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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. -
Senior CLO officials leave Natixis in shock round of resignations
1 year ago
Natixis has been rocked by the departure of four senior members in its CLO and structured credit team -
Nassau adds $3.6 billion credit firm Angel Island to its platform
1 year ago
Under the deal, Angel Island will become a subsidiary of Nassau’s asset management unit, Nassau Asset Management -
Medalist and Semper form partnership to jointly invest in structured credit
1 year ago
Medalist Partners and Semper Capital Management have joined forces in a partnership which results in the pair co-investing in structured credit. -
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. -
Widening asset/liability gulf will hurt CLOs: Barclays
2 years 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 -
Eagle Point expands into structured products including SRTs with big hire
2 years 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. -
Goldman hires veteran CLO structurer to boost US business
2 years ago
Goldman Sachs has hired a well known CLO structurer to its operations in New York -
"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 -
Highland ends 12-year dispute with UBS over CLO-squared amid "shocking revelations"
3 years ago
A 12-year dispute over a failed CLO-squared is close to being concluded after Highland Capital Management filed a motion yesterday to approve the settlement of its dispute with UBS. But wasn't filed without more "shocking revelations" -
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 -
Credit funds at a glance: several funds post double digit November returns
3 years ago
November was a strong month for credit hedge funds listed by Creditflux, with latest returns demonstrating the effect of the vaccine/US election rally on fund perfomance -
2020 wrap: CLO funds bloom despite rocky ground
3 years ago
2020 was a busy year for CLO fundraising, with Creditflux recording at least 30 funds that launched over the 12 months to invest across the CLO capital structure -
Past returns: Barclays gambles and wins on Zohar
3 years ago
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported how Barclays had made gains from its investment in the debt of Zohar CLO I, a deal which was filed into bankruptcy by manager Patriarch Partners a few months earlier -
400 holds $430 million final close on opportunistic structured credit fund
3 years ago
400 Asset Based Term Fund II will invest across structured credit including special situations, risk-transfers, and liquidity premium opportunities in the primary and secondary markets -
Zais structured credit fund gains 13% for US pension
4 years ago
Zais Group has generated 13.1% returns to a west coast pension fund through its CLO-focused strategy dubbed ‘Zephyr 7’ -
Structured credit investor joins Diameter in New York
4 years ago
Diameter Capital Partners has hired a partner from structured credit hedge fund specialist Prophet Capital Asset Management -
One William Street launches fifth ABS-focused fund
4 years ago
One William Street Capital Management has launched its fifth ABS focused fund, OWS ABS Fund V -
Where are the gloating I-told-you-so columnists who claimed CLOs would bring global destruction?
4 years ago
We have seen a measured response to the coronavirus crisis: fund managers aren’t collapsing and investors are not shunning CLOs -
The CMBS talf proposal is simple and effective. A similar approach for CLOs would be welcomed
4 years ago
It’s great that government is trying to boost securitisations, but they’re missing the mark for CLOs -
KKR deploys 10% of $2 billion coronavirus dislocation credit fund
4 years ago
KKR Credit has plans to launch a $2 billion dislocated corporate and asset backed credit fund to take advantage of coronavirus-induced volatility. And the New York-based manager has wasted no time swooping on opportunities after deploying $212 million by 9 April -
CLO tranche investor leaves Carlyle after 12 years
4 years ago
The New York-based co-head of global structured credit has parted ways with Carlyle, sources say. The firm is understood to have appointed a replacement in London -
If you can stomach volatility, CLO equity is very attractive
Brandon Cahill of BlueMountain Capital Management takes our credit quiz5 years ago -
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
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