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New CLO stampede predicted ahead of Sofr switch
2 years ago
The US CLO boom continued in September as new issue volume topped $16 billion, following $17.6 billion of August issuance -
CLO issuers sit on Sofr as they brace for short-term hit
2 years ago
Times are about as good as they get in the US CLO market, with new issuance breaking records as daily volumes in September regularly topped $2 billion, but in three months new CLOs will have to adopt Sofr as a benchmark and thoughts are turning to how the CLO industry will manage the accompanying basis risk -
Oxbridge fund tops the class to break CLO run
2 years ago
It has taken a fund that invests in a range of credit funds to stop the dominance of CLO strategies in our credit hedge fund rankings, as Sandalwood’s Oxbridge Partners returned 2.93% in August -
CIFC looks to have another crack at direct lending
2 years ago
CIFC Asset Management is exploring the possibility of building out a direct lending business for a second time, with chief executive officer Steve Vaccaro telling the audience at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium that the firm is looking to broaden its business -
Past returns: Black Diamond riles investors
2 years ago
10 years ago in Creditflux, we reported on lawsuits against Black Diamond Capital Management after it tried to make $45 million of trades in Black Diamond CLO 2005-1 using cash the deal hadn’t yet received -
They said it: "Oh, hell no!"
2 years ago
PineBridge Investment portfolio manager Laila Kollmorgen tells the audience at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium that she is unequivocally against increasing triple C limits from 7.5% -
Points up front: CLO award-winners love bowing out at the top
2 years ago
Reaching the summit of their profession gives CLO officials the compulsion to move on to pastures new, as evidenced by the Creditflux Manager Awards -
Points up front: Risk retention gets less than 5% of airtime
2 years ago
In a sign of how buoyant the CLO market is, risk retention was hardly mentioned at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium. Milbank partner John Goldfinch gave a self-deprecating assessment... -
Nine CLOs each — and every one of them is different
2 years ago
CLO giants Blackstone and Carlyle Group have printed nine new US CLOs apiece this year, but CLO market participants say managers are creating distinct portfolios -
Hedging picks up as dip-buying is weighed against inflation
2 years ago
Inflation and rates will be the central drivers of credit market performance into the end of the year and beyond, investors and strategists agree -
CSAM regains best manager throne
2 years ago
Upstart CLO managers overtook more experienced rivals at last year’s Creditflux Manager Awards, but CSAM and other large firms, such as PGIM, emerged victorious in London this time around -
"Never have the choices for issuers been more varied, nor the market dynamics more complex"
2 years ago
Direct lending deal terms are becoming more attractive in Europe -
"Purchasing IG CLO debt was a key driver of success for 1.0 CLOs"
2 years ago
Longer reinvestment periods, the ability to buy IG tranches and improved loan settlements would improve CLOs -
"I’m passionate about broader representation within investment teams"
2 years ago
CIP's Leila Donnachy takes our credit quiz -
CLO investor leaves firm he co-founded to join Prospect in New York
2 years ago
Prospect Capital has to its CLO investment team in New York -
Sycamore Tree starts with clean slate as it markets debut CLO via Citi
2 years ago
Sycamore Tree Capital Partners is marketing its inaugural CLO via Citi -
Busy KKR prints new US CLO and refinances another
2 years ago
KKR Credit had an active day in the CLO primary market on Wednesday, printing one new CLO and refinancing another -
Credit Fundraising: September breaks 2021 record and poses question - is it sustainable?
2 years ago
The third quarter ended with $36.5 billion being raised in credit last month, doubling July and August figures. Several of the new funds have embedded Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation or ESG criteria at the heart of their investment thesis -
LibreMax collects $225 million for structured credit fund
2 years ago
LibreMax Capital has closed its fifth drawdown vehicle, LibreMax Structured Opportunities Partners I, at $225 million -
Landmark Sofr loan nears with spread adjustment giving taste of things to come
2 years ago
The first fully-Sofr US loan is getting closer -
Credit suffers double punch from treasury and energy surge
2 years ago
Credit markets are nursing their wounds after taking a battering on Wednesday, prompted by a surge in oil prices and spike in government bond yields that add to concerns about rising inflation -
Squarepoint takes over from CSAM as it supports star trader's new long-short credit fund
2 years ago
Arini, led by highly regarded former Credit Suisse trader Hamza Lemssouguer, has found support in Squarepoint Capital as it launches its first European credit fund -
Carlyle and Fort Washington add to surging CLO refi volume
2 years ago
Carlyle Group and Fort Washington has each refinanced a 2019 CLO at over $500 million -
Global CLO trading lab: Seasoned equity prices lag as debt spreads level out
2 years ago
The CLO secondary market took a back seat to the surging primary market in August and September with secondary US CLO volume accounting for just 3.7% and 4.2% of the total US CLO market (primary and secondary volumes). But opportunities are there in CLO equity tranches -
US Bank looks to hire PM to "build out newly approved CLO asset class"
2 years ago
The Charlotte-headquartered bank says the new hire will manage a portfolio of CLO lending facilities and be responsible for the build-out of its newly approved CLO asset class
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