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Global corporate defaults on fastest pace since 2009 according to S&P
3 months 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 funds make best of a bad situation
1 year ago
It can’t get any worse can it? Well, it did in 2022, when credit spreads kept moving wider. Still, CLO funds were able to withstand the pressure, and they outperformed other credit strategies -
Credit Rendezvous: Make yourself comfortable, there’s a storm coming
1 year ago
In our Q1 outlook, we speak to Edwin Wilches, PGIM (US CLOs), Mikkel Sckerl and Flemming Dose, Capital Four (European CLOs), Jim Fitzpatrick, CQS (US loans), Loic Prevot, Polus (European loans), Madelaine Jones, Oaktree (global high yield), Art Penn, Pennant Park (US direct lending), Mattis Poetter, Arcmont (European direct lending), Keerthi Raghavan, Waterfall (structured credit), Ray Costa, Benefit Street (distressed), Grant Webster, Ninety One (Emerging markets), Oumar Diallo, Aeon (real assets) for their views for the upcoming quarter. -
"This ‘higher rates for longer’ saga is more like the 1920-21 depression than the 1970s high inflation era"
1 year ago
Sometimes you have to swallow your medicine and take a step back to go forwards -
Fund performance: Wake us up when September ends
1 year ago
After a resurgent August, credit markets hit a rough patch in September, with every Creditflux index posting negative returns, and only 12.9% of funds in our listings showing a positive return. -
Natixis hires head of leverage finance syndication in New York
2 years ago
Natixis has hired a managing director to head up its leveraged finance syndication -
Credit markets heed early indicators of inflation pressure
3 years ago
Inflation became the topic du jour after the consumer price index (CPI) grew 4.2% in April, its fastest rate since September 2008 and much higher than the 3.6% many analysts predicted -
"Don’t buy loans for the floating rate component alone"
3 years ago
Loomis Sayles' Matt Eagan takes our credit quiz -
Moving fast pays off for hedge funds
3 years ago
2020 was an up and down year in credit, and credit hedge fund managers had to move quickly to capture opportunities from the dislocations that inevitably opened up -
Oaktree mixes defensive with opportunistic in new fund for recent hire
4 years ago
Oaktree Capital Management has launched a standalone absolute return fixed income fund for recent hire Brad Boyd, according to market sources -
Sculptor doubles global credit exposure in master fund amid dislocation
4 years ago
Sculptor Capital Management has doubled its global credit exposure in its Master Fund during the covid-19 volatility, according to the firm’s Q1 earnings call -
‘Buying the dip’ is going to be a poor investment strategy when the next downturn comes
4 years ago
The next credit downturn will be shallower but more prolonged than the last, so what works will be different, too -
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 -
Last of GSO's co-founders departs
4 years ago
It's the end of an era as GSO Capital Partners co-founder Bennett Goodman (the 'G' in GSO) will step down from the firm at the end of the year -
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 -
CQS names CEO for its US business
5 years ago
CQS Asset Management has appointed Michel Brogard as chief executive officer of the firm’s US business -
Demonised triple Bs could outshine angelic neighbours
5 years ago
There has been a stampede to denounce triple B corporate credit, but investors ditching this rating band may not only miss solid returns but find bigger problems up the spectrum, investors and analysts tell Creditflux. -
GSO co-founder plans new credit business
5 years ago
GSO Capital Partners co-founder Tripp Smith is launching his own credit management firm, according to a report by Bloomberg -
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 -
Kirkland brings in Bain lawyer as partner
6 years ago
Global law firm Kirkland & Ellis has added Bain Capital's in-house counsel Ranesh Ramanathan as corporate partner -
Canadian pension fund appoints head of credit
6 years ago
Toronto-headquartered Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has appointed John Graham as head of credit investments, effective 1 June 2018 -
New Mountain poaches former Partner's Group private debt vice president
6 years ago
New Mountain Capital has poached former Partner’s Group private debt vice president Thomas Libretto as director in New York -
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 -
Goldman Sachs’ co-president and COO Schwartz to retire
6 years ago
Goldman Sachs has announced that Harvey Schwartz, the group’s president and co-chief operating officer, is retiring and will step down effective 20 April 2018. David Solomon will now serve as sole president and COO
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