You seem familiar
The overlap between European CLOs has risen to 51.6%, but the largest issuers are only slightly more aligned to their peers at 55.19% — so bonds are proving to be an important differentiator

CEO steps down after DWS greenwashing allegations lead to police raid
A tumultuous 24 hours for DWS Group, in which police and regulators raided its office, has been compounded by the resignation of its chief executive officer Asoka Woehrmann on Wednesday morning

Euro loan slide hits ramped warehouses as Carlyle eyes print and sprint deal
European loans tumbled in May, leaving CLO warehouses under pressure and causing a slowdown in primary issuance

Investors turn to secondary market amid recession fear
CLOs and loans weathered a sudden sell-off in May as investors began to factor in a higher likeli-hood of recession

US managers open new CLO warehouses at rapid rate
US CLO managers are opening new warehouse facilities at a rapid pace, with some sources suggesting the rate of new warehouse formation to be the fastest in years

Credit investors look to outsource as risks begin to add up
Institutional investors and managers are outsourcing to third parties as credit and macro­economic risks mount

Past returns: Silvermine CLOs splash the cash
In Creditflux 10 years ago, we reported that three Silvermine Capital CLOs, which had built up $646.5 million of cash, had started buying loans again

Points up front: Making a meal of the arb
Credit market participants are always looking at the best arbitrage opportunity and right now that seems to be at McDonald’s

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

Fund performance: Credit hits another bump in the road after March revival
There was more upheaval for credit funds in April, reversing the mini-recovery in March as 40% of funds made positive returns, a decrease on the 47% in March

Credit hedge funds (June 2022)
Credit hedge fund returns

   

Ucits at a glance: Diamond shines after dull start to year
Ucits funds have continued to arrest the slide that followed the dip in February, as 37% of funds in April saw positive returns

Credit funds at a glance (June 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
 
   

Fair Oaks adds to credit, CLO and marketing team in London
Fair Oaks Capital has hired three people to its investment team and two to its marketing team

Problem in checkout area as CLO favourite Diebold Nixdorf slips to triple C
Diebold Nixdorf, an Ohio-headquartered technology firm with $538 million in debt held by CLOs globally, was downgraded to triple-C by rating agency Moody’s on Friday

Loan dip brings longest CLO primary pause since January
CLO primary business has been put on pause as the market grapples with a selloff in loans, meaning no new transactions have been issued so far this week 

CLO managers in the mix for first US credit event auction since 2020
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

Envision exchange leaves some lenders sick, but CSAM finds prevention is better than cure
Envision Healthcare’s distressed debt exchange has rocked the CLO market, with over $1.68 billion of the firm’s loans held by US CLOs. But some of the largest managers have avoided the name completely 

Defaults should keep low despite looming recession, says TwentyFour
Corporate default rates should remain low even as the chance of a recession looms larger, according to a new report from TwentyFour Asset Management

Sound Point promotes duo to lead US CLOs as veteran PM steps down
Sound Point has allocated responsibility for the US loan and CLO platforms to the pair as lead portfolio managers

Think of the arb, say US CLO panelists after big loan drop
Far from being a cause for alarm, falling loan prices have brought a welcome opportunity in new CLO issuance for managers and investors, according to speakers at the Creditflux Symposium in London today

Novicap names new CEO in leadership shuffle as it sets targets for credit division
Novicap, a fintech company offering working capital optimisation solutions to SMEs and mid-market corporates, has shuffled its leadership structure and set a €1 billion cumulative volume target for its credit division by the end of this year

Macro woes have dented CLO and loan outlook: Barclays
Rising interest rates and elevated macro volatility have negatively impacted the performance outlook for both loans and CLOs, according to Barclays credit strategists

"It’ll take something special to drag my attention away from Depp/Heard, but Jerome Powell could just do it"
It’s not easy letting go of the past, but May heralds the start of something new in credit

Muzinich targets high income with new flexible credit fund
Muzinich & Co has launched Muzinich Dynamic Credit Income Fund, which it says is “designed for investors seeking outperformance in rising credit markets without taking excessive risks”