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Up to 40% more US loan supply will hit primary market next year: Barclays
1 year ago
US leveraged loan supply in 2023 will outstrip this year’s tally by a good margin, according to Barclays credit strategists in New York. But it will remain below average, particularly given the increased size of the index -
Anchorage holds first close on credit opportunities fund
1 year ago
Anchorage Capital has held a first close on its latest credit opportunities fund, Anchorage Credit Opportunities Fund VIII -
Monroe closes first opportunistic private credit fund with 'over 75 investors'
1 year ago
Monroe Capital has won commitments from ‘over 75’ investors, closing its inaugural opportunistic credit fund, Monroe Capital Opportunistic Private Credit Fund I, at $286 million -
Traders hunt for Monday bargains in Black Friday debris
2 years ago
The turmoil of Black Friday has given way to a counter-wise move on Monday, with financial markets latching onto scraps of hope over the weekend following the panic of a newly discovered covid-19 variant -
HarbourVest nears $600 million final close on US direct lending fund
2 years ago
HarbourVest Direct Lending Fund will invest in US private equity-sponsored mid-market companies with ebitda between $10 million and $150 million -
AlbaCore adds distressed hire among raft of new arrivals
3 years ago
AlbaCore Capital Group has added four hires to its investment team in recent weeks, taking its total headcount to 46 -
It's all relative: CLOs are lagging no more, as Carlyle deal drags market tighter
3 years ago
“CLOs are lagging” has been a much repeated refrain over the last nine months. But Carlyle Group has this week produced a US CLO that has dragged spreads to their tightest point in three years so that, rather than comparing CLOs to pre-covid levels, they should be assessed against early 2018 -
LP round-up: investors gift private debt and leveraged loan RFPs over holiday season
3 years ago
2020 ended on a strong note with four institutional investors increasing asset allocation to private debt or initiating private debt and leveraged loan searches. ArrowMark, Banner Ridge, BBAM, HIG Whitehorse, Monroe and Rialto were also awarded mandates -
Single name shorters get improved entry point after conviction test
3 years ago
Returning market optimism has taken credit spreads back to ultra-tight levels. But for bears, this posits a better entry level for short trades, and the recent blow-out may have given strong pointers where to target them -
Puerto Rico-based direct lender seeks $200 million for new fund
3 years ago
Parliament Credit Opportunities Fund II will invest in senior financings to small and medium sized businesses across Puerto Rico and key Hispanic markets in the US -
Fidelity and Loomis Sayles win IG and securitised credit mandates
3 years ago
Fidelity Institutional Asset Management and Loomis Sayles have beat out the competition to manage Employees System of Rhode Island’s investment grade corporate credit and securitised credit plans -
Structured credit dragged very wide — but CLOs stand to gain
4 years ago
Senior tranches of securitisations widened 220% in less than a month as the coronavirus pandemic has meant an increase in systemic risk — a sharp turnaround from the past few months when idiosyncratic risks were being cited as the main concern for structured credit investors. -
Euro loan trading: CLO managers find a home for building specialist's downsized loan
4 years ago
CRH Europe issued a €700 million term loan B in November, which was downsized from €900 million. But still, it has proved popular with CLO managers with CLO-i indicating that CLOs bought €275.2 million of the loan -
Oil supply concerns grease CDS relative value trade
4 years ago
With credit spreads having begun 2020 circling post-crisis tight prints, there is not much room across the market for improvement and plenty of susceptibility to jitters. But at least one CDS index shows scope to narrow further and could form part of a relative value trade -
It's a question of timing: US direct lending allocations hit a bump in the road
4 years ago
Recent disclosures from public pension funds point to a pull-back in private credit allocations -
Apollo's credit funds report gains in 2018 despite Q4 slump
5 years ago
Apollo saw $21.6 billion inflows throughout the quarter leading to a record total assets under management of $280.3 billion. The firm, however, reported a net loss throughout the quarter -
Activist nominates directors to Alcentra BDC's board amid "shareholder value" dispute
5 years ago
Activist group Stilwell is seeking board representation for the $248.6 million BDC, as Alcentra "fails to maximise shareholder value" -
Carlyle closes private business development company at $1.9 billion
5 years ago
Carlyle Group has closed its second business development company, TCG BDC II, raising a total of $1.9 billion -
Former BlueBay team raise €280 million for debut credit fund
6 years ago
Dublin-headquartered DunPort Capital Management has announced a close for its credit fund, Elm Corporate Credit fund, with €280 million capital commitments -
CarVal draws $280 million in a year for international credit fund
6 years ago
The CVI International Credit Fund, which launched in 2011, has now made sold a total of $1.3 billion from US and non-US investors -
Manager shaves fees on corporate bond ETF amid ongoing price war
6 years ago
A large manager has dropped expense ratio on a corporate bond ETF, making the product about half as expensive as some ETFs from rival firms -
Puerto Rico utility gets six months to restructure its debt
9 years ago
The troubled Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority has announced that it has reached agreement with holders of more than 60% of its bonds which gives it some breathing space -
Credit market snapshot: spreads continue to inch wider
10 years ago
Only US investment grade manages to avoid losses as low volumes push credit indices wider -
Credit market snapshot: spreads refuse to move as US traders return
10 years ago
Yesterday saw healthy credit trading volumes in Europe but much more muted activity in the US in the wake of Monday's public holiday -
Credit market snapshot: Europe slips wider without US bid
10 years ago
As the US celebrated Martin Luther King Day, European spreads took a slip wider
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