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Double-dip refinancing hits US leveraged loan
7 months ago
Wheel Pros, a name still held by 219 CLOs with $414 million of total principal, announced details of a new refinancing deal last week featuring a controversial double-dip structure -
Publishing boost for French firm but China sours wider market
2 years ago
Lagardere is a notable positive outlier in another off day for the credit market, after China turmoil rocked stocks and sent spreads wider -
IG names hit hardest as cocktail of woes routs market
3 years ago
Investor nervousness is evident at the start of the week with a big widening of spreads on Monday as lack of accord on a new US stimulus package added to concern about rising coronavirus case numbers and jitters in the oil market -
Minnesota pension's 2020 credit allocations hit $1 billion
3 years ago
Minnesota State Board of Investments has earmarked $400 million across to two credit managers in a private market update. The commitments mark $1 billion allocated to credit in 2020 by the pension -
Tikehau appoints head of capital market strategies
3 years ago
Tikehau Capital has appointed a head of capital market strategies effective today, responsible for overseeing the firm’s €3.8 billion bond, equity and flexible investment strategies -
Direct lenders look to source deal flow through government-backed loans
4 years ago
Direct lenders have been looking to tap into government backed loans as a way of sourcing deals, either via partnering with banks or being an accredited lender -
Market sell-off gathers pace as oil rout spills over into credit
4 years ago
Credit spreads are pushing wider across the board today, along with slumping stocks, after a crash in oil prices took WTI futures below zero for the first time -
CVC looks to cut quarterly tenders from 25% to 10% in listed credit fund
4 years ago
CVC Credit Partners is looking to amend quarterly tender terms through shareholder approval on its its listed credit fund to "respond to changes relating to covid-19 pandemic in the best way possible" -
Crescent BDC buys Alcentra BDC in $141.9 million transaction
4 years ago
As part of the deal, the combined business development company will go public and charge lower management fees -
24 CLO managers hold J Crew loan as it drops 4.62%
5 years ago
A total of 109 CLOs hold $219.4 million exposure to J Crew, whose Term Loan B traded down 4.62% from yesterday -
Akin Gump bolsters financial restructuring debt team with four partners
5 years ago
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has bolstered its financial restructuring and global debt finance team with a new Connecticut office and the addition of four partners -
BlueBay fund loses over $50 million in 18 months
6 years ago
BlueBay’s Credit Alpha Long Short fund strategy has shrunk by over $50 million since May 2016, Creditflux understands -
Ohio pension fund drops Penn after rewriting its allocation to high yield
6 years ago
The Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund (OP&F) decided last month to drop Penn as part of its decision to downsize the high yield asset class, according to a fund announcement -
Leading CDX market maker Citadel loses senior official in New York
7 years ago
Citadel Securitiesraised eyebrows in 2016 as it shot to the top of credit index market making rankings. But sources close to the firm claim that its head of credit index market making has left -
Credit market snapshot: iTraxx pushes tighter than CDX
9 years ago
European credit spreads continue outperformance, pushing spreads below US counterparts -
Spanish broadband operator Ono sees superfast tightening
10 years ago
Ono's financing arm sees spreads jump in on talks of IPO and acquisition -
Credit market snapshot: high grade outperforms as market tightens
10 years ago
Investment grade corporate credit outperformed yesterday on another day of spread-tightening -
Credit market snapshot: pull back continues as Crossover weakens
10 years ago
European high yield underperforms as credit continues to pull back from tights -
Credit market snapshot: markets end week tighter after hitting records
10 years ago
A pull back from historic tights is not enough to erase the gains made over the week -
Credit market snapshot: tightening continues through strong week
11 years ago
Credit markets tightened throughout last week, with subordinated financials and high yield names outperforming. -
Credit market snapshot: Credit tightening continues relentlessly
11 years ago
Credit markets continued their relentless grind tighter yesterday, with high yield names in the US and Europe outperforming -
Credit market snapshot: spreads widen as equities fall
11 years ago
Markets moved wider for the most part yesterday, ending an eight-day run of spread-tightening -
Hedging is back: CDS buying drives sharp widening in sovereign basis
11 years ago
CDS markets appear not to have got the memo on the perceived increase in the safety of German debt -
Sale of brands puts clothing retailer's CDS back in fashion
12 years ago
CDS gaps tighter by over 200bp on announcement of brand disposal and refocused strategy -
Greece debt spat weighs on market as spreads continue wider
12 years ago
Greece credit default swaps have continued to gap wider today, taking the five-year spread past 1600bp
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