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CLO funds are hot in summer as they take nine spots in top 10 (Fund performance)
8 months 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. -
Question your assumptions
10 months ago
Valuing CLO paper is complicated, and loan prepayments are one of the trickiest parts. When pricing a new issue CLO, the market generally assumes that 15-20% of loans will prepay their principal annually. This prepayment rate is important because it essentially determines the pace at which a CLO’s rated debt is paid off after the reinvestment period, when the CLO pays down its own principal. -
LP round up: opportunistic credit dominates as investors allocate $2.2 billion
1 year ago
US institutional investors invested at least $2.2 billion to credit funds in March, according to documents seen by Creditflux, with opportunistic credit funds dominating commitments -
First Sentier buys majority stake in credit firm AlbaCore
1 year ago
First Sentier Investors has bought a majority stake in European credit specialist AlbaCore Capital Group, the firms announced today, after identifying alternative credit as a ‘strategically important space’ -
LP round up: 27 managers find the top corner with investor wins
1 year ago
Credit fund managers like to take it one fund at a time and give it 110% for their 90-minute investor fund pitches - and it's working as $3.8 billion was allocated during November and early December. The gaffer would be proud. -
400 Capital raises $580 million for third asset backed credit fund
1 year ago
400 Capital Management has closed its third asset backed fund 400 Capital Asset Based Term Fund III at $580 million -
Structured credit gains focus from 75% of UK pensions: Aeon
1 year ago
Three quarters of UK pension schemes say they are increasingly focused on structured credit products -
Franklin Templeton wraps up deal for $35bn Alcentra
1 year ago
Franklin Templeton has completed its acquisition of BNY Mellon’s $35 billion credit unit Alcentra -
Aeon prepares for series of UK CRE CLOs after signing £900m warehouse
1 year ago
Aeon Investments has closed a £900 million (€1,025 million) CRE CLO warehouse, which it says is backed by three loans -
Widening asset/liability gulf will hurt CLOs: Barclays
1 year ago
A mismatch between CLO asset / liability rate risk is increasing in the US as more leveraged loan issuers opt for one-month pay frequency, Barclays credit strategists have found -
LP round up: private credit takes big slice of inflows as 10% portfolio share projected for 2026
1 year ago
Institutional investors revealed nearly $4 billion allocations to credit funds in July, with recipients including Angelo Gordon, Apollo, Ares, BlackRock, Brookfield, CarVal, Comvest, Deerpath, KKR, Schroders and Sixth Street -
LP round up: 28 credit managers win $6.6 billion as San Diego carves private credit allocation
1 year ago
Pensions allocated over $6.6 billion to credit managers in June including Angelo Gordon, Antares, Apollo, Ares, Beach Point, BioPharma, Brookfield, CarVal, Cerberus... -
Manager selection stakes are heightening as CLO pain points intensify: Barclays
1 year ago
CLOs’ slump in market value and piling of distressed assets have made differentiation between managers much more acute on key metrics, regionally and by vintage, according to Barclays credit strategists -
LP round up: Oak Hill wins $300 million for strategic credit and Arcmont eyes fund four
1 year ago
US investors allocated nearly $1.5 billion to credit funds in May, with managers to win mandates including: 400, Accel-KKR, Advent, Arcmont, ArrowMark, Comvest, Edelweiss, Francsico, Oak Hill, Sixth Street and Sprott -
German property co hits new wides as investors scrutinise investigation report
2 years ago
The bearish momentum that gripped financial markets on Friday has spilled over the weekend into Monday's session, with an especially big move in the debt of one German real estate borrower taking it to worrisome spread levels -
LP round up: Oak Hill wins $3bn mandate as credit allocations near $10bn in March
2 years ago
Institutional investors revealed over $9.5 billion of allocations to credit funds in March. Oak Hill Advisors walked away with the largest mandate, as US heavyweight pension Calpers allocated a whopping $3 billion across several of its funds -
Hidden loan tail risks and mounting single B exposure could pose problem for CLOs: Barclays
2 years ago
A solid rally for leveraged loans this week - against returning weakness in bonds - has put focus back on the market, which seemingly has little tail risk priced in. But short term support factors and a dwindling triple C bucket mask the quality skew, warn Barclays strategists in a note today - which could spell downgrades for single-B minus rated loans -
Relief rally for riskiest credits brings reversal on dispersion and first loss trades
2 years ago
Some of the European high yield credit market's riskiest corporate credits are enjoying a strong relief rally, among signals of reprieve from the woes that have beset them in recent weeks -
Performance dispersion hits index equity correlation
2 years ago
Volatility at the start of the year has intensified moves in iTraxx and CDX index tranches, with traders pointing to growing dispersion in performance among constituents as a theme that will bring more focus on equity correlation in 2022 -
Fund performance: Dominant CLO funds look to end the year with 20%-plus gains
2 years ago
Once again the Creditflux hedge fund top 10 is dominated by CLO funds, with seven funds among the best performers in September. -
Dispersion trades in play as transatlantic rift opens
2 years ago
The return of idiosyncratic risk at the wide end of US and European high yield markets has put index equity tranches for the two jurisdictions on noticeably divergent paths, say correlation traders -
LP round up: no Stoptober as investors allocate $5 billion to credit
2 years ago
US institutional investors allocated $5 billion to credit funds in October, with Oak Hill and Pimco among the biggest mandates -
CarVal exceeds target with $3.6 billion distressed credit fund
2 years ago
CarVal will invest in distressed credit including acquiring loan portfolios, investing in corporate securities, structured credit and hard assets -
Fund performance: assortment of funds step up
3 years ago
Seven categories are represented in this month’s top 10, making it the most diverse since February 2020 -
LP round-up: $2.6 billion flows into 26 credit managers
3 years ago
A stuck ship in the Suez Canal may have prevented others from getting through one of the world's busiest waterways in March, but allocations to credit funds were much more free flowing as investors poured over $2.6 billion into the hands of credit managers
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