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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 -
UK pension pool takes management in-house for £1.5 billion index-linked bond fund
3 years ago
The UK’s Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has launched a £1.5 billion sterling index linked bond fund -
LP round up: EIF backs four debt funds while Carlyle wins $1 billion
3 years ago
Institutional investors have allocated just over $4 billion to 27 credit managers in October board meetings -
Air Canada pension allocates $110 million to Pretium
3 years ago
Trans-Canada Capital, a newly-created investment management subsidiary of Air Canada based in Montreal, has allocated $110 million to Pretium Partners' opportunistic and structured credit strategy -
LP round up: $5 billion flows to credit as private market allocations increase
3 years ago
Global institutional investors allocated nearly $5 billion to credit funds this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
Barings and PGIM win loan and structured credit mandates as pension puts £2.7bn in credit
3 years ago
The firms will manage global syndicated loans, securitised credit, emerging market debt and global high yield credit for Border to Coast Pension Partnership's £2.7 billion ($3.43 billion) multi-asset credit fund -
Tikehau launches three private debt funds and sells 54% stake in DWS
3 years ago
Tikehau Capital’s private debt group had a busy first half of 2020, with key highlights including three fund launches: its first open-ended private debt fund, a new French direct lending fund and a first close on its fifth flagship European direct lending fund -
Andera collects €500 million for sponsorless mezzanine debt fund
3 years ago
Andera Partners, has held a final close on its sponsorless mezzanine fund, ActoMezz IV, exceeding its hard cap at €500 million -
Scor introduces swing pricing on European loan fund
4 years ago
Scor Investment Partners has introduced partial ‘swing pricing’ on all classes of its Scor European Loans Fund, effective Friday “to preserve its clients' long-term interest in challenging market conditions” -
Axiom freezes credit exotics fund as volatility roils CDS market
4 years ago
Citing market volatility, Axiom Alternative Investments has suspended subscriptions and redemptions to a fund that invests in credit derivative products such as indices, tranches, options and single name CDS -
Silver lining: credit investors provided with lower entry points than Q4 2018
4 years ago
Oil shocks and the coronavirus outbreak, along with aftermath effects such as US Federal Reserve interventions and lockdowns, is providing credit investors with lower entry points than the Q4 2018 sell-off, say sources. Furthermore, an expected U-shaped rather than V-shaped recovery could provide a greater money multiple for opportunistic investments - if they can access them -
EIF backs Italian private debt fund
4 years ago
Finint Investment anticipates €150 million final close for its third Italian private debt fund in June, after receiving the backing of the European Investment Fund -
Credit reels back to January 2019 levels as coronavirus impact spreads
4 years ago
A more positive opening for European credit today proved short-lived, as coronavirus developments caused the market to reverse its modest improvement early on to careen back to some of the widest levels in over a year -
Värde taps growing CRE CLO market for the third time
4 years ago
Värde Partners closed a $627 million CRE CLO last week via Goldman Sachs -
Rallye CDS auction price drops to 12.5 cents on unmatched sell requests
4 years ago
Rallye's credit event auction to settle CDS contracts produced a final price of 12.5 cents today, lower than the initial price set in the first round this morning of 14.975 -
Rallye CDS set for high pay-out with credit event auction underway
4 years ago
Rallye CDS looks set for a high pay-out to protection buyers after a credit event auction today to settle the contracts produced an inside market midpoint of 14.875 cents, slightly below where the retailer’s bonds have been quoted -
Alantra holds interim close for second debt fund
5 years ago
The Spanish direct lender has also increased its target size for the strategy to a €175 million -
Manchester's Tosca holds £237.6 million final close for second debt fund
6 years ago
Tosca Debt Capital has held a final close for its second debt fund, Tosca Debt Capital Fund II, at £237.6 million ($335.6 million) -
Private equity firm's credit unit raises $110 million at first close for new fund
6 years ago
The fund has a total offering amount of $350 million. It held its first close at $110 million after making its first sale on 31 October, US SEC filings indicate -
BNP Paribas vehicle raises €110 million in one month
6 years ago
The BNP Paribas Short-Term European Securitisation Fund has raised €110 million in just one month after picking up a triple A rating -
Twin Brook adds $110 million loan as it builds mid market portfolio
6 years ago
Angelo Gordon’s Twin Brook Capital has made one of its biggest loans to date, according to well placed sources, as it ramps up a recently launched US mid-market credit fund -
Loan total return swaps make their way to Europe following US success
7 years ago
Total return swaps have become a popular way to finance portfolios of US leveraged loans in recent years. And now the product may be about to make it big in Europe too. -
BlueBay, Brightwood and Permira win private debt mandates
7 years ago
BlueBay Asset Management, Brightwood Capital Advisors and Permira Debt Management have been tasked with overseeing a London pension fund’s direct lending portfolio -
Direct lending shows signs of growth in continental Europe, finds Deloitte
7 years ago
Deloitte has released its latest Alternative Lender Deal Tracker report in which it highlights that 267 direct lending deals took place over the course of 2016 – an increase of 2% on 2015’s volumes -
DW raises $110 million for CMBS venture
7 years ago
Market sources say that DW Partners has raised a new fund to invest in the CMBS market
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