Medalist and Semper form partnership to jointly invest in structured credit
Medalist Partners and Semper Capital Management have joined forces in a partnership which results in the pair co-investing in structured credit.

Angel Oak launches second structured credit ETF in a month
Angel Oak Capital has launched it second structured credit exchange traded fund in a month

Cairn begins "new chapter" as it rebrands to Polus
Cairn Capital has been renamed Polus Capital Management, which brings it together with Bybrook Capital, the credit asset manager it acquired in 2021.  

Fund performance: Wake us up when September ends
After a resurgent August, credit markets hit a rough patch in September, with every Creditflux index posting negative returns, and only 12.9% of funds in our listings showing a positive return.

Credit hedge fund returns (November 2022)
Credit hedge fund returns

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

Franklin Templeton wraps up deal for $35bn Alcentra
Franklin Templeton has completed its acquisition of BNY Mellon’s $35 billion credit unit Alcentra

Angel Oak launches inaugural structured credit ETF
Angel Oak Capital Advisors has launched its first exchange traded fund, Angel Oak UltraShort Income Fund ETF

Apollo and Pimco buy ‘significant portion’ of Credit Suisse's securitised products group
The move has prompted a rally for Credit Suisse, which on Thursday unveiled a strategic review “designed to reduce risk-weighted assets and leverage exposure”

Deutsche hires credit strategy head from rival bank
Deutsche Bank has hired a new head to oversee European and US credit strategy

CIFC hires Carlyle's credit investor relations head
CIFC Asset Management has hired T Michael Johnson as managing director and co-head of business development

One-year CSOs come to fore as investors predict widening
With credit spreads entering the fourth quarter at much the same elevated levels they began Q3, investors are increasingly looking to bespoke tranches as a way of taking advantage while mitigating the market’s tail risks.

Investors tipped to take on key role in growth of CFOs
It’s early days in the renaissance of the market for collateralised fund obligations (CFOs), but market participants are looking forward to how the product will evolve.

Eagle Point and Investcorp are latest CLO firms to target SRTs
CLO investors and asset managers are increasingly warming to significant risk transfers (SRTs), with Eagle Point Credit Management and Investcorp Credit Management two recent examples

Fund performance: August provides much-needed relief for CLO funds
.August fund performance 

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

   

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

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

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

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 

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