Pamplona gets new seed capital commitment
The seed investor in a credit hedge fund has extended the lock-up period on its investment

Axa ramps up credit fund to take on loan portfolio slices
Axa Investment Managers is ramping up what is thought to be the largest fund launched to date targeting synthetic opportunities in bank regulatory capita

Structured credit specialist starts firm
A former structured credit sales and trading specialist is founding a venture capital firm

Credit funds put in strong half-year performance
The first half of 2011 saw some spectacular returns in certain credit hedge fund categories

Team behind top fund quits to set up new credit manager
An Amsterdam-based team behind a credit hedge fund struck out on its own

Credit hedge fund manager builds long-only business
A long established North American private equity firm is looking to build its presence in long-only credit

Economic headwinds buffet credit hedge fund returns
May was a challenging month for credit hedge funds

Highland loan mutual funds merge
Highland Capital announced last month that it had merged its two loan mutual funds

Managers look to add ‘liquid’ CLOs to ucits funds
There is growing interest in adding CLOs to these increasingly popular European funds

Serone Capital hires ex-JP Morgan prop trader
A London-based credit asset manager makes expansion plans

New firm seeks alpha in Latin American high yield credit
A former London-based credit specialist, now relocated to his native Brazil, is setting up a credit hedge fund manager

Crystal’s structured funds put in sparkling returns
New to the Creditflux hedge fund listings this month are three funds managed by Crystal Fund

Credit hedge funds shrug off March selling
Credit hedge funds largely sailed through the sell-off in March to put in a flat or slightly positive performance.

Pimco rumour fuels storm in a cup of coco
A fight is brewing in the investment management space over the possibility of contingent capital bonds (cocos) entering cash bond indices, say sources

New ucits fund aims to take advantage of India’s credit growth
London-based asset manager ACPI has launched an India fixed income ucits fund to accompany its current offshore India fixed income fund

Credit managers race to tap equity funds for capital
Credit managers are looking to raise nearly $2 billion of capital for new business development companies (BDCs), as competition to bring new vehicles to market intensifies.

No longer long-only: loan managers learn to hedge
A new concept is spreading like wild fire among investment managers specialising in loans: hedging. 

BDC loan assets soared in 2010 and continue to rise
Business development companies that invest in US mid-market debt increased their net assets by 60% last year

Structured credit funds continue strong run
Credit hedge funds in the ABS/CDOs category continued their strong run in February, according to our latest data

Strongly performing distressed fund makes debut
Phoenix Investment Adviser-managed JLP Credit Opportunity Fund has been one of the best performing distressed funds in recent months

Brazilian bank pushes into European credit
A Brazilian wealth management specialist has hired a team of sell-side credit prop traders

Strong run for structured credit hedge funds
January saw strong returns for credit hedge funds across the board

GSO launches freewheeling credit mutual fund
The latest addition to Creditflux’s listing of credit funds is a closed-end fund that launched at the end of January

French asset manager eyes emerging market funds launch
A spate of new emerging market debt fund launches are expected in coming months