New kids on the block dominate awards

Doing CLOs is hard work as recovery lags
There’s scrutiny on staffing, structures and, of course, ‘the challenging arb’. But Q4 volatility created opportunity, which led speakers at the Creditflux CLO Symposium to ask for more

Spire scales heights as Creditflux’s Manager of the Year 2019
Spire Partners celebrated bringing home three Creditflux awards, including the coveted Manager of the Year trophy, on a night of high spirits on 8 May at London’s Landmark Hotel.

Points up front: CLO awards banter
The Creditflux Manager Awards have a history of springing surprises. This year we had journalist and TV presenter Gavin Esler host the awards dinner and regale the audience with a Dolly Parton gag (the less said about that, the better).

Direct lenders split over best way to manage loan restructuring
Direct lenders are divided on how best to set up internally when dealing with loans that require restructuring. Some managers argue that a deal should be restructured via the original deal team

CVC, Octagon and Spire vie for multiple Creditflux awards
Creditflux is pleased to unveil the finalists for the most prestigious awards dinner in the credit

Points Up Front: The best opportunities are way, way over there
Competition was a big theme at last month’s Creditflux European Direct Lending conference. The market has evolved to the point where new entrants are on the fundraising trail, which could lead to a compression in any illiquidity premium prevalent in direct lending loans

Raising a glass to women in CLOs
Creditflux’s inaugural Women In CLOs event took place in New York last month, with a wine tasting forming the perfect backdrop to an evening of networking

Junior debt set to be more attractive, but...
Clearly there are more eyes on the CLO market than ever. But some speakers at the CLO Investor Summit were warning of masquerading managers, free-riders, borrower weapons and zombies

Being long-only is just so 1980s
At the Credit Dimensions event in New York, structured credit investors looking to spruce up or repair their portfolios were advised to look at CSOs, index tranches and credit default swaps

At the heart of CLO doc negotiations
As investors up and down the capital structure shared their views on fictional US and European CLOs, we discovered that par flushes must be worded carefully or they could be a deal-breaker
 

Investors gather to talk teams and tactics
With US CLO risk retention recently ruled off-side, attendees at the Creditflux Symposium were expecting a number of small, nimble managers to enter the field of play as the year progresses

Experienced CSAM holds off boutiques to win biggest prize
Credit Suisse Asset Management became a two-time winner of the Creditflux Manager of the Year award last month after picking up the 2018 trophy in front of a packed house at London’s Landmark Hotel on 9 May

CSAM wins Creditflux Manager of the Year award for a second time
From two guys and a Bloomberg to being named the best manager in the credit industry: Credit Suisse Asset Management wins big at the 2018 Creditflux Manager Awards

Deadline looms for Creditflux's annual Manager Awards
The deadline for this year’s Creditflux Manager Awards is fast approaching as managers across the CLO, credit hedge fund and direct lending industries compete for the eighth consecutive year

Creditflux enhances CLO-i database
Creditflux is happy to announce that CLO-i, our CLO and loan database, now has expanded coverage of every US and European deal in the market