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Fund performance
10 days ago
In February, CLO funds once again claimed the majority of top positions in our fund ranking — this time taking eight of the top 10 spots (see table below). -
New Mountain prices second quasi-CLO
24 days ago
New Mountain priced a second rated feeder fund last week, a deal that straddles the line between the simpler traditional rated feeder fund structures and middle market CLOs -
A strong year for CLO strategies
2 months ago
After the pain of 2022, credit fund managers must have been praying that 2023 turned out better. It did. -
ABS rallies on better-than-expected inflation prints
5 months ago
The European ABS market has rallied over the last two days on news of rapidly falling inflation in both the US and the UK -
Structured finance secondary market quiets down as volatility intensifies
6 months ago
Secondary market activity in European structured finance was subdued this week, in the wake of further market volatility sparked by the Israel-Hamas war -
CLO manager raises new captive equity fund
7 months ago
The New York-based alternative asset manager raised a new CLO equity fund with a first close of USD 136m -
Fund performance
9 months ago
Good month for CLO funds sees six in top 10 as Axiom sets pace -
Sound Point becomes 5th largest CLO manager as Assured deal completes
9 months ago
Sound Point announced the completion of its partnership with Assured Guaranty yesterday jumping Sound Point into position as 5th largest CLO manager in the world. -
CLO funds make best of a bad situation
1 year ago
It can’t get any worse can it? Well, it did in 2022, when credit spreads kept moving wider. Still, CLO funds were able to withstand the pressure, and they outperformed other credit strategies -
Fund performance: European CLO funds lead the way
1 year ago
February was a positive month for many funds, as only one quarter failed to reach the black. This builds off a stellar start to the year: 96% of funds reached a positive return in January -
Fund performance: Credit funds end difficult 2022 on a positive note
1 year ago
In December 66% of credit funds reached a positive return, following an even better November where 81% of all funds pushed into the black -
LP round up: 27 managers find the top corner with investor wins
1 year ago
Credit fund managers like to take it one fund at a time and give it 110% for their 90-minute investor fund pitches - and it's working as $3.8 billion was allocated during November and early December. The gaffer would be proud. -
Euro CLOs have better 2023 entry point than US in $140 billion issuance year: Barclays
1 year ago
CLO performance and issuance may have to wait until the second half of next year for improvement, say Barclays credit strategists in a 2023 outlook piece. But Europe could fare better than the US given starting levels in a year the market faces some challenging regulatory hurdles -
San Bernardino pension commits $50 million to CLO fund as part of multi-credit strategic partnership
1 year ago
San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association allocated $50 million to a CLO equity fund, as part of a roughly $240 million multi-credit strategic partnership with the manager -
Structured credit gains focus from 75% of UK pensions: Aeon
1 year ago
Three quarters of UK pension schemes say they are increasingly focused on structured credit products -
Cairn begins "new chapter" as it rebrands to Polus
1 year ago
Cairn Capital has been renamed Polus Capital Management, which brings it together with Bybrook Capital, the credit asset manager it acquired in 2021. -
Fund performance: Wake us up when September ends
1 year ago
After a resurgent August, credit markets hit a rough patch in September, with every Creditflux index posting negative returns, and only 12.9% of funds in our listings showing a positive return. -
CQS returns to Euro market with first new CLO since 2015
1 year ago
CQS has priced its first European CLO in seven and a half years, opting for a short reinvestment and non-call period -
Fortress goes for longer tenor as CLO spreads widen
1 year ago
Fortress Investment Group has priced a new US CLO with a four-year reinvestment period and pricing at the wider end of recent issues -
Fund performance: August provides much-needed relief for CLO funds
1 year ago
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"Kwasi Kwarteng’s ‘mini budget’ will be remembered like a forklift truck disaster video"
1 year ago
Welshcake sees the funny side as bunga bunga returns -
Widening asset/liability gulf will hurt CLOs: Barclays
1 year ago
A mismatch between CLO asset / liability rate risk is increasing in the US as more leveraged loan issuers opt for one-month pay frequency, Barclays credit strategists have found -
Fund performance: Select funds shine in dreary June for credit hedge funds
1 year ago
Credit funds suffered through June, as only 8% of listed funds reached the black. This made June the fourth month in a row in which negative returns increased -
Fund performance: Rocky May piles on the misery for credit hedge funds
1 year ago
Negative fund performance soared in May -
CLO official takes top role as Onex announces new credit leadership
1 year ago
Onex Credit Partners has announced a new leadership structure with two co-heads of credit replacing the CEO that left late last year. One of the promotions is an experienced CLO official
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