Investors optimistic, bullish on European structured credit – BofA, King Street, Blackstone, Federated Hermes
PODCAST: Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee catches up with Bank of America's Alex Batchvarov, King Street's Young Choi, Blackstone's Alex Leonard and Federated Hermes' Andrew Lennox at the Global ABS conference in Barcelona

The M&A market is normalising – Ares’ Matt Theodorakis
PODCAST: “People are looking to do deals going forward” after taking a pause following ‘Liberation Day’, Theodorakis told Lisa Lee, managing editor at Creditflux, on the latest Credit Exchange podcast

Volatility could cause credit markets to break this year – TCW’s Bryan Whalen
PODCAST: Investors aren’t being paid enough of a premium for the risks in US corporate credit, TCW’s chief investment officer of fixed income told Creditflux’s Lisa Lee on the latest ‘Credit Exchange’ podcast  

Credit markets have become more stable and behave differently – KKR’s Eddie O’Neill
PODCAST: The co-head of global liquid credit at KKR sees opportunities and reasons for optimism after the recent market upheaval, especially in Europe and Asia in the latest "Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee" podcast

Private equity will help private credit weather troubles – Neuberger Berman’s Susan Kasser
People fail to give the private equity funds the credit they deserve, Susan Kasser, head of Neuberger Berman Private Debt, says on the latest ‘Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee’ podcast

Private credit will grow to take as much as 50% of the leveraged finance market: Blue Owl’s Craig Packer
PODCAST: The co-president of Blue Owl joined Creditflux managing editor Lisa Lee on the latest edition of the Credit Exchange podcast

Private credit’s golden era never really ended – Blackstone’s Michael Zawadzki
On the Credit Exchange podcast, Lisa Lee speaks with the CIO of Blackstone Credit and Insurance about opportunities in volatile markets and the durability of private credit premiums

M&A rebound will come – Goldman Sachs’ Vivek Bantwal
Goldman Sachs' co-head of global private credit chats with Lisa Lee on the Credit Exchange podcast

Trump tariffs will materially impact credit, raise financing costs – Napier Park’s Jon Dorfman
The co-founder and CIO of the alternative credit manager discussed his concerns stemming from the recent economic and policy uncertainty on the latest edition of the 'Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee' podcast

Best time for private credit is during market volatility and dislocation – Arcmont’s Mattis Poetter
PODCAST: Over the past five years, private credit has grabbed market share during periods of dislocation, says Mattis Poetter, CIO of Arcmont 

More volatility, more uncertainty and more tailwind for private credit – KKR’s Dan Pietrzak
PODCAST: The new Trump administration in the US has introduced new uncertainty with its preparedness to employ wide-reaching tariffs, and M&A volumes remain depressed, but KKR’s private credit team is busier than it has been in the past few years. 

Expect wider credit spreads, compelling opportunities in CLOs – Bain Capital’s John Wright
PODCAST: Latest guest on the Credit Exchange podcast is "pretty excited" about CLO debt and expects spreads to widen

Investing in Europe has changed dramatically in past weeks – Apollo’s Tristram Leach
PODCAST: We're on the cusp of profound change in Europe, observes Apollo's co-head of European credit, in the latest edition of the 'Credit Exchange' podcast  

Ares raises biggest ever European private credit fund

The Last Tranche with YMER's Warzynski: we like primary equity again
In this episode of the Last Tranche, Hubert Warzynski, Partner and Co-founder of Scandinavian CLO investor YMER talks about why he likes primary European equity again, but only for a handful of managers.

The Last Tranche with JP Morgan's Ferris: new managers should focus on equity
In this episode of our podcast The Last Tranche, Christine Ferris, JP Morgan's Global Head of CLO Primary talks about why she loves working with debut managers, despite the extra challenges they face

The Last Tranche with New Mountain's Kline and Moshiri: we have more flexibility than a typical CLO around industry selection
In this episode of The Last Tranche, John Kline and Cyrus Moshiri from New Mountain Capital discuss the innovative rated feeder fund structure they recently priced, and why they chose this approach over a traditional middle market CLO

The Last Tranche with Pearl Diver's Layton: its not about tiering, its about portfolio construction
In this episode of The Last Tranche, Matt Layton, partner and head of Europe at Pearl Diver Capital, discusses strategies for investing in CLO debt and equity amid the recent rally in liabilities

CLO double Bs offer 700bp premium versus high yield bonds, says Oaktree
The yield premium offered by double B CLO paper compared to corporate high yield bonds with the same rating has exploded to 700 basis points, according to a new episode of Oaktree Capital Management's podcast series The Insight

The Last Tranche with Antares' Seth Painter: we could start to see syndicated middle market CLO equity
In this episode of the Last Tranche, Antares Capital's Seth Painter tells Creditflux's Hugh Minch about the performance of private credit and middle market CLOs through the covid-19 crisis and recovery

The Last Tranche with Sound Point's Ketchum: CLOs have fortress-like structures
Creditflux's Hugh Minch and Sound Point's Stephen Ketchum discuss the macro picture for US credit and who should be on the lookout for inflation

The Last Tranche with Guggenheim's Duffy: CLOs will pay more for loans than today’s index prices
Marking the long-awaited return of the Last Tranche podcast, Creditflux's Hugh Minch talks to Adrian Duffy, head of European corporate credit at Guggenheim Investments in Dublin

The Last Tranche with Octagon’s Lam: 2017 CLO refis and ‘no man’s land’ in loans
Spreads, investors and manager consolidation take focus in February's edition of The Last Tranche

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