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Blackstone to close multi-strategy fund after assets fell nearly 90%
6 months ago
Blackstone plans to shut down its Blackstone Diversified Multi-strategy Fund by the end of the year after assets within the fund declined by nearly 90% in the last four years -
Crédit Agricole appoints head of corporate and leveraged finance
1 year ago
Crédit Agricole CIB has appointed a head of corporate and leveraged finance, effective Thursday -
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 -
Italian NPLs under spotlight as debt collector spreads blow wider
1 year ago
Intrum, the Swedish debt collection firm, is suffering a sharp push wider in credit spreads after writing down part of a portfolio focused on the Italian market -
LP round up: two managers terminated as 20 win $2.5 billion
1 year ago
US institutional investors allocated over $2.5 billion to 20 credit managers in October, according to documents seen by Creditflux. Two credit fund managers however were terminated in the month -
Sculptor CEO Levin refutes "personal issue" accusation by ex-chief Och
1 year ago
Sculptor Capital Management’s independent board and the company’s chief executive officer and chief investment officer Jimmy Levin have fired back at former CEO and founder Daniel Och after he cited a “personal issue” in reference to Levin’s past -
Deutsche hires credit strategy head from rival bank
1 year ago
Deutsche Bank has hired a new head to oversee European and US credit strategy -
Bespoke bond baskets on the rise as investors seek targeted portfolio trades
2 years ago
High yield index replication and accessing illiquid exposure are two factors building momentum for a new investment approach that bundles bonds into a single risk piece -
Winton hires quant credit specialist as PM
2 years ago
Winton, a London-headquartered asset management firm that specialises in quantitative strategies, has hired an experienced trader to focus on credit alpha capture -
Credit rally extends as investors welcome hawkish but clearer Fed message
2 years ago
Credit markets have carried their rally over to another day, fuelled in part by what investors have interpreted as a hawkish but clear message from the US Federal Reserve on policy tightening -
Credit fund rout extends as storm winds buffet from all sides
2 years ago
Another choppy week for financial markets has extended the run of fund outflows, with investors fleeing from all parts of credit and even equity suffering a drop, with government bonds gaining traction -
European panic over Ukraine pushes market to new wides
2 years ago
European underperformance of US credit has resumed at the start of the week, with the market waking up on Monday morning to another sharp sell off. But the lengthening downturn has some believing spreads have overshot, while others insist worse is to follow -
Credit and equity fund flows diverge ahead of Fed emergency meeting
2 years ago
Outflows from credit have extended into another week, even as stocks returned to inflows, as speculation mounted the US Federal Reserve could opt for a 50bp hike in March or even an earlier than anticipated hike at an emergency meeting next week -
ESG template fires up hopes of CSO issuance
2 years ago
2021 may not have been a year of big volume in the synthetic bespoke market, but primary business is back, and decisive inroads into environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused issuance bode well for 2022 -
GIB brings in ESG expert for fixed income expansion
2 years ago
GIB Asset Management has hired from Abrdn as it looks to grow beyond emerging market credit and index strategies -
Green QE is future, says BofA
2 years ago
Last week's European Central Bank strategy review confirmed that climate change policies will dictate the shape of future asset purchases, say Bank of America credit strategists -
Fund performance: Déjà vu as April leaders dominate
2 years ago
CLO funds stayed in the top flight for another month as they took over the top 10 credit hedge fund return table in May, when 87% of all funds listed made positive returns -
Credit slumbers in departure lounge as airline equities take off
2 years ago
Credit and equity markets have been in a balancing act on Tuesday between the positive and negative implications of surging oil prices and Germany opting to relax travel restrictions -
"IG investors might want to rethink the instrument, but they need not fear rising rates just yet"
3 years ago
In his latest column for Creditflux, Cheyne's Duncan Sankey writes that the sharp rise in 10-year US treasuries could be positive for investment grade investors, but value is in CDS rather than bonds -
Fund managers brace for EU’s new sustainability regulations
3 years ago
European fund managers were faced with new environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) regulations in March, which enhance disclosure requirements around sustainability -
LP round-up: $2.6 billion flows into 26 credit managers
3 years ago
A stuck ship in the Suez Canal may have prevented others from getting through one of the world's busiest waterways in March, but allocations to credit funds were much more free flowing as investors poured over $2.6 billion into the hands of credit managers -
Corp hybrid popularity mounts, but strategist outlooks diverge
3 years ago
Corporate hybrid bonds are becoming a focal point for investors in the second quarter, with one bank's credit strategy team making them a top pick to trade spread compression while another's has expressed caution on their likely performance -
Tikehau places €500 million sustainable bond as it plans high yield impact fund
3 years ago
Tikehau Capital has placed an inaugural sustainable bond that it says is the first of its kind for an asset manager -
Vontobel names fixed income trading head amid four senior hires
3 years ago
Vontobel Asset Management has appointed four senior hires to its team including a newly created role of head of fixed income trading -
Tikehau hires UK institutional business head
3 years ago
Tikehau Capital has appointed a head for its UK institutional business
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