Credit hedge funds (June 2021)
Credit hedge fund returns

Ucits at a glance: Altana sits atop tables as credit bounces back
Ucits funds picked up in April as 79% made positive returns

Credit funds at a glance (June 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

First Eagle swoops for Prospect CLO portfolio manager
First Eagle has hired a former Prospect Capital Management CLO portfolio manager for its alternative credit business in New York

Allen & Overy hires two leveraged finance partners from White & Case in New York
Allen & Overy has hired two structured finance partners in its New York office

Schroders and Oaktree launch global credit ucits fund
Schroders has partnered with Oaktree Capital Management to launch a global multi-strategy credit fund, Schroder GAIA Oaktree Credit fund, which will sit within Schroders' alternatives ucits platform

Shenkman closes debut drawdown fund at $325 million
Shenkman Capital Management has closed its inaugural drawdown fund with over $325 million capital commitments

Fund performance: Lightning strikes twice as range of credit funds deliver
What seemed like a chance occurrence in February has struck again in March, as seven categories make our top 10 best performing hedge funds

Credit hedge funds (May 2021)
Credit hedge fund returns

Ucits at a glance: Altana moves into pole position
March marked a drop in pace for Ucits funds as only 62% of funds made positive returns, compared to 80% in February

Credit funds at a glance (May 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit 

CSOs and index tranches reach sticking point as correlation gets rich
Credit correlation trading looks to have reached a point of inflexion, as the previous bull run at the lower end of index capital stacks has given way to caution over how much further spread compression can go. At the same time, bespoke tranche business is gaining interest but equity remains stickier to sell at the market's ultra-low spread and volatility levels

US pension terminates three credit mandates due to 'underperformance' and relative value
The New Mexico pension terminated one multi-asset credit mandate and two bank loan mandates

Ex-Citi structured credit duo take over leadership of broker-dealer
The pair have have also made a new senior CMBS trading hire

Brevan Howard hires senior credit PM
Brevan Howard has hired an experienced credit portfolio manager in New York

Lord Abbett prepares special situations interval fund
Lord Abbett is preparing to launch a new special situations fund in the form of an interval fund

BlueBay confirms hire in structured credit and CLO management team
The new appointment will focus on investing in US and European structured credit securities across the capital structure

Credit Rendezvous: ready and waiting
In Creditflux's quarterly review of credit, portfolio managers tell us that Inflation is likely to nudge higher but they are optimistic because dispersion will pick up and windows of volatility will emerge, rather than elongated phases of stress 

Highland ends 12-year dispute with UBS over CLO-squared amid "shocking revelations"
A 12-year dispute over a failed CLO-squared is close to being concluded after Highland Capital Management filed a motion yesterday to approve the settlement of its dispute with UBS. But wasn't filed without more "shocking revelations"

Credit fundraising: Goldman Sachs direct lending fund takes March figures to $23 bn
Credit funds sprung forward in March as $23 billion was raised alongside $2.6 billion worth of allocations to credit managers. 

Black Diamond structured credit BD head joins impact investment firm
Black Diamond Capital Management's head of structured credit business development has parted ways with the firm after nearly four years, according to market sources. He is set to join start-up impact investment firm Lafayette Square as managing director and head of capital markets

Fund performance: assortment of funds step up
Seven categories are represented in this month’s top 10, making it the most diverse since February 2020

Credit funds at a glance (April 2021)
A round-up of fundraising and people moves