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Refinancing continues to dominate headline figures in latest European leveraged highlights
8 months ago
Debtwire has released its July 2023 European Leveraged Highlights, containing key trends in the leveraged loan and high-yield bond markets -
Telco bucks market sell of with network merger boost
1 year ago
It is an off day for most borrowers in the European credit market, but one telco has bucked the trend with a sharp move tighter after unveiling network integration plans -
Russia oil ban accord unites markets in sell off
1 year ago
EU leaders’ compromise agreement on banning Russian oil imports by sea has presented a united front few may have thought possible only days ago. But financial markets have not reacted positively, with risk assets selling off as the euro slumps and oil hits its highest level since March -
LP round up: Apollo and Silver Rock win over $1 billion as pensions plough into private debt
1 year ago
Institutional investors allocated at least $2 billion to credit funds in April, according to Creditflux data, with Apollo and Silver Rock emerging as big winners -
Tech and supply chain concerns take credit back to year's wides
2 years ago
A cocktail of bearish signals has taken credit markets back to their widest levels since March, with Tuesday's sell off spilling over into the Wednesday session -
Credit Fundraising: Private credit and CLO captive equity feature strongly as closes mount up
2 years ago
Credit funds have made a fair start to the fourth quarter, although the $21 billion raised during October is down substantially on September’s impressive record for 2021 -
Manager targets $450 million for global CLO fund
2 years ago
A New York pension has backed the fund, which will invest in CLO debt and equity tranches and is said to have held a first close in Q1 -
Single name shorters get improved entry point after conviction test
3 years ago
Returning market optimism has taken credit spreads back to ultra-tight levels. But for bears, this posits a better entry level for short trades, and the recent blow-out may have given strong pointers where to target them -
Garfunkelux gaps in as refi points to CDS orphaning
3 years ago
Garfunkelux Holdco 2, the CDS trading entity of debt collector Lowell, is leading today's drive tighter as the company's planned refinancing raised the prospect of contracts becoming orphaned -
LP round up: pension creates private credit bucket as Florida eyes 'best distressed opportunity ever'
3 years ago
There was no slowdown in credit allocations last week, wrapping up what has been an extremely busy July. $1.4 billion has been allocated to credit, it has emerged over the last seven days, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux. -
Saba launches new credit hedge fund
3 years ago
Saba Capital has raised at least $165 million for a new credit hedge fund, -
Standard Board publishes structuring, valuation and conflict memos for credit funds
3 years ago
The Standard Board for Alternative Investments has published three memos as guidance to managers and investors, alongside a framework of questions investors may wish to ask managers when conducting operational due diligence -
European credit converges further with US after White House stokes coronavirus dispute
3 years ago
The mood hangs heavy in credit markets as the week begins, with the US having ramped up its war of words with China over the origin of coronavirus and much of Europe returning from 1 May holidays to catch up on Friday's move wider -
Financials and commodity names lead credit widening as oil slumps
4 years ago
Credit markets ended last week going wider and the theme continues today, as the price of oil slumps further amid growing concern about how the impact of the coronavirus outbreak will stifle demand -
Direct lending deal activity in France grows 20% year-on-year
5 years ago
Private debt activity in France continued to grow in 2018, with the number of transactions up 20% from 2017, according to a report published by France Invest (Association of Investors for Growth) and Deloitte -
Oaktree reports distressed gains over year despite Q4 losses
5 years ago
Oaktree was not immune from challenging fourth quarter globally. Its distressed debt strategy, for instance, returned a gross loss of 1.5% -
Blackstone builds on multi-asset approach with fifth fund
5 years ago
The new vehicle will invest directly into Blackstone deals across its alternatives platform -
ICG hits €4 billion target for European private debt fund
5 years ago
Intermediate Capital Group has hit its €4 billion fundraising target for its seventh European private debt fund, according to the firm’s semi-annual results -
Alaska fund appoints CIO
5 years ago
Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC), the $65 billion sovereign wealth fund, has promoted an official to chief investment officer. -
Alaska pension fund puts $123 million to work following $1 billion credit platform launch
5 years ago
Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC) has made a $123.3 million commitment to a European direct lending fund -
Price talk circulates on new Moca marketplace lending securitisation
6 years ago
P2P Global Investments has announced initial price thoughts for its second securitisation of marketplace lending loans from the Zopa platform -
Catholic fraternity puts its faith in Audax for private debt partnership
6 years ago
New York-based Audax Management Company and New Haven-based Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors have partnered together on a private debt fund that has raised almost $123 million in a year -
Pain continues for loan managers as Vivarte’s second shoe drops
9 years ago
Details emerge of managers' differing strategies over trouble European loan -
Credit market snapshot: European spreads continue push tighter
9 years ago
European spreads end week pushing tighter while US credit is much more mixed -
Credit market snapshot: party like it’s 2008, as indices hit six-year low
9 years ago
A strong supply of corporate bonds should drive credit spreads wider. But that is not happening in today's credit market.
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