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Private credit funds are more stable, lower levered and more regulated than you might think
2 months ago
The private credit market’s steady and impressive growth has caused some pundits to voice concerns about an eventual bubble. While we expect there to be more dispersion in private credit funds’ performance in the coming years, we don’t see signs that a bubble is about to burst. -
Private credit’s abundant dry powder is great news for CLOs as well as borrowers
4 months ago
The recent rapid growth in private credit funds has garnered much attention from market participants and media pundits. While naysayers warn that this “shadow banking” channel could be a bubble waiting to burst in the higher-for-longer environment, issuers and investors continue to flock to the asset class. -
Basel III looks likely to further increase banks investment in CLO triple As
7 months ago
Demand for CLO triple As has grown substantially over the past few years as more banking institutions, pension funds, asset managers and insurance companies discover this attractive asset class, which historically has never taken a loss. -
"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 -
"Ironically, the better prospects for floating rate assets leads some to wait for even better returns"
1 year ago
Ironically, the better prospects for floating rate assets leads some to wait for even better returns -
Points up front: Shhh, don’t tell! Secret CLO pricing is in progress
1 year ago
The CLO industry has come a long way in the last decade — so much so that managers can now boast of their track records and CLOs are no longer (wrongly) touted as the acronym that caused the 2008 financial crisis. But in recent weeks some CLO market participants seem to have gone back to a time when pricing a CLO was taboo -
"Value persists in IG, but higher interest rates are a threat. Opening the synthetic toolbox can help"
1 year ago
Fiscal and monetary policy are pulling in opposite directions, but value in IG can be accessed via CDS and CSOs -
"Extreme volatility can push BSL yields close to mid market levels, although that trade never lasts"
1 year ago
The two segments of the loan market are on different paths as mid-market volumes rise -
"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 -
"Having tighter CLO debt costs will not be enough for brand names to outperform more agile competitors"
2 years ago
The drop in loan and CLO prices today is unlike any previous downturn — but again it will pay to be agile -
"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 -
"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 -
"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 -
"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 -
"I’ve been doing ESG for 27 years; I just didn’t know it"
2 years ago
Apollo's Joe Mornoey takes our credit quiz -
"Don’t buy loans for the floating rate component alone"
2 years ago
Loomis Sayles' Matt Eagan takes our credit quiz -
"Why can’t loans and CLOs simply move to three-month treasury bills as our reference rate?"
3 years ago
Sofr may be touted as Libor’s natural replacement, but the best known rate in the world is also an option -
A year that looked like it would be a total wipe-out ended up being very constructive indeed
3 years ago
Our columnist looks back at some of the surprises of 2020 -
We need to remove CLO misinformation from the market
3 years ago
Vibrant's Kashyap Arora takes our credit quiz -
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 -
Questions will need answering about where a manager's fiduciary responsibility lies
3 years ago
A university lecturer gives Welshcake a shock with a CLO presentation that points to shady trading games -
The length of a CLO’s reinvestment period has no substantive effect on its resilience to defaults
3 years ago
Three-year reinvestment CLOs are the norm, but debt investors should be locking in historically wide spreads for longer -
There will surely be jewels in the high yield dung heap, but the risk-reward is more compelling in IG
3 years ago
Whatever the long-term effects of the pandemic, one thing stays the same: IG looks attractive -
Forced selling triggered by downgrades has created crossover opportunities
3 years ago
Mackay Shield's Alexandra Wilson-Elizondo takes our credit quiz -
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
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