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Debut manager markets first European CLO
5 days ago
A new European CLO manager is in the market with its first CLO, with the deal expected to price in the next few days -
Palmer Square joins the European CLO index party
28 days ago
Palmer Square is the latest firm to launch an index designed to benchmark the European CLO market, following two other launches in March. -
Hayfin adds managing director in private credit from BlackRock
1 month ago
London-based Michaela Campbell and will be responsible for leading the private credit team’s portfolio monitoring and risk profile -
Global corporate defaults on fastest pace since 2009 according to S&P
1 month ago
The number of corporate defaults has risen dramatically year-to-date, according to S&P Global Ratings, driven by a doubling of the rate of defaults in Europe -
Nordic countries have much in common — including a growing appetite for private credit
5 months ago
Norway, Sweden and Denmark share many similarities. The ‘Nordic model’ includes high standards of living, free-market economies, liberal welfare states, a tendency for workers to unionise, and a relatively narrow gap between low and high earners. -
Hayfin secures its largest private credit fundraise to date with €6 billion in commitments
8 months ago
Hayfin's latest private credit fundraise exceeds target goals, securing more than €6 billion in capital commitments -
Hayfin Capital Management beefs up high-yield and syndicated loans team
Hayfin Capital Management has hired a new head of high yield and syndicated loans trading from Capital Asset Solutions
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Loan Highlights 2Q23: Running aground
10 months ago
The global loan market endured a bleak first half of the year, with the overall 1H23 volume falling 28% year-on-year (YoY) to $1.9 trillion, the lowest showing since 2012. -
Serone Capital hires PM for European Special Situations Fund
10 months ago
Serone Capital Management has hired new blood in its European special situations division as existing PM Ralph Herrgott moves on -
Morgan Stanley snags Credit Suisse structuring veteran
10 months ago
Morgan Stanley has hired a structured credit veteran to run its corporate credit financing business in EMEA -
CLO portfolio manager parts ways with Hayfin
1 year ago
An experienced figure in the European loan and CLO market has left Hayfin Capital Management in London -
CLO 2023 Outlook: CLOs look set to rise to the challenge of a tough 2023
1 year ago
CLO researchers had an (understandable) inability to accurately predict the staggering array of macro shocks that affected the CLO market this year. So it comes as a surprise that overall CLO issuance reached a lot closer to anticipated levels than many would have expected back in Q2 -
Allspring adds two portfolio managers to European high yield unit
1 year ago
Allspring Global Investments has strengthened its European high yield team -
AnaCap's credit team spins out to form Veld
1 year ago
Veld, Veld, Veld. If it isn't AnaCap's former credit business -
Founder of Alcentra's structured credit business to step down as PM
1 year ago
A long-time CLO tranche investor is set to move away from day-to-day portfolio management duties and take on a new role as senior advisor -
17Capital raises '‘largest debut private credit fund' since 2009
2 years ago
17Capital has closed what it claims is the ‘largest debut private credit fund raised globally since 2009’ as its inaugural NAV lending private credit fund hit its €2.6 billion hard cap. The fund's carried interest is also tied to a charity pledge -
Signal hires former BlueBay official to build European CLO platform
2 years ago
Signal Capital has appointed a partner and head of leveraged credit for its newly-established CLO platform -
Nuclear power plant seizure amps up commodity chaos
2 years ago
The high volatility driven by Russia's invasion of Ukraine is taking financial markets to new extremes, with credit ending the week once again hitting new widest spreads since mid-2020 -
CLO investor cash balances at lowest levels since 2009: JP Morgan research
2 years ago
A survey conducted by JP Morgan has suggested that CLO investors' cash balances are at their lowest levels since 2009 - but most managers want to add risk in the coming months -
Credit awash with volatility in first week but investors load up
2 years ago
It has been a volatile opening week to the year for credit, but one in which investors have allocated bullishly to credit funds -
Jefferies European securitised markets co-head set to leave role
2 years ago
One of Jefferies' co-heads of Emea securitised markets is set to leave their role -
Brookfield hires industry veteran as public securities CIO
2 years ago
Brookfield Asset Management has hired a long-serving credit and equity market professional as chief investment officer for its public securities group -
Investors shrug at new Evergrande bond deadline a week on from roll havoc
2 years ago
Chinese real estate giant Evergrande looks unlikely to meet a $45 million bond payment due on Wednesday despite reports it plans to sell a $1.5 billion commercial bank stake. But credit markets are showing very little reaction despite initial default concerns having up-ended CDS index rolls only last week -
La Francaise adds two portfolio managers in European high yield
2 years ago
La Francaise says it has hired two portfolio managers to its high yield team in Paris -
CLO upgrades in sight as Fitch proposes changes to ratings methodology
2 years ago
Fitch Ratings is inviting market participants to comment on proposed updates to its CLO ratings criteria that could affect 4% of US CLO and 30% of European CLO ratings
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