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PetSmart, Upbound Group find refi opportunities as summer lull sets in
6 months ago
PetSmart, Upbound Group refinance debt amidst favorable conditions, as market participants eye a pick up in primary activity after Labor Day
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KKR grows ABF business to USD 75bn, expands origination
7 months ago
The alternative asset manager acquired a majority stake in a biopharma royalties business this week to add to its asset-backed finance business -
Pimco urges caution in credit markets despite recent resilience
7 months ago
The resilience of the private sector has supported the credit market in the first half of the year, despite “whipsawing” market volatility, a new report from Pimco has found. -
Volatility could cause credit markets to break this year – TCW’s Bryan Whalen
9 months ago
PODCAST: Investors aren’t being paid enough of a premium for the risks in US corporate credit, TCW’s chief investment officer of fixed income told Creditflux’s Lisa Lee on the latest ‘Credit Exchange’ podcast -
Clearlake abandons bank-led option for a private credit loan to replace Dun & Bradstreet financing
10 months ago
EXCLUSIVE: The private equity firm is going with the Ares-led private credit loan rather than tapping banks to raise debt in the capital markets -
Economic uncertainty clouds Milken conference but lev fin markets keep moving
10 months ago
Attendees leave a cloudy LA with few answers but a little more faith in the US leveraged finance markets -
Uncertainty challenges credit underwriting but deal making continues
10 months ago
Panelists at the annual Milken Institute Global Conference this week said the environment is more favorable than many initially expected post 2 April -
Private credit’s golden era never really ended – Blackstone’s Michael Zawadzki
10 months ago
On the Credit Exchange podcast, Lisa Lee speaks with the CIO of Blackstone Credit and Insurance about opportunities in volatile markets and the durability of private credit premiums -
Leveraged loan, HY defaults to pick up as tariff pause adds more uncertainty - Goldman
11 months ago
The bank expects macro challenges to continue despite the tariff pause -
KKR, Capital Group set to launch a hybrid private-public credit fund for individuals
11 months ago
The new fund with a low minimum will invest across corporate direct lending, private asset-based lending and public fixed income -
US leveraged loan default rate set to rise to 1.6% by end of 2025: S&P
1 year ago
Macroeconomic headwinds, policy uncertainty and the reduced likelihood of interest rate cuts could contribute to the uptick -
Welcome to Miami, good luck getting on the deal
1 year ago
JPM leveraged finance conference attracts over 3000 to South Beach where participants expect LME activity to remain high and saw increased private credit presence
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Go upmarket when investing in credit, says Oak Hill's Schrager
1 year ago
Senior managing partner at Oak Hill Advisors, Alan Schrager, discusses private credit volumes, cross-currents in credit markets, and issues including tariffs and defaults in Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee podcast -
US leveraged loan A&E reach all-time high—Baird
1 year ago
Amend & Extend volume for US leveraged loans hit a record USD 226bn, driven by a lack of M&A activity in 2024 and a still-high cost for refinancing. -
Institutional loans set records while ratings agency data diverges
1 year ago
It isn’t just the CLO market breaking records this year. Loan volumes are also continuing to set records, according to the latest Debtwire data for November. -
Fund performance
1 year ago
Entering the final three months of the year, CLO funds took a clean sweep of the top 10 spots in the Creditflux tables. October was strong overall, as over 85% of funds listed made positive returns -
Altice France reminds creditors that unrestricted subsidiaries can be freely spun-off
1 year ago
Altice France's debt documents permit the XpFibre spin-off, and most credit agreements and high yield bond indentures permit the distribution of the equity in unrestricted subsidiaries -
Trump victory raises hopes for high yield markets, M&A revival
1 year ago
Leverage finance markets cheered Donald Trump’s win on the prospect the former president’s return to the White House will unleash deregulation and M&A, lower taxes and higher economy growth -
Loan repricings continue to flood the primary market ahead of August lull
1 year ago
The US primary loan market has seen a steady flow of well-bid deals this week that were either upsized or priced tighter -
Leveraged loan issuance tops USD 1tn in record-setting first half
1 year ago
US leveraged loan issuance has jumped 91.2% year-on-year in the first six months of 2024, reaching USD 1tn for the first time on record -
US loan volume nears record levels
1 year ago
In Q1 2024 quarterly institutional loan issuance reached its second highest level on record. The period also saw the lowest quarterly share of new money issuance, at just 13% of total activity -
Credit hedge funds
1 year ago
Credit hedge fund performance -
IACPM survey finds credit PMs still gloomy, but less so than last quarter
1 year ago
Respondents to the latest IACPM Credit Outlook Survey are still negative about future credit conditions, but less so than in previous surveys -
Global Loan Highlights 1Q24: Don’t call it a comeback
1 year ago
Loan refinancing share hits historic high, but IG issuance stymies YoY global growth -
Houlihan Lokey adds new credit MD
1 year ago
Investment bank Houlihan Lokey released news yesterday of a new managing director hired to the firm’s Financial Sponsors Group
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