CLO market mood sours amid bitter economic outlook

CSAM does the CLO awards double
Winning the Creditflux Manager of the Year award is a feat in itself. Winning it back-to-back in such different markets is an outstanding achievement — and CSAM can take great pride in it

You seem familiar
The overlap between European CLOs has risen to 51.6%, but the largest issuers are only slightly more aligned to their peers at 55.19% — so bonds are proving to be an important differentiator

Everyone’s ramping

Credit Rendezvous: And breathe...
The unanimous verdict is that credit spreads will be moving wider – they have to. But the difficulty credit fund managers face is predicting when the next sell-off comes and how sharp it will be. In the Q3 instalment of Creditflux’s Credit Rendezvous, the over-riding message from portfolio managers is that there’s little point in taking on too much risk. The report features the views of prominent credit figures including Paul Horvath (Orchard), Himani Trivedi (Nuveen), Ronnie Jaber (Onex), Graham Rainbow (Alcentra) and Michelle Russell-Dowe (Schroders). The report looks at 14 segments of the market including CLOs, direct lending, leveraged loans, distressed debt and credit derivatives.  

Credit funds at a glance (July 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Points up front: How much do I owe you?
Payment systems in the credit industry had a bad August

Details emerge on nature of Revlon payment 'error' and lender attitudes
Fresh details have emerged on the nature of the ‘operational error’ Citi says took place when it transferred $900 million to Revlon loan holders

Citi files lawsuit against nine more lenders over 'accidental' $900 million Revlon transfer
Citi has filed a new lawsuit against nine more asset managers regarding its transfer of $900 million to Revlon lenders, which Citi says was made mistakenly. The bank is looking to claim the money back against lenders 

CBOs aren’t fixated on interest rate moves
The loan sell off at the start of this year highlighted that CBOs are not a play on interest rates or bond prices — they’re taking advantage of the flexibility to rotate between loans and bonds

Brigade moves quickly to line-up Libor replacement
Brigade Capital Management is engaging with its CLO investors to talk about a replacement benchmark for Libor.

Ex-GoldenTree partner lands at Brigade to fortify its European CLO plans
There is a change of leadership at Brigade's London offices with an experienced portfolio manager filling a position that had recently opened up

Credit sales official lands at Brigade in New York
New York-based credit manager hires credit sales specialist in New York