Hedgers stay put as crossover roll drives trading
Market participants who were positioned short the iTraxx Crossover index, including those using it as a proxy hedge for CLOs, ABS and emerging market credit, are showing greater reluctance than usual to roll into the new series

Points up front: structuring is in his blood
Very few people can claim they were born to structure CLOs, but perhaps GreensLedge’s new recruit Peter Melichar is the exception

Points up front: clickbait headlines? Us?
Last month ABS specialist TwentyFour Asset Management wrote a blog titled, “The next crisis will begin with... clickbait headlines”. He's not referring to us, surely?

August: fund performance
CLO spreads jumped wider in August, but funds that invest in these assets have been able to outperform

September: credit funds at a glance
White Oak Global Advisors held a $2.1 billion final close on a new direct lending fund, while Phil Raciti's move from CVC Credit Partners to Halcyon Capital Management was one of the biggest moves in the credit industry

Oak Hill markets new issue CLO via JP Morgan in first-time partnership
Oak Hill Advisors is marketing its first European CLO of the year, with JP Morgan understood to be arranging the deal

Ostrum AM and Natixis's asset management arm undergo rejig
Natixis has rejigged its asset management business as the firm eyes expansion, according to market sources

September: CLOs at a glance
For a full breakdown of CLO issuance in September click here

Investcorp issues €457.5 million CLO reset with triple As at 93.5bp
Investcorp priced its eighth CLO transaction of the year on Friday, resetting a 2016 deal that became callable in July

Global CLO round-up: US market has a fair-way to catch up to Europe
As the Ryder Cup drives a wedge between the US and Europe, managers putt their hopes in CLOs. But the European market is in the lead with three deals to one as Creditflux goes to press

Brexit disruption risk for derivatives is uncomfortably high, Nicky Morgan tells ISDA conference
Brexit cast a long shadow over the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s Europe Conference in London this week, as keynote speaker Nicky Morgan, chair of the UK’s House of Commons Select Committee, said the likelihood of a no-deal scenario is over 50% and warned about the disruption this would cause to derivative markets

GSO set to reignite 2014 vintage Phoenix CLO
GSO is marketing a reissue of its 2014 CLO that left its reinvestment period in July

GLG prices second new issue European CLO of 2018
GLG Partners is back in the CLO new issue market, according to sources

Axa IM wastes no time resetting 2016 deal as spreads head wider
European CLOs still reset straight out the gate, with Axa Investment Managers yesterday resetting its 2016 deal Adagio V CLO just days after it left its non-call period on 15 September

Seasoned European CLO structurer lands at GreensLedge
An experienced CLO structurer has landed at GreensLedge in London, where he takes up a role as managing director

BlackRock becomes latest manager to explore interval fund structure for credit
Several managers have hit the market with the interval fund structure, as investors look to invest in illiquid strategies through an illiquid fund structure

BlackRock names head of US CLO business, reports Reuters
BlackRock has appointed Owen Butler to lead its US CLO business, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters

Reed Smith adds former NatWest structured finance specialist to its team
Law firm Reed Smith has added structured finance specialist David Barton as counsel in its London office

Spreads jump tighter again as KKR prices new European CLO
CLO triple A spreads in Europe have been inconsistent of late with recent deals pricing within a 10 basis point range. The latest CLO to be issued on the continent emerged late on Friday and its pricing is tight relative to market spreads

Cairn prices 10th CLO as European triple As hit 100bp once more
European CLO triple A spreads have reached triple figures for the first time in almost two years as the market continues to widen

Protiviti hires ex-structured credit specialist to head European lender due diligence
Consulting firm Protiviti has hired a former structured credit specialist as head of European lender due diligence and risk management

Debtwire: Acis bankruptcy judge looks to mediation as litigation piles up
Acis Capital Management’s Chapter 11 trustee is developing a new plan proposal that would rectify a provision that caused a bankruptcy judge to reject an earlier plan two weeks ago

Orchard hires former UBS credit index options and tranches global head
Orchard Global Asset Management has hired an ex-UBS senior correlation trader as a portfolio manager in London

Euribor cap makes second appearance as Citi prices reset for Alcentra
Citi has issued a second CLO featuring a capped tranche at the triple A level, according to market sources

Control equity up for grabs in two 2015 CLOs this Wednesday
Control equity in two 2015 CLOs is up for auction at 9.30am New York time this Wednesday