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SRT market keeps pumping deals as Greek and German banks free up capital
1 year ago
Dealflow in significant risk transfers is picking up, with a €2.7 billion Greek mortgage and SME lending deal and a €2.1 billion German corporate loan transaction printing in recent days -
IG payers provide best tail-risk hedges: Barclays
1 year ago
Investors seeking the cheapest tail risk hedge should look to CDX IG payers, while iTraxx Europe payers are the best hedge against further European underperformance, finds Barclays -
HSBC and Mount Street sign servicing agreement with Aviva for real asset business
1 year ago
HSBC and Mount Street Group have signed a 10-year asset servicing agreement with Aviva Investors for its £50 billion (€59.07 billion) real asset business -
Apera raises €1.27 billion for second European private debt fund
1 year ago
European mid-market direct lender Apera exceeded an initial €800 million target for the vehicle -
Mixed signals abound but European weakness persists
1 year ago
European financial markets are losing further ground against the US in a cautious start to the week, as the euro approaches parity with the dollar for the first time and latest data supports the Federal Reserve maintaining a hawkish approach to policy -
Go long duration in consumers and industrials: BofA
1 year ago
The year’s wides still lie ahead in the second half, but China reopening is bullish for consumer and industrial spreads and investors should extend duration in high-quality credit, according to Bank of America strategists -
Euro loans with FX hedging offer better value than US: Barclays
1 year ago
The big underperformance of European loans in June has left them looking cheap versus those in the US – but FX hedging and a nuanced selection process are advisable for investors looking to take advantage of that -
CSO equity investors line up deals amid dispersion threat
1 year ago
Synthetic bespoke tranche issuance has hit an impasse in recent months, denting projections for overall 2022 business at the mid-year point. But unlike the covid sell-off of 2020, wider spreads have created a queue of buyers ready to drive deals if condition -
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 -
HSBC AM's responsible investing head resigns with view to creating "new asset class"
1 year ago
HSBC Asset Management’s global head of responsible investing has resigned after been suspended by the firm. This followed him delivering a conference speech in May in which he downplayed the impact of climate change on financial markets -
Fund performance: Rocky May piles on the misery for credit hedge funds
1 year ago
Negative fund performance soared in May -
Credit hedge funds (July 2022)
1 year ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Ucits at a glance: LBBW shines as Ucits take a turn for the worse
1 year ago
Ucits fund returns -
Credit funds at a glance (June 2022)
1 year ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Seeds sewn for carbon credit market to flower into CLOs
1 year ago
Long-time structured credit specialist Jan Phillip Wassenaar has joined start-up NatureCredits as a senior advisor to support the evolving carbon credit industry -
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 -
Barings closes European private credit fund at €7 billion
1 year ago
Barings says it has raised €7 billion for European Private Loan Fund and related vehicles, having deployed €6 billion into 80 transactions of the last 18 months -
Citi Emea credit trading head earns promotion
1 year ago
Citi has promoted a senior figure in its credit business to regional head of markets for Emea -
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 -
Arcmont says liquid loan opportunities depend on timing as it advocates direct lending instead
1 year ago
Arcmont Asset Management has made the case for direct lending over syndicated loans in a white paper, despite having being an admirer of CLO management platforms -
LP round up: 28 credit managers win $6.6 billion as San Diego carves private credit allocation
1 year ago
Pensions allocated over $6.6 billion to credit managers in June including Angelo Gordon, Antares, Apollo, Ares, Beach Point, BioPharma, Brookfield, CarVal, Cerberus... -
Euro markets slump against US after slowdown signals drive sell off
1 year ago
European credit is once again underperforming the US, after data pointing to economic slowdown sent the euro to a 20-year low against the dollar -
A&M makes securitisation breakthrough with SRT for Polish bank
1 year ago
Alvarez & Marsal says it has completed its first securitisation as sole arranger after completing an SRT referencing a pool of housing community loans -
Credit tacks sharply as hiking talk brings choppy start to week
1 year ago
European financial markets opened the week on a cautious footing, after a weak Asian session, with credit indices oscillating between wider and tighter prints over the course of Monday morning -
EU inflation prints frame challenge ahead as horror show first half ends
1 year ago
Financial markets are heading into the weekend with a rare stationary session, but the mood is more one of shellshock than considered positioning, after one of the worst first halves to a year on record
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