Credit funds at a glance
Fund performance, fund raising and LP commitments

Jump in loan prices sees CLO primary stall in the US
US CLO primary supply almost ground to a halt in June with just three transactions printing in the first half of the month

Credit funds at a glance
Fund raising and people moves

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge fund returns

Fund performance
A roundup of fund performance

Credit hedge fund returns (May 2023)
Credit hedge fund returns

Credit funds at a glance (May 2023)
A round-up of people moves and fund raising

March madness sees most funds give up gains made in Q1
After a positive start to the year, credit funds ended the quarter with a step backwards; just under 30% of those listed reached positive returns for the month.

CLO funds make best of a bad situation
It can’t get any worse can it? Well, it did in 2022, when credit spreads kept moving wider. Still, CLO funds were able to withstand the pressure, and they outperformed other credit strategies

Credit hedge fund returns (April 2023)
Credit hedge fund returns

Chance of CLO refis and resets returning this year despite volatility, says Oxford Funds
CLO refinancing and reset activity could return in limited situations later in 2023 despite the ongoing uncertainty around the economy

Large CLO investor sells three post-reinvestment anchor equity positions
Three control equity positions were on sale on Thursday at 9am EST (2pm GMT) in the same list. The bwic listing was made up of three 2017 US CLOs, all of which are post-reinvestment and have not been reset in the years since

Rope-a-dope brings knock-out returns
Post-pandemic US and European CLOs delivered mid-teen equity returns in 2022, despite a barrage of weak macroeconomic news and what could have been a heavyweight Libor mismatch  

Fund performance: Credit funds end difficult 2022 on a positive note
In December 66% of credit funds reached a positive return, following an even better November where 81% of all funds pushed into the black

Credit hedge fund returns (February 2023)
Credit hedge fund returns

Parallel CLO tranche sinks deeper into triple C
Parallel 2015-1’s junior-most debt tranche was downgraded to Caa3 late last year by Moody’s

Points up front: Whatever the size, CLO performance dwarfs others
A graphic depicting the investment fund universe was doing the rounds on social media late in 2022...

Are we ready for another crisis?
Credit managers must brace themselves for stress in 2023, as rates rise and the number of poor performing assets increases. But most CLOs look well-placed and can rely on plump OC cushions 

Not every CLO can be a winner
The CLO industry has undeniably performed well enough to justify the plaudits it receives. But there will always be some unloved CLO tranches that slip into triple C territory

Fund performance: Light at the end of the tunnel for credit funds after difficult year
Following a tough September, credit funds bounced back in October as 59% of funds made positive returns.

Credit hedge fund returns (December 2023)
Credit hedge fund returns

Manager looks to cut HY exposures in CLO-heavy credit interval fund
A credit fund manager has provided a performance update on is multi-strategy closed-end credit fund through regulatory filings, revealing it has beat its benchmark from 1 April to 30 September despite losing 13.66%

Plenty more US CLOs in the CCC as buckets pass 5%, finds S&P
US CLO triple C baskets have nudged to 5.02% in November from 4.4% the prior month

"CLOs could withstand another 13.4% of downgrades to triple C if the price drops to 50"
CLOs are well positioned, even if there are mass downgrades to triple C