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CLO funds are hot in summer as they take nine spots in top 10 (Fund performance)
1 year 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. -
Beneath the triple C: Stormy October hits CLOs with rising tide of downgrades
1 year ago
After a slight respite in the pace of downgrades over the summer for CLOs, October brought renewed momentum as macro-economic pressures - primarily high interest rate burdens for corporate borrowers and supply side inflation - became the recurring rationale -
Credit funds at a glance (November 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
CLOs keep eyes glued to screen as Cineworld previews possible chapter 11
2 years ago
Cineworld, the UK-based cinema giant, has announced that a chapter 11 restructuring is among the options it is considering, in response to recent media speculation about a possible default -
Ucits at a glance: Ucits see red in a tough June for returns
2 years ago
June marked an exceptionally tough month for Ucits funds, as none of those listed in the Creditflux database made it into the black -
Credit Rendezvous: Investors try to avoid suplex city as recession and inflation reform tag-team
2 years 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 -
Ucits at a glance: LBBW shines as Ucits take a turn for the worse
2 years ago
Ucits fund returns -
We’ll get through this awkward patch
2 years 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 -
Fund performance: Credit hits another bump in the road after March revival
2 years ago
There was more upheaval for credit funds in April, reversing the mini-recovery in March as 40% of funds made positive returns, a decrease on the 47% in March -
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 -
Ucits at a glance: 2022 opens shakily but with a familiar lead
2 years ago
Ucits funds moved slowly into 2022 as 59% made negative returns in January -
Fund performance: Groundhog Day as 2021 leaders start strong
2 years ago
CLO funds once again claim the most top performing spots as seven out of 10 funds belong to the category -
Credit funds at a glance (March 2022)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
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 -
Gapstow expects strategic deals as credit manager M&A volume slumps to $120 billion
2 years ago
M&A volume involving credit asset managers dropped last year with total target value assets under management slumping to $120 billion from $149 billion in 2020 (and $254 billion in 2019), according to Gapstow Capital Partners -
Ucits at a glance: Robus and Altana dip but stay at the top
2 years ago
In October, Ucits funds continued a slide that had begun the previous month with 60% of them in the red -
Ucits at a glance: Robus and Altana enter the final sprint neck and neck
2 years ago
A downward turn hit Ucits funds as 65% of them made positive returns in 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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Ucits at a glance: Angsana recovers from July slump
2 years ago
Just under 75% of Ucits funds made positive returns in August, holding steady from June and July -
An alternative way of looking at CLO overlap
3 years ago
Analysing CLO collateral to look for overlap is critical for any CLO investor, but it is normally done either within a portfolio of CLOs or by bilaterally comparing two managers. In one of its latest research pieces, Moody’s Analytics has taken a different approach -
Ucits at a glance: Loomis Sayles makes gains in sleepy July
3 years ago
Ucits fund returns -
Ucits at a glance: mid market fund leaps into top four
3 years ago
The majority of Ucits funds end Q2 on a high note as 76% of those in our database recorded positive performance in June -
Fund performance: Déjà vu as April leaders dominate
3 years ago
CLO funds stayed in the top flight for another month as they took over the top 10 credit hedge fund return table in May, when 87% of all funds listed made positive returns -
Ucits at a glance: Ucits stay positive for second month in a row
3 years ago
Ultra-tight credit spreads are not taking away from Ucits funds – 80% of funds in our database have again recorded positive returns.
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