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Global CLO league tables - Aug 2021 YTD
2 years ago
Global CLO league tables - Aug 2021 YTD -
High yield compression has one last push after real yields turn negative, says BofA
2 years ago
With real yields for European high yield bonds having turned negative, Bank of America credit strategists see "one last hurrah" for spread compression trades -
"The CLO industry can be a little clubby… it feels like there are few advocates"
2 years ago
Pension Danmark's David Altenhofen taks our credit quiz -
"There are concerns about volatile sectors in high yield, but IG may be vulnerable to macro changes"
2 years ago
High yield has heavier exposure to energy and travel credits, but IG has more rate duration -
CLOs face uncertainty as Libor rate deadline looms
2 years ago
CLO equity valuations could be increasingly under the spotlight in coming months, as sources warn of disruption while the market grapples with basis risk between Libor and Sofr in loans and CLO notes -
“For Creditflux this will be an extra special occasion - the publication is marking its 20th year in business”
2 years ago
A colourful train journey featuring Alice in Wonderland, Yoda and Top Trumps puts Welshcake in mind of the CLO Symposium -
Investors take deep breath ahead of US jobs report
2 years ago
Credit and equity markets are taking a cautious pause ahead of Friday's much-watched US jobs data, which could provide new context for discussions on central bank support for assets in the coming weeks -
Financial guarantees make comeback in European CLOs
2 years ago
European CLO tranche insurance has made a comeback, with sources indicating Assured Guaranty has guaranteed tranches in two Euro CLOs for two separate European investors (a bank and an insurance company) in the past month -
Euro CLO managers fume as settlement slowdown worsens
2 years ago
European loan investors are growing frustrated at the time it takes to settle primary market transactions, with recent hold-ups leaving CLO portfolio managers particularly disappointed. -
Déjà vu as CLO strategies again top hedge fund tables
2 years ago
Seven out of the top 10 funds in our hedge fund tables belong to the CLO category as the asset class outperformed again in July -
Points up front: Swapping bylines for a role on the buy side
2 years ago
Creditflux has specialised in CLO coverage for over a decade now and generally we’ve had a clear run at the market because few of our peers appreciate how the CLO machine works. The exception to that has been highly-respected Bloomberg journalist Sarah Husband -
Points up front: Tasty vaccine giveaway
2 years ago
Asset manager Vanguard is welcoming employees back to the office by offering a $1,000 bonus to staff who are fully vaccinated by October -
An alternative way of looking at CLO overlap
2 years ago
Analysing CLO collateral to look for overlap is critical for any CLO investor, but it is normally done either within a portfolio of CLOs or by bilaterally comparing two managers. In one of its latest research pieces, Moody’s Analytics has taken a different approach -
"Do not rush to set up a check-box approach with negative screening and start de-investing"
2 years ago
Instead of rushing through an ESG framework, asset managers need to adopt a long- and short-term approach -
Fund performance: CLOs dominate again as CIFC and Hildene score hat-tricks
2 years ago
CLO funds once again take over the top 10 as seven of those listed with Creditflux invest predominantly in the asset class. So far in 2021, CLO funds have held a majority of the spots in the top 10 on four occasions -
Credit hedge funds (September 2021)
2 years ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Ucits at a glance: Loomis Sayles makes gains in sleepy July
2 years ago
Ucits fund returns -
Credit funds at a glance (September 2021)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
CLOs at a glance (September 2021)
2 years ago
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month -
Taliban takeover likely to have long-term credit impact
2 years ago
Afghanistan’s takeover by the Taliban has barely caused a ripple in credit even regionally, but the power shift has wide-reaching implications that investors have yet to take onboard, say frontier market specialists -
Rising stars vie with swooping hawks as Fed deliberates
2 years ago
Rising star companies moving from high yield to investment grade could be a valuable source of returns for credit investors in coming months, say sources -
Tikehau wins €350 million mandate to manage Belgian direct lending fund
2 years ago
The €350 million fund will invest in subordinated and convertible loans to Belgian companies hurt by the covid-19 pandemic over the next five years -
US spreads narrow gap with Europe as credit hits new record tights
2 years ago
Corporate credit spreads are exploring new tights for the year, with Europe taking its turn to grind inwards once again today after strong sessions in Asia earlier and the US on Tuesday -
La Francaise adds two portfolio managers in European high yield
2 years ago
La Francaise says it has hired two portfolio managers to its high yield team in Paris -
CVC reopens European CLO market with 2019 refi and extends issuance lead
2 years ago
CVC has undertaken a refinancing that follows no CLO issuance in the week before the European bank holiday weekend
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