Credit hedge funds – September 2026
Credit hedge fund performance

CVC hires TPG's Sisitsky as future co-CEO as Rob Lucas plans to step back
CVC’s CEO Rob Lucas will step back from his role, to be replaced with former TPG president Todd Sisitsky and current CVC President Peter Rutland as co-CEOs, according to a company announcement

Up and at ’em, even in August
What August slowdown? Even as the summer sun beats down, credit market participants have been busy dealing with a pickup in volatility. The main culprit? Artificial intelligence. Questions are flaring about its near-term profitability amid a mind-boggling capex arms race. So this month, we feature a dive into data centre financing, where credit spreads are widening but issuers are still borrowing

Fund performance – August 2026
Most categories average flat returns in middling June

Fund performance – July 2026
Smaller gains in May moderate strong April performance

Sante Cie loan rebounds following call to reassure lenders
EUR 820m TLB offered around 80 cents; Gibson Dunn holds call with lender group

The Quality Group pre-markets in quieter primary as buyside battles repricings, Sante Cie loan plunges - Europe Loan Digest
Strong technical pushes prints in new lows; CLOs struggling with arbitrage hold floor for single-Bs; Sante Cie dives in secondary on asset freeze news

Repricing wave brings back pain for CLO arbitrage – Europe Loan Digest
Ineos offers premium talk compared to market; performing credits shave up to 50bps off existing debt

Fund performance – June 2026
Emerging markets hit top spot and CLO funds rebound after blip

First Eagle taps AlbaCore alum for alternative credit product sales
Edward Berry joins as a managing director in London and will help distribute the firm’s alternative credit products, including those under the Napier Park brand

European credit spreads remain resilient — BlackRock
Healthy fundamentals and low default risk means that European credit spreads are showing resilience, at least for now, according to BlackRock’s latest fixed-income outlook

Golub shakes up leadership with co-CEOs, co-Presidents appointments
The alternative credit manager will have three co-presidents after promoting Spyro Alexopoulos and hiring two new executives

Fund performance – May 2026
Volatility hurts as most funds record negative returns

Lipton raises EUR 50m equity and EUR 160m secured loan from CVC

Fund performance – April 2026
CLO funds struggle with worst performance in more than three years

Loan market sell-off set to widen, Sealed Air enters primary despite expected issuance slowdown – Europe Loan Digest
Electronic Arts to price today; strong CLO bid protects prices from macro volatility

Muzinich appoints Tatjana Greil Castro as global head of investments
The privately-owned corporate credit specialist has also appointed Thomas Samson as global head of high yield and Hugo Wheeler as head of global accounts and marketing

Fund performance – March 2026
Mixed month for CLO funds mars credit’s positive start to 2026

Private credit still deploying despite increasing risks – head of credit at CVC
PODCAST: Andrew Davies, head of credit at CVC Capital Partners, says the present uncertainty offered opportunities to reconsider the pricing of transactions, and the ability to structure those deals more conservatively

European originators hit brakes on ABS primary as geopolitics weigh on market
European ABS market has remained relatively resilient to geopolitical tensions, but originators still opt to pause deals

Fund performance – December 2025
All categories end 2025 positively as Pictet Alt takes 12-month crown

Credit funds at a glance – December 2025
Our roundup of top performers, fundraising and moves in credit

Alcentra adopts BSP brand, winds down direct lending biz
The Franklin Templeton-owned credit shops have also created a new global executive committee that brings together leaders from BSP, Alcentra and the newly acquired European lower middle market lender Apera

Private credit investors chase higher risk-return—Campbell Lutyens
A new survey shows investors are seeking higher returning strategies amid expectations of lower rates, while also turning away from the dominant North American market

Janus Henderson launches new BBB-focused European CLO UCITS fund
FUND LAUNCH: Dubbed Janus Henderson Global IG CLO Active Core, the new fund offers investors floating rate exposure to investment-grade CLOs rated AAA to BBB-, primarily targeting BBB-rated securities