PDM liquidates CLO funds after 20% per year returns
Permira Debt Managers is liquidating two structured credit funds after generating strong returns

Investors nod through wind up of 1.0 euro CLOs
CLOs may have weathered the storm of the financial crisis far better than other structured products, but the tally of CLO defaults is quietly growing

They said it: the dangers of corporate finance
Cairn Capital's Asif Godall gives his take on companies that don't have a deleveraging plan

Engineering and construction: diversification leads to deepening debt
In trying to build a more global roster of clients, some construction companies may have dug a hole for themselves

Private debt performance shines in institutional investing study
A quarter of institutional investors say private debt outperformed their expectations over 12 months to 28 August 2017

Hedge fund with US and UK offices to shutter following poor performance
The New York-based firm, which invested in a range of strategies including long/short liquid credit, is shutting down and returning all capital to investors

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

CLO managers return to new issues
The frenetic pace of refis and resets slowed in the third quarter as CLO managers – new and old – turned their attention to building assets

New European credit firm hires investor relations head from CQS after strong start
A recently-launched fund manager has hired from CQS after raising roughly €100 million for its debut credit opps fund

Marathon fund doubles assets in six months
Marathon's Emerging Markets Bond Fund substantially increased its assets between March and September – more than doubling its AUM, according to estimated figures

Euro CLO round-up: KKR Credit prices record-setting CLO
Times are good for European CLO managers (on the liability side of things at least) with CLO spreads as tight as they have been since the rebirth of the market in 2013

Euro CLO round-up: innovators and renovators rip out floors and refurbish deals
Barings and Cairn entered the CLO refi market this week to produce two transactions that will be remembered as pioneers in their field

2017 PGIM deal tops ranking of best-performing European CLOs
A PGIM-managed 2017 deal, Dryden 48 Euro CLO, made its first equity distribution in August, with the €6 million payment pushing the deal to the top of our CLO performance rankings for the month

Axa unwinds short-maturity CLO fund as 1.0 universe dwindles
Axa Investment Managers has recently wound down a fund designed to take advantage of a short-term opportunity in ageing CLO debt tranches

Marathon leads the pack to top US CLO performance tables
Recently refinanced CLOs top our ranking of the deals with the highest equity distributions over the last week with Marathon Asset Management leading the way

Apollo notches up 100% CLO refi/reset record
It’s not easy being a large CLO manager and staying on top of the refi-reset market, but Apollo has managed to do just that

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”

CLO boom encourages new ideas
Volumes are up, spreads are down and risk retention is a doddle. That must mean it’s time to push the boat out and innovate

Spotlight: Local exchange carriers - calling for rescue on the M&A hotline
Growth-starved US phone companies are seeing consolidation as the best way to improve performance

Leading fund: Lupus Alpha CLO Opportunity Notes I
Single-B CLO trades boost Lupus Alpha asset Management

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

CSAM scores rare double-digit final return for pre-crisis euro CLO
Credit Suisse Asset Management yesterday completed its first redemption of a European CLO, a rare deal that has made uninterrupted distributions to equity since before the crisis

New credit fund manager Caius posts 20%-plus returns for 2017
Recently launched credit fund manager Caius Capital has put in spectacular returns so far in 2017, according to investor sources

Debtwire ABS round-up: euro RMBS spreads reach new tights
Spreads have been tightening across the structured credit market; a weekly round-up by Debtwire highlights how an RMBS deal, Residential Mortgage Securities 30, priced at the tightest levels since the financial crisis