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Secondary CLO prices continued to rise across June
8 months ago
US BWIC secondary prices continued to rise in June, according to a report by KopenTech. -
Panagram launches its second CLO ETF of the year
8 months ago
Panagram Structured Asset Management has launched its second CLO exchange traded fund of 2023, naming the fund Panagram AAA CLO ETF -
Asset management firm creates new credit platform
8 months ago
Insurance and asset management firm Nassau launches new credit platform with more than $8 billion in assets under management. -
Blackstone hires sell-side CLO trading head
8 months ago
Blackstone Credit is beefing up its team with a new hire to the liquid credit strategies group. -
Proposed regulation changes could open up US CLO funds to UK investors
8 months ago
Proposed changes to the UK Securitisation framework may expand the investor base for US structured credit if passed. -
Question your assumptions
8 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. -
Fund performance
8 months ago
Good month for CLO funds sees six in top 10 as Axiom sets pace -
Credit hedge funds
8 months ago
Credit hedge funds performance data -
Credit funds at a glance
8 months ago
Fund performance, fund raising and LP commitments -
Sound Point becomes 5th largest CLO manager as Assured deal completes
8 months ago
Sound Point announced the completion of its partnership with Assured Guaranty yesterday jumping Sound Point into position as 5th largest CLO manager in the world. -
Blackstone rethinks captive equity strategy
8 months ago
Blackstone has announced proposals to wind down its existing risk retention vehicle, Blackstone Loan Financing Limited (BGLF). -
Secondary activity ramps up as post-Barcelona rally continues
8 months ago
BWIC activity across European ABS and CLOs increased this week as investors and asset managers look to take some risk off heading into the summer -
Carlyle names future CFO
9 months ago
Carlyle has named John Redett its new chief financial officer and head of corporate strategy, the company has said. -
Managers scramble to launch captive equity funds as they become best route to market
9 months ago
A plethora of CLO managers are eyeing captive equity fund launches in 2023 with the lack of such vehicles cited as the “main hurdle” for issuing deals. -
Credit hedge fund returns (May 2023)
10 months ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Credit funds at a glance (May 2023)
10 months ago
A round-up of people moves and fund raising -
March madness sees most funds give up gains made in Q1
10 months ago
After a positive start to the year, credit funds ended the quarter with a step backwards; just under 30% of those listed reached positive returns for the month. -
Pimco eyes CLOs as part of new flexible credit interval fund
11 months ago
Pimco is preparing to launch a new closed-ended, non-listed interval fund, named Pimco Flexible Corporate Income Fund, which will invest at least 80% of assets in corporate debt across public and private credit markets -
CLO funds make best of a bad situation
11 months ago
It can’t get any worse can it? Well, it did in 2022, when credit spreads kept moving wider. Still, CLO funds were able to withstand the pressure, and they outperformed other credit strategies -
Fund performance: European CLO funds lead the way
11 months 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 -
Credit hedge fund returns (April 2023)
11 months ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Credit funds at a glance (April 2023)
11 months ago
A round up of people moves and fundraising -
Canada Life hires well-known CLO specialist in New York
11 months ago
A Canadian insurer, which is part of a large family of asset managers, insurers and financial service firms, has hired an experienced CLO specialist -
First Sentier buys majority stake in credit firm AlbaCore
1 year ago
First Sentier Investors has bought a majority stake in European credit specialist AlbaCore Capital Group, the firms announced today, after identifying alternative credit as a ‘strategically important space’ -
CLOs cheap to corporates but expensive to agency MBS, says BofA
1 year ago
CLO bonds are currently pricing cheap relative to corporates but look expensive relative to agency MBS bonds, according to new research from Bank of America
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