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February 2024 US Leveraged Highlights
2 months ago
Debtwire today releases the February 2024 US Leveraged Highlights, featuring key trends in the leveraged loan and high-yield bond markets. -
Pensions pivot from vanilla private credit to focus on niche sectors
6 months ago
Retirement and pension funds continue to pump money into private credit, enticed by the prospect of higher returns. But as the market grows, more are turning their attention to niche sectors, such as ESG-oriented investments and specialised credit. -
BlackRock creates ESG-focused credit fund
7 months ago
BlackRock launches new strategy as interest in private credit and sustainable investments continues to grow -
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 -
Primary loan and bond markets shows signs of revival, but at a cost
10 months ago
Activity in the US junk debt market has picked up after the 4th of July and the momentum is expected to continue through 2H23, but at a cost for issuers. -
Fidelity Investments raises over $100 million for BDC
1 year ago
Fidelity Investments says that its business development company, Fidelity Private Credit BDC, is up and running with “in excess of $100 million”. -
Fund performance: Credit funds end difficult 2022 on a positive note
1 year ago
In December 66% of credit funds reached a positive return, following an even better November where 81% of all funds pushed into the black -
Carlyle strikes agreement to manage $112m listed fund and shift strategy to CLOs
1 year ago
Vertical Capital Income Fund has struck an agreement for Carlyle Group to take over as investment advisor in a move which will result in the New York Stock Exchange-listed fund shifting focus towards CLO debt and equity investments. -
Largarde snowballs puncture complacent calm and shocks spreads wider
1 year ago
Credit markets are ending the week on a big push wider, after European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde delivered the surprise that had been missing from other central bank messaging -
Credit Suisse tests investor nerves as market preps for Fed-focused week
1 year ago
Credit Suisse, which has been subjected to another week of intense scrutiny, is heading into the weekend with its credit spreads extending wider, after warning on losses and undertaking a capital hike -
Swiss bank looks to plug holes but investors are hun-gruyere for risk
1 year ago
Credit Suisse is a rare, worrisome cloud in an otherwise brightening sky this week, as Europe extends its tightening trend in credit with the US standing at ease for the Thanksgiving holiday -
UK nerves rattle Europe/US relative value trades, as Hunt seeks to reassure investors
1 year ago
A palpable mood of trepidation on Thursday around the UK’s autumn budget has brought widening of credit spreads, with European indices giving back gains they have made in recent sessions versus their US counterparts -
Things are looking up... for curve steepener trades: Barclays
1 year ago
Investment grade credit index curves look too flat, say Barclays strategists – and that makes it a compelling time to consider steepener trades in Europe and the US -
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 -
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 -
Surge in hedging sends credit spreads to year's wides
1 year ago
A busy and bearish week is ending with credit spreads surging beyond their previous widest levels of the year, with Italian elections this weekend adding to caution in Europe after a string of central bank policy decisions reshaped the global economic outlook and the UK government scrambled to address rising energy costs -
Strong rally takes indices back below key levels
1 year ago
A big rally has greeted the start of the new week, in large part fuelled by easing recession concerns following Friday's encouraging US jobs number - but seeminly ignoring signs of further deterioration in the outlook for peripheral Europe -
Fund performance: Select funds shine in dreary June for credit hedge funds
1 year ago
Credit funds suffered through June, as only 8% of listed funds reached the black. This made June the fourth month in a row in which negative returns increased -
Retailers, travel cos and Italian banks lead charge as market rally accelerates
2 years ago
Retail companies have been resurgent on Thursday as the credit market’s relief rally gathered pace, with Europe seeking to catch up with the US following its strong surge -
CLO managers in the mix for first US credit event auction since 2020
2 years ago
CDS contracts referencing Talen Energy Supply will be settled by credit event auction next month. And Talen's recovery levels will have relevance for a number of CLO managers that have held onto the company's debt - in some cases having bought more very recently -
Skew in focus for second day as single names move sharply against index
2 years ago
Credit indices are trading out of sync with their underlying constituents for a second day this week, with single names broadly widening despite investors seeking to maintain flattish macro positioning -
Traders hunt for Monday bargains in Black Friday debris
2 years ago
The turmoil of Black Friday has given way to a counter-wise move on Monday, with financial markets latching onto scraps of hope over the weekend following the panic of a newly discovered covid-19 variant -
China teaches tough lessons to foreign investors
China’s regulatory crackdown on some of its fastest-growing industries created shockwaves that have reverberated widely, dragging on US and European credit at the end of July. -
Fund performance: long-short funds challenge CLO strategies
2 years ago
CLO funds are maintaining their stranglehold on our top 10, but long-short credit funds are giving them a run for their money -
Ucits at a glance: mid market fund leaps into top four
2 years ago
The majority of Ucits funds end Q2 on a high note as 76% of those in our database recorded positive performance in June
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