trades in Black Diamond CLO 2005-1 using cash the deal hadn’t yet received -
Nine CLOs each — and every one of them is different
2 years ago
CLO giants Blackstone and Carlyle Group have printed nine new US CLOs apiece this year, but CLO market participants say managers are creating distinct portfolios -
"Purchasing IG CLO debt was a key driver of success for 1.0 CLOs"
2 years ago
Longer reinvestment periods, the ability to buy IG tranches and improved loan settlements would improve CLOs -
Landmark Sofr loan nears with spread adjustment giving taste of things to come
2 years ago
The first fully-Sofr US loan is getting closer -
Vista collects $2.3 billion for third software-focused credit fund
2 years ago
Vista Credit Partners has held a $2.3 billion final close of its third flagship software focused credit fund, Vista Credit Partners Fund III, above its $1.5 billion target -
M&G launches ESG loan fund with Prudential UK and Kapan backing
2 years ago
M&G has launched a leveraged loan fund focused on environmental, social and governance -
CIFC launches $2bn loan SMA with Texas pension fund
2 years ago
CIFC Asset Management has teamed up with Teacher Retirement System of Texas to launch a separately managed account named Texas Debt Capital LP to invest in senior secured loans -
Senior credit PM departs M&G after 20 years to join Insight
2 years ago
Insight Investment has hired a senior portfolio manager within its strategic credit team from M&G
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