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A lot of CLO portfolios look similar and I’ve never been one to follow the herd
3 years ago
Zais's Vinnie Ingato takes our credit quiz -
"We can have a positive impact by bringing diverse thinking to our business"
4 years ago
Edwin Wilches of PGIM takes our credit quiz -
Past returns: Bond king’s exit ends CLO refis
4 years ago
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported on a market absorbing the consequences of ‘bond king’ Bill Gross leaving Pimco, the firm he co-founded. -
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. -
Past returns: From zero to $7.6 billion in five years
4 years ago
Five years ago in Creditflux we reported that Angelo Gordon was planning to move into US direct lending. Shortly after that the firm created a middle-market subsidiary known as Twin Brook Capital Partners and drafted in Trevor Clark and Chris Williams to lead the venture after the pair had left Madison Capital in 2013. -
If you can stomach volatility, CLO equity is very attractive
Brandon Cahill of BlueMountain Capital Management takes our credit quiz4 years ago -
Points up front: Loan deal with 23 takes Griezmann to Barcelona
4 years ago
Soccer financing firm 23 Capital has been adding credit experts to its team and now has a CLO specialist captaining its capital markets effort, with former Guggenheim Securities co-head of ABS/CLO syndication Sreesha Vaman joining last month. The squad already features credit portfolio managers Sam Filer (ex-BMS Finance), David O’Connor (Mizuho) and Ardeshir Sorabjee (Deutsche Bank). -
They said it: "We all suffer from the world views of millennials"
4 years ago
Headhunter Dale Shorey tells attendees at the Creditflux CLO Symposium about the difficulties of recruiting at the junior level -
Continuous par build can provide a rainy-day fund for when downgrades to triple Cs pour in
5 years ago
If CLO managers are preparing for mass downgrades to triple C loans, then trading gains and thick OC cushions are the best defences -
Points up front: Goldman CLO head smashes triathlon
5 years ago
The head of US CLO syndication at Goldman Sachs, Jamil Nathoo, last month completed the South Beach Triathlon in Miami to raise money for Memorial Sloan Kettering, a cancer treatment centre in New York -
Being the only provider in a deal allows us to be closer to the company
5 years ago
Tikehau's Cécile Mayer-Lévi takes our credit quiz -
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 -
You don’t need a 15% default rate to make money in credit
5 years ago
Jeanne Manischewitz, head of North American credit at York Capital Management, takes our credit quiz -
Points up front: structuring is in his blood
5 years ago
Very few people can claim they were born to structure CLOs, but perhaps GreensLedge’s new recruit Peter Melichar is the exception -
The perception of liquidity is often not the same as the reality
5 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
5 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
5 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. -
Eleven years on and trups CDOs are still the best investment in credit
5 years ago
Hildene's Brett Jefferson takes our credit quiz -
We are not structured finance investors – we are corporate credit specialists
6 years ago
Fair Oaks' Miguel Ramos-Fuentenebro takes our credit quiz -
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... -
Tech is benefiting from all the trends that are hurting retail
6 years ago
CBAM's Don Young takes our credit quiz -
Let's all stop obsessing about duration risk
6 years ago
Atlanticomnium's Anthony Smouha takes our credit quiz -
Past returns: binomial expansion model was the catalyst for shorting AIG
6 years ago
10 years ago, Creditflux reported on AIG's approach to marking its structured credit book. The article prompted one trader to put on a large short position which profited as AIG turned to the US government for a bail-out -
Points up front: goodbye structured credit; hello entrepreneurship
6 years ago
Good luck to former structured credit trader Lukasz Rzeczkowski, who has taken a leap out of the world of finance and into a medical venture. -
Points up front: dancing in the street
6 years ago
Romantic Italian credit hedge fund manager woes wife-to-be with flash mob
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