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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 -
Manager targets €300 million for structured credit fund with CLO/CSO mix
1 year ago
The fund will invest primarily in European CLO equity -
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 -
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 -
Chorus reaches crescendo with big SRT hire
2 years ago
Chorus Capital says it has hired an experienced significant risk transfer official to its investment team and executive committee in London -
CSO pipeline strengthens following ESG breakthrough
2 years ago
ESG criteria and longer investment horizons are driving new business in a resurgent bespoke tranche market, say dealers. And while this is unlikely to get 2021 near to a 2019-like haul of deals by year end, hopes are high that volume is firmly back on an upwards traject -
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 -
Fairwater eyes tranches and options as prospects ‘multiply’
3 years ago
Fairwater Capital is looking to capitalise on rising credit volatility by crafting a strategy that makes full use of the growing number of products in the credit derivatives industry -
Brevan Howard hires senior credit PM
3 years ago
Brevan Howard has hired an experienced credit portfolio manager in New York -
Ex-JP Morgan portfolio manager joins boutique as head of structured credit
3 years ago
A portfolio manager who worked in JP Morgan's chief investment office (2008-2014) and with experience across macro credit trading, relative value, index tranches, options and CSOs has resurfaced on the buy side -
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 -
Squarepoint adds former bank credit trading head in London
3 years ago
Squarepoint Capital, a cross-asset fund manager that uses systematic and quantitative strategies, has hired a former global credit trading head at Societe Generale to lead fixed income, currencies and commodities alpha capture -
Former JP Morgan credit prop trader relaunches credit hedge fund
4 years ago
Palm Lane Partners is relaunching – two years after the credit hedge fund manager looked to spin out of JP Morgan Asset Management -
Jefferies shelves structured synthetic plans as key man departs
4 years ago
Jefferies has put on ice its plans to build out a synthetic CDO origination, structuring and trading unit, having parted ways with the veteran specialist tasked with driving the venture -
Change at top for Citi correlation trading as head assumes chief risk officer job
4 years ago
A long-serving managing director at Citi has taken sole charge of correlation trading, after the previous head of credit correlation moved to a newly created role -
Apollo CLO and CSO specialists earn promotion to partner
4 years ago
Apollo Global Management has promoted two members of its global structured credit team, according to market sources -
Stockholm-based firm targets CLOs, CSOs and SRTs for new fund after stellar 2019
4 years ago
A fund manager, established in 2018, is said to be launching its second corporate structured credit fund, sources say, after generating 20% returns last year via its debut strategy. The new fund will invest across CLOs, CSOs, SRTs and index tranches -
CSO arrangers look to build on $65bn of issuance in 2019
4 years ago
The synthetic bespoke tranche market this year has fallen short of expectations in terms of overall issuance volume, but ends with transformative inroads being made. -
Falling correlation reignites passion for index tranche trades
4 years ago
Dispersion in the global corporate credit market is rekindling interest in correlation trading, with dealer sources reporting that a late surge lifted 2019 index tranche volumes to $250 billion. -
Creditflux launches inaugural survey of CSO market
4 years ago
Creditflux is conducting a survey to gauge investor perceptions of the size of the synthetic bespoke tranche market so far this year, as well as the share of banks arranging deals -
Axiom makes big name correlation hire for credit opportunity fund
4 years ago
Axiom Alternative Investments has boosted its platform with the hire of synthetic credit veteran as a portfolio manager -
Index tranche levels spike as investors advance into equity
5 years ago
Trading of credit index tranches is picking up, with some $61 billion worth changing hands in the space during the first quarter, according to data from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation -
Bespoke gains pull CLO buyers as market tipped to hit $100bn
5 years ago
Synthetic bespoke issuance could catch up with the more visible CLO market this year, say structured credit specialists -
Show time for synthetic bespokes
5 years ago
Credit Dimensions, the only event for the structured synthetic community, returns in New York on 12 June. -
Regulation stifles SRTs, but banks and investors revel in quarter-four outperformance
5 years ago
Over the course of 2018 there was roughly €6.5 billion of issuance in the market for significant risk transfer (SRT) deals, sources say, with the last three months understood to be the busiest quarter on record
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