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Fund performance: Almost a third of credit funds reach positive YTD returns
3 years ago
July has been a successful month for many credit funds, despite the recovery peaking in May and June -
CLO funds top rankings, but still have ground to make up
3 years ago
CLOs may have taken a hammering in March but, for the fourth consecutive month, funds that invest in these assets dominate our ranking of the top performing credit funds -
Fund performance: Credit funds post double-digit gains
3 years ago
June returns have once again been led by CLO funds, as seven out of the top 10 belong to our CLOs category. -
Ucits at a glance: Ucits funds march on and erase Q1 losses
3 years ago
95% of Ucits credit funds listed with Creditflux posted positive returns in June to keep up the momentum from May when all but one fund was in positive territory -
Credit hedge funds (August 2020)
3 years ago
Monthly credit hedge fund tables -
US private credit defaults jump to 8.1% with smaller firms taking the brunt
3 years ago
US private credit defaults increased up to 8.1% at the end of the second quarter, up from 5.9% in Q1, according to the Proskauer Private Credit Default Index -
Covid could trigger 'mega trend' into private debt, says Blackstone's Gray
3 years ago
The coronavirus pandemic could spark a 'mega trend' of investors into alternatives in private credit, Blackstone's president and chief operating officer said on the firm's second quarter earnings call on Thursday -
Credit Rendezvous: record fiscal stimulus provides pick-me-up
3 years ago
Credit markets had a mini bounce-back in the second quarter as central banks poured cash into the economy. But there is great uncertainty about the effects of a second wave of coronavirus. As part of our quarterly report on credit - the Credit Rendezvous - Creditflux spoke to experts across 12 segments of the credit market -
Creditflux announces finalists for Manager of the Year award
3 years ago
Ahead of the virtual awards ceremony on 15 July Creditflux is thrilled to announce the four finalists for the prestigious Manager of the Year category. -
SkyBridge generates best returns since inception with 75% credit exposure
3 years ago
SkyBridge Capital, the fund of hedge funds manager run by ex-White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, claims its Skybridge G II Fund has generated the best monthly and quarterly returns since inception. It will also cut its 25% tender offer frequency from quarterly to semi-annual -
Preparing for a second wave
3 years ago
Panellists on the Creditflux US private credit webinar last month said that they were focused on companies most affected by the coronavirus. A reopening of the primary market can wait -
Fund performance: CLO funds keep up the momentum for second month running
3 years ago
May returns have been led by continued momentum from CLO funds. In the last month, funds that invest in CLO notes in some capacity have made up 90% of our top 10, while 97% of funds listed generated positive returns - an improvement of 15% on last month's figures. -
Ucits at a glance: Ucits recover lost ground
3 years ago
The foot has come off the gas for many funds - 57% of funds did not break the 2% return barrier. -
Investors take comfort from an active secondary market, but liquidity can be a mixed blessing
3 years ago
One of the most interesting characteristics of credit behaviour during the coronavirus era has been the momentum of junk bonds, with sharp changes in issuer and investor confidence around the asset class driven by technical factors: near-zero interest rates, the Fed’s support of fallen angels and skewed-to-worse ratings for leveraged loans -
Time catches up with middle market CLOs as Moody's takes rating action
3 years ago
Moody's has taken rating action on nine middle market CLO tranches by putting them on review for possible downgrade, the agency said in a statement -
Direct Lending Perspectives: deal flow slumps to €2.5 billion in Q1
3 years ago
European direct lending deal volumes slipped to €2.49 billion in the first quarter, according to the latest European Direct Lending Perspectives report -
Direct lenders weigh options as next round of funding nears: Creditflux webinar
Churchill's Randy Schwimmer, First Eagle's Chris Flynn and DLA Piper's Jamie Knox talk about how mid-market portfolios have performed during the covid-19 pandemic at Creditflux's US Private Credit Webinar, sponsored by DLA Piper
3 years ago -
US private credit webinar set to tackle mid-market
3 years ago
Creditflux is set to go live today at 11am New York time wih its US private credit webinar -
Denominator effect expected to drive LP-led private debt secondaries
3 years ago
Institutional investors are expected to engage in rebalancing trades to counter the 'denonimator effect', a move that should lead to an increase in private debt secondary trades -
CLOs face trading restrictions as bankruptcies mount
3 years ago
CLO managers could be handcuffed in impending bankruptcies if tranche downgrades continue and restricted trading periods kick in -
Libor fall weighs heavily on loan and CLO portfolios
3 years ago
Libor floors are set to return to prominence after three-month rates tumbled to 0.38% by 18 May, returning the loan market’s base rate to its lowest level since the oil and gas crisis of 2014-16 -
Fund performance: CLO tranches move up
3 years ago
April returns managed a partial bounce back after a tumultuous March. 82% of funds listed in the Creditflux database made positive returns, showing at least small signs of recovery after 90% of all funds listed posted negative returns in March -
Ucits at a glance: Ucits begin recovery phase
3 years ago
April returns prove positive for Ucits funds as 85% of those listed in the Creditflux database have moved into the black after a rough March -
Liquidity is king. A company with a sound long-term value proposition may not last the next few weeks
4 years ago
For borrowers — and credit providers seeing revolvers drawn down — liquidity is the greatest concern -
Ares raises $3 billion special situations fund ahead of huge European direct lending launch
4 years ago
Ares Management has witnessed “accelerated fundraising” for its special situations fund, which it has closed at around $3 billion, according to the firm’s earnings calls. The firm also launched its fifth European direct lending fund this week, which Ares expects could be “the largest private comingled fund in its history”
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