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Blackstone sets sights on USD 10bn for opportunistic private credit fund
3 months ago
Blackstone will soon introduce the latest version of its opportunistic private credit fund, aiming to raise USD 10bn, Michael Chae, the firm's chief financial officer, told analysts -
Seattle retirement systems commits USD 30m to distressed fund
5 months ago
The Seattle City Employees' Retirement System recently committed up to USD 30m to the Monarch Capital Partners VI fund -
Double-dip refinancing hits US leveraged loan
7 months ago
Wheel Pros, a name still held by 219 CLOs with $414 million of total principal, announced details of a new refinancing deal last week featuring a controversial double-dip structure -
Creditors try double dips to raise recoveries
8 months ago
A new form of liability management has emerged to take its place alongside the various uptiering and drop-down transactions that have been executed recently: the so-called “double dip” financing -
DebtDynamics North America: Likely-to-distress scores highlight struggling industries
9 months ago
Out of a universe of more than 12,000 leveraged US companies, 180 are in the stressed/distressed lifecycle categories -
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 -
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 -
Angelo Gordon wraps up fundraising for $1.3 billion credit dislocation fund
1 year ago
AG CSF2A (Annex) Dislocation Fund is an extension of the AG Credit Solutions Fund II, which held a $3.1 billion final close in April last year. -
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 -
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 -
Fund performance: August provides much-needed relief for CLO funds
1 year ago
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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 -
Ares plans four credit fund launches amid strong deployment
1 year ago
Ares Management benefitted from strong private credit deployment in the quarted and unveiled plans to raise its sixth European direct lending fund, second flagship closed-end alternative credit fund and third US junior capital direct lending fund -
Russia and retail put stop to credit rally with big spread reversal
1 year ago
Russia’s move to cut gas supplies once again to Europe, as well as a Walmart profit warning in the US, are weighing heavily on markets Tuesday and sending credit spreads sharply wider -
Fund performance: Rocky May piles on the misery for credit hedge funds
1 year ago
Negative fund performance soared in May -
Russian credit event auction plans put on hold after US sanctions update
1 year ago
Settlement of Russian Federation sovereign CDS has hit a delay, with the US having published updated advice on sanctions that could jeopardise the ability to conduct a credit event auction -
DC explains Russian credit event ruling - but not sole member opposition
1 year ago
Factors backing Russian Federation’s credit event trigger have been outlined by the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee, but without giving any explanation for Citi’s decision to vote against the decision -
Russia triggers failure-to-pay credit event
1 year ago
The Russian Federation has triggered a failure-to-pay credit event on sovereign bonds, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled – marking an historic moment that caps off a long run of deliberations on the country’s international debt since it invaded Ukraine on 24 February -
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 -
Retailers, travel cos and Italian banks lead charge as market rally accelerates
1 year ago
Retail companies have been resurgent on Thursday as the credit market’s relief rally gathered pace, with Europe seeking to catch up with the US following its strong surge -
LP round up: Apollo and Silver Rock win over $1 billion as pensions plough into private debt
2 years ago
Institutional investors allocated at least $2 billion to credit funds in April, according to Creditflux data, with Apollo and Silver Rock emerging as big winners -
Earnings wait puts German firm’s investors in real state
2 years ago
The credit market’s brief relief rally on Thursday morning has given way to a resumption of the bearish run, with one European high yield borrower entering dangerous territory and Tesla coming under pressure in US credit after its share price took a hit -
Crestline collects $3.6 billion across three private credit fund closes
2 years ago
The Fort Worth, Texas-based manager has closed its fourth opportunistic credit fund, third direct lending fund and second portfolio financing fund
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