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Marathon targets $300 million for inaugural healthcare credit fund
2 years ago
Marathon Asset Management is targeting $300 million for a credit fund focused solely on healthcare loans -
Wisconsin pension seeks evergreen private credit fund
2 years ago
The Employees’ Retirement System of Milwaukee County is on the hunt for private credit fund managers -
Stepstone wins €215 million private debt mandate from Italian pensions
2 years ago
A consortium of Italian DC pension funds have allocated the capital to a private debt fund of funds under the name Project Zefiro -
Triple Bs in the firing line as Fed turns hawkish, says BofA
2 years ago
Triple B and long duration credit are likely to be casualties of tightening central bank policy, Bank of America strategists have warned. But high yield and cyclical investment grade sectors could fare better -
CarVal exceeds target with $3.6 billion distressed credit fund
2 years ago
CarVal will invest in distressed credit including acquiring loan portfolios, investing in corporate securities, structured credit and hard assets -
Axa IM extends palm oil policy to cover ecosystem protection and deforestation
2 years ago
Axa Investment Managers says it is expanding its 2014 policy of excluding investments in companies which do not have sustainable palm oil production certificates by factoring in deforestation and ecosystem protection -
HSBC AM names CEO of new $53bn alternatives business
2 years ago
HSBC Asset Management has become the latest manager to bring together its ‘alternatives’ capabilities under one roof, with the launch of a new unit, HSBC Alternatives -
Manager targets $450 million for global CLO fund
2 years ago
A New York pension has backed the fund, which will invest in CLO debt and equity tranches and is said to have held a first close in Q1 -
First Eagle opts to liquidate listed US loan fund
2 years ago
First Eagle Alternative Credit is in the process of liquidating its publicly listed, closed-ended credit fund, First Eagle Senior Loan Fund -
Apollo pledges $500 million to Victory Park's growth ABL e-commerce strategy
2 years ago
Apollo Global Management says it has committed up to $500 million to Victory Park Capital’s growth lending strategy, which will focus on asset-backed lending to Amazon and e-commerce aggregators -
Ex-CEO Dondero ordered to pay Highland for breaching restraining order
2 years ago
Highland Capital Management has won a $450,000 award against its founder James Dondero after a Dallas court overseeing Highland’s bankruptcy found that Dondero had breached a restraining order granted in December. -
KKR flies into aviation lending with new $800 million platform
2 years ago
KKR has expanded its credit business with a new aviation platform, seeding the platform with nearly $800 million portfolio of aviation loans from CIT Group to kickstart the launch -
Credit indices hit impasse after US high yield returns to pre-covid tights
2 years ago
Credit improvement looks to be taking a breather on Thursday after the compression play in CDS indices took US high yield index CDX HY to its tightest prints since February 2020, before the outbreak of covid-19 began to blow out spreads -
Sound Point confirms buy-out of CVC's US direct lending business
2 years ago
Sound Point Capital Management has bought CVC’s US direct lending business, the pair have confirmed. The deal will add $1 billion of assets to Sound Point’s $25 billion platform and includes nine investment professionals -
LP round up: big name managers win direct lending mandates amid $1.5 billion allocations
2 years ago
Apollo, Ares, Barings and CVC were among the beneficiaries of the direct lending rush in May -
Sound Point strikes deal to buy CVC's US direct lending business: WSJ
2 years ago
Sound Point Capital Management has agreed to buy CVC’s $1.5 billion US direct lending arm as part of a push into private credit -
Eagle Point hires trader for non-CLO assets as it eyes growth in corporate credit
2 years ago
Eagle Point Credit Management is growing its non-CLO business, with the firm hiring a head corporate trader responsible for trading high yield, BDC debt as well as equity, reits and other securities -
Schroders unites private market divisions under Schroders Capital umbrella
2 years ago
Schroders has united its private market capabilities under a new umbrella branded Schroders Capital -
Credit fundraising: Audax scores big in lighter month
2 years ago
Fundraising markedly dropped in May, but credit funds still amassed $12.8 billion and 10 credit funds reached final closes across a variety of different strategies -
Credit markets heed early indicators of inflation pressure
2 years ago
Inflation became the topic du jour after the consumer price index (CPI) grew 4.2% in April, its fastest rate since September 2008 and much higher than the 3.6% many analysts predicted -
Breakthroughs come thick and fast for Libor alternatives
2 years ago
Momentum has gathered around initiatives to replace Libor in contracts, with CME Group obtaining a regulatory nod on the term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (Sofr) as well as moving to launch interest rate futures based on banks’ short term credit yields -
Focus shifts to macro views amid blurry relative value picture
2 years ago
Relative value trading has become a difficult place to operate in credit, with previously effective strategies such as compression, pairs and basis hard to discern and opportunities difficult to source, according to portfolio managers. -
Single Bs bomb as beta narrative shifts
2 years ago
Few signalled themes in credit have died away as quickly as that of the outperformance of single B rated credit, which several firms proposed at the start of May but soon found crushed by a cocktail of worries around inflation, central bank policy, supply and high yield fund outflows -
Direct lending newcomers reveal doubts over losses
2 years ago
Large direct lenders are quick to point out that experience and restructuring experience counts, particularly as we enter a default phase. What’s surprising is that, when it comes to capital markets investors, those new to direct lending doubt their own ability to manage losses. -
Equity tranche longs fall out of favour as spreads tighten and dispersion picks up after uniform moves
2 years ago
Dispersion is picking up after relatively uniform moves in credit in the early part of 2021. CDS index equity tranches had outperformed for much of this year but spreads have gapped out a touch in the past few weeks
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