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Franklin Templeton reorganises long-short credit fund team
4 years ago
Asset manager Franklin Templeton Investments will make changes to the portfolio managers for the Franklin K2 Long Short Credit funds, effective from October -
Investor requirements rather than performance is driving ESG push: Creditflux survey
4 years ago
Only 14% of respondents to Creditflux's global credit ESG survey said performance was the main reason they were adopting envoronmental, social and governance-themed strategies -
Rallye CDS auction date set with three initial deliverables
4 years ago
A credit event auction to settle CDS referencing Rallye, the parent of French supermarket chain Casino, will take place on 27 June, with the Determinations Committee having agreed an initial list of three deliverable obligations -
Welshcake: Sirius has made a strong move in CDS - if it hits the right targets
5 years ago
The most tragic of human traits is the proclivity for our inventions to come back and bite us -
Mizuho appoints US and European credit trading heads in leadership shake-up
5 years ago
The hires include a newly created CLO role, head of credit trading, and head of special situations and illiquid trading -
Permira adds hire to start credit opportunities business
5 years ago
Permira Debt Managers is building out a unit in London to invest in special situations and credit opportunities and has hired a distressed and high yield specialist to help establish the business -
Steinhoff CDS auction in limbo due to lock-up and CVA
5 years ago
A date to settle CDS referencing Steinhoff Europe had still to be agreed as Creditflux went to press — more than a month on from when the EMEA Determinations Committee (DC) ruled that the company had triggered a failure-to-pay credit event. -
Credit Suisse adds special situations trading head among raft of hires
5 years ago
Credit Suisse has continued to build momentum in its credit business with the hire of a managing director to head special situations and loan trading with its Europe, Middle East and Africa credit products business, following on from nine others across its London and New York credit business -
Windstream set for high CDS pay-out as DC picks initial deliverable obligations
5 years ago
Windstream Holdings CDS protection holders look set for a high pay-out, as the cheapest deliverable obligations into the defaulted company’s credit event auction are quoted in the mid-20s -
Sears CDS battle heats up as DC challenged to change auction rules
5 years ago
A high profile battle over Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp credit default swaps has taken a new turn, with one market participant challenging the Americas Determinations Committee to change its rules to avert price manipulation by another market participant in the bankrupt retailer's credit event auction -
Sears CDS external review panel named to solve Determinations Committee impasse
5 years ago
The North America Determinations Committee has selected an external review panel to decide whether two Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp debt obligations can be delivered into an auction to settle the US retailer’s credit default swaps, having failed to achieve a strong enough quorum among its own 15 members -
American Beacon teams up with Apollo for credit interval fund
5 years ago
Regulatory filings reveal that Apollo will allocate assets across four main areas: US corporate credit, global corporate credit, structured credit and real estate credit -
BlackRock seeks $1 billion for new multi-strat opportunities fund
5 years ago
The new trust will invest at least 80% of its assets in fixed income securities and up to 40% in special situations, SEC filings reveal -
Destra and BlueBay team up to launch credit interval fund
6 years ago
Destra has become the latest manager to launch an interval fund - Destra International & Event-Driven Credit Fund - which will focus on two strategies: multi-strategy international credit and event driven credit. -
UK funds brace themselves against value-for-money ruling
6 years ago
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its final set of fund governance rules that aim to strengthen the duty of authorised fund managers to their investors. -
Countdown begins to Creditflux Manager Awards 2018
6 years ago
The highlight of the awards season - Creditflux's Manager Awards ceremony - will take place on 9 May and submissions process is now open -
Institutional investors - does Europe still provide the best opportunities in credit?
6 years ago
Cash or synthetics, CLOs versus CMBS, senior or junior debt? Institutional investors have a variety of ways to approach credit investing and Creditflux's biannual survey of credit allocators aims to determine which market they view as offering compelling returns -
Time-saving hedge fund platforms stop opportunities evaporating
6 years ago
Lengthy commitment periods and drawn-out negotiations between institutional investors and fund managers could be a thing of the past thanks to a wave of multi-manager hedge fund platforms -
Creditflux parent rebrands as Acuris
6 years ago
Creditflux’s parent company gained a new name last month, with Mergermarket Group relaunching as Acuris -
Fund platform AMX eyeballs credit funds
6 years ago
Willis Towers Watson’s hedge fund platform has grown to $1.5 billion – and there is space for credit managers
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