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Strong run helps CLOs shrug off Altice downgrade
5 days ago
It may be the largest triple C downgrade in years, but the CLO market is relatively unperturbed by Altice’s fall from grace. -
US loan volume nears record levels
5 days ago
In Q1 2024 quarterly institutional loan issuance reached its second highest level on record. The period also saw the lowest quarterly share of new money issuance, at just 13% of total activity -
Credit hedge funds
5 days ago
Credit hedge fund performance -
Relative to Airbus, Boeing was long accountants but short engineers
5 days ago
A qualitative approach can help investors spot boards that are too focused on short-term returns -
IACPM survey finds credit PMs still gloomy, but less so than last quarter
11 days ago
Respondents to the latest IACPM Credit Outlook Survey are still negative about future credit conditions, but less so than in previous surveys -
Global Loan Highlights 1Q24: Don’t call it a comeback
26 days ago
Loan refinancing share hits historic high, but IG issuance stymies YoY global growth -
Houlihan Lokey adds new credit MD
27 days ago
Investment bank Houlihan Lokey released news yesterday of a new managing director hired to the firm’s Financial Sponsors Group -
Muni shop expands into leveraged finance with slew of senior hires
29 days ago
Boutique investment bank Middlegate Securities has announced the formation and launch of Middlegate Global Credit, a new leveraged finance division -
February 2024 US Leveraged Highlights
29 days ago
Debtwire today releases the February 2024 US Leveraged Highlights, featuring key trends in the leveraged loan and high-yield bond markets. -
Global corporate defaults on fastest pace since 2009 according to S&P
1 month ago
The number of corporate defaults has risen dramatically year-to-date, according to S&P Global Ratings, driven by a doubling of the rate of defaults in Europe -
CLO managers laud market’s shift away from direct lending
1 month ago
This year’s annual SFVegas shindig had a record 8,900 registered delegates, and every CLO panel included a discussion of two key themes, including the highly publicised fight between the broadly syndicated loan space and private credit lenders. -
US borrowers try again with high-water mark provisions
1 month ago
In the US, high-water marking of EBITDA was rebuffed back in 2022. But the concept has been used regularly in Europe and US borrowers are once again slipping it into credit agreements -
Credit hedge funds
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Credit funds at a glance
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BBVA hires ex Credit Suisse managing director
1 month ago
BBVA has hired a new managing director to be head of its US financial institutions group for debt capital markets -
Wave of legal hires becomes a tsunami
2 months ago
In February alone legal heavyweights Allen & Overy, DLA Piper, Fried Frank, Kirkland & Ellis, Proskauer Rose and White & Case all announced the arrival of partners in the credit space -
Proskauer poaches pair of credit partners from Milbank
2 months ago
Proskauer Rose continues to build out its team with the addition of Eric Reimer and Gayle Berne as partners in the global finance practice -
Credit hedge funds
2 months ago
Credit hedge fund performance -
Credit funds at a glance
2 months ago
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DLA Piper hires two partners for leveraged finance practice
2 months ago
Alan Rockwell and Heather Waters Borthwick have joined DLA Piper from Shearman & Sterling, and will both be partners based in New York. -
SMBC continues to expand US fixed income with more senior-level hires
2 months ago
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation's America's division continues to expand with the addition of several new senior-level hires from Morgan Stanley and Citi -
Covenants update: State of the US Loan Market 4Q23
3 months ago
Xtract Research has published its 4Q23 report into the state of the US loan market. Highlights from the report include the following. -
New report finds 2023 a record year for alternative credit M&A
3 months ago
A new report on “Acquisitions of Alternative Credit Managers” by credit specialist Gapstow forecasts that more M&A activity lies ahead for credit firms as they struggle with the challenges facing the broader investment management industry -
Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds commits more than USD 600m to credit manager
3 months ago
Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds has allocated approximately USD 625m to pension funds in the state's private credit portfolio -
Credit PMs remain gloomy in latest IACPM survey
3 months ago
Survey participants in the latest IACPM Credit Outlook Survey believe the euphoria seen in global financial markets during the last few months of 2023 was overdone
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