Credit markets have become more stable and behave differently – KKR’s Eddie O’Neill
PODCAST: The co-head of global liquid credit at KKR sees opportunities and reasons for optimism after the recent market upheaval, especially in Europe and Asia in the latest "Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee" podcast

Funds at a glance – March 2025
Leading fund – Lupus Alpha CLO Opportunity Notes I

This year sees elections affecting about 49% of the world’s population
There are many reasons to fear the populist right, but markets are more scared of uncertainty

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge fund performance

IACPM survey finds credit PMs still gloomy, but less so than last quarter
Respondents to the latest IACPM Credit Outlook Survey are still negative about future credit conditions, but less so than in previous surveys

BlackRock reshuffles European fixed income group leadership
BlackRock is rearranging its European fundamental fixed income group with a new senior-level promotion, as veteran Michael Krautzberger plans his departure

Schroders Capital adds new global head of business development and product
Schroders Capital turned to ICG to source its newly-created role of global head of business development and product

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge funds

Credit funds at a glance
Credit funds at a glance

Fund performance: CLO funds dominate top 10, but long-short and Ucits funds find places too
CLO funds made sure to end the year their way: once again they claimed most of the top performance spots. Six of the 10 best-performing funds in December have a majority of their assets invested in CLOs.

Muzinich launches investment-grade credit fund
Muzinich & Co. has launched the Muzinich Global Market Duration Investment Grade Fund, which will focus primarily on investing in global corporate investment grade bonds

Credit PMs remain gloomy in latest IACPM survey
Survey participants in the latest IACPM Credit Outlook Survey believe the euphoria seen in global financial markets during the last few months of 2023 was overdone

2023: a bumper year for CLO funds
It looks like 2023 will finish as a solid year for most credit funds, and an outstanding one for CLO funds. But funds pursuing corporate distressed strategies continued to struggle

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge fund performance

Credit funds at a glance
Credit funds at a glance

HSBC AM launches revolving credit facility strategy
New approach will expand access to revolvers as a diversifier to traditional private credit strategies

Blackstone to close multi-strategy fund after assets fell nearly 90%
Blackstone plans to shut down its Blackstone Diversified Multi-strategy Fund by the end of the year after assets within the fund declined by nearly 90% in the last four years

BlueOrchard launches impact credit fund
A new BlueOrchard impact credit fund promotes financial inclusion and adds to the market's growing list of ESG-related investment opportunities

Credit hedge funds
Hedge fund performance tables

Credit funds at a glance
Fund performance; people hires; fundraising 

ESG initiatives should avoid unfavourable reactions by pursuing substance over form
By any financial measure, the collaboration of trans activist Dylan Mulvaney with Bud Light hurt the brand. What was formerly America’s best-selling beer saw its market share collapse — from over 35% in May 2023 to around 9% in June — because of a boycott by US conservatives after a 60-second TikTok video aired of Mulvaney drinking it.

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

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge funds performance data

Societe Generale teams up with Brookfield for €10 billion private debt fund
New fund launched with €2.5 billion of seed funding and plans to reach their target over the next four years

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