Refine Search
Article Categories
Strategy Tags
- Direct lending (10)
- Emerging markets (2)
- High yield bonds (15)
- Investment grade credit (5)
- Structured credit (8)
- CLO (28)
- Distressed debt (2)
- Leveraged loans (20)
- Synthetic/SRT (16)
- ABL Financing (1)
Geography Tags
-
"If you sat still on a large portfolio of 2019 and 2020 CLOs, it may have shrunk by more than 25%"
With the majority of this year’s CLO deals being refis and resets, investors have had to run to stay invested2 years ago -
“For Creditflux this will be an extra special occasion - the publication is marking its 20th year in business”
2 years ago
A colourful train journey featuring Alice in Wonderland, Yoda and Top Trumps puts Welshcake in mind of the CLO Symposium -
"It’s not unusual for investors to toggle between the US and Europe depending on pricing and terms"
2 years ago
The accents may be different, but US and European direct lending markets have a lot in common -
"It may be worth adding hedges of six-plus months’ duration when spreads trade this tight"
2 years ago
Options and tranches offer cost-effective hedges amid tight credit spreads -
"Pain is on the way: spreads are too tight, while compression and carry are done. But what if it's not?"
2 years ago
Welshcake reminds us that mid-cycle portfolio management is a funny old game -
CLOs seem like Premier League members in the world of finance
3 years ago
The CLO industry is in a privileged position and can wield its power to do good -
"Why can’t loans and CLOs simply move to three-month treasury bills as our reference rate?"
3 years ago
Sofr may be touted as Libor’s natural replacement, but the best known rate in the world is also an option -
"Three CLOs issued in 2021 have included triple C baskets of 20%"
3 years ago
Big triple C buckets helped mid market CLO issuers in 2020 and the trend is for even bigger allowances this year -
"If we have to rely on top-down global political coordination we are all doomed"
3 years ago
ESG can’t be dictated to us by authorities. It’s a way of life -
"Watch the IG credit curve — we may see steepening of IG 5s10s and flattening of 10s30s"
3 years ago
Stimulus measures are supporting short tenors, and pension demand for 30-year paper is strong, so 10-year IG credit may have few buyers -
A brighter year ahead
3 years ago
Panellists on Creditflux’s CLO webinar described how CLO spreads are close to historic tights, ESG is entering the docs and managers have more flexibility with work-outs than ever before -
CLO guys shouldn't feel quite as self-important as us Welsh... But you are in a pretty amazing spot
3 years ago
CLO portfolio managers should be emboldened by recent events to push for ESG strategies -
A year that looked like it would be a total wipe-out ended up being very constructive indeed
3 years ago
Our columnist looks back at some of the surprises of 2020 -
The tide has turned… the solution for investors is to move into floating rate loans
3 years ago
2020 was the year of fixed-rate bonds, but treasury curves are steepening and demand for loans is heating up -
We need to remove CLO misinformation from the market
3 years ago
Vibrant's Kashyap Arora takes our credit quiz -
All types of financing will have to incorporate ESG risks and use their real economy influence
3 years ago
Fund managers can no longer ignore, postpone or hide from measures to tackle climate change -
Virus-impacted sectors may suffer greater distress in Europe than in the US
3 years ago
Investors may take different paths to capture positive convexity in US and European credit markets in 2021 -
Perhaps 2021 will be the first year of the next expansion
3 years ago
For 2021, our columnist is focused on Libor transitions, CLO flexibility and loan managers fighting among themselves -
Points up front: Brushing up on CLOs
3 years ago
It’s that time of year when CLO analysts forecast 2021 CLO volumes. It’s a thankless task, but for Serhan Secmen, head of CLOs at Napier Park Global Capital, losing a wager with a US CLO structurer on CLO volumes in 2015 meant he had to create a work of art on a triathlon theme -
The right climate doesn’t guarantee a great bottle of wine. The skill of the winemaker is also vital
3 years ago
2020 could still turn out to be the best private credit vintage ever -
Cessation of activity mid-December is an opportunity to switch off… and let the mind wander
3 years ago
Welshcake is grateful for a lull in credit markets. The downtime has inspired him to dream up a CLO play -
I foresee various spooky spectacles hitting our screens - and your long portfolios
3 years ago
Welshcake is settling in for a horror movie marathon. But in the previews he sees monsters lurking behind tight credit spreads -
Regrettably, a small number of CLO debt investors insist on ‘hardcoded’ Sofr replacement provisions
4 years ago
Sofr looks like the most likely candidate to replace Libor, but it is still risky to write it into CLO documentation -
No one knows when the next downturn will come, but for now we can hope for a soft landing
5 years ago
Our columnist, Churchill Asset Management's Randy Schwimmer, addresses the question that is baffling credit market participants: exactly where are we in the credit cycle? -
Libor: what will replace it and who will monitor it?
6 years ago
What’s the alternative to a benchmark referenced by the $1 trillion broadly syndicated loan market?
Want all the latest news, comment, analysis and data?