There were no surprise events… CDS did exactly what it said on the tin
Good tabloid headlines rely on the obverse of normal expectations and, over the years, Credit Suisse has furnished a deep seam. Banks are meant to be risk-averse, and of unimpeachable character and integrity. 

Past returns: UBS gives up on CLOs
10 years ago, officials at UBS told Creditflux they were not closing their CLO origination business, despite mounting evidence to the contrary

Points up front: Who is going into the Creditflux interview room?
The Creditflux CLO Symposium brought together 620 market participants from across the globe, and they had one question on their lips: what’s going on in the Creditflux interview room?

We’ll get through this awkward patch
Wide liabilities have made pricing CLOs trickier in the past few months. But speakers at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium were optimistic that the arbitrage is OK — so long as you can place those triple As

Sofr, so complicated
At Creditflux’s US CLO Summit debate centred on Libor and Sofr. Hot topics included tenors, Libor floors being out-of-the money and investors changing their views on spread adjustments

Points up front: Same building, different rules at Credit Suisse
If market participants needed confirmation that the banking and asset management arms of Credit Suisse operate independently, then the opening panel at Creditflux’s US CLO Summit last month seemed to provide it.

Points up front: Correlation between CDS and mixed martial arts
BNP Paribas clinched a big-name hire to its credit derivatives division in New York last month after poaching managing director Patrick Vickers from Credit Suisse.

Points up front: Definitely not an ex-parrot
One of the biggest credit fund launches last month was Arini, led by star credit trader Hamza Lemssouguer  

Everyone’s ramping

Past returns: Indirect lending
Five years ago in Creditflux we reported how banks were playing a role in European direct lending — an industry borne out of the fact that banks had reduced appetite for lending to small and mid-sized companies

Points up front: Credit Suisse and Sound Point rekindle the fire
Sound Point CLO XII was refinanced on 14 February and arranger Credit Suisse displayed its passion for CLO structuring by embedding half a dozen hearts in its pricing email