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CLOs and Private Credit can learn to coexist, conference hears
19 days ago
A discussion led by Debtwire's Head of Leveraged Loans Jelena Cvejic, brought together an audience of lawyers, CLO managers and private credit players to hear about the battle between the two. -
Golub raises USD 2bn for sixth credit opportunities fund
1 month ago
Golub Capital has held the final close of the sixth vintage of its credit opportunities fund, raising USD 2bn -
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 -
Carlyle strikes agreement to manage $112m listed fund and shift strategy to CLOs
1 year ago
Vertical Capital Income Fund has struck an agreement for Carlyle Group to take over as investment advisor in a move which will result in the New York Stock Exchange-listed fund shifting focus towards CLO debt and equity investments. -
LP round up: 27 managers find the top corner with investor wins
1 year ago
Credit fund managers like to take it one fund at a time and give it 110% for their 90-minute investor fund pitches - and it's working as $3.8 billion was allocated during November and early December. The gaffer would be proud. -
US manager becomes latest to register triple A CLO ETF
1 year ago
The manager joins the likes of BlackRock, PineBridge and VanEck, Janus Henderson and AXS to use exchange traded funds to invest in CLO tranches -
Fund performance: Rocky May piles on the misery for credit hedge funds
1 year ago
Negative fund performance soared in May -
Ucits at a glance: Diamond shines after dull start to year
2 years ago
Ucits funds have continued to arrest the slide that followed the dip in February, as 37% of funds in April saw positive returns -
Ucits at a glance: Robus stands tall among Ucits funds
2 years ago
27% of Ucits funds had positive returns in March, a slight improvement from 10% in February -
Jefferies CLO official lands at Bain as head structurer
2 years ago
Bain Capital Credit has hired a New York-based head structurer from Jefferies -
Fund performance: Wasserstein's early 2021 performance drives it to the top
2 years ago
The final top 10 of 2021 featured a variety of funds as five different strategies were ranked among the best. US high yield was the most highly represented with two BlackRock funds and an Angel Oak in the top 10 -
KKR and PGIM among bidders to buy Alcentra: Bloomberg
2 years ago
BNY Mellon is set to offload its credit investment unit Alcentra, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter -
RBC hires ex-Citi structured credit sales head for alternatives push
2 years ago
RBC Capital Markets has hired Citi's former European structured credit sales head to lead its European alternatives and private capital solutions effort -
Fund performance: long-short funds challenge CLO strategies
2 years ago
CLO funds are maintaining their stranglehold on our top 10, but long-short credit funds are giving them a run for their money -
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 -
Ucits at a glance: Ucits stay positive for second month in a row
2 years ago
Ultra-tight credit spreads are not taking away from Ucits funds – 80% of funds in our database have again recorded positive returns. -
Bridgepoint signals IPO and eyes real asset acquisitions
2 years ago
Bridgepoint unveiled its intention to go public on Tuesday, with the manager planning to issue £300 million worth of ordinary shares listed on the London Stock Exchange -
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 -
Credit fundraising: Audax scores big in lighter month
3 years ago
Fundraising markedly dropped in May, but credit funds still amassed $12.8 billion and 10 credit funds reached final closes across a variety of different strategies -
It's all relative: CLOs march tighter as macro traders open positive CDS skews
3 years ago
Credit default swaps are back near where they started the year after giving up their early-February gains amid a rise in government bonds. CDS curves steepened over the past month and macro hedging has left indices trading with positive skews. But CLOs paint a calmer picture in which spreads have inched tighter -
Carlyle holds first close on opportunistic credit fund amid 2020 'record fundraising'
3 years ago
Carlyle Group has held an initial closing on its second opportunistic credit fund amid a record credit fundraising year for the firm -
It's all relative: CLOs are lagging no more, as Carlyle deal drags market tighter
3 years ago
“CLOs are lagging” has been a much repeated refrain over the last nine months. But Carlyle Group has this week produced a US CLO that has dragged spreads to their tightest point in three years so that, rather than comparing CLOs to pre-covid levels, they should be assessed against early 2018 -
Credit fundraising: January proves anything but dry for manager inflows
3 years ago
After a tough and unpredictable year, January may have been seen by many as an opportunity for a fresh start. But for seven managers it meant holding final closes on funds, while three undertook first closes and one a fund launch -
It's all relative: senior CLO tranches tighten 18% in Europe as CDS indices sit out rally
The corporate credit rally in January is notable because some assets tightened to levels not seen in over a decade (loans), others rallied albeit with a lag (CLOs) and the most liquid stream of credit (CDS indices) defied moves in other asset classes to widen
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Credit funds at a glance: several funds post double digit November returns
3 years ago
November was a strong month for credit hedge funds listed by Creditflux, with latest returns demonstrating the effect of the vaccine/US election rally on fund perfomance
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