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Bond-backed buyouts balloon as loan yields hit astronomical levels
10 months ago
Issuers tapping public syndication for leveraged buyouts have turned to the high-yield bond market in recent months, where levels of activity are impressive considering the current shortage of new money issuance. -
Fund performance: European CLO funds lead the way
1 year ago
February was a positive month for many funds, as only one quarter failed to reach the black. This builds off a stellar start to the year: 96% of funds reached a positive return in January -
Permira brings in Carlyle European special sits co-head for new business
1 year ago
Permira has strengthened its new strategic opportunities busines -
Luxembourg regulator fines Pemberton after 2020 on-site inspection
1 year ago
Private debt manager Pemberton has been fined €22,100 by Luxembourg regulator CSSF after "failures to comply" with "risk management, general principles of the organisational requirements and the supervision of delegated activities" -
Credit pivots sharply as US returns to growth and ECB confirms record hiking cycle
1 year ago
After a wider start, credit markets reversed course Thursday having digested a strong US GDP reading and the European Central Bank lifting its base rate by 75bp – a move that confirms this as the region’s most aggressive ever hiking cycle -
Credit structuring head lands at Deutsche Bank in expanded role
1 year ago
Deutsche Bank has hired former Credit Suisse global credit structuring head Paul Bajer in a broader remit as global co-head of cross asset structuring -
IG payers provide best tail-risk hedges: Barclays
1 year ago
Investors seeking the cheapest tail risk hedge should look to CDX IG payers, while iTraxx Europe payers are the best hedge against further European underperformance, finds Barclays -
JP Morgan splits global head of institutional structuring role as it promotes three
2 years ago
JP Morgan has rejigged part of its credit structuring business with a set of promotions for officials who have covered SRTs, CLOs and CSOs as part of cross-asset roles -
NatWest names head of high yield syndicate and lev loans
2 years ago
Natwest has poached Crédit Agricole's head of high yield syndicate for a newly-created role as head of high yield syndicate and leveraged loans -
Former CIFC European CIO moves on from CLOs as he joins Man
2 years ago
Man Group has hired CIFC's former European chief investment officer alongside a Swiss Re official to launch a new capital assets solution unit -
Banks and loans to benefit in 2022 as safe havens dwindle
2 years ago
Safe havens and sector pitfalls are among some of the top considerations for portfolio managers this year, as a consensus forms that credit could suffer versus other asset classes -
Fund performance: CLO funds deliver again, but third of all funds post losses
2 years ago
CLO funds took six of the top 10 spots in October in a continuation of the previous month’s strong performances. However, a consistent showing from Wasserstein in the US high yield category has claimed the top spot for the last two months -
Amundi replaces European loan head and appoints deputy
2 years ago
Amundi has shaken up the hierarchy of its loan business with a personnel shuffle at the top -
A&M hires high profile SRT official from StormHarbour
2 years ago
One of the biggest names in the significant risk transfer industry has joined Alvarez & Marsal in London -
Big name family business lines up corp hybrids fund
2 years ago
Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management (Edram) plans to launch a corporate hybrid fund and has hired Alex Eventon to lead the effort -
CSAM regains best manager throne
2 years ago
Upstart CLO managers overtook more experienced rivals at last year’s Creditflux Manager Awards, but CSAM and other large firms, such as PGIM, emerged victorious in London this time around -
Cross Ocean targets up to $1 billion for European special situations fund
2 years ago
Cross Ocean Partners is seeking up to $1 billion for its latest European special situations fund -
Carlyle and Aflac officials lead new ACC committee with ESG template outlined as priority
3 years ago
The Alternative Credit Council has launched an ‘investor manager committee’, chaired by Carlyle Group’s Erica Frontiero and Elena Boeva from Aflac Global Investments, that has ESG in private credit as one of its first orders of business -
Ninety One hires ex-Oak Hill duo for new European credit opportunities platform
3 years ago
Ninety One Asset Management, formerly known as Investec Asset Management, has hired two ex-Oak Hill officials to build the firm's European credit opportunities platform -
Permira promotes five in credit team to MD including head of structured credit
3 years ago
Permira Debt Managers has promoted five members of its credit team to managing directors -
Mizuho appoints loan trading head in London
3 years ago
Mizuho says it has hired an experienced loans specialist as head of loan trading for Emea in a newly-created role -
Muzinich adds ex-CIO of boutique amid raft of credit hires
3 years ago
Muzinich has made five hires to its corporate credit business -
Silver squeeze reaches credit in brighter trading mood
3 years ago
Financial markets are beginning the week and the month in a more positive mood after a volatile end to January. But retail investor power - the bane of hedge funds last week - is again exerting an influence that permeates through to credit -
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 -
Tikehau hires head of French private debt
3 years ago
Tikehau Capital has hired a head of France and chief operating officer within the firm’s €8.9 billion private debt team
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