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Record-breaking CSAM wins Creditflux Manager of the Year 2021
2 years ago
The Creditflux Manager Awards dinner was back with a bang last night as 250 attendees saw Credit Suisse Asset Management crowned Creditflux Manager of the Year for a record third time -
Alcentra's head of European direct lending set to leave
2 years ago
Alcentra’s head of European direct lending is set to part ways with the firm at the end of September -
Cheyne puts focus on ESG-linked loans for new €1 billion strategic credit fund
2 years ago
The London-based manager held a €1 billion final close on its second strategic credit fund in the series, Cheyne European Strategic Value Credit Fund II, which it says took less than six months following its first close -
HIG closes €2 billion 'inaugural' European mid market fund
2 years ago
HIG Capital has held a €2 billion final close on what it says is its first European middle market fund -
Rising star portfolio has room to run, says JP Morgan
2 years ago
The theme of 'rising stars' still has room to run and investors should consider a basket of candidates to benefit in the coming months, according to JP Morgan credit strategists -
UK retailers get frosty reception after price hike warning
2 years ago
UK retailers face spread widening pressure on Tuesday against an otherwise flattish backdrop, as supply chain issues stack up prompting concerns of winter stock shortages and higher prices for goods -
Rally resumes as investors read US job miss as tapering delay
2 years ago
Credit and equity markets have opted to rally - albeit far from emphatically - after digesting the import of the US missing its August monthly news jobs target by a big margin, which could bring a setback for hawkish central bank voices -
DunPort reaches €255 million first close for UK and Ireland direct lending fund
2 years ago
Ireland Strategic Investment Fund is among the investors backing the UK and Ireland-focused lower mid market direct lending fund -
Sound Point goes long again with five-year European CLO
2 years ago
Sound Point has opted for a five-year reinvestment period in its latest European new issue - five months after printing Europe's first ever five-year deal -
Euro CLO league tables: deal flurry takes Barclays and CVC to the top
2 years ago
The European CLO market machine swatted away any suggestion of a summer slowdown in August with €6.74 billion of issuance coming to market -
Global CLO league tables - Aug 2021 YTD
2 years ago
Global CLO league tables - Aug 2021 YTD -
High yield compression has one last push after real yields turn negative, says BofA
2 years ago
With real yields for European high yield bonds having turned negative, Bank of America credit strategists see "one last hurrah" for spread compression trades -
"The CLO industry can be a little clubby… it feels like there are few advocates"
2 years ago
Pension Danmark's David Altenhofen taks our credit quiz -
"There are concerns about volatile sectors in high yield, but IG may be vulnerable to macro changes"
2 years ago
High yield has heavier exposure to energy and travel credits, but IG has more rate duration -
CLOs face uncertainty as Libor rate deadline looms
2 years ago
CLO equity valuations could be increasingly under the spotlight in coming months, as sources warn of disruption while the market grapples with basis risk between Libor and Sofr in loans and CLO notes -
“For Creditflux this will be an extra special occasion - the publication is marking its 20th year in business”
2 years ago
A colourful train journey featuring Alice in Wonderland, Yoda and Top Trumps puts Welshcake in mind of the CLO Symposium -
Investors take deep breath ahead of US jobs report
2 years ago
Credit and equity markets are taking a cautious pause ahead of Friday's much-watched US jobs data, which could provide new context for discussions on central bank support for assets in the coming weeks -
Financial guarantees make comeback in European CLOs
2 years ago
European CLO tranche insurance has made a comeback, with sources indicating Assured Guaranty has guaranteed tranches in two Euro CLOs for two separate European investors (a bank and an insurance company) in the past month -
Euro CLO managers fume as settlement slowdown worsens
2 years ago
European loan investors are growing frustrated at the time it takes to settle primary market transactions, with recent hold-ups leaving CLO portfolio managers particularly disappointed. -
Déjà vu as CLO strategies again top hedge fund tables
2 years ago
Seven out of the top 10 funds in our hedge fund tables belong to the CLO category as the asset class outperformed again in July -
Points up front: Swapping bylines for a role on the buy side
2 years ago
Creditflux has specialised in CLO coverage for over a decade now and generally we’ve had a clear run at the market because few of our peers appreciate how the CLO machine works. The exception to that has been highly-respected Bloomberg journalist Sarah Husband -
Points up front: Tasty vaccine giveaway
2 years ago
Asset manager Vanguard is welcoming employees back to the office by offering a $1,000 bonus to staff who are fully vaccinated by October -
An alternative way of looking at CLO overlap
2 years ago
Analysing CLO collateral to look for overlap is critical for any CLO investor, but it is normally done either within a portfolio of CLOs or by bilaterally comparing two managers. In one of its latest research pieces, Moody’s Analytics has taken a different approach -
"Do not rush to set up a check-box approach with negative screening and start de-investing"
2 years ago
Instead of rushing through an ESG framework, asset managers need to adopt a long- and short-term approach -
Fund performance: CLOs dominate again as CIFC and Hildene score hat-tricks
2 years ago
CLO funds once again take over the top 10 as seven of those listed with Creditflux invest predominantly in the asset class. So far in 2021, CLO funds have held a majority of the spots in the top 10 on four occasions
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