Willis Towers Watson promotes manager research specialist to global credit head
Willis Towers Watson has named a global head of credit for manager research

Man names co-heads for new SRT business
Man Group has appointed two Elanus Capital officials as co-heads of its new credit risk sharing strategy, which will sit in its $3.5 billion private market business

Relief rally for riskiest credits brings reversal on dispersion and first loss trades
Some of the European high yield credit market's riskiest corporate credits are enjoying a strong relief rally, among signals of reprieve from the woes that have beset them in recent weeks

Credit hedge funds (February 2022)
Credit hedge fund returns

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

Fund performance: Wasserstein's early 2021 performance drives it to the top
The final top 10 of 2021 featured a variety of funds as five different strategies were ranked among the best. US high yield was the most highly represented with two BlackRock funds and an Angel Oak in the top 10

Performance dispersion hits index equity correlation
Volatility at the start of the year has intensified moves in iTraxx and CDX index tranches, with traders pointing to growing dispersion in performance among constituents as a theme that will bring more focus on equity correlation in 2022

Oaktree closes $3 billion real estate debt fund with 55% deployment
Oaktree Capital Management held a roughly $3 billion final close on its third global real estate debt strategy, Real Estate Debt Fund III

Credit Rendezvous: the upside of inflation
It is clear, inflation is not transitory and central banks are acting with several interest rate hikes likely in store for the US this year. That makes loans and CLO debt tranches attractive, but there could be opportunities beyond these floating rate assets

Gapstow expects strategic deals as credit manager M&A volume slumps to $120 billion
M&A volume involving credit asset managers dropped last year with total target value assets under management slumping to $120 billion from $149 billion in 2020 (and $254 billion in 2019), according to Gapstow Capital Partners

Napier Park promotes two senior employees to partner
Napier Park Global Capital has named two members of its team as partners

Fund performance: CLO funds deliver again, but third of all funds post losses
CLO funds took six of the top 10 spots in October in a continuation of the previous month’s strong performances. However, a consistent showing from Wasserstein in the US high yield category has claimed the top spot for the last two months

Credit hedge funds (January 2022)
Credit hedge fund returns

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

First Euro CRE CLO points to likely growth market
CRE CLOs have been identified as a likely growth market in Europe following the successful pricing of the first transaction on the continent, according to sources

Relative value traders seize on fleeting mismatches
The volatility that hit credit markets from mid-November has produced rare opportunities for relative value traders after a dearth for 12 months

BlueBay adds CLO specialist and structured credit PM
BlueBay Asset Management has made two senior hires to its structured credit team in New York

TwentyFour names new CEO as Holman steps down
Mark Holman, who has been TwentyFour Asset Management’s chief executive officer since the firm's launch, will step down from the position in January with another founding partner named as his successor

Muzinich adds UK and Ireland institutional sales head
Muzinich & Co has hired a head institutional sales for the UK and Ireland

Pemberton lands big name structured credit specialist as it drives into SRTs
Pemberton has hired a senior banking figure well known to the structured credit market to oversee a risk sharing strategy at the firm

Loans will be winners in bearish year for credit: BNP Paribas
Floating rate loans are best positioned for a year of widening credit spreads, but high yield bonds will outperform investment grade and EM credit is set for losses, says BNP Paribas in its 2022 outlook

BlueBay launches Article 8 multi-asset credit fund with Lloyds of London backing
The Article 8 fund will invest in high yield, bank loans, financial capital bonds, structured credit, convertible bonds, emerging markets and developed market investment grade

Citi's former correlation trading star takes on new risk head role
Citi's former head of credit correlation trading has taken on a new role in the bank, becoming head of in-business market risk for global markets

Credit Fundraising: Private credit and CLO captive equity feature strongly as closes mount up
Credit funds have made a fair start to the fourth quarter, although the $21 billion raised during October is down substantially on September’s impressive record for 2021

Fund performance: Dominant CLO funds look to end the year with 20%-plus gains
Once again the Creditflux hedge fund top 10 is dominated by CLO funds, with seven funds among the best performers in September.