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Credit funds at a glance (July 2020)
3 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves -
Ucits at a glance: Ucits recover lost ground
3 years ago
The foot has come off the gas for many funds - 57% of funds did not break the 2% return barrier. -
Fund performance: CLO tranches move up
3 years ago
April returns managed a partial bounce back after a tumultuous March. 82% of funds listed in the Creditflux database made positive returns, showing at least small signs of recovery after 90% of all funds listed posted negative returns in March -
Two managers beat 70 for £900 million emerging market bond mandate
4 years ago
LGPS Central has selected two external managers for its £900 million Global Active Emerging Market Bond Fund -
Credit Rendezvous: recovery begins, but is it U, V or even W?
4 years ago
Investing in credit is not as easy as ABC. The coronavirus crisis has crushed valuations and although most assets will eventually pull to par, no one is sure how the recovery will pan out -
US credit leads surge tighter on Fed package to close gap with Europe
4 years ago
What was already a much more positive week for credit has ended with a massive jump-start, as the US Federal Reserve unveiled a $2.3 trillion relief package targeting small businesses and municipalities but with additional support for bigger companies, including 'fallen angel' household names -
Credit traders' kickstand: rolling with the pain, as relative value trades come unstuck
4 years ago
What a difference a month - and a pandemic - make. This time in February, no-one could have imagined a global financial crisis would be unfolding, that credit performance would be a battle between a virus and some of the biggest government and central bank interventions on record, that today's iTraxx Europe and CDX index rolls would traverse unprecedented ranges, that option expiry strikes would be blown beyond recognition, or that cash and CDS differentials would be whipsawing with such violence -
Credit hits new wides as US and Europe ramp up coronavirus battle plans
4 years ago
An emergency weekend rate cut by the US Federal Reserve as well as population lockdowns in France and Spain underscore that measures of economic risk have moved to a more systemic level as world governments scramble to deal with the impact of the coronavirus outbreak -
Credit traders’ kickstand: roll nightmares haunt CDS market as indices whiplash
It’s Friday 13th, but CDS traders will be hoping the worst of the horror shows are behind them as they try to regather their shredded nerves in time for next week’s biannual index rolls -
Credit Rendezvous: the outlook in 2020 across a dozen segments of the credit market
4 years ago
Welcome to the Credit Rendezvous, the first instalment of a regular feature published by Creditflux that tracks credit market dynamics in a dozen segments from investment grade, liquid loans, CLOs and CSOs all the way through to distressed debt. We view this as the meeting point for credit specialists across strategies to share their perspectives -
China ambitions checked in final roll lists for iTraxx and CDX indices
4 years ago
The index roll lists for iTraxx Europe, iTraxx ex-Japan and CDX EM, have all undergone a rethink since IHS Markit published provisional lists earlier this week, with final lists showing name changes -
iTraxx and CDX roll provisional lists reveal effects of index overhauls
4 years ago
Eagerly awaited provisional lists are out for this month’s index CDS rolls, with big changes signalled across iTraxx and CDX products -
Emerging market CDS trading slumped in Q2, finds Emta
4 years ago
There was $364 billion of emerging markets CDS trading in second quarter, according to the Emerging Markets Traders Association -
GLG confirms two portfolio manager hires for distressed unit in London
4 years ago
Man GLG has hired two portfolio managers to its credit team in London -
Investor requirements rather than performance is driving ESG push: Creditflux survey
4 years ago
Only 14% of respondents to Creditflux's global credit ESG survey said performance was the main reason they were adopting envoronmental, social and governance-themed strategies -
US pensions funds allocate to Lone Star and Raven credit strategies
4 years ago
Two US-based pension schemes have invested in funds with exposure to credit, highlighting the appetite of institutional investors towards off-the-run asset classes. -
Cerberus garners $5.1 billion for debut dedicated NPL strategy
5 years ago
Cerberus has created its first dedicated fund for non-performing loans, having previously invested in the strategy through multi-strategy funds and separately managed accounts -
Market rout drives US/Europe credit convergence, as Brazil leads Latin widening
5 years ago
Credit spreads have sharply widened globally as financial markets are being rocked by concerns for a trade war and rising US rates. An equity-led rout in the US yesterday afternoon -
BlackRock unveils ESG-focused emerging market debt suite
5 years ago
BlackRock has launched a series of emerging market debt funds that will have an environmental,social and governance (ESG) focus -
EM manager takes assets across two funds to $1.4 billion after big inflows
5 years ago
Two funds managed by a New York-headquartered firm have reached a combined $1.4 billion after big inflows -
Lombard Odier mandates US manager for emerging markets debt fund
5 years ago
Swiss private bank Lombard Odier has selected a Los Angeles-based manager for a new emerging markets debt fund -
Investec AM hires emerging market debt PM from Standard Life
6 years ago
London-headquartered Investec Asset Management has hired emerging market debt specialist Imran Ahmad as portfolio manager within its multi-asset investment team -
Pictet launches Asian corporate bond fund
6 years ago
Geneva-headquartered Pictet Asset Management has launched a Ucits-compliant Asian corporate bonds fund -
Dutch managers team up to launch $250 million EM impact fund
6 years ago
NN Investment Partners and FMO Investment Management have launched an emerging markets loan fund – which has just held a first close $250 million capital commitments, 25% over its original target -
JP Morgan and BlackRock launch ESG fixed income indices
6 years ago
JP Morgan has teamed up with BlackRock to create new ESG global fixed income indicies - a "big step forward for emerging market investments"
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