Schroders Capital adds new global head of business development and product
Schroders Capital turned to ICG to source its newly-created role of global head of business development and product

Blackstone CLO gets bushier as delayed draw tranche issues
Blackstone added its contribution to 2024’s accelerating run of delayed draw single-B issues yesterday, as it priced a drawn-down class-F tranche

Palmer Square prices delayed draw for 2023 CLO
The latest in a sequence of delayed-draw European issues hit the primary market on Friday, when Palmer Square priced the F-class notes of a 2023 CLO

Barings launches legal proceedings against Corinthia and two senior defectors
Barings has commenced legal proceedings against two former senior executives who last week defected to Corinthia Global Management

CVC leaves triple As unchanged in rare refi
Goldman Sachs arranged a second European deal of 2024 for CVC Credit Partners last week, with a refi that left the triple As unchanged

CLO round-up: mid-March 2024
Our roundup of all the action half-way through another spectacular month for the CLO market

Barclays raises 2024 US BSL CLO new issue forecast
Barclays has become the latest bank research desk to increase its 2024 US BSL CLO new issue forecast

Long delayed European CLO feature is delayed no longer
Since the beginning of this year six European CLOs have priced class F delayed draw issuance as what was once a theoretical leverage boost has become a regular occurence

European CLO reset matches market tights
The triple-A spreads on a European reset matched the tightest seen in European new-issue this year with the restructuring of a 2022-vintage transaction yesterday

European reinvestment periods are ticking up, but we're not at 2021 levels yet
With market sentiment running at strong levels through the first quarter of this year, investor demand for new issuances has been likewise strong – and that’s been reflected in a continued uptick in the length of reinvestment periods for European CLOs

Global corporate defaults on fastest pace since 2009 according to S&P
The number of corporate defaults has risen dramatically year-to-date, according to S&P Global Ratings, driven by a doubling of the rate of defaults in Europe

European companies reprice EUR 16bn of loans in 2024 as window opens
When the European loan market started to talk about rates peaking late in 2023, repricing rehearsed a comeback, but did so effectively in January this year

DWS expands in London with new senior investment manager role
London-based Roscoe Roman has joined German asset manager DWS, in the newly created role of senior investment manager for alternative credit (EMEA)

European CLOs are pricing this year but market is falling further behind US
Talk at SFVegas last month centred around the record-setting pace of US CLO issuance in 2024. In contrast, discussion around Europe was muted, reflecting the underwhelming sentiment around that market.

Equity piles up in European direct lending portfolios after debt swaps
European debt funds have fully or partially equitised at least 61 loans provided to companies backed by some of the biggest names in private equity since 2018, analysis by Debtwire shows.

Moody’s helps European private credit CLOs move step closer to reality
Talk is again swirling in the European CLO market that this will be the year a middle market deal is priced. Many market participants remain sceptical given the long history of disappointments in this area, but concrete steps are being made, especially by the rating agencies.

How many CLOs will be reset?
Tightening liability spreads aren’t just driving record new CLO issuance this year — they’re also triggering a wave of resets and refinancings in the US, especially for broadly syndicated CLOs

Fund performance
Fund performance

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Credit hedge funds

Credit funds at a glance
Credit funds at a glance

CLOs at a glance
CLOs at a glance

As banks are forced to offload more risk, SRTs build an increasingly long list of advantages
Banks — even global systemically important banks — need additional capital. Problem CRE exposures, increased reserve requirements for expected credit losses under IFRS9/CECL, the entrance of government bond portfolio losses... 

CLO Symposium 2024 Agenda
The Creditflux CLO Symposium returns to the Landmark London on 15 May 2024

Europe sees second CLO reissue of 2024 price
Fidelity Investments priced a European CLO reissue on Monday, according to market sources, following CVC's lead from last month

Nomura-backed Corinthia lifts private credit team from Barings
More than 20 members of the global private credit team at Barings have jumped ship and joined Corinthia Global Management, a new platform backed by Nomura Holdings