Stabilisation managers emerge to rescue CLO refis
Documents for an Octagon CLO refi reveals a tactic used by arrangers to ensure better execution  

Alva's 'disruptive' fund joins Creditflux listings
A London-based manager is making waves with a tech-focused credit fund

Investing ethically is worth it
Managers could see less volatile returns as a result of their increasing adoption of ESG-friendly portfolios; meanwhile direct lending is spreading across Europe

Who cares about risk retention?
Managers watching CLO spreads reach their tightest levels since the crisis had little time to fret about US risk retention

Pre-insolvency restructuring: Judgment day beckons for UK schemes
Competition is heating up as brexit threatens the UK's dominance of pre-insolvency restructurings

The seven deadly sins of credit fund reporting
Writing investor reports can be a thankless task, but there are ways to avoid the most sinful errors

Past returns
We wind back the clock to the last time investors were hedging French credit ahead of an election and to when one of the best known CLO investors filed an IPO

Join the debate
What's wrong with non-sponsored direct lending?

Points up front
Natixis's Hernan Quipildor's secret talent and why those looking to launch a hedge fund business should pick their company name wisely  

They said it
Waiting game is over

BNP Paribas trader joins Aberdeen as head of loans
Aberdeen Asset Management has hired a global head of loans in London, according to a Bloomberg report

Morgan Stanley reset slashes funding cost on KKR euro CLO
KKR Credit has priced a reset of its mid-2014 European CLO Avoca CLO XI, according to market sources

Boutique CLO managers boss secondary market
Creditflux analysis shows that, when their total assets are taken into account, small managers' CLOs are more liquid than those of large managers 

Award-winning European CLO set to be refinanced
Fresh from being crowned the best 2.0 European CLO in the market, Dryden 35 Euro CLO is set to be refinanced

Leading CLO market-maker completes big hire in London
An experienced structured credit investor has landed at a bank, which is considered to have one of the leading CLO trading desks in the business

Are you resets in disguise? - CLO specialists analyse new issue volumes
CLO volumes have been boosted by refis, resets and now repacks? Top CLO names analyse CLO formation at the Creditflux Credit Symposium

Beechbrook heads up north to open Manchester office
Direct lender Beechbrook Capital has opened up a new office in Manchester, according to an announcement this morning

Prytania fund registers big gains after transitioning from CLO debt to equity
Prytania Investment Advisors has continued its impressive start to 2017

Former ICG credit head Kershaw takes non-executive role on Aberdeen fund
Well-known credit specialist Dagmar Kent Kershaw has taken up a position as a non-executive director at Aberdeen Smaller Companies Income Trust

Term structures flatten in Europe as Commerzbank prices new CLO
Commerzbank Debt Fund Management has issued a new European CLO, according to market sources

Avenue to call it a day in European direct lending
Avenue Capital Management has pulled the plug on its European direct lending business

Nordic asset manager launches debut private credit fund
A Helsinki-based manager has partnered with MV Credit Partners for its debut direct lending fund

ICG hires Avenue Capital’s Lockhead for direct lending role
Intermediate Capital Group has announced that it has hired Avenue Capital’s Peter Lockhead for its direct lending business in Europe