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Past returns: Permira’s considered approach to CLO launches
This month 10 years ago, private equity firm Permira made its debut in the European CLO market

Going short IG against the ECB will eventually pay off
Chenavari’s Demian Brasil takes our credit quiz

Markets are complacent and partying like it’s 2006
Algebris’s Alberto Gallo takes our credit quiz

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

How credit fraud could make a comeback
Easy credit leads inevitably to fraud, whether in consumer credit or corporate lending

Rating outlook: It's a matter of life and spread for CLO managers
Stabilisation of loan spreads and recovery rates spells good news for European CLO managers

As my grandmother said: ‘pay up for good quality’
Redhedge's Seminara takes our credit quiz

Points up front: dancing in the street
Romantic Italian credit hedge fund manager woes wife-to-be with flash mob

They said it
When you’re early by six or more years it’s not clear you can ever be described as having been right”

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

Past returns: drawing crowds is not easy for bond trading platforms
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Join the debate: CLO ramp-up failings
“There is one manager out there that has got away with this behaviour for several years. The ‘fight back’ from investors is overdue”

Points up front: the biggest leaving do of the year
Key players from across the CLO industry gathered to bid farewell to Alcentra’s Hiram Hamilton, who is swapping London for New York. 

German direct lending will grow for two decades
Patrimonium’s Daniel Heine takes our credit quiz

We only defeat a monster by building a new one
Whatever happened to Lombard Risk? New competition for Bloomberg messaging is a sign of history repeating

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

They said it: Changing the rules
“The ECB has just changed the rules. You can get zero-ed overnight.” 

Past returns: Spanish financials trade comes good
Five years ago, hedge funds piled into Spanish bank debt on the belief that a bail-out of Spain would leave senior bank debt investors unscathed. 

Tuna fishing with a harpoon is a lot like picking credits
AlbaCore's David Allen takes our credit quiz                                        

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

They said it: Two analysts won’t do
“You’ll get smoked”

Points up front: dying question
The delicate reason, why it may not be possible to call a CLO..

Past returns: mixing synthetics and ethics
In Creditflux 10 years ago we looked at how Société Générale was pitching an “ethical” synthetic CDO

The seven deadly sins of credit fund reporting
Writing investor reports can be a thankless task, but there are ways to avoid the most sinful errors