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Investors turn to secondary market amid recession fear
1 year ago
CLOs and loans weathered a sudden sell-off in May as investors began to factor in a higher likeli-hood of recession -
US managers open new CLO warehouses at rapid rate
1 year ago
US CLO managers are opening new warehouse facilities at a rapid pace, with some sources suggesting the rate of new warehouse formation to be the fastest in years -
Past returns: Silvermine CLOs splash the cash
1 year ago
In Creditflux 10 years ago, we reported that three Silvermine Capital CLOs, which had built up $646.5 million of cash, had started buying loans again -
Points up front: Making a meal of the arb
1 year ago
Credit market participants are always looking at the best arbitrage opportunity and right now that seems to be at McDonald’s -
We’ll get through this awkward patch
1 year ago
Wide liabilities have made pricing CLOs trickier in the past few months. But speakers at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium were optimistic that the arbitrage is OK — so long as you can place those triple As -
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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Ucits at a glance: Diamond shines after dull start to year
1 year ago
Ucits funds have continued to arrest the slide that followed the dip in February, as 37% of funds in April saw positive returns -
Credit funds at a glance (June 2022)
1 year ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
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Problem in checkout area as CLO favourite Diebold Nixdorf slips to triple C
1 year ago
Diebold Nixdorf, an Ohio-headquartered technology firm with $538 million in debt held by CLOs globally, was downgraded to triple-C by rating agency Moody’s on Friday -
Loan dip brings longest CLO primary pause since January
1 year ago
CLO primary business has been put on pause as the market grapples with a selloff in loans, meaning no new transactions have been issued so far this week -
CLO managers in the mix for first US credit event auction since 2020
1 year ago
CDS contracts referencing Talen Energy Supply will be settled by credit event auction next month. And Talen's recovery levels will have relevance for a number of CLO managers that have held onto the company's debt - in some cases having bought more very recently -
Envision exchange leaves some lenders sick, but CSAM finds prevention is better than cure
1 year ago
Envision Healthcare’s distressed debt exchange has rocked the CLO market, with over $1.68 billion of the firm’s loans held by US CLOs. But some of the largest managers have avoided the name completely -
Defaults should keep low despite looming recession, says TwentyFour
1 year ago
Corporate default rates should remain low even as the chance of a recession looms larger, according to a new report from TwentyFour Asset Management -
Sound Point promotes duo to lead US CLOs as veteran PM steps down
1 year ago
Sound Point has allocated responsibility for the US loan and CLO platforms to the pair as lead portfolio managers -
Think of the arb, say US CLO panelists after big loan drop
1 year ago
Far from being a cause for alarm, falling loan prices have brought a welcome opportunity in new CLO issuance for managers and investors, according to speakers at the Creditflux Symposium in London today -
Macro woes have dented CLO and loan outlook: Barclays
1 year ago
Rising interest rates and elevated macro volatility have negatively impacted the performance outlook for both loans and CLOs, according to Barclays credit strategists -
"It’ll take something special to drag my attention away from Depp/Heard, but Jerome Powell could just do it"
1 year ago
It’s not easy letting go of the past, but May heralds the start of something new in credit -
Muzinich targets high income with new flexible credit fund
1 year ago
Muzinich & Co has launched Muzinich Dynamic Credit Income Fund, which it says is “designed for investors seeking outperformance in rising credit markets without taking excessive risks” -
Loan buyers warned about rush of Sofr opt-in amendments
1 year ago
CLO managers must be mindful of loan amendments that facilitate a benchmark switch from Libor to Sofr, as they could find themselves buried in paperwork and locked into tight deadlines -
Fund performance: Credit bounces back from February blues
1 year ago
March performance figures were a slight improvement from the market turn in February; 47% of funds made positive returns, an increase on 17% the previous month -
Credit hedge funds (May 2022)
1 year ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Ucits at a glance: Robus stands tall among Ucits funds
1 year ago
27% of Ucits funds had positive returns in March, a slight improvement from 10% in February -
Credit funds at a glance (May 2022)
1 year ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
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We’re drifting apart
1 year ago
Everyone’s issuing US CLOs these days and it is tempting to believe the crowd of managers is blending into one. However, overall portfolio overlap has dropped to 37.7% across 2021 CLOs
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