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Wave of legal hires becomes a tsunami
3 months ago
In February alone legal heavyweights Allen & Overy, DLA Piper, Fried Frank, Kirkland & Ellis, Proskauer Rose and White & Case all announced the arrival of partners in the credit space -
November 2023 US Leveraged Highlights
5 months ago
Debtwire today releases the November 2023 US Leveraged Highlights, featuring key trends in the leveraged loan and high-yield bond markets -
CLO funds are hot in summer as they take nine spots in top 10 (Fund performance)
8 months ago
CLO funds took the lead through summer as the returns of the category index reached 1.88% and 3.18% in June and July, respectively. Both months saw a CLO fund as the top performer — Sound Point Meridian in June, and Oxford Gate Master Fund in July. -
Arini continues expansion with Credit Suisse hire
Credit hedge fund Arini taps former senior-level Credit Suisse executive.
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Credit Suisse/UBS deal to create $5 trillion asset manager
1 year ago
The emphasis is set be on wealth and asset management, according to a statement released by UBS in conjunction with its move to acquire Credit Suisse -
The rise and rise of CLO ETFs
1 year ago
A couple of years ago, the prospect of billions of dollars being invested in CLOs through exchange-traded funds would have seemed far-fetched. But a crop of CLO ETFs have popped up, demonstrating that liquidity is no longer an issue -
New York lifts limit on pension alternatives to 35%
1 year ago
New York pensions have been granted the ability to elevate their alternative investment allocations from 25% to 35%. This comes after New York governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill on 23 December that lifts the “basket clause” -
Sculptor and Och reconcile as sale process kicks off
1 year ago
Sculptor Capital Management is looking for a buyer after forming a special committee and building bridges with its founder Daniel Och -
Apollo and Pimco buy ‘significant portion’ of Credit Suisse's securitised products group
1 year ago
The move has prompted a rally for Credit Suisse, which on Thursday unveiled a strategic review “designed to reduce risk-weighted assets and leverage exposure” -
Revlon mistaken payment ruling adheres to market norms: LSTA
1 year ago
The Loan Syndications & Trading Association has weighed in on the Revlon court ruling, which stated that Revlon lenders must return a mistaken payment by Citi, noting that this decision “conforms to long-standing norms" -
Fund performance: Select funds shine in dreary June for credit hedge funds
1 year ago
Credit funds suffered through June, as only 8% of listed funds reached the black. This made June the fourth month in a row in which negative returns increased -
LP round up: 28 credit managers win $6.6 billion as San Diego carves private credit allocation
1 year ago
Pensions allocated over $6.6 billion to credit managers in June including Angelo Gordon, Antares, Apollo, Ares, Beach Point, BioPharma, Brookfield, CarVal, Cerberus... -
Silver Point hires experienced credit trader
1 year ago
Silver Point Capital has hired an official well-versed in CLOs -
Franklin Templeton buys Alcentra in $700 million deal
2 years ago
Franklin Templeton has agreed to buy BNY Mellon’s $38 billion credit unit Alcentra, which will see Alcentra combined with Franklin Templeton’s US credit manager Benefit Street Partners -
Spac pricing hints at Sound Point's growth ambitions in loan market
2 years ago
Sound Point Acquisition Corp has priced a $225 million IPO, signalling that credit asset manager Sound Point Capital Management is looking to expand its platform -
US CLO fund wins $16 million from San Jose pension
2 years ago
The $5 billion pension awarded the allocation to a manager's fourth US CLO fund, having previously allocated to its second and third fund -
Not so distressed any more for table-topping hedge funds
2 years ago
Following a raft of global fiscal support programmes over the past couple of years, it would seem likely that distressed debt funds have struggled to find opportunities -
Two CLO funds launch following at least 20 in 2021
2 years ago
Two US credit managers have kicked off the year by launching funds geared towards investing in CLO tranches -
Fund performance: CLO funds deliver again, but third of all funds post losses
2 years ago
CLO funds took six of the top 10 spots in October in a continuation of the previous month’s strong performances. However, a consistent showing from Wasserstein in the US high yield category has claimed the top spot for the last two months -
TwentyFour names new CEO as Holman steps down
2 years ago
Mark Holman, who has been TwentyFour Asset Management’s chief executive officer since the firm's launch, will step down from the position in January with another founding partner named as his successor -
Credit Fundraising: Private credit and CLO captive equity feature strongly as closes mount up
2 years ago
Credit funds have made a fair start to the fourth quarter, although the $21 billion raised during October is down substantially on September’s impressive record for 2021 -
Credit Fundraising: Blue Owl and WhiteHorse gain from improving animal spirits
2 years ago
Fundraising perked up in July as managers raised $14.9 billion for credit funds - the third highest monthly amount this year -
It's all relative: IG index drifts wide of 50bp as European CLO triple Bs outperform
2 years ago
US investment grade credit has been an underperformer in the last few weeks with CDX IG trading north of 50 basis points again. But European CLO triple Bs are looking strong while there is a stronger bid for two- to three-year paper in the US -
It's all relative: CDX HY touches record tights but junior US CLO tranches leak wider
2 years ago
Credit spreads are marching tighter, but someone forgot to tell the CLO market. European and US CDS spreads have moved in step with each other for the most part with investment grade and high yield tightening 4-6% in the last week, whereas CLOs have been losing ground -
Lupus Alpha CLO funds bounce over 100% in year-long rise
3 years ago
Lupus Alpha’s CLO funds have posted 100%-plus returns in the past 12 months, with Lupus Alpha CLO Opportunity Notes II up 137.24%
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