Creditflux parent rebrands as Acuris
Creditflux’s parent company gained a new name last month, with Mergermarket Group relaunching as Acuris

Past returns: drawing crowds is not easy for bond trading platforms
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Spotlight: Local exchange carriers - calling for rescue on the M&A hotline
Growth-starved US phone companies are seeing consolidation as the best way to improve performance

Leading fund: Lupus Alpha CLO Opportunity Notes I
Single-B CLO trades boost Lupus Alpha asset Management

Fund platform AMX eyeballs credit funds
Willis Towers Watson’s hedge fund platform has grown to $1.5 billion – and there is space for credit managers  

Cheyne hires former BlueBay official Robertson to lead new credit unit
Cheyne is targeting below investment grade credit and has hired the former global head of leveraged finance at BlueBay to lead a newly-assembled team of three

Axa IM global loan fund tops €1 billion in AUM
Axa Investment Managers has announced that its Axa IM Loan Fund has hit €1 billion in size.

SEB appoints head of loan syndication in London
SEB has made another change to its loans divison

20-year Citi veteran earns promotion to head of European credit trading
Citi’s global head of distressed debt has been promoted to head of credit trading for Europe, the middle east and Africa, officials at the bank have confirmed

Spotlight: Satellite operators - sending signals of distress
Satellite operators are trying to transmit optimistic messages – but they admit that prices for data services are falling

It’s starting to look like 2007
It’s beginning to look a lot like 2007. Everywhere you go. 

Fees on the line as CLO investors fight back over ramp-up failings
CLO managers globally are being chastised for failing to deliver on their model portfolios.

SEB promotes leveraged finance official in Frankfurt
SEB says that leveraged finance specialist Stuart Hewer has been appointed as its new head of acquisition finance

Ares brings in leveraged finance specialist Higgins as partner in credit group
The former global head of long-only credit strategies at BlueBay Asset Management has resurfaced at Ares Management in London

Bank of Ireland promotes loan syndications head after recent departure
Bank of Ireland has promoted an 11-year veteran after losing its head of leveraged acquisition finance to Bridgepoint recently

GoldenTree squares up for huge credit interval fund launch
GoldenTree Asset Management has partnered with a retail distribution giant on the latest example of a credit interval fund, according to SEC filings

Loan b-wic suggests liquidation of 2007 European CLO
A loan portfolio circulating in the secondary market this week may represent the liquidation of a 2007 European CLO, based on analysis of its holdings

Citi adds to high yield sales team in London
Citi has announced that it has hired high yield sales specialist Richard Caldwell in London

Loan total return swaps make their way to Europe following US success
Total return swaps have become a popular way to finance portfolios of US leveraged loans in recent years. And now the product may be about to make it big in Europe too.

What you really need to know about covenants
Loan covenants are evolving and it’s vital you know your ‘loose’ from your ‘lite’, so check out this guide

Spotlight: Data centres - clear skies ahead for cloud providers
Demand for data centres is strong and there is no sign so far that the market is overheating

It pays to eat your own cooking
CLO managers affiliated with PE firms buy extra debt from companies owned by those firms – and it seems to give them an advantage

Things aren’t always what they seem
Buy CLO triple As but don’t be fooled by diversity scores; take a look at credit index futures if you need liquidity; and watch out for quasi-mid market loans appearing in CLOs