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"Faltering oil supply is lamentable at a time of strategic and moral shortfall"
2 years 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 -
"The loan market is the septic tank for sub-single B LBO financing"
2 years 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"
2 years ago
The picture in credit was looking good (even with inflation rising) until Russia invaded Ukraine -
"Europe undermines itself through fossil fuel addiction while the UK baulks at expunging oligarchs"
2 years ago
Russia’s actions in Ukraine are deeply troubling, but there is hope for the future -
Points up front: Price is right on trend with new CLO ticker game
2 years ago
The best ideas often come about when you’re knee-deep in CLO tickers -
"Pivot points in curves may not stay where they have been historically"
2 years ago
CTAs and CSOs are changing the way credit curves move -
"Rules require 5% risk retention, but for first loss CRS that is not enough"
2 years ago
PGGM's Mascha Canio takes our credit quiz -
Past returns: Ares constructs private CLO
2 years ago
In Creditflux 10 years ago we reported on Ares Management putting together a quasi-CLO in a bilateral transaction involving senior debt investor Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation -
They said it: "The third term is Jinping’s legacy..."
2 years ago
... He does not care about near-term growth." -
Points up front: A true rock star lawyer
2 years ago
When corporations proclaim they are looking to recruit ‘rock stars’ (as is common these days), this usually means they are seeking highly proficient candidates for a desk job -
"Boardrooms are being hustled by activist shareholders using ESG data to drive economic value"
2 years ago
Pledges have been made and the Race to Zero has begun. Firms need to put their plans in place -
"Credit investors should interpret 100,000 Russian troops on the Ukrainian border as worth pricing in"
2 years ago
Welshcake tells credit portfolio managers to under-promise and over-deliver in 2022 -
"If omicron paradoxically lowers the temperature of the market, that may be no bad thing"
2 years ago
The global economy is well protected against omicron — and a mild infection may be beneficial -
"Some observers believe Europe’s opportunity in private debt lies at the lower end of the middle market"
2 years ago
European private debt has lagged its counterpart in the US. But a growth spurt may not be far off -
"We again have to flag up information in CLO marketing pitches that can mislead investors"
2 years ago
Cash-on-cash returns, default records and leverage statistics don’t always give CLO investors the full picture -
Past returns: KKR’s unusual CLO liquidation
2 years ago
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported that junior debt investors in a KKR-managed European CLO voted to alter the deal’s documentation so they could drive a liquidation of the legacy deal, such that they would receive roughly 92% of par -
They said it: "The tone may have been too positive"
2 years ago
CLO market participants have been guilty of being overly bullish -
"In 2022, being slow will not be such a bad thing"
2 years ago
St David losing its place as the UK’s smallest city would be a travesty. Replacing Libor might be worse -
"No-one talks about the part oil price surges played in the 2008/9 global financial crisis"
2 years ago
Investors eyeing inflation shocks and supply chain disruption should instead be paying attention to the brewing energy crisis -
"Growth in credit products lets investors express sector-specific views as dispersion ticks higher"
2 years ago
Investors can use ETFs, volatility dispersion swaps or even bond baskets to trade dispersion -
Past returns: Insurers weigh CLO barbell trade to fight Solvency II
2 years ago
Five years ago in Creditflux we reported that insurers in Europe were putting on a CLO barbell trade in reaction to Solvency II regulations which came into effect in January 2016 -
They said it: "Remove call option from CLO assets and liabilities"
2 years ago
A CLO investor, commenting in Creditflux’s CLO Census, comes up with a drastic way of making CLO cashflows a whole lot easier to model -
Points up front: Definitely not an ex-parrot
2 years ago
One of the biggest credit fund launches last month was Arini, led by star credit trader Hamza Lemssouguer -
"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
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