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"Alongside larger private equity funds, loan volumes will continue to grow"
2 years ago
Spire's Phil Bennett-Britton takes our credit quiz -
"In some ways, CLOs resemble a quirky, cottage industry more than a trillion-dollar market"
2 years ago
CLO volumes outstanding have passed $1 trillion, but index omission and private placements are holding us back -
"Pain is on the way: spreads are too tight, while compression and carry are done. But what if it's not?"
2 years ago
Welshcake reminds us that mid-cycle portfolio management is a funny old game -
"Technology won’t replace human judgement. In ESG a qualitative review is necessary"
2 years ago
The social aspect of ESG must be given sufficient weight in investment decisions -
"We should be mindful of the transfer of power to the C-suite that inheres in ESG"
2 years ago
As shareholder returns become one factor among many, the C-suite becomes more powerful -
"The lack of standardised ESG data creates opportunities for data-driven investors"
2 years ago
Investors can gain an edge by using technology to help parse ESG data -
Points up front: Abrdn finds text appeal
2 years ago
Marketing consultants have been working overtime to concoct new brand names, but their efforts have not been met with universal acclaim -
Points up front: The flattest term curve - work anniversary rewards
2 years ago
If you think CLO term curves are flat with a handful of basis points between three and five-year triple A CLOs, then you haven’t seen anything yet -
"The heterogeneous set of KPIs make comparisons difficult and self-policing hurts credibility"
3 years ago
Loans with ESG ratchets are popular and a good way to align incentives – but we need accountable external reviewers -
We say it: Creditflux salutes women in credit
3 years ago
The credit industry is blessed with many strong women and for this issue of Creditflux we’re exclusively hearing their voices across our news, analysis and columns -
A transformational framework means fund managers have to drive real-world change
3 years ago
There are managers who make transformational investments, those who incorporate ESG and those who do nothing -
The imperfect incorporation of ESG is no excuse not to act
3 years ago
Managers’ legal ESG responsibilities may be vague, but they must still set up a credible strategy -
All types of financing will have to incorporate ESG risks and use their real economy influence
3 years ago
Fund managers can no longer ignore, postpone or hide from measures to tackle climate change -
Cessation of activity mid-December is an opportunity to switch off… and let the mind wander
3 years ago
Welshcake is grateful for a lull in credit markets. The downtime has inspired him to dream up a CLO play -
CLO collateral managers who are able to update their documents could gain warf advantage
3 years ago
Moody’s is reviewing its approach to warf. Changes could boost managers’ ability to trade -
Questions will need answering about where a manager's fiduciary responsibility lies
3 years ago
A university lecturer gives Welshcake a shock with a CLO presentation that points to shady trading games -
They should have followed Revlon's Double Twist mascara slogan of 2009: "It's worth a double take"
3 years ago
Blockchain might not eradicate all problems in credit, but it should reduce human error -
They said it: "We’re going to change the world of finance"
3 years ago
Big ambitions in blockchain -
Points up front: How much do I owe you?
3 years ago
Payment systems in the credit industry had a bad August -
They said it: "Imagine a garden party and all of a sudden a big wasp shows up"
3 years ago
On Creditflux’s US CLO webinar last month, Napier Park’s head of US CLO investments Serhan Secmen described the March sell-off as a garden party -
They said it: Can I be a bond investor and invest in Netflix?
3 years ago
The response of a loan portfolio manager after we asked where should loan investors park their cash? -
Points up front: Channelling Twain, Agent Smith and Mike Tyson
3 years ago
Lockdown can adversely affect one’s grasp of reality, and for credit portfolio managers this has manifested itself in a penchant for quoting famous (sometimes fictional) figures -
Some managers calculated their CLOs were passing OC tests, only to find them failing the next day
3 years ago
Corporate credit downgrade storms have been weathered before, but this one has come out of season -
Past returns: Death by triple Cs? A step too far
3 years ago
15 months ago in Creditflux we reported that corporate credit downgrades, rather than defaults, were the biggest problem facing CLO portfolio managers -
Points up front: Blame it on capitalism
3 years ago
You know it’s a tough month for returns when a hedge fund manager quotes Lenin and laments that capitalism and globalisation have failed to distribute wealth efficiently
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