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China teaches tough lessons to foreign investors
China’s regulatory crackdown on some of its fastest-growing industries created shockwaves that have reverberated widely, dragging on US and European credit at the end of July. -
Coronavirus delta dilemma puts reflation trades into reverse
2 years ago
Concern over the covid-19 delta variant dented investor optimism in July and looks set to hold back credit spread improvement in August, as focus turns to rising cases in the US and Germany -
Fund performance: long-short funds challenge CLO strategies
2 years ago
CLO funds are maintaining their stranglehold on our top 10, but long-short credit funds are giving them a run for their money -
Credit hedge funds (August 2021)
2 years ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Ucits at a glance: mid market fund leaps into top four
2 years ago
The majority of Ucits funds end Q2 on a high note as 76% of those in our database recorded positive performance in June -
Credit funds at a glance (August 2021)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
US plays catch up with Europe as spreads reconverge
2 years ago
There has been a slight softening of European credit on Tuesday, even as stocks hold onto their record highs and US credit spreads take their chance to close the gap after recent underperformance -
Former DWS official claims company over-stated ESG progress: WSJ
2 years ago
DWS Group’s environmental, social and governance investment claims are in the spotlight after its former sustainability officer claimed the firm over-stated its ESG efforts, according to the Wall Street Journal -
Rising stars will fuel double B boom, says BofA
2 years ago
A rising star cycle is underway and adds to a bullish outlook for double B credits with company results pointing to an ‘epic V-shaped recovery’ in high yield revenues and earnings, say Bank of America credit strategists -
Triple Bs gain momentum as IG buyers pick best spots
2 years ago
The absolute tightness of credit spreads has led many to lament their chances of delivering strong returns in 2021, while stressing the need to move down either the quality or duration curve. But even within investment grade, European and US managers are still finding pockets of value -
CIP plugs ABS team gap with senior portfolio manager hire in London
2 years ago
CIP Asset Management has filled a gap on its European structured credit team -
Publishing boost for French firm but China sours wider market
2 years ago
Lagardere is a notable positive outlier in another off day for the credit market, after China turmoil rocked stocks and sent spreads wider -
Eurazeo closes €1.5 billion European direct lending fund and readies next one
2 years ago
Eurazeo has closed its fifth European direct lending fund, Idinvest Private Debt V, at €1.5 billion -
China crackdown and Fed meeting rattle nerves
2 years ago
Credit spreads widened as financial markets began the week on a less certain footing amid panic stock selling in China and a retreat to treasuries ahead of the US Federal Reserve two-day monetary policy meeting -
Tikehau retains 68% of investors for second €617 million special opps fund
2 years ago
Tikehau Capital has closed a second special opportunities fund at €617 million - and says 68% of commitments in Fund II were re-ups from investors in Tikehau’s inaugural special opportunities fund -
King Street raises $1.2 billion for first global credit drawdown fund
2 years ago
The fund will target distressed and stressed corporate debt, structured products, and asset-backed investments, as well as claims and claim-related opportunities -
UK pension allocates £2.1 billion to CQS, Neuberger and Oaktree
2 years ago
Three global credit managers have won a total of £2.1 billion in credit mandates from Brunel Pension Partnership, as part of its newly launched Multi Asset Credit Fund. -
It's all relative: IG index drifts wide of 50bp as European CLO triple Bs outperform
2 years ago
US investment grade credit has been an underperformer in the last few weeks with CDX IG trading north of 50 basis points again. But European CLO triple Bs are looking strong while there is a stronger bid for two- to three-year paper in the US -
Credit Rendezvous: And breathe...
2 years ago
The unanimous verdict is that credit spreads will be moving wider – they have to. But the difficulty credit fund managers face is predicting when the next sell-off comes and how sharp it will be. In the Q3 instalment of Creditflux’s Credit Rendezvous, the over-riding message from portfolio managers is that there’s little point in taking on too much risk. The report features the views of prominent credit figures including Paul Horvath (Orchard), Himani Trivedi (Nuveen), Ronnie Jaber (Onex), Graham Rainbow (Alcentra) and Michelle Russell-Dowe (Schroders). The report looks at 14 segments of the market including CLOs, direct lending, leveraged loans, distressed debt and credit derivatives. -
The View from ION Analytics: paradise blues
2 years ago
The reopening of economies from Covid-19 lockdowns has created distortions in financial markets that are harder to navigate than those of the original sell-off in early 2020. Even big-name economists and central bankers are confused, changing their views in recent weeks. -
Jefferies and SMBC form $2.25 billion partnership
2 years ago
Jefferies and SMBC Group have announced an alliance which will see SMBC provide a $1.9 billion credit facility to Jefferies Finance, the leveraged finance affiliate of Jefferies, and $350 million to Jefferies Group. -
Northleaf closes global private credit fund with $1.2 billion deployable capital
2 years ago
Northleaf Capital Partners has raised more than $900 million for its second private credit strategy, Northleaf Private Credit II -
CIC holds final close on mezzanine fund at €450 million
2 years ago
CIC Private Debt has held a final close on its fifth mezzanine fund at €450 million, which it says is €50 million over its initial target -
Alcentra hires London-based executive director in liquid loans and high yield team
2 years ago
Alcentra has hired a senior analyst in the firm's liquid loans and high yield team -
Green QE is future, says BofA
2 years ago
Last week's European Central Bank strategy review confirmed that climate change policies will dictate the shape of future asset purchases, say Bank of America credit strategists
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