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Ex-Cerberus and Jefferies officials join FLC to lead new private debt unit
2 years ago
Family Legacy Capital Management, an investment manager for family office, has unveiled a New York-based private credit unit and has brought on former officials from Cerberus and Jefferies to lead the charge -
US pension hunts for opportunistic credit manager
2 years ago
Managers have until 4pm ET on Tuesday 1st June to complete the request for proposal -
Audax closes fifth junior debt fund at $1.9 billion
2 years ago
Audax Mezzanine Fund V will provide junior capital investments in private equity-backed middle market companies -
Shenkman closes debut drawdown fund at $325 million
2 years ago
Shenkman Capital Management has closed its inaugural drawdown fund with over $325 million capital commitments -
LP round up: $3.2 billion flows to 21 managers as private credit illiquidity premium holds firm
2 years ago
Investors allocated at least $3.2 billion to credit managers in April - and direct lending funds were in favour with Churchill and Ares being awarded two mandates -
CLO fund comes top by distance in middling month for credit
2 years ago
A CIS Asset Management fund, which invests mainly in US CLO equity, was the star performer in March after gaining 7.36% in the month -
ESG factors show up in leveraged loan pricing in US
2 years ago
Environmental, social, and corporate governance factors are filtering through to the US CLO market and influencing loan prices -
Fund performance: Lightning strikes twice as range of credit funds deliver
What seemed like a chance occurrence in February has struck again in March, as seven categories make our top 10 best performing hedge funds -
Credit hedge funds (May 2021)
2 years ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Ucits at a glance: Altana moves into pole position
2 years ago
March marked a drop in pace for Ucits funds as only 62% of funds made positive returns, compared to 80% in February -
Credit funds at a glance (May 2021)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
US Libor falls to record low of 17.29 basis points on 21 April
2 years ago
Three-month US Libor plunged to historic lows last month, posting at just 17.29 basis points on 21 April -
CLOs cushioned as regulators get more comfortable on Sofr
2 years ago
The quest to find a suitable Libor replacement looks to have taken a big step forward in recent weeks, with hopes rekindled that securitised products such as CLOs and ABS could soon make use of a term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (Sofr) -
Non-mandated CDS clearing leaps ahead of margin deadline
2 years ago
The regulatory drive to increase clearing of derivatives is making big strides in the credit market. But a standout feature of 2021 is the acceleration in central counterparty clearing of products not subject to a regulatory mandate, such as CDS index options and single names -
Credit fundraising: three massive European direct lending funds notch up €17.6 bn
2 years ago
Fundraising figures continued upwards in April as just over $24 billion was raised for credit funds, alongside $3.2 worth of allocations to credit managers. Nine funds held final closes including the largest European direct lending fund raised to date -
Carlyle and Aflac officials lead new ACC committee with ESG template outlined as priority
3 years ago
The Alternative Credit Council has launched an ‘investor manager committee’, chaired by Carlyle Group’s Erica Frontiero and Elena Boeva from Aflac Global Investments, that has ESG in private credit as one of its first orders of business -
Credit and stocks regain composure on rates as oil hits new heights
3 years ago
Credit and equity markets have improved again on Wednesday morning, after US treasury secretary Janet Yellen's comments about possible rate rises spooked markets on Tuesday afternoon -
Lafayette Square hires Prudential's head of impact investing
3 years ago
New York-based impact investment manager Lafayette Square has hired a new head of strategy from Prudential -
M&A drives movers in high yield and investment grade
3 years ago
Acquisition talks are having the biggest impact on European credit spreads on Tuesday following the UK bank holiday, with several names moving against an otherwise flat market -
Jefferies Credit poaches senior RBC pair for direct lending business
3 years ago
Jefferies Credit Partners has expanded its middle direct lending business with two senior hires -
Banks set to offer client clearing of credit index options
3 years ago
Bank members of LCH, the London Stock Exchange's clearing arm, will soon start offering client clearing of CDS index options, as the industry prepares for its next ramp up of margining requirements -
CSOs and index tranches reach sticking point as correlation gets rich
3 years ago
Credit correlation trading looks to have reached a point of inflexion, as the previous bull run at the lower end of index capital stacks has given way to caution over how much further spread compression can go. At the same time, bespoke tranche business is gaining interest but equity remains stickier to sell at the market's ultra-low spread and volatility levels -
US pension terminates three credit mandates due to 'underperformance' and relative value
3 years ago
The New Mexico pension terminated one multi-asset credit mandate and two bank loan mandates -
Apollo establishes $1 billion credit secondaries platform
3 years ago
Apollo says it formed the platform to capitalise on the explosive growth of private credit, as well as addressing related liquidity or portfolio needs from underlying investors -
Standard Life Aberdeen 2 rbrnd 2 Abrdn
3 years ago
Standard Life Aberdeen has announced that it is changing its name to Abrdn (pronounced Aberdeen)
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