Mapping the present and future of credit
Keynote speakers at this year’s Creditflux Symposium highlighted the success of credit markets during recent volatility and argued that a wave of securitisation could drive growth in Europe

Creditflux Symposium 2025 opens at Nobu Hotel in Portman Square, London
17th Creditflux Symposium starts today, 14 May, with sessions on structured finance and ABS

IG private credit market could swell to USD 23trn: Carlyle’s Mark Jenkins
Podcast: "Credit Exchange with Lisa Lee" interviews Carlyle's global head of credit Mark Jenkins on investing in the era of uncertainty and shifting secular trends

UK-based manager looks to restart European infra CLO market
RM Funds, an Edinburgh-based infrastructure debt investor, is looking to launch the first European infrastructure CLO since 2008

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  

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.

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

Credit Rendezvous: Make yourself comfortable, there’s a storm coming
In our Q1 outlook, we speak to Edwin Wilches, PGIM (US CLOs), Mikkel Sckerl and Flemming Dose, Capital Four (European CLOs),  Jim Fitzpatrick, CQS (US loans), Loic Prevot, Polus (European loans), Madelaine Jones, Oaktree (global high yield), Art Penn, Pennant Park (US direct lending), Mattis Poetter, Arcmont (European direct lending), Keerthi Raghavan, Waterfall (structured credit), Ray Costa, Benefit Street (distressed), Grant Webster, Ninety One (Emerging markets), Oumar Diallo, Aeon (real assets) for their views for the upcoming quarter. 

Fund performance: Credit funds end difficult 2022 on a positive note
In December 66% of credit funds reached a positive return, following an even better November where 81% of all funds pushed into the black

Credit hedge fund returns (February 2023)
Credit hedge fund returns

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

Sourcing channels help Aeon flow into CRE CLOs
There is a growing buzz in Europe for CRE CLOs, with Aeon Investments and Blackstone among the issuers tapping into this nascent market, which opened a year ago courtesy of a deal from Starz Realty Company

Fund performance: Light at the end of the tunnel for credit funds after difficult year
Following a tough September, credit funds bounced back in October as 59% of funds made positive returns.

Credit hedge fund returns (December 2023)
Credit hedge fund returns

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

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

Private equity firms are becoming CLO converts: TwentyFour
Private equity firms have increasingly bought CLO and other securitised debt tranches in recent weeks instead of their usual preference for physical assets - a trade TwentyFour believes "makes perfect sense"