Credit hedge funds (October 2022)
Credit hedge fund returns

   

Dispersion picks up as candidates for distress emerge
Dispersion will be a concern for all parts of the global credit market in the fourth quarter, say traders who are focused on relative value

Apollo reaches for bigger slice of pi(e) with 5% Diameter stake
Apollo Global Management has bought a 5% stake in credit fund and CLO manager Diameter Capital Partners, cementing the relationship between the firms

Neuberger Berman hires structured credit portfolio manager from AIG
Neuberger Berman has hired a managing director and portfolo manager in its private placement team focusing on ABS and structured transactions

Experienced structured credit trader to join bank after leaving Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse is set to lose a trader with almost 17 years experience at the firm to another bank in New York

Axa IM reorganises alternatives unit into five streams amid AUM growth
Axa Investment Managers has reorganised its ‘alternatives’ business into five streams and made four promotions

Nomura readies multi-strat credit interval fund launch
Nomura Private Capital is readying the launch of a new, closed-ended interval fund which will invest across the credit spectrum - including bonds, loans, CLOs, distressed debt emerging market debt

Nuveen adds senior official to lead private credit specialist team
The hire will be responsible for building and leading Nuveen’s private credit specialist team 

Barclays hires European ABS trading head
Barclays has hired a head of European ABS/RMBS/CMBS trading in London

UniCredit wraps up three synthetic securitisations with EIB backing
UniCredit says it has produced three synthetic securitisations which will free ithe bank up to lend over €5 billion to small and mid-sized enterprises in Italy, Germany and Bulgaria.

Vista hires from Anchorage to lead credit platform investor relations
Vista Equity Partners has appointed Michael Charlton as managing director for capital and partner solutions, responsible for investor relations on the firm's credit platform Vista Credit Partners

Waterfall pair earn promotion to partner
Waterfall Asset Management says it has appointed a residential loan specialist and a structured credit investor to partner 

ArrowMark fills vacancy in London with SRT hire from sell side
ArrowMark Partners has filled a void in its London office after hiring an SRT specialist from Citi 

Structured credit cited by 42% of investors looking for fixed income replacement, Aeon finds
Institutional investors are largely looking to reallocate away from the fixed income market amid the macro-environment of rising interest rates, inflation and poor returns, according to a survey by Aeon

CLO inflows could hit $60 billion as knock on from student loan forgiveness, says BofA
US president Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness programme could lead up to $60 billion flowing into the CLO market, according to research from BofA

Widening asset/liability gulf will hurt CLOs: Barclays
A mismatch between CLO asset / liability rate risk is increasing in the US as more leveraged loan issuers opt for one-month pay frequency, Barclays credit strategists have found

Credit structuring head lands at Deutsche Bank in expanded role
Deutsche Bank has hired former Credit Suisse global credit structuring head Paul Bajer in a broader remit as global co-head of cross asset structuring

Waterfall flows into Asia with opening of Hong Kong office and senior hires
Waterfall Asset Management has opened an office in Hong Kong, marking its expansion into the Asia-Pacific region for the first time

Position cutting tames market rally and strategists warn on primary impact
Caution is the watchword across financial markets on Tuesday, with the strong recent run giving way to hedging and position cutting ahead of a much-anticipated US inflation reading on Wednesday

LP round up: private credit takes big slice of inflows as 10% portfolio share projected for 2026
Institutional investors revealed nearly $4 billion allocations to credit funds in July, with recipients including Angelo Gordon, Apollo, Ares, BlackRock, Brookfield, CarVal, Comvest, Deerpath, KKR, Schroders and Sixth Street

Short duration CLOs are putting reset risk in the post: Barclays
The CLO market’s recent trend of shorter duration issuance could be setting up a problem for managers down the line that will impact their equity returns, Barclays has warned

Schroders beats five to win structured credit mandate as pension terminates Franklin Templeton
Schroders has beat out five other credit managers to win up to $108 million for a securitised credit mandate from a US pension. It comes after investment consultant RVK recommended to terminate the pension’s investment in Franklin Templeton due to “underwhelming performance and decreasing assets”

Credit funds at a glance (August 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
   

Credit hedge funds (August 2022)
Credit hedge fund returns