Past returns
We look back to when CLO investors were morphing into CLO managers and when BlueCrest went on a hiring spree for its credit business

Creditflux enhances CLO-i database
Creditflux is happy to announce that CLO-i, our CLO and loan database, now has expanded coverage of every US and European deal in the market

Large US CLO manager prices its first refi of 2017 via Credit Suisse
A US manager that typically favours resets over refis has achieved a 68bp cut in CLO triple A financing as part of a refi

White & Case promotes three credit lawyers to partners in US and Europe
White & Case has announced the promotion of three lawyers with credit expertise to its partnership in offices across the US and Europe

Genesis of a CLO desk
On the 10-year anniversary of Genesis CDO I, Creditflux analyses the development of Deutsche Bank’s structured credit desk. By Hugh Minch

Angelo Gordon leads the way as US CLO managers turn to Europe
US CLO managers are looking to replicate their success domestically by building European CLO businesses

Investors prefer direct lending to CLOs
For the first time in the history of Creditflux’s credit allocator survey, investors have voted direct lending the best investment in credit. CLOs came joint second. By Michelle D’souza

Infrastructure-backed CLOs return as $450 million deal prices
An investment bank affiliate has priced the first CLO backed by infrastructure assets since the financial crisis

Oak Hill launches new CLO-focused hedge fund
Oak Hill Advisors has so far raised $77.4 million for an offshore fund that invests in CLOs, filings suggest

Accunia prices its second CLO in €386.6 million transaction
Accunia European CLO II priced yesterday in a deal arranged by Deutsche Bank

CVC Credit appoints chairman as credit CIO steps down
CVC Credit Partners has today announced that Stephen Hickey will be leaving the firm for personal reasons. Joining the firm will be former JP Morgan leveraged finance head Hamish Buckland

Job opportunity with Fair Oaks Capital
Fair Oaks Capital is looking for an investment manager in New York

Founder looks to take structured credit manager Zais private
Founder Christian Zugel has bid to take Zais Group private, ending its two year stint as a public company

Axa unwinds short-maturity CLO fund as 1.0 universe dwindles
Axa Investment Managers has recently wound down a fund designed to take advantage of a short-term opportunity in ageing CLO debt tranches

CLO industry says Citi marries quality and quantity
Citi, Nomura and Wells Fargo are among the leading service providers to the CLO industry, according to the results of Creditflux’s first ever CLO Census

Why CLOs will not cause the next financial crisis
It is hard to imagine a world in which CLO triple As suffer losses, but we should not be complacent

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Macquarie confirms senior fund specialist appointment
Macquarie has hired former Investec fund finance specialist Steve Berry to head up its Macquarie Specialised Investment Solutions division

JP Morgan promotes experienced manager to head European CLO business
The reshuffle at JP Morgan fills the hole left by former head of European CLOs Amberine Nagree

New York pension gets behind CLO manager's risk retention vehicle
The New York State Common Retirement Fund invested $450m in two credit funds in July, documents seen by Creditflux reveal

CLO round-up: number of US managers unfazed by risk retention hits 70
It says a lot about the CLO market this year that a week in which $1.6 billion of new issue paper prices qualifies as a 'quiet' week. Our analysis finds that 70 managers have priced new US CLOs this year - a 52% increase on 2016

Marathon leads the pack to top US CLO performance tables
Recently refinanced CLOs top our ranking of the deals with the highest equity distributions over the last week with Marathon Asset Management leading the way

Institutional investors - does Europe still provide the best opportunities in credit?
Cash or synthetics, CLOs versus CMBS, senior or junior debt? Institutional investors have a variety of ways to approach credit investing and Creditflux's biannual survey of credit allocators aims to determine which market they view as offering compelling returns

CLO round-up: it's a good time to be a debut manager
New managers are taking advantage of welcoming debt investors by speedily raising CLOs. Our analysis shows that 2017 is the perhaps the best time to price a debut CLO since 2013