Derivative credit funds outperform cash funds
Derivative credit funds outperform cash funds

CLO manager pushes into credit fund management
CLO manager pushes into credit fund management

Consultant turns fund manager
Consultant turns fund manager

London-based start-up credit manager brings two new partners on board
London-based start-up credit manager brings two new partners on board

Loan managers compete to pick up separate account mandates
Loan managers compete to pick up separate account mandates

Hong Kong-based structurers start fund
Hong Kong-based structurers start fund

Month of agony for most credit funds
Month of agony for most credit funds

Cash credit collapse fells loan funds
Cash credit collapse fells loan funds

Funds flee investment banks and seek JP Morgan as prime broker
JP Morgan has emerged as by far the biggest beneficiary of credit hedge funds’ move away from investment banks for prime brokerage

Equity investors in BlackRock-managed UBS fund set to lose almost entire stake
Equity investors in BlackRock-managed UBS fund set to lose almost entire stake

Big name partners attract funds for structured opportunities strategy
Big name partners attract funds for structured opportunities strategy

Lehman Brothers collapse and loan falls dent returns
Lehman Brothers collapse and loan falls dent returns

Short fund shuts after good returns
Short fund shuts after good returns

Credit hedge funds escape fall-out from collapse of Lehman Brothers
Lehman Brothers’ collapse has hit directly only a handful of hedge funds involved in credit, according to a number of buy-side sources, since few credit specialists used Lehman as a prime broker

Market veterans join forces on new credit hedge fund
Market veterans join forces on new credit hedge fund

Cheyne Capital takes top manager award
Cheyne was one of the big winners at the 2008 Creditflux Manager Awards

Magnetar hires London-based veteran to drive move into Europe
Magnetar hires London-based veteran to drive move into Europe

Former Deutsche credit heads raise capital for asset-based lending fund
Well placed sources indicate that a London-based team of senior former Deutsche Bank credit derivatives specialists has succeeded in raising some €500 million of capital commitments for a new credit fund with a novel strategy

Positive performance from Dallas-based manager as it joins index
A credit fund launched at the end of 2007 has become the latest addition to Creditflux’s closely followed listing of credit hedge fund returns

Counterparty risk fears drive growth of exchange-traded credit funds
Counterparty risk fears drive growth of exchange-traded credit funds

Quantifi becomes first vendor to add new breed of correlation model
A new kind of correlation model that is causing excitement among some large banks will be added to a commercial software product for the first time

Protection sellers look to challenge ACA settlement
Protection sellers look to challenge ACA settlement

Boutique investment bank adds credit assets under management
Boutique investment bank adds credit assets under management

New venture marks the return of pure credit funds
New venture marks the return of pure credit funds

Bond manager gains ability to trade credit derivatives
UK-based asset manager M&G Investment Management has become the latest to gain an ability to trade credit derivatives across a range of its credit-oriented funds