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Index sell off hits at start of busy week for primary
3 years ago
Credit is stumbling into the week, with a widening of index spreads that noticeably underperforms stock markets -
LP round up: Arcmont, Ares and Sixth Street win European direct lending mandates
3 years ago
Investors have allocated around $2 billion to credit funds in recent weeks, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux. Among those to recieve allocations include ADM, Arcmont, Ares, Audax, Bain, Centerbridge, Clearlake, Goldman Sachs merchant banking, Invesco, Monarch, Oaktree, Raven, Sixth Street and Sound Mark -
ECB stimulus hopes bolster high yield outperformance
3 years ago
Spread compression has picked up again, with European high yield taking the lead as expectations mount for another round of European Central Bank stimulus at its meeting next week -
KKR promotes three in credit team to managing director
3 years ago
KKR has unveiled 26 promotions globally to managing director, including three in credit -
Credit fundraising: November marks turning point as fund launches spike
3 years ago
November was always set to be an important month as the world awaited the US election outcome and the results of covid-19 vaccine trials. This did nothing to slow down fund managers as 14 funds launched, up from only four funds launching in September and five in October -
Highbridge closes convertible dislocation fund with over $2 billion to deploy
3 years ago
Highbridge Capital Management has held a final closing of its convertible dislocation fund -
Europcar posed as failure to pay credit event
3 years ago
Europcar Mobility Group has been proposed to the Emea Determinations Committee as a failure to pay credit event, following the French vehicle hire firm's announcement of a financial restructuring -
Wide-end names gain ground as market hits impasse
3 years ago
Financial markets appear to have a hit resistance points in several asset classes today, with credit, stocks and oil prices struggling to find traction despite encouraging signals from the UK on rolling out the Pfizer/BioNTech covid vaccine -
Arena collects $519 million for final close on special situations fund
3 years ago
Arena Investors has become the latest credit manager to launch a special situations strategy -
Spread compression resumes with US passing key milestones
3 years ago
Credit markets have resumed their crunch tighter today, with an absence of any obviously negative brakes to offset strengthening Asian industrial numbers and applications by vaccine makers for emergency approval in the US and Europe -
Bulls give up some gains as IG banks and energy lead market wider
3 years ago
In a cautious opening to the week, credit spreads are edging wider against a backdrop of faltering oil prices but marginally strengthened stocks -
Certior targets smaller distressed funds as it launches fund of funds
3 years ago
Certior Special Opportunities Fund is targeting distressed debt, opportunistic strategies, special situations, non-performing loans and asset-backed securities -
Europe keeps to the grind with wide-end driving improvement
3 years ago
Credit exhibits a firm tone as the week draws to a close, with index spreads grinding back towards their tights despite a mixed picture for oil prices and much of the US market away after the thanksgiving holiday -
Stressed credits push tighter even as index bulls take profit
3 years ago
A cautious tone has returned to financial markets ahead of the US thanksgiving holiday, with the strong push tighter of credit spreads in recent sessions giving way to a widening move -
Investment grade rallies hard on hopes of end to US deadlock
3 years ago
In a change from the recent trend investment grade credit is the front mover today, playing catch up on high yield as the market-wide rally gathers pace -
Zambia triggers failure to pay credit event
3 years ago
The Republic of Zambia has triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, he EMEA Determinations Committee has ruled -
LP round up: Monroe and Angelo Gordon beat 25 for direct lending mandate, as private credit plans brew
3 years ago
US public pension funds have disclosed $1.2 billion in commitments to credit focused strategies -
European high yield stays positive as rest of market hits resistance point
3 years ago
Credit markets are taking a cautious step back following the recent rally, with only European high yield spreads still exploring their best prints of the week -
Covid toll puts reality check on market rally
3 years ago
Credit markets look to have hit a point of resistance, with spreads retracing today amid a rising likelihood of stricter covid-19 measures be applied in places such as New York, Tokyo and Madrid -
No CDS auction for Scandinavian Airlines 'soft' credit event, rules DC
3 years ago
A credit event auction will not take place for Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark–Norway–Sweden CDS contracts, despite the company triggered a restructuring credit event last month, the EMEA Determinations Committee has ruled -
Zambia posed to DC as failure to pay credit event
3 years ago
The EMEA Determinations Committee has been asked to rule on whether the Republic of Zambia has triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, despite there being little CDS market exposure to the country's sovereign debt -
Skybridge looks to cut structured credit and distressed debt exposure
3 years ago
SkyBridge Capital, the fund of hedge funds manager run by ex-White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, is set to curb the structured credit and distressed corporate debt exposure in its SkyBridge G II Fund -
Compression gains mount as Moderna vaccine result boosts confidence
3 years ago
Compression trades are paying off today, with a new covid-19 vaccine announcement prompting a broad tightening of credit spreads in which high yield corporate indices lead the charge and financial names are outperforming investment grade corporate borrowers -
Manager shrinks in distressed and explores US direct lending sale: Debtwire
3 years ago
A global asset manager has a fresh set of priorities for its global credit platform with distressed debt and US direct lending moving down the pecking order -
Brigade and former partner clash over spac plans
3 years ago
Brigade Capital Management is locked in a dispute with a former partner over his ambition to launch a special purpose acquisition company (spac)
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