Bespoke gains pull CLO buyers as market tipped to hit $100bn
Synthetic bespoke issuance could catch up with the more visible CLO market this year, say structured credit specialists

Tabula launches ETF to capture iTraxx Crossover and CDX HY volatility premia
Tabula Investment Management, a European fixed income exchange traded fund (ETF) provider, has launched a product aimed at capturing the volatility premium embedded in index options on iTraxx Crossover and its US counterpart CDX HY

BlackRock unveils ESG-focused emerging market debt suite
BlackRock has launched a series of emerging market debt funds that will have an environmental,social and governance (ESG) focus

LCH expands into US with CDSClear as JP Morgan goes live
CDSClear, the Paris-based credit default swap clearing house of LCH, has expanded its reach into the US with JP Morgan becoming the first US bank to offer client clearing

Global head of credit correlation leaves JP Morgan to launch new hedge fund
Market sources say that a high profile figure, known to have been responsible for unwinding JP Morgan's 'London whale' positions, has left the bank to start his own hedge fund

JP Morgan keeps up synthetic CDO momentum
Sources say that JP Morgan priced a $500 million synthetic CDO last month, underlining its position as one of the key deal arrangers in this market

BNY Mellon taps former JP Morgan director for structured products role
BNY Mellon has hired London-based Elizabeth Grier as director and sales executive focusing on hedge fund, ETF and structured products

JP Morgan AM launches new multi-asset investment trust
A manager's best mate is its fund: JP Morgan AM launches Multi-Asset Trust (Mate)

Former Claren Road professionals raise more than $274 million for credit fund
New York based Duane Park Credit Management has raised more than $274 million for its credit fund since launching in 2016, regulatory filings indicate

That's a first: Oxford University prices 100-year bond
The debt, which has a Aaa rating by Moody’s, will not reach maturity until 8 December 2117 – giving it the longest duration of any UK higher education bond in history

Oxford University turns to the debt market with plans for a 100-year bond
Oxford has hired US investment bank JP Morgan to arrange investor meetings this week in London and Edinburgh about the bond, which has collected an Aaa rating by Moody's

JP Morgan Asset Management reports record AUM
JP Morgan Chase’s asset and wealth management business reported assets under management of $1.94 trillion for third quarter 2017, an AUM boost that reflected higher market levels and net inflows into liquidity and long-term products

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

GoldenTree hires JP Morgan executive to head new Australian office
New York-based credit specialist GoldenTree Asset Management has opened an office in Sydney - and hired a JP Morgan executive - as part of its push into the Asia-Pacific region

JP Morgan Asset Management hires distressed credit trading duo
Two JP Morgan distressed credit specialists who left a year ago for a rumoured move to the buy side have turned up on the buy side – back at JP Morgan

Direct lender Kartesia hires from JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs
Direct lender Kartesia has announced that it has hired two associates in London and an analyst for its office in Brussels

JP Morgan loses another leveraged finance specialist to the buy side
Reuters is reporting that a levfin specialist is leaving JP Morgan in London to take up a managing director-level role at a large global credit hedge fund manager

JP Morgan credit specialist set to join large credit manager in London
An experienced banker is leaving the leveraged finance desk at JP Morgan ahead of a move to the buy side. He is set to be involved with his new employer's upcoming direct lending fund

JP Morgan and Credit Suisse pick up loan traders in London
JP Morgan and Credit Suisse play musical chairs with loan traders in London 

JP Morgan conference pinpoints distressed credit as the place to be
Credit allocators are seeing value in distressed credit, according to a round-up of an event hosted by JP Morgan's primebrokerage arm