CLO market needs a deeper investor base, conference hears
CLOs are toughing through the fallout from this month's banking crisis, but speakers at Creditflux's CLO Investor Summit in New York on Wednesday bemoaned that the market's investor base is lacking depth

US private credit has boomed amid BSL market shutdown, conference hears
US direct lending flourished over the last quarter with the asset class providing capital solutions and experiencing strong deployment, as volatility caused the large liquid loan market to shut down, according to panellists at Creditflux and Debtwire’s US Private Credit Forum on Tuesday

Representation really matters
At our London Women in CLOs event, Creditflux’s Tanvi Gupta and Michelle D’Souza spoke about how inspiring it can be to see someone who looks like you achieve success in your industry

Sofr, so complicated
At Creditflux’s US CLO Summit debate centred on Libor and Sofr. Hot topics included tenors, Libor floors being out-of-the money and investors changing their views on spread adjustments

Supporting the next generation
Creditflux’s third Women In CLOs event was held in New York in March, giving the industry’s rising stars a chance to network with senior credit professionals from the buy-side and sell-side

That’s another fine mezz I’d like to get into
Structural protection and flatter curves make short-dated mezz tranches attractive. Speakers at Credit Dimensions discuss which positions they’d take in CSOs, options and tranches this year

Women in CLOs, CLO Summit and Credit Dimensions to return to New York in March
Creditflux has announced our three New York events will now take place at the end of March. We will host Women in CLOs on 28 March, followed by the CLO Investor Summit on 29 March and Credit Dimensions, our event for the synthetic structured credit community, on 31 March

A brighter year ahead
Panellists on Creditflux’s CLO webinar described how CLO spreads are close to historic tights, ESG is entering the docs and managers have more flexibility with work-outs than ever before

CLO issuers flex their bond muscles
Some panellists at Creditflux’s US CLO Investor Summit pointed to structural difficulties, but the consensus was that flexibility — particularly the ability to buy bonds — could improve performance

Relative value has shifted towards CLO double Bs, conference hears
CLO double B tranches are on course for significant spread tightening, according to participants on day one of Creditflux's CLO Investor Summit on Thursday

They said it: "It’s been a tale of the haves and the have nots"
At Creditflux’s US Private Credit event, binary outcomes in direct lending were discussed

Faith in structures has been rewarded
CLOs have been resilient against covid-19 fallout, said speakers at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium last month. But there’s always room to improve and 3.0 deals may add ESG and bullet tranches

The tranche market shines, whatever your view on credit
Index tranche volumes have reached record levels this year and CSOs have withstood the covid crisis. Panellists at the Credit Dimensions webinar outlined a range of trades in a thriving market

US private credit webinar set to tackle mid-market
Creditflux is set to go live today at 11am New York time wih its US private credit webinar

Creditflux goes live again with virtual event on the US middle market
The second Creditflux live virtual briefing will happen on Tuesday 2^nd June, when we will switch gears from the US CLO market to US Private Credit.

Creditflux announces finalists for online CLO awards
Creditflux is pleased to announce the finalists for a new-look manager awards event, which will be hosted online for the first time.

Managers vie for trophies at new-look awards event
The 2020 Creditflux Manager Awards will take on a fresh complexion as we transition to a virtual event. But some things will never change: our finalists have been assessed using data alone
 

If you're marketing a structured credit fund then for goodness sake don't go through the motions [podcast]
Credit allocators gave some sage advice to structured credit managers on how to go about marketing their funds at the Creditflux CLO Summit in New York last month. As part of a key note panel geared towards institutional investors fund managers were told: stop going through the motions, avoid being generalistic and tailor your pitches