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CLO funds maintain strong start to 2024 to stay top year to date
3 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
1 month 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
7 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 -
Golub expands fundraising in Latin America with new hire
7 months ago
The new hire from Lazard will work in the US offshore market, alongside institutional and private wealth investors in Latin America -
California retirement association commits up to $62 million to credit fund
8 months ago
San Joaquin County Employees' Retirement Association has committed up to $62 million to direct lending strategy -
Ares second Pathfinder credit fund nears $5 billion target
8 months ago
Ares raised an additional $1.8 billion in 2Q23 for asset-backed fund -
Single-name CDS volumes surge in the Americas, according to Barclays research
9 months ago
The net notional outstanding volume for Americas corporate (ex-LatAm) CDS increased 19% year on year to a new multi-year high according to new research from Barclays -
US leveraged loan issuance drops 35% year on year
9 months ago
Debtwire 's new July 2023 US Leveraged Highlights report sees a striking 70% year-on-year decrease in new money institutional activity as lack of supply from the M&A market weighs on issuance -
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. -
May 2023 US Leveraged Highlights
10 months ago
Leveraged investors continue to favor bonds to loans, according to the Debtwire May 2023 US Leveraged Highlights, featuring key trends in the leveraged loan and high yield bond markets. -
TPG buys Angelo Gordon for $2.7 billion
1 year ago
TPG has entered into an agreement to buy Angelo Gordon in a cash and equity deal valued at around $2.7 billion, the firm has announced -
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 -
Neuberger Berman hires structured credit portfolio manager from AIG
1 year ago
Neuberger Berman has hired a managing director and portfolo manager in its private placement team focusing on ABS and structured transactions -
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
1 year 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
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