Index curve trades boost LMCG credit fund
Credit index curve trades have boosted LMCG’s Serenitas Credit Gamma Master Fund

US hedge fund manager launches mortgage-orientated fund
A structured credit specialist has so far raised $50 million for a fund which will write mortgages in a niche corner of the US property market

Waterfall looks to add derivatives to its credit managed account
A US pension fund looks set to approve a change to its account with Waterfall, which will see the manager gain the ability to use derivatives as a hedging tool

Leveraging mid-market loans could be disastrous
StoneCastle’s Joshua Siegel takes our credit quiz

Citi tests the market for three-year bespokes
There is increasing appetite for credit derivative risk with Citi looking to extend the maturity of its deals 

Diverse Prytania fund posts promising 2017 gains
Prytania Investment Advisors has got off to a strong start in 2017 with the manager’s Athena Fund gaining 8.4% through February

Move up the stack to avoid implosion
Pundit warns investors to be concerned about return of their principal – but senior loans may be a safe haven as credit yields are squeezed and high yield becomes crowded

Ex-Bear credit sales specialist sets up home in Brownstone
New York-based broker Brownstone Investment Group has hired a senior credit sales specialist, according to well placed sources

US insurance company's affiliate looks to expand in structured credit
An insurance company-backed asset manager is making a push into the structured credit market

Alcentra confirms hire to its new-look structured credit team
Alcentra has confirmed the hire Brandon Chao from Omega Advisors to its structured credit team in New York

EJF recycles legacy assets to price first trups CDO of 2017
Hedge fund manager EJF Capital is understood to have priced a trust-preferred CDO backed by assets issued before the crisis

LMCG credit fund turns defensive after near 4% one-month return
LMCG’s Serenitas Credit Gamma Master Fund posted a return of 3.58% for February, according to a note sent to investors

Cairn's Jackson set to join large asset manager in London
Andrew Jackson has left his post as chief investment officer at Cairn Capital and well-placed sources have told Creditflux that he is due to join a fund manager in London

German bad bank wins huge CLO auction
A German bad bank has emerged as the winner of a huge auction of CLOs and other asset-backed securities this morning

Timing of CLO b-wic puzzles market participants
A huge CLO bid list scheduled for Friday (10 March) represents part of the liquidation of a CDO of ABS, according to Creditflux’s sister intelligence service Debtwire ABS

Buy-side firms eye slice of trade receivables pie
European insurers and asset managers are looking to break the stranglehold that banks have had over the market for trade receivable securitisations

Oaktree branches into structured credit with major hire in Los Angeles
Oaktree Capital Management has signalled that it is making a major push into structured credit and CLO investing with sources indicating that the asset manager has hired an official who oversaw $40 billion of structured credit assets in his previous role