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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 -
Medalist and Semper form partnership to jointly invest in structured credit
1 year ago
Medalist Partners and Semper Capital Management have joined forces in a partnership which results in the pair co-investing in structured credit. -
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 -
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 -
BlueBay adds CLO specialist and structured credit PM
2 years ago
BlueBay Asset Management has made two senior hires to its structured credit team in New York -
Ex-Citi structured products co-head launches crypto investment firm
2 years ago
Citi's former structured products trading co-head has launched a venture investment firm for crypto companies, digital assets and blockchain protocols with an inaugural $1.5 billion multi-strategy venture -
Axa IM launches multi-strat fund for pensions
2 years ago
Axa Investment Managers’ ‘alternatives’ business has launched an open-ended strategy for pension funds -
BTIG launches structured credit business with four hires
2 years ago
BTIG has launched a new structured products business with three hires from Brownstone and one from Waypoint -
Hildene hires business development head from One William Street
2 years ago
Hildene Capital Management has hired a new head of business development -
Latham & Watkins hires partner in structured finance team
2 years ago
Latham & Watkins has hired a Chicago-based partner to its structured finance practice -
Brigade adds RMBS specialist to its ranks
2 years ago
Brigade Capital Management has strengthened its structured credit team by hiring an RMBS and ABS specialist -
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 -
US pension terminates three credit mandates due to 'underperformance' and relative value
3 years ago
The New Mexico pension terminated one multi-asset credit mandate and two bank loan mandates -
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 -
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 -
Loomis Sayles promotes official to structured credit portfolio manager
3 years ago
The Boston based official will co-manage the Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Securitised Credit strategy with Alessandro Pagani, head of the $30.4 billion mortgage and structured finance team -
GSO to rebrand as Blackstone Credit
3 years ago
GSO Capital Partners, the credit management arm of the Blackstone Group, is set to rebrand itself as Blackstone Credit -
LP round up: $2.8 billion flows to credit as Apollo concedes fundraising may slow
3 years ago
Florida Retirement System Trust Fund made the largest commitments allocating $1.6 billion. Apollo meanwhile acknowledged a potential slowdown in fundraising as investors await results on an independent review into CEO Leon Black's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein -
Credit fundraising: Dubai manager gets in on the act as direct lending takes off
3 years ago
Shuaa launches credit fund in the Gulf as Ares, Contingency, HPS and Perceptive are among those to close billion-plus funds -
New York fund manager hires former Ellington CSO specialist
3 years ago
A credit fund manager has hired a structured credit specialist to cover corporate credit and structured credit products such as CLOs and CSOs -
Brigade appoints ex-Schroders official as CEO
3 years ago
Brigade Capital Management has appointed a former Schroders co-head of fixed income as CEO -
US investors piled into structured credit and private lending in 2019, Gapstow finds
3 years ago
US institutional investors' allocations to 'alternative credit' increased 12% year-over-year in 2019, according to research by fund of funds manager Gapstow Capital Partners -
Wriedt buys minority stake in direct lender Scio and joins as strategic advisor
3 years ago
Oliver Wriedt, the former chief executive officer at DFG Investment Advisers, has bought a minority stake in European credit asset manager Scio Capital -
Ex-Morgan Stanley CLO head joins blockchain firm to "change world of finance"
3 years ago
A former Morgan Stanley veteran has resurfaced at Figure, a San Francisco-based firm bringing blockchain technology to financial markets
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