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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 -
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) -
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 -
Loan total return swaps make their way to Europe following US success
6 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
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