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SEC's CDS proposals could impede market rather than help it: Barclays
1 year ago
New rules proposed by the US Securities & Exchange Commissions to tighten oversight of the CDS market could mean big changes for the market and have the effect of sapping activity, warn Barclays credit strategists in a note published on Thursday -
High yield / loan slowdown affects year-end projections and pricing: Barclays
1 year ago
A sharp decline in primary market activity means expectations for high yield bond and even leveraged loan issuance need to be lowered, say Barclays credit strategists. And that in turn has implications for relative value -
CLO market and congress plead with SEC to extend rule comment period to 90 days
1 year ago
SEC rule proposals are no page-turners: members of the US congress are looking to extend comment periods from 30 days to 90 days. Recent SEC rule proposals require commentors to read and analyse roughly 3,570 pages and respond to 2,260 individually identified questions -
Managers debate ethics of investments in arms makers
The armaments industry has for a long time been negatively perceived by CLO managers and investors alike. But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked debate on the subject1 year ago -
Fund performance: Credit slumps widely as CLOs lag furthest behind
1 year ago
February’s market turn brought a variety of fund categories into the Creditflux top ten as six different categories were represented -- US high yield standing tallest among them -
Credit hedge funds (April 2022)
1 year ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Credit funds at a glance (April 2022)
1 year ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Ucits at a glance: Long-short funds provide resistance in tough month
1 year ago
In February, Ucits funds followed market sentiment as 90% made negative returns -
Attack-minded CLO managers capitalise on bearish outlook
1 year ago
Some of the most aggressive CLO managers have benefited from loan market volatility in March after having tweaked their portfolios in the months beforehand -
US loans recover but CLOs lag and issuance stutters
1 year ago
The US leveraged loan market spent the latter half of March recovering losses from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with prices now above where they were when the war started -
"Faltering oil supply is lamentable at a time of strategic and moral shortfall"
1 year ago
We need to accept the pain and cut dependence on Russian oil today -
Flexible approach is designed to deliver competitive performance
Nuveen’s Symphony CLOs benefit from teams who are active across a range of credit and bond funds -
"Having tighter CLO debt costs will not be enough for brand names to outperform more agile competitors"
1 year ago
The drop in loan and CLO prices today is unlike any previous downturn — but again it will pay to be agile -
"The loan market is the septic tank for sub-single B LBO financing"
1 year ago
Portfolios of single name IG CDS are less complex and more liquid than CLOs -
"Strong growth is not necessary for good loan or bond performance, but it keeps a recession at bay"
1 year ago
The picture in credit was looking good (even with inflation rising) until Russia invaded Ukraine -
LP round up: Oak Hill wins $3bn mandate as credit allocations near $10bn in March
1 year ago
Institutional investors revealed over $9.5 billion of allocations to credit funds in March. Oak Hill Advisors walked away with the largest mandate, as US heavyweight pension Calpers allocated a whopping $3 billion across several of its funds -
GoldenTree sprouts up in North Carolina
1 year ago
GoldenTree Asset Management has opened a new office in Charlotte -
CLOs look attractive after corporate rally - but not all tranches: Barclays
1 year ago
Rallying corporate cash credit spreads over the past two weeks have widened the basis with CLOs and made these products look attractive again, according to Barclays strategists -
Hidden loan tail risks and mounting single B exposure could pose problem for CLOs: Barclays
1 year ago
A solid rally for leveraged loans this week - against returning weakness in bonds - has put focus back on the market, which seemingly has little tail risk priced in. But short term support factors and a dwindling triple C bucket mask the quality skew, warn Barclays strategists in a note today - which could spell downgrades for single-B minus rated loans -
Former US CLO portfolio manager lands at BTIG
1 year ago
A former Pretium and Crescent CLO portfolio manager has landed at BTIG as managing director within the firm’s fixed income credit division -
Lakemore names CLO veteran Tiffen as independent board member
1 year ago
US control CLO equity investor Lakemore Partners has appointed a CLO and loans veteran to its board of directors -
Capital Four hires senior US credit trader
1 year ago
Capital Four has hired a senior credit trader in its New York office -
Market participants split over biggest risk to CLOs: Creditflux US CLO Summit
1 year ago
There are potential threats to the CLO market from all angles, but during a lively opening panel at Creditflux’s US CLO Summit on Tuesday – the first CLO conference to be held in New York since the pandemic – speakers responded to a poll showing 67% of audience members felt inflation/rising interest rates was the biggest hazard -
Biden signs Libor transition measures into law
2 years ago
The Libor legislations, which recieved bipartisan support, are aimed at giving clarity to tough-to-amend Libor contracts that lack adequate fallback language, and supporting a smooth transition away from Libor -
Senate introduces bipartisan bill for “tough" legacy Libor contract transitions
2 years ago
Four senators introduced a bill on Wednesday to provide a replacement framework for “tough legacy” financial contracts that reference Libor but cannot be easily changed
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