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LP round up: Magnetar and Värde among winners as $3 billion flows to credit
1 year ago
Institutional investors allocated at least $3 billion to credit funds in August -
BC closes $1.2 billion second special opportunities fund 12 months’ incubation
2 years ago
BCP Special Opportunities Fund II has collected $1.2 billion in capital commitments - but a year later than it originally earmarked a final close -
Credit Fundraising: mega funds contribute to record-breaking month as volume hits $39bn
2 years ago
The sheer size of the funds raised in November more than compensated for a drop in the number of funds raised as fundraising volume in credit reached $38.9 billion. This beat September by $2.4 billion to make it the most productive month of credit fundraising in 2021 -
Credit Fundraising: Blue Owl and WhiteHorse gain from improving animal spirits
2 years ago
Fundraising perked up in July as managers raised $14.9 billion for credit funds - the third highest monthly amount this year -
King Street raises $1.2 billion for first global credit drawdown fund
2 years ago
The fund will target distressed and stressed corporate debt, structured products, and asset-backed investments, as well as claims and claim-related opportunities -
Credit fundraising: Goldman Sachs direct lending fund takes March figures to $23 bn
3 years ago
Credit funds sprung forward in March as $23 billion was raised alongside $2.6 billion worth of allocations to credit managers. -
Los Angeles pension seeks global credit manager for $880 million mandate
3 years ago
Flush with cash? The Los Angeles Water & Power Employees' Retirement Plan has launched a request for proposal for its ‘active extended global credit’ mandate. But only managers with $50 billion under management need apply -
No CDS auction for Scandinavian Airlines 'soft' credit event, rules DC
3 years ago
A credit event auction will not take place for Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark–Norway–Sweden CDS contracts, despite the company triggered a restructuring credit event last month, the EMEA Determinations Committee has ruled -
Credit fundraising: Dubai manager gets in on the act as direct lending takes off
3 years ago
Shuaa launches credit fund in the Gulf as Ares, Contingency, HPS and Perceptive are among those to close billion-plus funds -
Scandinavian Airlines System triggers restructuring credit event
3 years ago
Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark–Norway–Sweden has triggered a restructuring credit event as a result of its recent recapitalisation, the Emea Determinations Committee has ruled -
Credit fundraising: distressed keeps in favour but CLO ETFs emerge
3 years ago
Five months into global lockdown and distressed debt funds are still proving popular, but several managers have found success pitching other types of credit strategies -
LP round up: Connecticut eyes Fortress for private credit partnership
3 years ago
Investors placed $3.3 billion across 26 credit mandates over the past fortnight, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
LP round up: Oregon eyes $1.8 billion into structured credit
3 years ago
Institutional investors have earmarked over $6 billion to credit funds over the past two weeks -
Credit traders' kickstand: rolling with the pain, as relative value trades come unstuck
4 years ago
What a difference a month - and a pandemic - make. This time in February, no-one could have imagined a global financial crisis would be unfolding, that credit performance would be a battle between a virus and some of the biggest government and central bank interventions on record, that today's iTraxx Europe and CDX index rolls would traverse unprecedented ranges, that option expiry strikes would be blown beyond recognition, or that cash and CDS differentials would be whipsawing with such violence -
Thomas Cook CDS settles with higher than expected recovery
4 years ago
CDS referencing Thomas Cook Group settled with a final price of 10.125 cents at yesterday's credit event auction, making the high pay-outs to protection buyers still less profitable for them than had been expected -
Thomas Cook CDS auction sets initial midpoint at nine cents
4 years ago
An auction to settle CDS referencing Thomas Cook Group has derived an initial market midpoint of 9.125 cents, implying protection buyers will receive a pay-out on contracts in the region of 89 cents -
JP Morgan AM closes first special situations fund
4 years ago
JP Morgan Asset Management has held a final closing for its first special situations fund, with more than 50% of investors backing the fund to be first-time investors in a JP Morgan Alternatives fund -
Thomas Cook CDS buyers face bond squeeze as DC ejects 2023 notes from auction
4 years ago
The likelihood of a squeeze on Thomas Cook Group obligations has increased for market participants looking to physically settle their CDS contracts, after the Determinations Committee ruled that the collapsed UK travel firm’s €400 million 3.875% senior notes due 2023 were inadmissible into a credit event auction -
Thomas Cook CDS auction set for two deliverables
4 years ago
Market participants have until 5pm London time (12pm New York) on Thursday to challenge the supplemental list for an auction to settle CDS referencing Thomas Cook Group, which so far looks like it will have two deliverable obligations -
Thomas Cook ruling puts 2014 format CDS contracts back in the money
4 years ago
Thomas Cook Group triggered a failure-to-pay credit event when it filed for chapter 15 protection last month, the Determinations Committee has ruled – a decision that has big implications for holders of newer format CDS contracts on the name -
AnaCap hits €1 billion hard cap for European credit opps fund
4 years ago
AnaCap Financial Partners has exceeded its €750 million target size for AnaCap Credit Opportunities IV -
Utah fund set to invest $45 million across Beach Point and Crestline funds
4 years ago
The Utah School & Institutional Trust Fund Office is set to make commitments to credit funds managed by Beach Point Capital Management and Crestline Investors -
AnaCap buys €4 billion Italian SME loan portfolio
5 years ago
AnaCap Financial Partners has made its first transaction of its fourth credit opportunities fund -
Astaldi CDS auction sets 30.875 final price as physical settlement boosts recovery
5 years ago
An auction today to settle credit default swaps referencing Astaldi has determined the final price to be 30.875 cents on the euro, meaning a 69.125 cents pay-out per euro for protection buyers -
CLO managers on alert as five credits drive Crossover index rout
5 years ago
Five constituents of iTraxx Crossover have hit big bumps this week, fuelling a noticeable underperformance of the European credit default swap index against its US counterpart yesterday in a reversal of the recent trend
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