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Cheyne returns to SRT market with eye-catching hire
10 days ago
Cheyne Capital has re-entered the significant/synthetic risk transfer (SRT) market, bringing on an industry veteran to act as portfolio manager -
Global Loan Highlights 1Q24: Don’t call it a comeback
1 month ago
Loan refinancing share hits historic high, but IG issuance stymies YoY global growth -
Permira prices tenth European Providus CLO
1 month ago
Permira Credit threw their hat into the increasingly crowded European ring with their first deal of 2024 -
Rockford Tower prints the first short-dated European CLO this year
1 month ago
Rockford Tower has reset Rockford Tower Europe CLO 2018-1 in the first short-dated European deal of 2024 -
Barclays raises 2024 US BSL CLO new issue forecast
1 month ago
Barclays has become the latest bank research desk to increase its 2024 US BSL CLO new issue forecast -
Equity piles up in European direct lending portfolios after debt swaps
1 month ago
European debt funds have fully or partially equitised at least 61 loans provided to companies backed by some of the biggest names in private equity since 2018, analysis by Debtwire shows. -
How many CLOs will be reset?
1 month ago
Tightening liability spreads aren’t just driving record new CLO issuance this year — they’re also triggering a wave of resets and refinancings in the US, especially for broadly syndicated CLOs -
Värde Partners promotes two to partner
1 month ago
Värde Partners has made two senior-level promotions, including a new global head of business development and investor relations and a new chief operating officer -
LP CLO investor returns to Accunia
2 months ago
A veteran CLO investor has announced he is returning to Copenhagen-based Accunia Credit Management, where he will be Head of Investments -
Banks predict steady year ahead
4 months ago
It’s the season for predictions and the CLO market is no exception, with all the banks having their say. We’ve rounded up their forecasts for new issuance and resets in the US and Europe -
Blackstone to close multi-strategy fund after assets fell nearly 90%
5 months ago
Blackstone plans to shut down its Blackstone Diversified Multi-strategy Fund by the end of the year after assets within the fund declined by nearly 90% in the last four years -
Global head of CLOs and loans switches firm to focus on private credit
5 months ago
Dan Robinson, Man Group's managing partner of capital asset solutions and global head of CLOs and loans has moved to a new asset manager -
M&G launches first European private credit fund
5 months ago
M&G Investments is the latest firm looking to individual investors as an avenue for fundraising with the launch of a new ELTIF, dubbed the M&G Corporate Credit Opportunities Fund -
European structured finance market constructive on rates pause — market snapshot
5 months ago
European ABS and CLOs had a constructive week in the secondary market, reflecting better sentiment in broader credit -
Loan Highlights 3Q23: Loan volumes remain significantly lower than historical averages
6 months ago
Capital markets loan activity continued to struggle in the third quarter of 2023, as issuers in the Americas and Europe held off from tapping markets -
European CLOs win out against US deals
7 months ago
Last month, our analysis explored the performance of US CLOs that were previously reset. We found that they delivered higher distributions than deals which weren’t reset, with the exception of the 2017 and 2018 vintages (Creditflux September 2023 — Do resets help CLOs perform better?). This article expands that analysis to the European market, and compares the performance of US BSL and EU CLO equity tranches. -
Question your assumptions
9 months ago
Valuing CLO paper is complicated, and loan prepayments are one of the trickiest parts. When pricing a new issue CLO, the market generally assumes that 15-20% of loans will prepay their principal annually. This prepayment rate is important because it essentially determines the pace at which a CLO’s rated debt is paid off after the reinvestment period, when the CLO pays down its own principal. -
Berenberg closes its fourth debt fund in the renewable energy space
10 months ago
Berenberg is continuing to raise money in the renewable energy debt sector, with the German bank working alongside BayernInvest Luxembourg to close its fourth debt fund in the space. -
Crédit Agricole appoints head of corporate and leveraged finance
11 months ago
Crédit Agricole CIB has appointed a head of corporate and leveraged finance, effective Thursday -
Pantheon hits $590 million close on second credit opportunities fund
11 months ago
The fundraise means Pantheon has raised $3 billion for its private credit secondaries strategy since its dedicated launch in 2018 -
CLO co-head parts ways with Accunia
1 year ago
One of Accunia's CLO portfolio managers is understood to have parted ways with the firm last month -
Aegon agrees to buy NIBC's CLO platform
1 year ago
Aegon Asset Management has agreed to buy NIBC’s North Westerly European CLO platform, which includes three deals alongside the NIBC CLO team -
Brigade requests restructuring flex for pre-covid European CLOs
1 year ago
Brigade Capital is proposing to amend documentation in some of its pre-covid European CLOs to include new restructuring language, the firm wrote in a letter to investors in Armada Euro CLO II and Armada Euro CLO III -
Experienced European CLO portfolio manager lands at Serone
1 year ago
Serone Capital Management has hired a well-known CLO specialist as head of European performing credit -
Fund performance: European CLO funds lead the way
1 year ago
February was a positive month for many funds, as only one quarter failed to reach the black. This builds off a stellar start to the year: 96% of funds reached a positive return in January
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