The Last Tranche with Christine Ferris
In the latest edition of The Last Tranche podcast we talked to JP Morgan’s global head of CLO primary Christine Ferris about why she loves working with debut managers, despite the extra challenges they face coming to market.

Past returns: How Hildene took the lead
10 years ago in Creditflux we wrote about Hildene’s novel Hildene Leveraged Credit Fund, which was designed to take equity stakes in Hildene CLOs and provide a warehouse for forthcoming deals

Past returns: Insurers weigh CLO barbell trade to fight Solvency II
Five years ago in Creditflux we reported that insurers in Europe were putting on a CLO barbell trade in reaction to Solvency II regulations which came into effect in January 2016

"I’m passionate about broader representation within investment teams"
CIP's Leila Donnachy takes our credit quiz 

Past returns: Nochu lands in Europe
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported that Norinchukin Bank had made its first investment in a 2.0 European CLO

We need to remove CLO misinformation from the market
Vibrant's Kashyap Arora takes our credit quiz

If you’re not finding black talent, you’re not trying hard enough
In the past few weeks, it has been easy to put up our billboards and tweet our condemnation of the treatment of black people. Now we need to change the way companies work

The opportunities to build par and spread within a CLO haven’t been this plentiful since 2009
Last year’s CLOs could become the benchmark for manager performance

Don’t be tempted by low debt costs — the key driver of performance in static CLOs is market timing

Experience has taught me to be sceptical of second lien loans
Alex Jackson takes our credit quiz

Points up front: Credit Suisse and Sound Point rekindle the fire
Sound Point CLO XII was refinanced on 14 February and arranger Credit Suisse displayed its passion for CLO structuring by embedding half a dozen hearts in its pricing email

Loan managers need an equity-like mindset instead of relying on docs
Octagon's Lauren Basmadjian takes our credit quiz and talks about buying CLO equity in 2009, the impact of technology on the retail sector and Eddie Murphy's 1980s heyday

We are not structured finance investors – we are corporate credit specialists
Fair Oaks' Miguel Ramos-Fuentenebro takes our credit quiz

Tech is benefiting from all the trends that are hurting retail
CBAM's Don Young takes our credit quiz

US risk retention did wonders for CLOs
As managers circled the globe seeking to raise risk retention funds they sold CLOs to a whole new audience, says our newest columnist Eagle Point founder Thomas Majewski

Rating outlook: It's a matter of life and spread for CLO managers
Stabilisation of loan spreads and recovery rates spells good news for European CLO managers