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November 2023 US Leveraged Highlights
4 months ago
Debtwire today releases the November 2023 US Leveraged Highlights, featuring key trends in the leveraged loan and high-yield bond markets -
Fund performance
10 months ago
Good month for CLO funds sees six in top 10 as Axiom sets pace -
CLO funds make best of a bad situation
1 year ago
It can’t get any worse can it? Well, it did in 2022, when credit spreads kept moving wider. Still, CLO funds were able to withstand the pressure, and they outperformed other credit strategies -
Fund performance: European CLO funds lead the way
1 year ago
February was a positive month for many funds, as only one quarter failed to reach the black. This builds off a stellar start to the year: 96% of funds reached a positive return in January -
Fund performance: Credit funds end difficult 2022 on a positive note
1 year ago
In December 66% of credit funds reached a positive return, following an even better November where 81% of all funds pushed into the black -
Fund performance: Wake us up when September ends
1 year ago
After a resurgent August, credit markets hit a rough patch in September, with every Creditflux index posting negative returns, and only 12.9% of funds in our listings showing a positive return. -
Fund performance: August provides much-needed relief for CLO funds
1 year ago
.August fund performance -
Fund performance: Select funds shine in dreary June for credit hedge funds
1 year ago
Credit funds suffered through June, as only 8% of listed funds reached the black. This made June the fourth month in a row in which negative returns increased -
Fund performance: Rocky May piles on the misery for credit hedge funds
1 year ago
Negative fund performance soared in May -
Beneath the triple C: CLOs take first knock since covid scrapes
1 year ago
CLO managers have been hit by a number of loan downgrades to triple C for the first time since the wave of pandemic-related cuts trickled to a halt in early 2021. Companies indirectly linked to the health sector suffered most in May -
You seem familiar
1 year ago
The overlap between European CLOs has risen to 51.6%, but the largest issuers are only slightly more aligned to their peers at 55.19% — so bonds are proving to be an important differentiator -
We’ll get through this awkward patch
1 year ago
Wide liabilities have made pricing CLOs trickier in the past few months. But speakers at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium were optimistic that the arbitrage is OK — so long as you can place those triple As -
Fund performance: Credit hits another bump in the road after March revival
1 year ago
There was more upheaval for credit funds in April, reversing the mini-recovery in March as 40% of funds made positive returns, a decrease on the 47% in March -
European CLO managers aim for bigger bond bucket fix
2 years ago
European CLO managers are eyeing larger fixed rate bond allocations amid dislocation and lower loan supply. This has, in turn, led to an increase in fixed rate tranches -
Ucits at a glance: 2022 opens shakily but with a familiar lead
2 years ago
Ucits funds moved slowly into 2022 as 59% made negative returns in January -
Fund performance: Groundhog Day as 2021 leaders start strong
2 years ago
CLO funds once again claim the most top performing spots as seven out of 10 funds belong to the category -
The Creditflux CLO Symposium was back as an in-person event for the first time in two years and participants were delighted to socialise and bask in an amazing year for the credit industry2 years ago
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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 -
Fund performance: Déjà vu as April leaders dominate
2 years ago
CLO funds stayed in the top flight for another month as they took over the top 10 credit hedge fund return table in May, when 87% of all funds listed made positive returns -
It's all relative: CDX HY touches record tights but junior US CLO tranches leak wider
2 years ago
Credit spreads are marching tighter, but someone forgot to tell the CLO market. European and US CDS spreads have moved in step with each other for the most part with investment grade and high yield tightening 4-6% in the last week, whereas CLOs have been losing ground -
Fund performance: CLO funds outperform as two hit over 100% 12-months return
2 years ago
CLO funds swatted away the competition in April on their way to dominating our top 10 credit hedge fund return table after an upbeat month -
Woah, we’re halfway there
3 years ago
Judging by the 2020 vintage, European CLO overlap is 50%. But varied approaches to holding bonds and the many loans managers turn down mean there are ways for issuers to outperform -
Fund performance: Lightning strikes twice as range of credit funds deliver
What seemed like a chance occurrence in February has struck again in March, as seven categories make our top 10 best performing hedge funds -
Moving fast pays off for hedge funds
3 years ago
2020 was an up and down year in credit, and credit hedge fund managers had to move quickly to capture opportunities from the dislocations that inevitably opened up -
Fund performance: CLO funds pick up where they left off
3 years ago
New year, same funds leading the way with CLO strategies the top performers in January
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