Credit hedge funds (November 2021)
Credit hedge fund returns

Credit funds at a glance (November 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Dispersion trades in play as transatlantic rift opens
The return of idiosyncratic risk at the wide end of US and European high yield markets has put index equity tranches for the two jurisdictions on noticeably divergent paths, say correlation traders

Axa IM launches multi-strat fund for pensions
Axa Investment Managers’ ‘alternatives’ business has launched an open-ended strategy for pension funds

Vibrant follows CLO investments hire with new addition in business development
Vibrant Capital Partners has hired Zachary Radler as a director in its business development team for North America

LP round up: no Stoptober as investors allocate $5 billion to credit
US institutional investors allocated $5 billion to credit funds in October, with Oak Hill and Pimco among the biggest mandates    

Zais and BNP Paribas strike ESG breakthrough with climate change CSO
The growing theme of environmental, social and governance standards helping to revitalise the market for collateralised synthetic obligations appears to have taken a big step forward, with Zais Group and BNP Paribas partnering on a first-of-its-kind deal that could lay a template for future transactions

Lazard in talks to buy Brigade: Bloomberg
Lazard is reportedly in advanced talks to buy credit hedge fund Brigade Capital Management

Ashurst boosts structured finance and derivatives practice as it brings in partner
Law firm Ashurst has hired a structured finance and derivatives specialist as a partner in its global markets practice

BTIG launches structured credit business with four hires
BTIG has launched a new structured products business with three hires from Brownstone and one from Waypoint

Pretium hires senior PineBridge official to spearhead middle east expansion
Pretium has established a presence in the Middle East with the opening of a Dubai office and has hired a managing director from PineBridge to lead the charge

TCW launches 'first' ESG-labelled structured credit fund in the US
TCW has launched what it claims to be the first dedicated structured credit fund with an ESG-label in the US

Brevan Howard buys stake in structured credit fund manager led by former employee
1543 Capital and Brevan Howard have strengthened their ties with market sources indicating that Brevan Howard has acquired a minority equity stake in the manager

Fund performance: CLOs lead but variety is the spice of life
.An assortment of funds have made their mark in August as five different strategies make it into our top 10 for the month

Credit hedge funds (October 2021)
Credit hedge fund returns

Credit funds at a glance (October 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

"I’m passionate about broader representation within investment teams"
CIP's Leila Donnachy takes our credit quiz 

LibreMax collects $225 million for structured credit fund
LibreMax Capital has closed its fifth drawdown vehicle, LibreMax Structured Opportunities Partners I, at $225 million

Hildene hires business development head from One William Street
Hildene Capital Management has hired a new head of business development

Latham & Watkins hires partner in structured finance team
Latham & Watkins has hired a Chicago-based partner to its structured finance practice

CLO investor set for promotion as PGIM reveals leadership changes
PGIM has assigned additional responsibilities to three figures in its fixed income division as it revamps its leadership structure. As a result, well-known CLO tranche investor Edwin Wilches is set to become promoted to co-head of securitised products

Brigade adds RMBS specialist to its ranks
Brigade Capital Management has strengthened its structured credit team by hiring an RMBS and ABS specialist 

Fund performance: CLOs dominate again as CIFC and Hildene score hat-tricks
CLO funds once again take over the top 10 as seven of those listed with Creditflux invest predominantly in the asset class. So far in 2021, CLO funds have held a majority of the spots in the top 10 on four occasions

Credit hedge funds (September 2021)
Credit hedge fund returns