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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 -
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 -
Credit and commodities diverge after China abandons zero-covid approach
1 year ago
Markets present a mixed picture at the start of the week, with Europe – still processing Friday’s US jobs numbers – opening cautiously after China’s retreat from strict zero-covid policies boosts commodity prices but raises fears of an infection wave -
Credit euphoria follows CPI, but analysts warn of comedown
1 year ago
Softer than expected US inflation numbers have ignited a spectacular rally in financial markets. But strategists and economists warn against the exuberance, arguing more pain is likely on the way -
US lags as midterms, dollar and global slowdown weigh against broader rally
1 year ago
European and Asia outperformance over the US is extending at pace at the start of the week, with a strong improvement in spreads coming ahead of the New York market open -
Europe-US convergence in play as week ends on strong rally
1 year ago
A big push tighter in credit spreads on Friday has extended the theme of European outperformance, with iTraxx Crossover briefly trading inside US high yield index counterpart CDX HY for the first time since July -
UK adds itself to sour global cocktail with investors given another shake
1 year ago
US investors are returning to a sour mood across global markets on Tuesday, with escalating warfare in Ukraine, Chinese covid cases at a two-month high, the Biden administration in a standoff with China over microchips, and the UK still managing to hold focus for economic mishap -
Euro credit rallies in disconnect from US, Asia and equities
1 year ago
Credit spreads are heading tighter in Europe on Thursday, despite weakness in other markets, as this week’s volatile oscillation brings another change of direction -
Down in the hole: investors hedge their bets ahead of pivotal Powell
1 year ago
Credit spreads are shifting wider on Friday, after an initial improvement, as investors try to balance positions ahead of what could be a pivotal speech by US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell -
Spreads gap wider with UK inflation adding to cocktail of concerns
1 year ago
Evidence of financial markets hitting a resistance point after three weeks of improvement is growing, with Monday’s bearish shift extending over into early trading Tuesday -
Relief rally lifts markets despite Italy turmoil adding to ECB headache
1 year ago
Financial markets look to be heading to the weekend on a slightly firmer tone, as investors ease back from their bearish positioning of recent sessions -
Credit rout eases as ECB holds emergency meeting ahead of Fed rates decision
1 year ago
Credit markets are undergoing a relief rally, even as the US Federal Reserve prepares to deliver its moment of truth decision on policy tightening and the European Central Bank holds an emergency meeting to address the recent sell-off in risk assets -
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 -
China pledges and Russia/Ukraine peace hopes drive relief rally
2 years ago
Credit markets have surged tighter on Wednesday, with China's pledge to support covid-hit markets and hopes rising for Russia-Ukraine peace discussions ahead of US Federal Reserve policy moves that are widely thought to have been priced in -
Market whipsaws tighter as west holds out on Russian sanctions
2 years ago
Extreme market volatility is extending into the weekend, with a big gap tighter in spreads on Friday as the credit market see-saws due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the uncertain response of both western countries and China -
Nu variant panic sends credit spreads to the year's wides
2 years ago
The discovery of a new covid-19 variant has routed financial markets at the end of what had already been a dour week, sending credit spreads to their widest of the year -
Fund performance: CLOs dominate again as CIFC and Hildene score hat-tricks
2 years ago
CLO funds once again take over the top 10 as seven of those listed with Creditflux invest predominantly in the asset class. So far in 2021, CLO funds have held a majority of the spots in the top 10 on four occasions -
Ucits at a glance: Altana sits atop tables as credit bounces back
3 years ago
Ucits funds picked up in April as 79% made positive returns -
Ares flush with cash after raising €15 billion for European direct lending
3 years ago
Ares Management has raised one of the largest European direct lending funds on record and, with leverage, the fund expects to have a whopping €15 billion to deploy -
It's all relative: CLOs march tighter as macro traders open positive CDS skews
3 years ago
Credit default swaps are back near where they started the year after giving up their early-February gains amid a rise in government bonds. CDS curves steepened over the past month and macro hedging has left indices trading with positive skews. But CLOs paint a calmer picture in which spreads have inched tighter -
It's all relative: CLO spreads explore record tights as credit indices hit impasse
3 years ago
CLO spreads are grinding to ever tighter levels, despite a flattish week for credit in which corporate credit indices have ended up more or less unchanged -
It's all relative: CLOs are lagging no more, as Carlyle deal drags market tighter
3 years ago
“CLOs are lagging” has been a much repeated refrain over the last nine months. But Carlyle Group has this week produced a US CLO that has dragged spreads to their tightest point in three years so that, rather than comparing CLOs to pre-covid levels, they should be assessed against early 2018 -
It's all relative: senior CLO tranches tighten 18% in Europe as CDS indices sit out rally
The corporate credit rally in January is notable because some assets tightened to levels not seen in over a decade (loans), others rallied albeit with a lag (CLOs) and the most liquid stream of credit (CDS indices) defied moves in other asset classes to widen
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Credit funds at a glance: several funds post double digit November returns
3 years ago
November was a strong month for credit hedge funds listed by Creditflux, with latest returns demonstrating the effect of the vaccine/US election rally on fund perfomance -
2020 wrap: CLO funds bloom despite rocky ground
3 years ago
2020 was a busy year for CLO fundraising, with Creditflux recording at least 30 funds that launched over the 12 months to invest across the CLO capital structure
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