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  • CBOs aren’t fixated on interest rate moves

    The loan sell off at the start of this year highlighted that CBOs are not a play on interest rates or bond prices — they’re taking advantage of the flexibility to rotate between loans and bonds. 

    4 years ago

  • We didn’t take full advantage of volatility

    The Creditflux CLO Census found that CLO arrangers and investors were more bullish than managers, who accepted they could have done more to capitalise on loan volatility late last year

    4 years ago

  • The ideal home for a loan

    European corporate loans can fit into various fund types and this year there has been an increase in managed accounts targeting these assets. But CLOs are still the best structures to house loans

    4 years ago

  • Fund performance
    A round-up of fund performance click here.

    4 years ago

  • Lenders turn to quality over quantity

    Bond and loan volumes dropped in August amid signs that US investors are taking a safety-first approach: 46% of issuance was made up of loans rated BB-/Ba3, compared to 33% earlier this year

    4 years ago

  • Beyond blacklists: the next step in ESG
    Credit managers are integrating ESG into their investment processes, but that does not mean they are unable to invest in unethical credits — they can, if they are paid adequately for the risk.

    4 years ago

  • Fund performance
    A round-up of fund performance

    4 years ago

  • Credit funds at a glance
    A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit

    4 years ago

  • Investors go first in lien at loan queue

    The risk premium for second lien US loans has widened in recent months, while first lien loan margins have gone the other way. It’s a clear signal that lenders are erring on the side of caution.

    4 years ago

  • Ucits at a glance
    A round-up of ucits fund performance

    4 years ago

  • How green was my rating

    A framework for rating the ESG-ness of a borrower is developing, but rating providers are taking diff erent approaches to evaluating environmental and social impact — and getting diff erent results

    4 years ago

  • Credit funds at a glance
    A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit

    4 years ago

  • Fund performance
    A round-up of fund performance

    4 years ago

  • Investors seek oasis as new issues dry up

    US loan issuance has fallen dramatically this year, but many thirsty investors found liquidity in the secondary market or took advantage of plentiful high yield issuance in a record quarter for bonds
     

    4 years ago

  • Fund performance: Mercury rises as does credit fund performance

    A round-up of fund performance
     

    4 years ago

  • New kids on the block dominate awards

    Two firms that have been in the market for fewer than seven years were named the top managers at the Creditflux awards last month. Manager of the year Spire only issued its first CLO in 2015 

    4 years ago

  • Budge up, more new managers are coming

    Room for 10 more? The average loan overlap among recent European CLOs is 48.7% – so the expected influx of new managers will have to work hard to distinguish themselves from the pack 

    4 years ago

  • Credit funds at a glance

    A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit

    4 years ago

  • Fund performance

    A round-up of fund performance

    4 years ago

  • High yield bonds regain lost ground

    The US high yield bond market experienced its biggest quarter since Q4 2017, with volumes and returns rising as borrowers plumped for secured bonds and the Fed turned dovish on rates

    4 years ago

  • Large, liquid loans aren’t always perfect
    CLOs could be forgiven for rushing to buy Refinitiv loans — after all it was the biggest LBO since the crisis. But some large managers have abstained, while others have bought opportunistically

    5 years ago

  • Moving on from the late 2018 hangover
    It might be too early to call a full recovery, but it’s fair to say that the US loan market is back on track with $48 billion of institutional issuance in 2019 — 88% of which is made up of new issues

    5 years ago

  • Loans recover slightly after late-2018 havoc
    Secondary loan prices have ticked higher this year, although they are still some way off the levels reached before the fourth quarter slump. However, M&As are starting to fill the new issue pipeline
     

    5 years ago

  • It’s going to be a credit picker’s market
    Our panel of experts believe that the credit market will be volatile this year, but there will be opportunities in European credit and additional tier one bonds, trups CDOs and unitranches

    5 years ago

  • Retail fund pain is a CLO manager’s gain
    Retail funds dumped loans in record volumes late in 2018, creating ideal conditions for CLOs to capitalise with performing credits available in the mid-90s for the first time in years

    5 years ago

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