Credit hedge funds
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New digital asset lender launches
Ex credit trader among team looking to bring structure to crypto market

Credit funds at a glance (September 2023)
A round-up of people moves and fund raising  

Credit hedge fund returns (September 2023)
Credit hedge fund returns  

CLO funds are hot in summer as they take nine spots in top 10 (Fund performance)
CLO funds took the lead through summer as the returns of the category index reached 1.88% and 3.18% in June and July, respectively. Both months saw a CLO fund as the top performer — Sound Point Meridian in June, and Oxford Gate Master Fund in July.

Hayfin secures its largest private credit fundraise to date with €6 billion in commitments
Hayfin's latest private credit fundraise exceeds target goals, securing more than €6 billion in capital commitments

Veteran Credit Suisse fixed income fund director leaves firm
Credit Suisse loses head of fixed income fund selection to Lombard Odier 

Asset management firm creates new credit platform
Insurance and asset management firm Nassau launches new credit platform with more than $8 billion in assets under management. 

Proposed regulation changes could open up US CLO funds to UK investors
Proposed changes to the UK Securitisation framework may expand the investor base for US structured credit if passed.

Union Bancaire Privée adds new strategy to fixed income plans
Union Bancaire Privée has expanded its fixed income offering with a new high-income strategy investing in high-yield bonds, subordinate corporate and financial debt and securitized credit, such as CLOs

Carlyle names future CFO
Carlyle has named John Redett its new chief financial officer and head of corporate strategy, the company has said.

Morgan Stanley snags Credit Suisse structuring veteran
Morgan Stanley has hired a structured credit veteran to run its corporate credit financing business in EMEA

Pemberton hires business development head from Federated Hermes
Pemberton has appointed Harriet Steel as partner and head of global clients

Credit hedge fund returns (May 2023)
Credit hedge fund returns

Credit funds at a glance (May 2023)
A round-up of people moves and fund raising

March madness sees most funds give up gains made in Q1
After a positive start to the year, credit funds ended the quarter with a step backwards; just under 30% of those listed reached positive returns for the month.

KKR plans asset-based fund
KKR Asset-Based Income Fund will take a 'multi-sector' approach, investing across consumer finance, mortgages, small-medium sized enterprises, hard assets, infrastructure and contractual cash flows

Pimco eyes CLOs as part of new flexible credit interval fund
Pimco is preparing to launch a new closed-ended, non-listed interval fund, named Pimco Flexible Corporate Income Fund, which will invest at least 80% of assets in corporate debt across public and private credit markets

Fund performance: European CLO funds lead the way
February was a positive month for many funds, as only one quarter failed to reach the black. This builds off a stellar start to the year: 96% of funds reached a positive return in January

Credit hedge fund returns (April 2023)
Credit hedge fund returns

Credit funds at a glance (April 2023)
A round up of people moves and fundraising

LP round up: opportunistic credit dominates as investors allocate $2.2 billion
US institutional investors invested at least $2.2 billion to credit funds in March, according to documents seen by Creditflux, with opportunistic credit funds dominating commitments

Nomura's private capital unit launches credit interval fund
Nomura Alternative Income Fund has a flexible allocation across private and public credit sectors, depending on relative value opportunities

First Sentier buys majority stake in credit firm AlbaCore
First Sentier Investors has bought a majority stake in European credit specialist AlbaCore Capital Group, the firms announced today, after identifying alternative credit as a ‘strategically important space’

Barings captures Gryphon to boost structured credit business
Barings has bolstered its global structured credit expertise by buying AUD $2.6 billion ($1.72 billion) Austrialian credit firm Gryphon Capital Partners