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Mercer puts private debt at heart of $2.7 billion fund of fund
4 years ago
Mercer has held a final close at $2.7 billion for a private markets fund that offers investors access to private debt and sustainable products -
Davidson Kempner hires ex-Barclays convertibles research head
4 years ago
DavidsonKempner, the investment management firm, has hired the former head of European and Asian convertibles research at Barclays to manage convertible bonds in its London office -
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 -
Canadian pension launches $300 million private credit platform to invest in India
4 years ago
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, the CAD 326.7 billion Canadian pension, has rolled out a $300 million private credit platform in partnership with Pirmal Asset Management to focus on private credit opportunities in India -
Ares appoints head of Australia
4 years ago
Ares Management has hired an ex-Macquarie Group official to lead Ares Australia Management, the newly created joint venture between Ares and Sydney-based Fidante Partners -
Points up front: “Thanks for the loan.” “What loan?”
4 years ago
Direct lending sounds simple enough; borrowers have direct engagement with a small set of lenders and negotiate a private agreement for the long-haul. Sounds easy enough, except when the lender claims to have no idea about the deal you’ve just announced. -
Hedge against coronavirus, says JP Morgan, naming 40 most exposed credits
4 years ago
With novel coronavirus cases rising at what looks to be an exponential rate, JP Morgan strategists have proposed a high yield hedge to address the rising threat to European credit spreads and listed 40 borrowers they think are most exposed to impact -
European financials outperform corporates as coronavirus spreads
4 years ago
Financial CDS is outperforming corporate credit today, and Europe outperforming the US, as the market jumps wider on rising alarm at the spread of China’s novel coronavirus -
Credit event protocol goes into force with 60 extra sign-ups
4 years ago
The International Swaps & Derivatives Association is going live today with a protocol aimed at stamping out narrowly tailored credit events from the CDS market, having signed up 1,358 entities -
Ares' new Asian credit affiliate wins $400 million from New York pension
4 years ago
New York State Common Retirement Fund has committed $400 million to distressed and special situations investments in the Asia-Pacific region -
Ares buys majority stake in Asian credit manager SSG
4 years ago
Ares has bought a majority, controlling interest in SSG Capital Management, an Asian alternative asset manager focused on private credit and special situations -
Portfolio managers wary of US default rates, IACPM survey reveals
4 years ago
Portfolio managers are more pessimistic about North American corporate defaults in the next 12 months than other global regions, according to the latest survey by the International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers -
ResponsAbility collects $151 million for impact private debt securitisation fund
4 years ago
Facebook, the European Investment Bank and the government of Luxembourg are just some of the investment sources for the $151 million clean energy impact debt fund. The fund is structured in a similar way to a CLO – with responsAbility offering investors various risk tranches -
Pimco launches listed multi-sector global credit fund
4 years ago
Known as Pimco Tactical Income Fund, the fund will invest in a range of global credit strategies and will list on the New York Stock Exchange -
Four days left to join narrowly tailored credit event protocol
4 years ago
Those market participants yet to sign up to the International Swaps & Derivatives Association’s protocol on narrowly tailored credit events have until Friday to do so -
BlueBay adds senior portfolio manager as it targets EM fund launches
4 years ago
BlueBay Asset Management has hired for a newly created senior portfolio manager job -
EFA holds first close on Asian private credit fund
4 years ago
EFA Group has held a first close on its Asian private credit fund, according to an announcement by the firm -
Portfolio Advisors hits first close as it targets $1.5 billion for secondaries fund
4 years ago
Private markets specialist Portfolio Advisors has completed a first close on its latest secondaries fund at the end of December 2019, having raised between $600m to $700m, a source told Creditflux -
Rude awakening for credit as US airstrike sends global shockwaves
4 years ago
It only took a day for the positive mood greeting financial markets in 2020 to turn nervous, with credit and equities faltering in early trading today after the US killed a top Iranian military official -
Värde launches $2.5 billion global credit fund
4 years ago
Värde Partners has raised $2.47 billion for a new global credit fund, according to an announcement today -
SSG collects $2.7 billion for Asian special situations fund
4 years ago
SSG Capital Management has raised $2.7 billion for its fifth Asia Pacific-focused credit and special situations strategy, SSG Capital Partners V, surpassing the strategy's original $1.5 billion target size -
Big firms better prepped for Libor change and less operationally exposed, survey finds
4 years ago
The largest financial organisations are further ahead with their Libor transition efforts, and are likelier to move into 2020 with 'greater confidence' than small and mid-size firms, according to a market survey -
No 2020 recession, cyclical bonds will outperform and CLOs won't crash, says BNP Paribas
4 years ago
There will not be a recession in 2020 and investors should stay long credit with the expectation that high yield cyclical and non-financial borrowers will outperform in a bullish market, BNP Paribas strategists have confidently predicted -
Non-dealers overtake banks as biggest holders of diminishing CDS pie
4 years ago
The share of the CDS market held by non-dealer financial institutions has surpassed that of dealers for the first time, according to latest Bank for International Settlements data. But firms are scrapping over a smaller pie, as outstanding single name CDS continues to fall -
US pension fund hires fixed income manager
4 years ago
Howard County Retirement Plans has appointed Payden & Rygel to oversee a $40 million absolute-return fixed income portfolio, according to documents seen by Creditflux
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