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BNP Paribas and LFIS join forces on QIS fund
1 year ago
BNP Paribas’ quantitative investment strategies unit has partnered with LFIS Capital for a market neutral fund -
Credit Rendezvous: Investors try to avoid suplex city as recession and inflation reform tag-team
1 year ago
Credit investors getting ready to lock up against that familiar 1970s pairing of inflation and recession. But the hard-hitting tag team has picked up some new moves, causing floating rate outperformance to give way to underperformance; synthetic credit to outperform cash; and CLO terms curves to reshape into barely recognisable positions -
We’ll get through this awkward patch
1 year ago
Wide liabilities have made pricing CLOs trickier in the past few months. But speakers at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium were optimistic that the arbitrage is OK — so long as you can place those triple As -
Think of the arb, say US CLO panelists after big loan drop
1 year ago
Far from being a cause for alarm, falling loan prices have brought a welcome opportunity in new CLO issuance for managers and investors, according to speakers at the Creditflux Symposium in London today -
European CLO managers aim for bigger bond bucket fix
1 year ago
European CLO managers are eyeing larger fixed rate bond allocations amid dislocation and lower loan supply. This has, in turn, led to an increase in fixed rate tranches -
Ucits at a glance: Robus claims top spot in 2021 after tight race
2 years ago
Ucits funds have ended 2021 on a high as 62% made positive returns in December -
Banks and loans to benefit in 2022 as safe havens dwindle
2 years ago
Safe havens and sector pitfalls are among some of the top considerations for portfolio managers this year, as a consensus forms that credit could suffer versus other asset classes -
Loans will be winners in bearish year for credit: BNP Paribas
2 years ago
Floating rate loans are best positioned for a year of widening credit spreads, but high yield bonds will outperform investment grade and EM credit is set for losses, says BNP Paribas in its 2022 outlook -
BNP Paribas bolsters credit business with European strategy head hire
2 years ago
BNP Paribas is looking to strategy to help drive growth in its credit business and has hired a head of European credit strategy from UBS -
Sofr transition timing puts CLO debt and equity at odds, says BNP Paribas
2 years ago
CLO investors look to have tough conversations ahead on the structure implications of the transition from Libor to Sofr, with BNP Paribas strategists noting CLO debt will benefit from an early move while equity tranches would do better to wait -
There's still time to pick up pennies in credit before steamroller arrives: BNP Paribas
2 years ago
Declining dealer inventories, rising fund cash balances, and a greater prevalence of hedging have added up to produce a credit market that is positioned too short, according to BNP Paribas strategists -
Credit Rendezvous: Credit spins full circle
2 years ago
The third quarter was massive in terms of volumes with CLOs, high yield, leverage loans and private equity registering record issuance. But credit spreads were up and down as inflation fears, crackdowns in China and rising coronavirus cases became catalysts for risk-off sentiment in July and September -
The Creditflux CLO Symposium was back as an in-person event for the first time in two years and participants were delighted to socialise and bask in an amazing year for the credit industry2 years ago
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CLO demand drives loan outperformance versus bonds
2 years ago
Leveraged loans could be set for their strongest run of outperformance over high yield bonds since 2017, say investors and strategists — if the CLO engine and an influx of money to funds continues to drive flows -
CLO demand to drive loan outperformance over bonds: BNP Paribas
2 years ago
The buying power of CLOs and funds could mean leveraged loans rally further and outpace high yield bonds, says BNP Paribas' credit research team -
Ucits at a glance: European funds and CLOs head rankings
3 years ago
Ucits fund returns -
Credit Rendezvous: sometimes you have to dive deep to find value
3 years ago
Some parts of the credit market are fraught with danger, but that does not mean portfolio managers are avoiding them entirely, according to the Credit Rendezvous, Creditflux's 10-page quarterly report eaturing comments from 15 credit experts -
Ucits at a glance: Ucits funds march on and erase Q1 losses
3 years ago
95% of Ucits credit funds listed with Creditflux posted positive returns in June to keep up the momentum from May when all but one fund was in positive territory -
Four managers eye breakthrough new issue European CLOs
3 years ago
The European primary CLO market is showing signs of revival with four managers eyeing deals -
JP Morgan makes big hire to its global credit trading desk
5 years ago
An experienced banker who has covered CLOs, CSOs, loan TRS and credit derivatives, has joined JP Morgan after leaving BNP Paribas -
European CLO volumes to drop in 2019, but mezz could benefit, says BNP Paribas
5 years ago
Demand for European leveraged loans will be lower in 2019 due to lower CLO issuance, predicts BNP Paribas -
BNP Paribas hires to its loan sales team in London
5 years ago
BNP Paribas has added to its loans sales team in London with an experienced hire -
BNP Paribas reorganises US credit business and appoints leveraged finance head
5 years ago
BNP Paribas has integrated its existing US primary and secondary credit units under a single new entity known as global credit markets Americas -
European CLO manager diversification is increasing, conference hears
5 years ago
European CLO managers have begun to pursue an active management strategy, says IMN panel -
Former BNP Paribas global credit head lands new role at Chenavari
5 years ago
A former global head of credit markets at BNP Paribas has been appointed as head of strategic development at Chenavari Credit Partners
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