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Bridgepoint buys EQT's credit business - report
3 years ago
Bridgepoint is buying the credit business of EQT, according to the Financial Times -
Scale of coronavirus-linked defaults divides credit market
4 years ago
As governments and central banks around the world plough money into the economy in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the loan and CLO markets are nevertheless bracing themselves for a corporate downgrade wave to turn into a default cycle -
CLOs look at flipping frequency switch as corporates hold cash
4 years ago
European CLOs could be set to flick their ‘frequency switch mechanisms’ as a growing number of corporations go from paying quarterly to semi-annual coupons -
A different kind of crisis
4 years ago
Panellists on Creditflux’s US CLO webinar were positive about the robustness of CLO structures and the role of cure contributions. But they warned about zombie defaults and gaming tests -
A lot of CLO portfolios look similar and I’ve never been one to follow the herd
4 years ago
Zais's Vinnie Ingato takes our credit quiz -
US loan index rises for second consecutive day
4 years ago
The credit markets felt some reprieve on Thursday as the S&P/LSTA index rose for the second consecutive day, rising by an unprecedented 3.33% -
Elizabeth Warren demands data on tanking lev loan market
4 years ago
US senator Elizabeth Warren has requested leveraged lending data and detailed information about the risk posed by loans, having aired her concerns about covid-19's impact on this market in a letter to treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin -
CLOs pressured by sub-80 loan index as UBS predicts $550 billion of distress
4 years ago
CLOs were squeezed again today as the coronavirus selloff continues to hammer the loan market and UBS predicted many leveraged loans will become distressed -
VIP Cinema makes uncomfortable viewing for CLOs as it's reeled into Chapter 11
4 years ago
CLOs hold $52.9 million of debt in seatmaker VIP Cinema Holdings, which has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the District of Delaware -
EQT undertakes strategic review of credit business
4 years ago
EQT has announced a review of its credit business with the firm appointing JP Morgan to evaluate its 'strategic options', according to the firm’s Q4 2019 report -
Western to launch European loan business after hiring portfolio manager
4 years ago
Western Asset Management is launching a European corporate loan business after hiring an experienced credit portfolio manager with a background rooted in the CLO industry -
The Last Tranche with THL’s Herzig: loan bifurcation and the direct lending safety net
4 years ago
For Creditflux's Last Tranche podcast, THL Credit’s Michael Herzig joins Hugh Minch and Seth Brumby to talk, among other things, about bifurcation in the US loan market, why some borrowers might suffer refinancing woes and how large direct lending funds can step in to provide financing to even large-cap companies -
Few CLOs charred by Murray bankruptcy
4 years ago
25 CLO managers hold $389.6 million exposure to the debt of coal company Murray Energy Holdings, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of Ohio on Tuesday, according to the latest trustee reports from CLO-i -
CVC adds Alcentra official to investor relations team in London
4 years ago
CVC Credit Partners has appointed a managing director in its investor relations team from Alcentra -
Typical CLO structures can’t take advantage of dislocation in the high yield bond market – yet
4 years ago
High yield bond buckets in CLO 1.0s allowed managers to build par — it is time CLO 2.0s had the same opportunity -
Mizuho appoints US and European credit trading heads in leadership shake-up
5 years ago
The hires include a newly created CLO role, head of credit trading, and head of special situations and illiquid trading -
Ares hires Natixis deputy CEO for the Americas to credit investing role
5 years ago
Ares Management has poached the Americas deputy chief executive officer from Natixis's investment banking business -
DFG hires experienced credit analyst in New York
5 years ago
DFG Investment Advisers has drafted in John Hwang as director and senior credit analyst on its leveraged credit team in New York -
Superficial analysis in the press fails to account for critical differences between CLOs and CDOs
5 years ago
Credit risk is rising, but any failures among CLOs will not impact the financial system as a whole -
CLOs are not like CDOs, says Barclays, but warns of loan quality impact
5 years ago
CLOs are far removed from the kinds of structured products that contributed to the 2008/09 global financial crisis, Barclays has argued in a wide-ranging research piece this week -
Cairn Capital hires portfolio manager for CLO investments
5 years ago
Cairn Capital has hired a portfolio manager with sell-side and ratings agency experience to be responsible for CLO tranche investments -
Ex-Citi CDO trading chief joins Jefferies as head of European fixed income
5 years ago
Jefferies has appointed a former Citi European credit and pre-crisis CDO trading head to lead its European fixed income business -
Loan managers need an equity-like mindset instead of relying on docs
5 years ago
Octagon's Lauren Basmadjian takes our credit quiz and talks about buying CLO equity in 2009, the impact of technology on the retail sector and Eddie Murphy's 1980s heyday -
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 -
Join the debate: most memorable moment in credit
6 years ago
At Creditflux we’ve now produced 200 monthly magazines since Fishknife first came up with the idea of tracking the global credit markets in 2001). We asked several key credit industry officials about their most memorable moment in credit
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