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Beneath the triple C: ebbs and flows leave triple C levels at a temporary stasis
1 year ago
Following a rising tide of downgrades in May the loan market stabilised somewhat in June, with seven issuers held by CLOs downgraded to triple C and a counter-swell of five names upgraded to single B. -
CLO managers try loan restructuring provision
1 year ago
European CLO managers have taken advantage of new loss mitigation language in deals for the first time, after Schur Flexibles announced a restructuring last month -
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 -
Credit funds at a glance (June 2022)
1 year ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
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 -
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... -
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 -
Consumer confidence shock sends spreads back to wides
1 year ago
Weak US consumer confidence numbers on Tuesday sent shockwaves through markets that are continuing to reverberate in Wednesday's trading session -
Property firm's troubles mount while rest of market rallies
1 year ago
Financial markets have opened the week brightly on a mix of improved sentiment and technical repositioning. But one European high yield company is heading further into stress, against the flow -
Real estate stock manoeuvre sparks credit spread blow out
1 year ago
Adler Group's move to 'squeeze out' equity from a subsidiary business has prompted a sharp sell off in bonds and CDS attached to the company -
Manager selection stakes are heightening as CLO pain points intensify: Barclays
1 year ago
CLOs’ slump in market value and piling of distressed assets have made differentiation between managers much more acute on key metrics, regionally and by vintage, according to Barclays credit strategists -
Internet company triggers restructuring credit event at third time of asking
1 year ago
Yandex, the multinational internet and search engine company that predominantly serves Russian and Russian language users, has triggered a restructuring credit event -
Bayside distressed debt official earns promotion to MD
1 year ago
HIG Bayside Capital has promoted a figure who has worked in its European distressed debt business for over a decade -
Russian credit event auction plans put on hold after US sanctions update
1 year ago
Settlement of Russian Federation sovereign CDS has hit a delay, with the US having published updated advice on sanctions that could jeopardise the ability to conduct a credit event auction -
DC explains Russian credit event ruling - but not sole member opposition
1 year ago
Factors backing Russian Federation’s credit event trigger have been outlined by the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee, but without giving any explanation for Citi’s decision to vote against the decision -
JP Morgan AM targets global special situations after $2.4 billion raise
1 year ago
JP Morgan Asset Management says it has raised $2.4 billion for Lynstone Special Situations Fund II to invest in stressed, distressed and event driven situations -
Beneath the triple C: CLOs take first knock since covid scrapes
1 year ago
CLO managers have been hit by a number of loan downgrades to triple C for the first time since the wave of pandemic-related cuts trickled to a halt in early 2021. Companies indirectly linked to the health sector suffered most in May -
Russia triggers failure-to-pay credit event
1 year ago
The Russian Federation has triggered a failure-to-pay credit event on sovereign bonds, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled – marking an historic moment that caps off a long run of deliberations on the country’s international debt since it invaded Ukraine on 24 February -
Leucadia seeds European distressed and credit opps firm Pearlstone
1 year ago
New opportunistic credit firm Pearlstone Alternative has received backing from Leucadia Asset Management in the form of seed capital and distribution services -
LP round up: Oak Hill wins $300 million for strategic credit and Arcmont eyes fund four
1 year ago
US investors allocated nearly $1.5 billion to credit funds in May, with managers to win mandates including: 400, Accel-KKR, Advent, Arcmont, ArrowMark, Comvest, Edelweiss, Francsico, Oak Hill, Sixth Street and Sprott -
Russia sanctions cause non-payment concerns for Europe
1 year ago
The European CLO market is having to continuously wrestle with an evolving sanctions regime following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with concerns that non-payment by or to sanctioned entities could disrupt cashflows -
Credit investors look to outsource as risks begin to add up
1 year ago
Institutional investors and managers are outsourcing to third parties as credit and macroeconomic risks mount -
Fund performance: Credit hits another bump in the road after March revival
1 year ago
There was more upheaval for credit funds in April, reversing the mini-recovery in March as 40% of funds made positive returns, a decrease on the 47% in March -
Credit hedge funds (June 2022)
1 year ago
Credit hedge fund returns
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