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Secret structured credit product becomes talk of the town as US opens up
6 days ago
What was once an opaque corner of structured credit has been in the spotlight, as the booming SRT market draws attention from growing numbers of banks and investors. -
CLO funds maintain strong start to 2024 to stay top year to date
6 days ago
The first quarter of 2024 has been a memorable one for CLO funds, as the category continues its dominant spell, claiming 7 of the top 10 spots in March -
Funds round-up: Feb-2024 - managers turn to European wealth
2 months ago
European private credit managers turn to the wealthy in our roundup of notable fundraising in February 2024. -
Wave of legal hires becomes a tsunami
2 months ago
In February alone legal heavyweights Allen & Overy, DLA Piper, Fried Frank, Kirkland & Ellis, Proskauer Rose and White & Case all announced the arrival of partners in the credit space -
Managers advise caution despite upbeat outlook for private credit
5 months ago
The golden age of private credit isn’t over yet. In fact, industry experts remain bullish, anticipating continued growth in our breakdown of recent outlooks for the market -
Private credit hit by growing pains as agreements get longer and execution slows
5 months ago
The rapid rise in private credit continues to stir up excitement among borrowers. But, despite the sector’s competitive advantages — such as speed of execution and light regulation — deals are taking longer to close as the industry expands. -
Fund performance
5 months ago
Q4 has kicked off with structured finance funds leading the way in the Creditflux league tables, as the category index reached 0.61%, and all but one fund made positive returns. -
Loan Highlights 3Q23: Loan volumes remain significantly lower than historical averages
7 months ago
Capital markets loan activity continued to struggle in the third quarter of 2023, as issuers in the Americas and Europe held off from tapping markets -
Loan Highlights 2Q23: Running aground
10 months ago
The global loan market endured a bleak first half of the year, with the overall 1H23 volume falling 28% year-on-year (YoY) to $1.9 trillion, the lowest showing since 2012. -
LP round up: HPS wins $550m mandate as Ares launches third US direct lending fund
1 year ago
US institutional investors allocated nearly $3 billion to credit funds in April. The news comes amid a BlackRock survey in the month which showed significant investor interest in private credit -
Virginia pension discloses $800 million in credit allocations
1 year ago
Virginia Retirement System has disclosed $800 million in credit fund allocations made over the first quarter of this year -
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 -
HPS raises $12 billion for fifth junior capital fund
1 year ago
HPS Investment Partners has closed its fifth junior capital solutions fund, HPS Strategic Investment Partners V, at $12 billion. With leverage, the strategy has $17 billion investable capital -
Ares and Mubadala establish $1 billion global credit secondaries JV
1 year ago
The pair aim to capitalise on the 'anticipated growth and substantial demand’ from managers and investors for customised liquidity solutions -
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 -
Largarde snowballs puncture complacent calm and shocks spreads wider
1 year ago
Credit markets are ending the week on a big push wider, after European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde delivered the surprise that had been missing from other central bank messaging -
LP round up: 27 managers find the top corner with investor wins
1 year ago
Credit fund managers like to take it one fund at a time and give it 110% for their 90-minute investor fund pitches - and it's working as $3.8 billion was allocated during November and early December. The gaffer would be proud. -
Powell outlook brings risk buyers out in droves, but reality check looks soon to follow
1 year ago
Comments by US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday on the pace of future rate hikes have prompted a sharp rally across global financial markets, including credit. But dissenting voices have already begun to point out the enthusiasm is likely overdone -
Swiss bank looks to plug holes but investors are hun-gruyere for risk
1 year ago
Credit Suisse is a rare, worrisome cloud in an otherwise brightening sky this week, as Europe extends its tightening trend in credit with the US standing at ease for the Thanksgiving holiday -
UK nerves rattle Europe/US relative value trades, as Hunt seeks to reassure investors
1 year ago
A palpable mood of trepidation on Thursday around the UK’s autumn budget has brought widening of credit spreads, with European indices giving back gains they have made in recent sessions versus their US counterparts -
US lags as midterms, dollar and global slowdown weigh against broader rally
1 year ago
European and Asia outperformance over the US is extending at pace at the start of the week, with a strong improvement in spreads coming ahead of the New York market open -
Soft mood music abruptly dashed as Fed and BoE rile markets
1 year ago
The credit market’s strong run of improvement has come to an end this week, with the US Federal Reserve and Bank of England delivering a reality check to hopes of a more dovish path forward on interest rates -
Cairn begins "new chapter" as it rebrands to Polus
1 year ago
Cairn Capital has been renamed Polus Capital Management, which brings it together with Bybrook Capital, the credit asset manager it acquired in 2021. -
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. -
US and Europe divide honours between HY and IG as market rally extends
1 year ago
A second straight day of improvement is adding to this week’s gathering rally, but while US high yield is outperforming European the reverse is true in investment grade
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