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Global corporate defaults on fastest pace since 2009 according to S&P
2 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 -
Aquarian buys minority stake in Obra
7 months ago
Obra Capital revealed in Monday that it had sold a minority equity ownership stake to Aquarian Holdings -
Obra completes acquisition of KDP assets following bankruptcy filing
9 months ago
Obra Capital has acquired the assets of KDP Investment Advisors following the latter firm's chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in May of this year -
Loan Highlights 2Q23: Running aground
10 months ago
The global loan market endured a bleak first half of the year, with the overall 1H23 volume falling 28% year-on-year (YoY) to $1.9 trillion, the lowest showing since 2012. -
Fitch notches up US lev loan and HY 2023 default rate forecasts
11 months ago
Fitch Ratings has raised its US corporate institutional high yield bond default 2023 forecasts from 3%-3.5% to 4.5%-5%, and its leveraged loan default forecast from 2.5%-3% to 4%-4.5% -
Proskaeur hires CFO specialist from SocGen
1 year ago
Proskauer has announced the appointment of Matthew Kerfoot as partner in its finance group in New York -
Silver Point hires experienced credit trader
1 year ago
Silver Point Capital has hired an official well-versed in CLOs -
Brookfield hires industry veteran as public securities CIO
2 years ago
Brookfield Asset Management has hired a long-serving credit and equity market professional as chief investment officer for its public securities group -
CLOs and leveraged lending do not significantly threaten stability, finds 'congressional watchdog'
3 years ago
CLOs and leveraged lending do not significantly threaten financial stability, according to a report by the US's Government Accountability Office (also known as the congressional watchdog) released yesterday -
Sixth Street nears $12 billion for flexible global credit fund
3 years ago
Sixth Street collected $8.5 billion for its fifth TSSP Adjacent Opportunities Partners fund, TAO 5.0, by the end of July, with the fund nearing its $12 billion hard cap -
Goldman Sachs collects $6.4 billion for opportunistic credit fund
3 years ago
Goldman Sachs’s merchant banking division has collected $6.4 billion from more than 1,500 investors on its inaugural opportunistic credit fund, West Street Strategic Solutions I -
LP round up: managers keep fundraising hopes high as GSO targets $7.5 billion for mezz offering
3 years ago
Institutional investors allocated $1.6 billion into credit this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
TPG spins off credit arm Sixth Street
4 years ago
TPG has officially split from its credit arm TPG Sixth Street Partners, following talks with respective investors earlier this year -
Atalaya appoints head of business development and IR
4 years ago
Atalaya Capital Management has appointed a former Third Point Capital official as head of business development and investor relations, according to an annoucement -
PE firms look to go it alone as credit units reach maturity
4 years ago
Private equity firms are starting to weigh up the merits of housing private debt businesses, with TPG Capital the latest to contemplate splitting with its credit business TPG Sixth Street. It follows EQT Capital, which announced a strategic review in January centred on parting ways with its credit unit. -
Texas pension appoints CIO
4 years ago
Teacher Retirement System of Texas has appointed a new chief investment officer, effective from January 2020 -
Astor and Armory team up for US mid-market credit interval fund
4 years ago
Astor Investment Management has teamed up with Armory Capital to launch a middle-market credit interval fund, according to US regulatory filings -
New manager Resco lands ex-credit head to found advisory board
5 years ago
Resco Asset Management, a London based asset manager set up last year, has appointed the first of an anticipated three advisory board members -
TSSP launches capital solutions fund
5 years ago
TPG Sixth Street Partners (TSSP), the credit platform of private equity giant TPG, has launched a fund to target late stage growth companies -
THL Credit increases loan fund assets by $179 million in one year
5 years ago
Boston-headquartered THL Credit has raised at least $300 million for its bank loan fund, according to US regulatory filings -
MidOcean floats second tactical credit fund
6 years ago
MidOcean Credit Partners has launched its second tactical credit fund, which will invest in "off-the-run" high yield and leveraged loans, Creditflux understands -
Credit hedge fund to pay $10 million to settle insider trading case
6 years ago
New York-based Visium Asset Management is to pay approximately $10 million to settle a credit fund insider trading case, 8 May US regulatory filings reveal -
MidOcean nets $87.6 million in 12 months for credit opps fund
6 years ago
MidOcean Partners has raised more than $87 million in a year for its first Credit Opportunity IDF fund, regulatory filings indicate -
Seasoned credit specialist swaps River Birch for Guggenheim Securities
6 years ago
Guggenheim Securities has poached Jim Seery from credit fund manager River Birch Capital -
Credit manager wins $200 million mandate from Texas pension fund
6 years ago
A west coast asset manager will be responsible for a separate account which will invest opportunistically across the credit market
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