Fund performance
Positive August for credit sees CLO funds on top again

Credit funds at a glance
Ucits see red in a tough June for returns

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge funds performance data

ICG taps Apollo partner as head of US liquid credit
The new head of US liquid credit has been tasked with helping grow ICG's US credit business

Illinois police pension fund opens search for credit managers

The fund plans to start investing in US leveraged loans and increase allocations for private credit

Capital Four beefs up US credit team with three new hires
The Danish-based credit manager is expanding its US presence

Double-dip refinancing hits US leveraged loan
Wheel Pros, a name still held by 219 CLOs with $414 million of total principal, announced details of a new refinancing deal last week featuring a controversial double-dip structure

Securities regulators call for improvement in practices in CLO market
IOSCO, an international policy forum for securities regulators, has called for improvement in practices in both the leveraged loan and CLO markets.

RiverRock secures €153 million in commitments for new senior loan fund

RiverRock sets €1 billion commitment target for latest fund, nearly double the size of its previous vintage

In Kirschner fallout, lenders may be asked to rep that they aren’t investors

Our Xtract Research team explores an unexpected outcome from the recent Kirschner ruling  

Fed members need to restore their credibility, which could translate into excessive tightening
Rising wages have boosted spending and GDP — but the party can’t last forever

Credit funds at a glance (September 2023)
A round-up of people moves and fund raising  

Credit hedge fund returns (September 2023)
Credit hedge fund returns  

CLO funds are hot in summer as they take nine spots in top 10 (Fund performance)
CLO funds took the lead through summer as the returns of the category index reached 1.88% and 3.18% in June and July, respectively. Both months saw a CLO fund as the top performer — Sound Point Meridian in June, and Oxford Gate Master Fund in July.

DebtDynamics North America: de-risking remains key focus for loan issuers and investors alike
Syndicated leveraged loan and high-yield (HY) bond markets have endured a challenging time during the past eight months but sentiment is far from rock-bottom

JP Morgan wins Kirschner case as court rules loans are not securities
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favour of JP Morgan in the Kirschner case that term loan Bs are not securities

LSTA hires new director of policy research
The Loan Syndications and Trading Association has appointed a new director of policy research

Santander taps Credit Suisse dealmaker

Santander Corporate and Investment Banking hires new managing director from Credit Suisse

Arini's hiring spree continues as it builds out CLO platform
Arini continues to beef up its loan team with the hire of a senior member of the credit team at Rothschild

US leveraged loan issuance drops 35% year on year
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

CLO double Bs offer 700bp premium versus high yield bonds, says Oaktree
The yield premium offered by double B CLO paper compared to corporate high yield bonds with the same rating has exploded to 700 basis points, according to a new episode of Oaktree Capital Management's podcast series The Insight

Snooze - you’re extended! Can lenders in European SFAs sleep-walk into extended tranches? - Xtract Special Report
This Xtract Research special report asks whether lenders under European SFAs could find themselves re-designated into a later-maturing facility or tranche than originally documented without their explicit consent

Refinancing continues to dominate headline figures in latest European leveraged highlights
Debtwire has released its July 2023 European Leveraged Highlights, containing key trends in the leveraged loan and high-yield bond markets

Neuberger Berman secures £2 billion mandate for credit fund
One of the UK's largest pension funds has awarded Neuberger Berman a £2 billion mandate for credit

Australia's largest super fund beefs up international team
Australia's largest pension fund is is growing its team across other geographies in an effort to increase its international presence