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They said it: Can I be a bond investor and invest in Netflix?
4 years ago
The response of a loan portfolio manager after we asked where should loan investors park their cash? -
Points up front: Channelling Twain, Agent Smith and Mike Tyson
4 years ago
Lockdown can adversely affect one’s grasp of reality, and for credit portfolio managers this has manifested itself in a penchant for quoting famous (sometimes fictional) figures -
Points up front: Blame it on capitalism
4 years ago
You know it’s a tough month for returns when a hedge fund manager quotes Lenin and laments that capitalism and globalisation have failed to distribute wealth efficiently -
Investors need to ask: can my asset manager survive the crisis?
Mergers, declines in assets and changes in risk profile can signal that an investment manager is not as healthy as it was -
You need a balanced portfolio that’s ready for calculated risk taking — so consider a barbell approach
4 years ago
Investors can’t afford to be too conservative as they prepare for the end of the cycle -
Don’t get too comfortable. The truth is there are hundreds of things that could be catalysts for a sell-off
4 years ago
Just because there’s no obvious sign of a sell-off, doesn’t mean it’s not going to happen. Often, market moves defy logic -
‘Buying the dip’ is going to be a poor investment strategy when the next downturn comes
4 years ago
The next credit downturn will be shallower but more prolonged than the last, so what works will be different, too -
Points up front: There are lies, damn lies and awards pitches
4 years ago
We’re hearing empty boasts, trash talking of their rivals and no shortage of promises that will absolutely be delivered. -
Points up front: Talking his book (which is available on Amazon)
4 years ago
For listed asset managers, an earnings call is generally not the right forum to market or advertise upcoming funds. But it might be exactly the right place to try and sell your book. -
The question is not whether CLOs are too dangerous, but what more they could and should be doing
4 years ago
Contrary to recent headlines, CLOs could be the tool which help reduce the rate of climate change -
Typical CLO structures can’t take advantage of dislocation in the high yield bond market – yet
4 years ago
High yield bond buckets in CLO 1.0s allowed managers to build par — it is time CLO 2.0s had the same opportunity -
Points up front: Best to price your deals between 12 and 6am
4 years ago
The latest addition to JP Morgan’s index suite — which aims to quantify the impact of US president Donald Trump’s tweets on the financial markets — has been so popular it has landed its own Wikipedia entry -
If national income were a four-cylinder engine, the US economy is really only firing on one
5 years ago
The US economy’s reliance on consumers increases the likelihood of further rate cuts and diminishing returns for credit investors -
Points up front: Benefits of being unethical
5 years ago
Investing ethically is increasingly becoming part of a credit manager’s mandate, with environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies all the rage. -
Tourists have turned high yield into a sketchier neighbourhood… IG credit could be the answer
5 years ago
Using CDS to exploit roll-down in IG credit can generate good returns even in a low-rate environment -
CLOs are pricing with an acronym premium rather than an illiquidity premium
John Popp of Credit Suisse Asset Management takes our credit quiz
5 years ago -
They said it: "I enjoy problem-solving and puzzles"
5 years ago
CQS founder Sir Michael Hintze on his role as senior investment officer at the London-based credit fund manager -
I liked it when banks could hold risk and actually had inventory to shift
5 years ago
Louis Gargour, CIO of LNG Capital, takes our credit quiz -
The perception of liquidity is often not the same as the reality
6 years ago
Investec Asset Management's Jeff Boswell takes our credit quiz and discusses liquidity in Europe, the former "darling of the European debt market" Vivarte and the Matrix -
They said it: My friend (not a fan of the president) said she would erect a statue of Trump if there was any further Volcker rule rollback
6 years ago
A US lawyer tells us that President Donald Trump is gaining admirers in the credit industry. -
Points up front: Cooperman takes advice from Kenny Rogers
6 years ago
Last month news emerged that Omega Advisors founder Leon Cooperman was converting his multi-billion dollar hedge fund into a family office.It wasn’t fatigue or performance issues driving the 75-year-old to retirement (Omega’s flagship fund is said to have delivered double-digit returns in 2017), but rather American country singer Kenny Rogers. -
Points up front: World Cup simulation shows models don’t work
6 years ago
England as fourth favourites? Pull the other one -
Future returns: we've (not) got a case of the blues
6 years ago
Regular readers may notice a slight change to this, the 201st issue of Creditflux... -
Join the debate: most memorable moment in credit
6 years ago
At Creditflux we’ve now produced 200 monthly magazines since Fishknife first came up with the idea of tracking the global credit markets in 2001). We asked several key credit industry officials about their most memorable moment in credit -
Staying afloat in credit takes care and character
6 years ago
In his final article, our columnist sheds light on his identity and has some 'nice' advice for those navigating credit’s changeable oceans
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