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Widening asset/liability gulf will hurt CLOs: Barclays
1 year ago
A mismatch between CLO asset / liability rate risk is increasing in the US as more leveraged loan issuers opt for one-month pay frequency, Barclays credit strategists have found -
Making the grade: CLO managers move into IG bonds
1 year ago
CLO managers have been using the incredible volatility in credit markets this year to add an unfamiliar asset to their portfolios – investment grade bonds -
Credit PM pair seek galaxy of opportunities with long/short fund manager launch
1 year ago
Two experienced portfolio managers have set up a new venture to take advantage of volatile markets -
Eagle Point expands into structured products including SRTs with big hire
1 year ago
Eagle Point Credit Management has hired a head of ABS, MBS SRT and specialty finance, in a move which underlines the firm’s progression from a CLO equity investor to a broader credit asset manager. -
Regulators give securitisation another tranche
1 year ago
A gloomy economic outlook and drought in primary markets cast a deflated mood over last month’s Global ABS 2022 conference in Barcelona. But regulators and central banks’ encouraging attitude towards securitisation was in sharp contrast -
Real estate is about to get real bad: Welshcake
1 year ago
The extent of disconnect between real estate and what other markets have been experiencing is enough to convince me a whole other layer of economic mayhem is on the way. But investors in credit, for all their current pain, could still end up shining if they are prepared -
Franklin Templeton buys Alcentra in $700 million deal
1 year ago
Franklin Templeton has agreed to buy BNY Mellon’s $38 billion credit unit Alcentra, which will see Alcentra combined with Franklin Templeton’s US credit manager Benefit Street Partners -
Invesco installs turbo single B tranche in European CLO new issue
1 year ago
Turbo tranches have returned to the European CLO market with Invesco using the mechanism attached to the single B-rated tranche in its latest new issue -
Fidelity International makes senior direct lending hires in private credit push
1 year ago
Fidelity International has been staffing up in European direct lending, with 12 additions to the private credit team that was established a year ago -
"Derivative longs versus cash corporate shorts looks attractive, especially if we see a market sell-off"
2 years ago
Technicals are keeping cash credit spreads tight, but as central banks reduce purchases there will be relative value opportunities -
M&G eyes European CLO comeback with new sustainability agenda
2 years ago
Another 1.0 CLO manager - and a giant of the fund management industry - is set to make its grand return to CLO management after 14 years away from the market -
"Europe undermines itself through fossil fuel addiction while the UK baulks at expunging oligarchs"
2 years ago
Russia’s actions in Ukraine are deeply troubling, but there is hope for the future -
Spac pricing hints at Sound Point's growth ambitions in loan market
2 years ago
Sound Point Acquisition Corp has priced a $225 million IPO, signalling that credit asset manager Sound Point Capital Management is looking to expand its platform -
Corum Butler hires experienced high yield portfolio manager
2 years ago
Corum Butler has added to its team of five bond fund portfolio managers with a Paris-based hire -
"If omicron paradoxically lowers the temperature of the market, that may be no bad thing"
2 years ago
The global economy is well protected against omicron — and a mild infection may be beneficial -
SME CLO supremo leaves Be-Spoke for expanding Spanish firm
2 years ago
One of the pioneers behind SME CLOs has left Be-Spoke Capital to join another Spanish lender. He leaves behind the only SME CLO in Europe since the 2008 financial crisis -
Jefferies European securitised markets co-head set to leave role
2 years ago
One of Jefferies' co-heads of Emea securitised markets is set to leave their role -
TwentyFour names new CEO as Holman steps down
2 years ago
Mark Holman, who has been TwentyFour Asset Management’s chief executive officer since the firm's launch, will step down from the position in January with another founding partner named as his successor -
Pemberton lands big name structured credit specialist as it drives into SRTs
2 years ago
Pemberton has hired a senior banking figure well known to the structured credit market to oversee a risk sharing strategy at the firm -
It's All Relative: CQS, Capital Four and Tikehau look for CLO breakthrough as debutant premiums drop
2 years ago
The number of US CLO issuers in 2021 could be about to reach 106 with Capital Four, CQS and Tikehau looking to price debut deals, with price talk set at ambitious levels -
HPS targets $9.5 billion for fifth mezzanine debt fund
2 years ago
HPS Investment Partners is targeting $9.5 billion for its fifth global mezzanine debt fund, HPS Strategic Investment Partners V - but unlike earlier vintages, HPS says it will not target opportunities within the upstream energy space -
"No-one talks about the part oil price surges played in the 2008/9 global financial crisis"
2 years ago
Investors eyeing inflation shocks and supply chain disruption should instead be paying attention to the brewing energy crisis -
Natixis poaches structured credit sales official from NatWest in London
2 years ago
Natixis has bolstered its European structured credit sales team -
Alcentra makes leadership changes as European CLO head Rainbow goes part-time
2 years ago
Alcentra has announced changes to its leadership team with co-chief investment officer of liquid credit Graham Rainbow deciding to take on a part-time role at the firm -
"In some ways, CLOs resemble a quirky, cottage industry more than a trillion-dollar market"
2 years ago
CLO volumes outstanding have passed $1 trillion, but index omission and private placements are holding us back
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