Refine Search
Article Categories
Strategy Tags
- Direct lending (49)
- Emerging markets (15)
- High yield bonds (125)
- Investment grade credit (35)
- Structured credit (42)
- CLO (140)
- Distressed debt (55)
- Leveraged loans (remove)
- Marketplace lending (1)
- Synthetic/SRT (37)
- ABL Financing (13)
Geography Tags
-
Relative to Airbus, Boeing was long accountants but short engineers
1 month ago
A qualitative approach can help investors spot boards that are too focused on short-term returns -
Global Loan Highlights 1Q24: Don’t call it a comeback
1 month ago
Loan refinancing share hits historic high, but IG issuance stymies YoY global growth -
November 2023 US Leveraged Highlights
5 months ago
Debtwire today releases the November 2023 US Leveraged Highlights, featuring key trends in the leveraged loan and high-yield bond markets -
Loan Highlights 3Q23: Loan volumes remain significantly lower than historical averages
7 months ago
Capital markets loan activity continued to struggle in the third quarter of 2023, as issuers in the Americas and Europe held off from tapping markets -
May 2023 US Leveraged Highlights
10 months ago
Leveraged investors continue to favor bonds to loans, according to the Debtwire May 2023 US Leveraged Highlights, featuring key trends in the leveraged loan and high yield bond markets. -
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 -
Pimco promotes global lev fin and CLO head to managing director
1 year ago
Pimco's leveraged finance head is one of five senior officials promoted to managing director -
Carlyle appoint former Goldman executive as CEO
1 year ago
Carlyle Group have appointed former Goldman Sachs Co-President and CO-Chief Operating Officer Harvey Schwartz as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board, the firm has announced. -
SEC charges former BlackRock PM with undisclosed conflict of interest
1 year ago
The Securities and Exchange Commission said it has charged a former BlackRock portfolio manager for failing to disclose a conflict of interest in a fund he managed from 2015 to 2019 -
Are we ready for another crisis?
1 year ago
Credit managers must brace themselves for stress in 2023, as rates rise and the number of poor performing assets increases. But most CLOs look well-placed and can rely on plump OC cushions -
Plenty more US CLOs in the CCC as buckets pass 5%, finds S&P
1 year ago
US CLO triple C baskets have nudged to 5.02% in November from 4.4% the prior 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 -
What matters is what you do with it
1 year ago
CLO managers yearn for flexibility so they can take advantage when credit sells off. But it isn’t enough on its own: triple C-flex CLOs saw portfolios erode this year, while CBOs outperformed -
Franklin Templeton and Benefit Street launch credit interval fund
1 year ago
The pair have launched a multi-strategy credit interval fund named Franklin BSP Private Credit Fund, which will invest across US private credit -
Cineworld buys ticket for DIP facility with chapter 11 filing
1 year ago
Cineworld filed for Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court For The Southern District Of Texas on Wednesday, less than a month after the UK-based cinema operator announced Chapter 11 was among the options it was considering to “achieve its restructuring objectives” -
Widening asset/liability gulf will hurt CLOs: Barclays
1 year 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 -
We can cope with downgrades again
Having overcome one loan downgrade wave in 2020, the CLO market is now facing another. But this time CLOs are defensively positioned, and managers have a chance to adjust portfolios1 year ago -
Manager selection stakes are heightening as CLO pain points intensify: Barclays
1 year ago
CLOs’ slump in market value and piling of distressed assets have made differentiation between managers much more acute on key metrics, regionally and by vintage, according to Barclays credit strategists -
Revlon spares no blushes for CLO managers in filing for Chapter 11
1 year ago
Troubled lender Revlon Consumer Products filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy late Wednesday night. The default is likely to have a weighty impact on the CLO market -
CSAM does the CLO awards double
1 year ago
Winning the Creditflux Manager of the Year award is a feat in itself. Winning it back-to-back in such different markets is an outstanding achievement — and CSAM can take great pride in it -
Envision exchange leaves some lenders sick, but CSAM finds prevention is better than cure
2 years ago
Envision Healthcare’s distressed debt exchange has rocked the CLO market, with over $1.68 billion of the firm’s loans held by US CLOs. But some of the largest managers have avoided the name completely -
Sound Point promotes duo to lead US CLOs as veteran PM steps down
2 years ago
Sound Point has allocated responsibility for the US loan and CLO platforms to the pair as lead portfolio managers -
"Faltering oil supply is lamentable at a time of strategic and moral shortfall"
2 years ago
We need to accept the pain and cut dependence on Russian oil today -
"The loan market is the septic tank for sub-single B LBO financing"
2 years ago
Portfolios of single name IG CDS are less complex and more liquid than CLOs -
LP round up: Oak Hill wins $3bn mandate as credit allocations near $10bn in March
2 years ago
Institutional investors revealed over $9.5 billion of allocations to credit funds in March. Oak Hill Advisors walked away with the largest mandate, as US heavyweight pension Calpers allocated a whopping $3 billion across several of its funds
Want all the latest news, comment, analysis and data?