Sofr, so complicated
At Creditflux’s US CLO Summit debate centred on Libor and Sofr. Hot topics included tenors, Libor floors being out-of-the money and investors changing their views on spread adjustments

Supporting the next generation
Creditflux’s third Women In CLOs event was held in New York in March, giving the industry’s rising stars a chance to network with senior credit professionals from the buy-side and sell-side

That’s another fine mezz I’d like to get into
Structural protection and flatter curves make short-dated mezz tranches attractive. Speakers at Credit Dimensions discuss which positions they’d take in CSOs, options and tranches this year

Women in CLOs, CLO Summit and Credit Dimensions to return to New York in March
Creditflux has announced our three New York events will now take place at the end of March. We will host Women in CLOs on 28 March, followed by the CLO Investor Summit on 29 March and Credit Dimensions, our event for the synthetic structured credit community, on 31 March

A brighter year ahead
Panellists on Creditflux’s CLO webinar described how CLO spreads are close to historic tights, ESG is entering the docs and managers have more flexibility with work-outs than ever before

CLO issuers flex their bond muscles
Some panellists at Creditflux’s US CLO Investor Summit pointed to structural difficulties, but the consensus was that flexibility — particularly the ability to buy bonds — could improve performance

Relative value has shifted towards CLO double Bs, conference hears
CLO double B tranches are on course for significant spread tightening, according to participants on day one of Creditflux's CLO Investor Summit on Thursday

They said it: "It’s been a tale of the haves and the have nots"
At Creditflux’s US Private Credit event, binary outcomes in direct lending were discussed

Faith in structures has been rewarded
CLOs have been resilient against covid-19 fallout, said speakers at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium last month. But there’s always room to improve and 3.0 deals may add ESG and bullet tranches

The tranche market shines, whatever your view on credit
Index tranche volumes have reached record levels this year and CSOs have withstood the covid crisis. Panellists at the Credit Dimensions webinar outlined a range of trades in a thriving market

European CLO volumes expected to rise and fall in coming months: Creditflux CLO Symposium
Europe's CLO primary market is gearing up for a busy few months as managers seek to term out pre-covid warehouses before they enter their amortization periods, but the longer-term outlook for issuance is more uncertain, according to panelists on the European CLO panel at Creditflux's CLO Symposium today

US private credit webinar set to tackle mid-market
Creditflux is set to go live today at 11am New York time wih its US private credit webinar

Creditflux goes live again with virtual event on the US middle market
The second Creditflux live virtual briefing will happen on Tuesday 2^nd June, when we will switch gears from the US CLO market to US Private Credit.

Creditflux announces finalists for online CLO awards
Creditflux is pleased to announce the finalists for a new-look manager awards event, which will be hosted online for the first time.

Managers vie for trophies at new-look awards event
The 2020 Creditflux Manager Awards will take on a fresh complexion as we transition to a virtual event. But some things will never change: our finalists have been assessed using data alone
 

If you're marketing a structured credit fund then for goodness sake don't go through the motions [podcast]
Credit allocators gave some sage advice to structured credit managers on how to go about marketing their funds at the Creditflux CLO Summit in New York last month. As part of a key note panel geared towards institutional investors fund managers were told: stop going through the motions, avoid being generalistic and tailor your pitches

Attack is the best form of defence
Yes, idiosyncratic risks are creeping into corporate credit. But speakers at Creditflux’s CLO Summit were convinced that the most creative firms will be able to thrive without taking on additional risk