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Corvid Peak closes on acquisition of long/short credit fund Coherence Capital
10 months ago
Corvid Peak Capital Management has completed the purchase of credit fund Coherence Capital Management's investment team -
Fed members need to restore their credibility, which could translate into excessive tightening
1 year ago
Rising wages have boosted spending and GDP — but the party can’t last forever -
CLO funds make best of a bad situation
1 year ago
It can’t get any worse can it? Well, it did in 2022, when credit spreads kept moving wider. Still, CLO funds were able to withstand the pressure, and they outperformed other credit strategies -
Former Ares partner resurfaces at US multi-strategy asset manager
1 year ago
An experienced credit portfolio manager who worked at Ares and BlueBay has returned to the credit industry -
Algebris adds second PM in two months to credit opportunities team
2 years ago
Algebris Investments has hired a co-portfolio manager for its Global Credit Opportunities strategies -
ECB wizards seek ‘anti-fragmentation’ spell to calm spreads
2 years ago
Eurozone financial market performance this month will heavily focus on the European Central Bank’s unveiling of an ‘anti-fragmentation tool’ as it races to avert a blow-out of peripheral spreads and the build-up of longer-term financing problems -
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 -
Fund performance: Groundhog Day as 2021 leaders start strong
2 years ago
CLO funds once again claim the most top performing spots as seven out of 10 funds belong to the category -
RBC names head of high yield trading and e-strategy for leveraged finance
2 years ago
RBC Capital Markets has promoted a high yield trader and head of leveraged finance digital strategy to the position -
French airline flies against flock on pandemic repayment plans
2 years ago
Air France is a standout improver on Thursday against a backdrop of broad deterioration in single name credit spreads -
Credit Rendezvous: the upside of inflation
2 years ago
It is clear, inflation is not transitory and central banks are acting with several interest rate hikes likely in store for the US this year. That makes loans and CLO debt tranches attractive, but there could be opportunities beyond these floating rate assets -
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 -
Citadel promotes credit head to co-CIO
2 years ago
Citadel has promoted its global credit head to co-chief investment officer -
Citi's former correlation trading star takes on new risk head role
2 years ago
Citi's former head of credit correlation trading has taken on a new role in the bank, becoming head of in-business market risk for global markets -
Refi deluge casts shadow on b-wics
Refis and resets are cutting CLO lifespans short, which means there is less need to sell in the secondary market. Still, there are relative value opportunities in IG bonds and equity tranches2 years ago -
Credit suffers double punch from treasury and energy surge
2 years ago
Credit markets are nursing their wounds after taking a battering on Wednesday, prompted by a surge in oil prices and spike in government bond yields that add to concerns about rising inflation -
"Low inflation was in part responsible for fostering a transfer of returns from creditors to shareholders"
3 years ago
We are conditioned to fear inflation risk. But it brings plenty of positives -
CSO pipeline strengthens following ESG breakthrough
3 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
3 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 index tranche trading on the rise amid low dispersion
3 years ago
At its halfway point, 2021 is shaping up as another big year for credit index tranche trading, with new investors having entered the market and dealers projecting full-year volume could vie with 2020’s record of recent times. -
Credit indices hit impasse after US high yield returns to pre-covid tights
3 years ago
Credit improvement looks to be taking a breather on Thursday after the compression play in CDS indices took US high yield index CDX HY to its tightest prints since February 2020, before the outbreak of covid-19 began to blow out spreads -
Fund performance: CLO funds outperform as two hit over 100% 12-months return
3 years ago
CLO funds swatted away the competition in April on their way to dominating our top 10 credit hedge fund return table after an upbeat month -
Banks set to offer client clearing of credit index options
3 years ago
Bank members of LCH, the London Stock Exchange's clearing arm, will soon start offering client clearing of CDS index options, as the industry prepares for its next ramp up of margining requirements -
Lord Abbett prepares special situations interval fund
3 years ago
Lord Abbett is preparing to launch a new special situations fund in the form of an interval fund
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