Credit hedge funds (May 2022)
Credit hedge fund returns  

Ucits at a glance: Robus stands tall among Ucits funds
27% of Ucits funds had positive returns in March, a slight improvement from 10% in February

CLO triple As lag recovery as IG relative value opens up
The CLO market rebounded in late April after a volatile two months following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but triple A notes have lagged the recovery even as mezzanine debt tranches tightened

Dispersion begets dispersion in mixed bag of fund returns
Idiosyncratic risks are set to rise in credit, with fund managers becoming occupied with tail risks, and that has been seen in a scattered set of March hedge fund returns

Arb work pays off
With day-one arbitrage alone delivering projected CLO cash-on-cash returns of 20-25%, 2021 may have been the best year ever for equity investors — at least until CLO spreads began to widen  

Fund performance: Credit slumps widely as CLOs lag furthest behind
February’s market turn brought a variety of fund categories into the Creditflux top ten as six different categories were represented -- US high yield standing tallest among them

Credit hedge funds (April 2022)
Credit hedge fund returns

Ucits at a glance: Long-short funds provide resistance in tough month
In February, Ucits funds followed market sentiment as 90% made negative returns

Attack-minded CLO managers capitalise on bearish outlook
Some of the most aggressive CLO managers have benefited from loan market volatility in March after having tweaked their portfolios in the months beforehand

CLO funds post first negative month since outbreak of covid
Funds that invest in CLOs took a hammering in February, underperforming all parts of the credit market in the immediate aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Market participants split over biggest risk to CLOs: Creditflux US CLO Summit
There are potential threats to the CLO market from all angles, but during a lively opening panel at Creditflux’s US CLO Summit on Tuesday – the first CLO conference to be held in New York since the pandemic – speakers responded to a poll showing 67% of audience members felt inflation/rising interest rates was the biggest hazard

Three US CLOs join growing list of deals to default
Another three US CLOs have the ignominy of having their tranches downgraded to D, taking the total list of 2.0 CLOs to default to eight. Before August 2021, 2.0 CLOs had a clean record according to S&P ratings 

CBAM: star power, friends in insurance, and doing things 'my way'
"And now the end is here, and so I face that final curtain... I've lived a life that's full, I traveled each and every highway, And more, much more
I did it, I did it my way". Sinatra could easily have been thinking of CBAM when he penned these lyrics. We look back at how a group of experienced CLO officials came together to launch a mega player in the CLO business in no time at all 

HY fund is exception to rule of CLOs
CLO funds have had back-to-back years of outperformance versus credit, proving the asset class is a great place to invest, rain or shine. But a Wasserstein HY fund was the star performer in 2021  

Ucits at a glance: 2022 opens shakily but with a familiar lead
Ucits funds moved slowly into 2022 as 59% made negative returns in January

Packaging company Schur is painful for European CLOs
The dramatic fall in loans taken out by Austrian flexible plastic packaging manufacturer Schur Flexibles has shocked CLO managers. The firm is hiring PJT Partners and Allen & Overy ahead of a potential restructuring

Fund performance: Groundhog Day as 2021 leaders start strong
CLO funds once again claim the most top performing spots as seven out of 10 funds belong to the category

Credit hedge funds (March 2022)
Credit hedge fund returns

CLOs outperform yet again despite tough month for credit
CLOs can do no wrong it seems, and funds that invest in them topped Creditflux’s credit hedge fund rankings once again in January

BNP Paribas AM claims debtholder agreement means US CLO 'default' was avoided
BNP Paribas Asset Management has disputed the downgrade to D, by S&P Global, of two junior debt tranches in its 2014 US CLO known as BNPP IP CLO 2014-1

US CLO fund wins $16 million from San Jose pension
The $5 billion pension awarded the allocation to a manager's fourth US CLO fund, having previously allocated to its second and third fund 

CLOs should realise gains from reorg equity positions: Pearl Diver
Reorg equity sitting within CLOs has risen in value over the last year and Pearl Diver Capital says it may be a good time to exit these positions “and realise value for CLOs”

Credit hedge funds (February 2022)
Credit hedge fund returns

Not so distressed any more for table-topping hedge funds
Following a raft of global fiscal support programmes over the past couple of years, it would seem likely that distressed debt funds have struggled to find opportunities