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The Last Tranche with Christine Ferris
10 days ago
In the latest edition of The Last Tranche podcast we talked to JP Morgan’s global head of CLO primary Christine Ferris about why she loves working with debut managers, despite the extra challenges they face coming to market. -
Private credit is the regulatory fix that became an asset class
10 days ago
Institutional investors have pushed private credit to greater scale than either loans or bonds -
ESG initiatives should avoid unfavourable reactions by pursuing substance over form
5 months ago
By any financial measure, the collaboration of trans activist Dylan Mulvaney with Bud Light hurt the brand. What was formerly America’s best-selling beer saw its market share collapse — from over 35% in May 2023 to around 9% in June — because of a boycott by US conservatives after a 60-second TikTok video aired of Mulvaney drinking it. -
Despite CLO gloom in Europe and greater take up of private credit in the US, markets on both sides of the Atlantic are similar
6 months ago
I’ve just returned from a trip to London, my first since taking on the mantle of editing Creditflux, and was struck as always by how stubbornly far apart the European and the US markets remain. -
Basel III looks likely to further increase banks investment in CLO triple As
6 months ago
Demand for CLO triple As has grown substantially over the past few years as more banking institutions, pension funds, asset managers and insurance companies discover this attractive asset class, which historically has never taken a loss. -
Fed members need to restore their credibility, which could translate into excessive tightening
7 months ago
Rising wages have boosted spending and GDP — but the party can’t last forever -
Borrowers are finding creative ways to address loan maturities
9 months ago
Amend and extends have been the loan market’s flavour of the year. At the same time, many CLO reinvestment periods are reaching their end because the reset market is virtually closed. -
Past returns: Truly transatlantic
9 months ago
10 years ago we reported on Axa Investment Managers’ plans to enter the US CLO market. -
Letter from the editor
10 months ago
It’s a curious thing to come back to your beginning, but that’s where I find myself, writing this letter as the new editor of Creditflux. I first joined 17 years ago, fresh out of university. -
Past returns: Tracing Fair Oaks’ roots
11 months ago
10 years ago in Creditflux, we reported on Miguel Ramos Fuentenebro’s nascent firm GMB Partners securing its first mandate -
Points up front: CLOs: safer than money in the bank
11 months ago
We’ve long extolled the virtues of CLO investments... -
"Dispersion should manifest in potential fallen angel credits that are likely to proliferate"
1 year ago
IG and crossover names present a compelling alternative to shorting HY credit -
"All that remains is to thank all of you who have kept faith with my monthly confessions of insanity"
1 year ago
With the economic outlook now beyond a joke, Welshcake signs off amid denials he is actually a Welsh footballer -
Points up front: Whatever the size, CLO performance dwarfs others
1 year ago
A graphic depicting the investment fund universe was doing the rounds on social media late in 2022... -
“Pension fund managers should look to take advantage of a rare opportunity in corporate CDS”
1 year ago
The October sell-off in gilts highlights a glaring lack of exposure to CDS -
"This ‘higher rates for longer’ saga is more like the 1920-21 depression than the 1970s high inflation era"
1 year ago
Sometimes you have to swallow your medicine and take a step back to go forwards -
"Forget the World Cup, the macro-economic catastrophe cup has more well-matched contenders"
1 year ago
Government bonds are rallying in some quarters, but the odds are on more stress feeding into credit -
They said it: "I don’t know and I don’t care about ESG"
1 year ago
One of our CLO Census responders has a strong view (or not) on ESG -
Points up front: Shhh, don’t tell! Secret CLO pricing is in progress
1 year ago
The CLO industry has come a long way in the last decade — so much so that managers can now boast of their track records and CLOs are no longer (wrongly) touted as the acronym that caused the 2008 financial crisis. But in recent weeks some CLO market participants seem to have gone back to a time when pricing a CLO was taboo -
Points up front: CLO managers didn’t take advantage of volatility, say CLO managers
1 year ago
Creditflux’s CLO Census shows CLO managers can be hard on themselves -
"Value persists in IG, but higher interest rates are a threat. Opening the synthetic toolbox can help"
1 year ago
Fiscal and monetary policy are pulling in opposite directions, but value in IG can be accessed via CDS and CSOs -
"Kwasi Kwarteng’s ‘mini budget’ will be remembered like a forklift truck disaster video"
1 year ago
Welshcake sees the funny side as bunga bunga returns -
Past returns: US firms become Euro CLO issuers
1 year ago
Five years ago in Creditflux we reported on CIFC Asset Management and Voya Investment Management harbouring European CLO ambitions as US issuers became accustomed to risk retention. -
They said it: "Can we have a best hair in the CLO market category?"
1 year ago
The CLO Census is nigh -
Points up front: Form an orderly queue. Or follow the celebs
1 year ago
If we have learned one thing over the past month, it’s that queuing in an orderly manner is very important to the British public. No matter your status, you simply must wait your turn.
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