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Tantrum time: investors brace for Fed to taper bond buying
2 years ago
The US Federal Reserve’s likely decision to curb its $120 billion-a-month bond purchase programme is looming as Creditflux goes to press -
Credit rallies on Fed and BofE rates signals, but starting gun fires on tapering
2 years ago
Credit and equity markets have responded well to the US Federal Reserve unveiling much anticipated plans to begin tapering asset purchases, while vouching it will stay patient on hiking interest rates. The Bank of England followed this on Thursday by holding its rates at 0.1% -
Fund performance: Dominant CLO funds look to end the year with 20%-plus gains
2 years ago
Once again the Creditflux hedge fund top 10 is dominated by CLO funds, with seven funds among the best performers in September. -
Credit hedge funds (November 2021)
2 years ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Ucits at a glance: Robus and Altana enter the final sprint neck and neck
2 years ago
A downward turn hit Ucits funds as 65% of them made positive returns in September, -
Credit funds at a glance (November 2021)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Points up front: Definitely not an ex-parrot
2 years ago
One of the biggest credit fund launches last month was Arini, led by star credit trader Hamza Lemssouguer -
Dispersion trades in play as transatlantic rift opens
2 years ago
The return of idiosyncratic risk at the wide end of US and European high yield markets has put index equity tranches for the two jurisdictions on noticeably divergent paths, say correlation traders -
Energy crunch grows as differentiator for EM and western credit
2 years ago
Surging energy prices are adding to the inflationary picture in global economies and point to a mounting crisis that could bring sharply divergent performance for different parts of the credit market -
Hayfin creates head of ESG role in London
2 years ago
Hayfin Capital Management says it has hired a head of ESG. This is a newly-created role, but Hayfin says it has “well-established environmental, social and governance capabilities” -
Rental firm accelerates bullish drive despite credit market's heavy braking
2 years ago
Vehicle rental firm Avis Budget and UK retailer Iceland are among rare single name big movers in credit this week, as a tone of caution continues to hold sway over broader directional signals -
There's still time to pick up pennies in credit before steamroller arrives: BNP Paribas
2 years ago
Declining dealer inventories, rising fund cash balances, and a greater prevalence of hedging have added up to produce a credit market that is positioned too short, according to BNP Paribas strategists -
Zais and BNP Paribas strike ESG breakthrough with climate change CSO
2 years ago
The growing theme of environmental, social and governance standards helping to revitalise the market for collateralised synthetic obligations appears to have taken a big step forward, with Zais Group and BNP Paribas partnering on a first-of-its-kind deal that could lay a template for future transactions -
Wells Fargo AM becomes Allspring under new ownership
2 years ago
Wells Fargo Asset Management has completed its transformation into Allspring Global Investment -
Lazard targets IG, crossover and HY in long/short credit ucits fund
2 years ago
Lazard Asset Management has unveiled a new credit ucits fund that will invest primarily in investment grade, crossover and high yield bonds in Europe and North America -
Bennett Goodman's Hunter Point buys stake in MidOcean
2 years ago
Hunter Point, which was launched by Blackstone Credit’s co-founder Bennett Goodman alongside Avi Kalichstein in 2020, has made its first investment and bought a minority stake in mid-market specialist MidOcean -
Eagle Point hits $300 million hard cap on BDC-lending fund
2 years ago
Eagle Point Credit Management says it has held a $300 million final close on its Defensive Income Fund, hitting its hard cap and exceeding its original $250 million target -
Brookfield hires industry veteran as public securities CIO
2 years ago
Brookfield Asset Management has hired a long-serving credit and equity market professional as chief investment officer for its public securities group -
Chemical co beats widening blues as earnings and inflation drive sell-off
2 years ago
Ineos Group leads a small group of tightening credits that are bucking widening pressure in what is turning out to be a negative end to a choppy week -
Long duration high yield will overcome short-term rates carnage, says BofA
2 years ago
Bonds with inflation-protected real yield, longer duration, and especially those in the utilities sector are among the most compelling trades amid a phase of ‘policy paranoia’, according to Bank of America credit strategists -
T Rowe Price to buy Oak Hill for up to $4.2 billion
2 years ago
Oak Hill is set to become T Rowe Price’s private markets platform, led by Oak Hill’s chief executive officer Glenn August -
Banks soak up selling pressure ahead of key ECB meeting
2 years ago
Banks - and particularly those in Italy and Spain - are among the main underperformers in credit as the market cautiously awaits messaging from this week's meeting of the European Central Bank -
Adler spreads return to earth as TUI gains altitude
2 years ago
German real estate company Adler is among stronger performers as credit markets strike an improved tone on Tuesday, while travel company TUI is an outlier to the wide side -
LGIM launches European ESG bond fund
2 years ago
Legal & General Investment Management has become the latest manager to launch a European credit fund focused on environmental, social and governance criteria -
Real estate relief boosts high yield but retail rout gathers pace
2 years ago
A mixed week for credit has taken German real estate company Adler back to safer levels while sending two supermarket retailers further into the realms of most risky in the iTraxx Crossover universe
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