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Diamond deliverables point to 89 cents pay-out on CDS
4 years ago
An auction to settle CDS referencing Diamond Offshore Drilling looks set to have four deliverable obligations, all of which are quoted around 11 cents -
Frontier CDS auction final list points to 75 cent pay-out
4 years ago
An auction next week to settle Frontier Communications CDS will have 20 deliverable obligations, according to a final list published by the Americas Determinations Committee. The cheapest of these suggest a payout on CDS of around 74.5 cents -
HY tranche traders face another cut as Diamond hits the rough
4 years ago
US high yield index CDX HY has suffered its third constituent credit event in a month, after Diamond Offshore Drilling filed for chapter 11 protection in the Southern District of Texas. This is also the fifth default to hit on-the-run CDX HY tranches -
Axiom bets on 2002-style credit recovery with crossover fund launch
4 years ago
Axiom Alternative Investments is readying to launch a fund aimed at generating returns from the dislocation and revival of European and US credit as the coronavirus pandemic develops -
Owl Rock becomes last investment grade BDC to win increased leverage approval
4 years ago
Owl Rock Capital Corporation has become the last investment grade business development company to cut its asset coverage requirement from 200% to 150%, after receiving unaminous approval from its board of directors on Tuesday -
US pension to cut long-term private markets pacing plan by 10%
4 years ago
The Educational Employees' Supplemental Retirement System of Fairfax County is considering reducing its 10-year private markets pacing plan commitments by around 10%, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux -
BDCs tap bond market to improve funding mix
4 years ago
A plethora of business development companies have turned to the institutional bond market to refinance their debt. -
West coast pension looks to step up direct lending allocations
4 years ago
The City of Fresno Retirement System will commit $140-160 million to private credit for the next two years, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux. This comes amid a pause in direct lending commitments for the pension fund, which has not committed any capital to this market in 2019 -
Prepayments pose reinvestment dilemma for CLO managers
4 years ago
CLO managers globally could be left sitting on piles of cash amid an uptick in loan prepayments. Standard & Poor’s reported that institutional US loan prepayments had hit $26 billion in July, and more recently some widely-held CLO names are set to return principal to lenders, with financial data provider Refinitiv US Holdings and Italian telecom operator Wind Tre taking this route. -
Louisiana pension retains Hamilton Lane and plans private debt commitments
4 years ago
The $20 billion Teachers' Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL) board has voted to retain Hamilton Lane as its private markets manager to oversee its private debt and private equity portfolios. -
Staples CDS comes unfastened as refinancing talks begin
5 years ago
CDX HY index constituent Staples is one of the biggest movers in CDS this week, following reports private equity owner Sycamore Partners plans on taking a $1 billion dividend recap from the US headquartered office supplier -
San Francisco pension deploys $125 million into private credit
5 years ago
San Francisco City and County Employees' Retirement System has bolstered its private debt bucket, making a $125 million commitment to a senior debt fund and opportunistic credit fund that builds on other private debt investments since last year -
San Francisco pension plans to deploy $800 million to private credit in 2019
5 years ago
San Francisco Employee’s Retirement System will allocate $800 million to its private credit bucket in the coming year, to reach its 10% target allocation -
Supermarket scramble as SuperValu CDS surges wider on UNFI buy-out
5 years ago
The spread of five-year credit default swaps referencing SuperValu, a CDX HY index constituent, more than doubled yesterday, according to IHS Markit data -
Tesla CDS hits big bump on largely self-driven woes
5 years ago
Tesla Motors’ five-year credit default swap is at a widest-ever print of 21.3/23.3 points up front going into the week -
BlackRock seeks $1 billion for new multi-strat opportunities fund
5 years ago
The new trust will invest at least 80% of its assets in fixed income securities and up to 40% in special situations, SEC filings reveal -
Burning cash and now triple C, Sprint faces a race to survive
8 years ago
Sprint traded sharply wider last week after Moody's downgraded it to Caa1 and left it on negative outlook
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