Refine Search
Article Categories
Strategy Tags
- Direct lending (33)
- Emerging markets (7)
- High yield bonds (21)
- Investment grade credit (5)
- Structured credit (14)
- CLO (13)
- Distressed debt (remove)
- Leveraged loans (15)
- Synthetic/SRT (8)
- ABL Financing (9)
Geography Tags
-
LP round up: $2.8 billion flows to credit as Apollo concedes fundraising may slow
3 years ago
Florida Retirement System Trust Fund made the largest commitments allocating $1.6 billion. Apollo meanwhile acknowledged a potential slowdown in fundraising as investors await results on an independent review into CEO Leon Black's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein -
LP round up: $5 billion flows to credit as private market allocations increase
3 years ago
Global institutional investors allocated nearly $5 billion to credit funds this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
Hema triggers failure-to-pay credit event
3 years ago
Hema, the Dutch retailer, has triggered a failure to pay credit event, the EMEA Determinations Committee has ruled - making it the second default this month to dent the iTraxx Crossover index and its tranches -
Hema credit event question posits second Crossover default this month
3 years ago
Hema, the Dutch retailer, has been posed as a failure to pay credit event to the Determinations Committee, raising the possibility of a second default in the on-the-run iTraxx Crossover index -
LP round up: pension creates private credit bucket as Florida eyes 'best distressed opportunity ever'
3 years ago
There was no slowdown in credit allocations last week, wrapping up what has been an extremely busy July. $1.4 billion has been allocated to credit, it has emerged over the last seven days, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux. -
LP round up: Oregon eyes $1.8 billion into structured credit
3 years ago
Institutional investors have earmarked over $6 billion to credit funds over the past two weeks -
LP round up: managers keep fundraising hopes high as GSO targets $7.5 billion for mezz offering
3 years ago
Institutional investors allocated $1.6 billion into credit this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
LP round up: horseshoe does the trick for Pimco and other distressed managers
3 years ago
Institutional investors poured $2.7 billion into credit this week through 14 managers, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux -
LP round up: Pimco gets the Disco started as distressed managers win allocations
3 years ago
Insitutional investors allocated just over $1 billion to credit funds last week, according to board documents seen by Creditflux, with special situation funds from Farallon, Pimco and SSG taking the bulk of these commitments -
Europe/US credit gap extends as coronavirus curves part ways
4 years ago
The gap between European and US credit performance is widening as hopes rise in Europe the spread of the coronavirus could be slowing even as its impact extends in the US -
Credit market hits new wides as government outbreak measures intensify
4 years ago
Credit market are making another push wider at the start of the week, after governments tightened restrictions on movement to deal with the escalating coronavirus outbreak -
Sacramento pension earmarks $150 million for private credit in 2020
4 years ago
The pension fund expects to commit to two direct lending funds and one credit fund it describes as 'opportunistic' -
Portfolio Advisors hits first close as it targets $1.5 billion for secondaries fund
4 years ago
Private markets specialist Portfolio Advisors has completed a first close on its latest secondaries fund at the end of December 2019, having raised between $600m to $700m, a source told Creditflux -
West coast pension looks to step up direct lending allocations
4 years ago
The City of Fresno Retirement System will commit $140-160 million to private credit for the next two years, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux. This comes amid a pause in direct lending commitments for the pension fund, which has not committed any capital to this market in 2019 -
Thomas Cook CDS settles with higher than expected recovery
4 years ago
CDS referencing Thomas Cook Group settled with a final price of 10.125 cents at yesterday's credit event auction, making the high pay-outs to protection buyers still less profitable for them than had been expected -
Boston-based pension backs Searchlight distressed fund
4 years ago
Cambridge Retirement System, the $1.27 billion pension fund, has committed $150 million to Searchlight Capital Partners III during the second semester of 2019, according to documents seen by Creditflux. -
Maryland pension carves out private debt bucket
5 years ago
The Baltimore pension fund has also mandated a total of $25 million to one direct lending fund and one distressed debt fund -
Searchlight nears first close for $2.75 billion special situations fund
5 years ago
Searchlight Capital Partners is expecting to hold a first close for Searchlight Capital III April, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
US pension fund earmarks $375 million for various credit strategies
5 years ago
Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (Mass PRIM) has committed $125 million to distressed, $100 million to aviation investments, while earmarking $150 million for structured credit -
Four private credit managers score as Arizona pension fund commits $250 million
5 years ago
The $9.78 billion pension fund has mandated nearly $250 million to four private credit managers, alongside additional commitments for co-investment opportunities -
Minnesota pension fund looks to commit $535 million to 'private credit'
6 years ago
Minnesota State Board of Investments has recommended investments worth $535 million to private credit, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux -
Ironshield guards against future stress in Europe
6 years ago
The withdrawal of quantitative easing in Europe, coupled with rising interest rates, could lead to increased volatility and improved credit selection opportunities, especially among low-grade credits -
New York pension gets behind CLO manager's risk retention vehicle
6 years ago
The New York State Common Retirement Fund invested $450m in two credit funds in July, documents seen by Creditflux reveal
Want all the latest news, comment, analysis and data?