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CLO funds maintain strong start to 2024 to stay top year to date
25 days ago
The first quarter of 2024 has been a memorable one for CLO funds, as the category continues its dominant spell, claiming 7 of the top 10 spots in March -
Global Loan Highlights 1Q24: Don’t call it a comeback
2 months ago
Loan refinancing share hits historic high, but IG issuance stymies YoY global growth -
Submissions open for third European Direct Lending Awards
2 months ago
Following the success of the Debtwire Direct Lending Awards dinner in 2023, the European Direct Lending Awards return for a third time to celebrate the achievements of the market. -
Fund performance: CLO funds dominate top 10, but long-short and Ucits funds find places too
3 months ago
CLO funds made sure to end the year their way: once again they claimed most of the top performance spots. Six of the 10 best-performing funds in December have a majority of their assets invested in CLOs. -
Loan Highlights 3Q23: Loan volumes remain significantly lower than historical averages
8 months ago
Capital markets loan activity continued to struggle in the third quarter of 2023, as issuers in the Americas and Europe held off from tapping markets -
Refinancing and extensions dominate European debt issuance and hit highest share in a decade
10 months ago
With the highest interest rates in the Eurozone since the Global Financial Crisis, the European leveraged finance market has been dominated by companies that need to refinance or extend their deals. -
LP round up: HPS wins $550m mandate as Ares launches third US direct lending fund
1 year ago
US institutional investors allocated nearly $3 billion to credit funds in April. The news comes amid a BlackRock survey in the month which showed significant investor interest in private credit -
Italian NPLs under spotlight as debt collector spreads blow wider
1 year ago
Intrum, the Swedish debt collection firm, is suffering a sharp push wider in credit spreads after writing down part of a portfolio focused on the Italian market -
US jobs strength sends traders scrambling to cut Fed pivot trades
1 year ago
Credit spreads are ending the week on a sharp move wider, with a heavy sell off hitting financial markets in the wake of US jobs numbers that suggest any notions of a Fed pivot on rates are premature -
Credit Suisse blow out puts financials in spotlight
1 year ago
Credit spreads have pushed wider on Monday, with underperformance in investment grade, as sharp oil price moves accompanied intensified focus on the banking sector amid a slew of worrying commentary on Credit Suisse -
Structured credit cited by 42% of investors looking for fixed income replacement, Aeon finds
1 year ago
Institutional investors are largely looking to reallocate away from the fixed income market amid the macro-environment of rising interest rates, inflation and poor returns, according to a survey by Aeon -
Telco bucks market sell of with network merger boost
2 years ago
It is an off day for most borrowers in the European credit market, but one telco has bucked the trend with a sharp move tighter after unveiling network integration plans -
HSBC raises $1 billion for UK direct lending
2 years ago
The strategy was launched in early 2021 as part of the firm’s ambition to grow its alternatives capabilities -
Creditflux announces finalists for European Direct Lending Awards
2 years ago
Creditflux announces finalists for European Direct Lending Awards -
Fund performance: Credit bounces back from February blues
2 years ago
March performance figures were a slight improvement from the market turn in February; 47% of funds made positive returns, an increase on 17% the previous month -
Phase 6 of uncleared margin rules drives CDS clearing volumes
2 years ago
2022 is shaping up to be a bumper year for CDS clearing activity, not only due to increased trading of the asset class, but a confluence of other factors, such as regulations, product expansion and wider geographical reach -
Europe outpaces US as investors scramble to cover their shorts
2 years ago
Lifting of short positions has helped take European credit into a second successive day of outperformance against the US, with financial companies and some of the more recently volatile high yield names leading the way -
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 -
Eerie calm breaks as bears return to feast
2 years ago
After what looked a calmer and even buoyant start, credit markets have again pushed wider on Monday as investors wrestle with competing view on outlook for central bank policy -
Post-CPI relief rally gives way to bears as reality bites
2 years ago
A bearish tone has returned to financial markets in the latter part of the week, despite investors seemingly taking in stride the highest US inflation growth numbers for almost 40 years -
Convergence traders dine out as Europe widens in US absence
2 years ago
Traders betting on Europe / US credit convergence have much to be thankful for on Thursday, with the gap between investment grade CDS spreads having vanished and high yield noticeably reduced -
Turkey seller's credit spread fattens on clogged supply lines
2 years ago
Christmas is coming, but are the turkeys? In the UK at least, this looks less certain with the credit spreads of one of the biggest suppliers of bird meat gapping wider as it seeks a liquidity injection in the face of labour shortages and supply line problems -
Credit Fundraising: Private credit and CLO captive equity feature strongly as closes mount up
2 years ago
Credit funds have made a fair start to the fourth quarter, although the $21 billion raised during October is down substantially on September’s impressive record for 2021 -
German convergence as travel co surges inside troubled real estate firm
2 years ago
Amid rocky markets there has been a tale of two diverging credits in the European high yield market on Wednesday, with two of the riskiest names passing each other on sharp convergent moves -
HY set to roll after rocky week scuttles investors
2 years ago
Market participants are holding their breath ahead of the roll of US high yield index CDX HY, after a week of volatility and fund outflows
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