They said it: regulators are using The Big Short as their frame of reference
The LMA’s Nicholas Voisey describes why it’s difficult to campaign for the European loan market

Points up front: traders are dedicated, no matter how hot it gets
When a fire alarm goes off, you should make your way to the nearest exit: unless you’re a trader

CLOs aren’t as similar as you might think
Almost 70% of some managers’ portfolios overlap with those of their competitors. But the average overlap is around 35% so there’s plenty of room for managers to express their preferred strategies
 

GoldenTree, KKR and StepStone earn sub-advisor roles for new interval fund
FS Investments is launching a multi-strategy interval fund and has chosen GoldenTree Asset Management, KKR Credit and StepStone Group to act as sub-advisors

PGIM's Juliano set for promotion to head US loan business
Brian Juliano is set to become the head of PGIM’s US loan management team upon the retirement of Joe Lemanowicz later this year

Tech is benefiting from all the trends that are hurting retail
CBAM's Don Young takes our credit quiz

A credit market in constant flux
Since Creditflux's launch in 2001, we've reported on CLO evolution, trendy new products, regulatory U-turns, and, of course, crashes. Which, we wonder, is coming next?

Join the debate: most memorable moment in credit
At Creditflux we’ve now produced 200 monthly magazines since Fishknife first came up with the idea of tracking the global credit markets in 2001). We asked several key credit industry officials about their most memorable moment in credit

Staying afloat in credit takes care and character
In his final article, our columnist sheds light on his identity and has some 'nice' advice for those navigating credit’s changeable oceans

Libor has a new contender as New York Fed launches SOFR
The New York Federal Reserve has launched a benchmark US that may eventually replace Libor: the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)

Texas pension fund approves two new CLO manager mandates
The Texas Municipal Retirement System has approved the appointment of GSO Capital Partners LP and Octagon Credit Investors as CLO managers on its non-core fixed income strategy

CLO investor TICC rebrands as Oxford Square
TICC Capital has changed its name to align its branding more closely with its affiliates

Three credit specialists part ways with Highland
Three officials have left Highland Capital Management in the last few weeks; a CLO trader and two experienced corporate credit researchers

Former American Capital CLO team resurfaces at Ryan Labs
A group of loan and CLO specialists that previously worked together at American Capital have reunited at Ryan Labs Asset Management.

Fight for US loans commences following risk retention U-turn
US CLOs are set to be free from risk retention in the next few weeks. Headache over for US CLO managers? Not really – now it becomes a fight to source the assets that will populate CLOs

Fair Oaks expands into European loans with major hire
Fair Oaks Capital – one of the largest CLO equity investors in the market – has hired a well-known figure in the CLO industry to build a European corporate loan business

US loan veteran parts company with GoldenTree
US loan market veteran Fred Haddad is understood to have left GoldenTree Asset Management, the company where he served as a partner and senior portfolio manager

Apollo reorganises its global credit platform
Sources say Apollo Global Management has reshaped its credit business by merging certain divisions and promoting several staffers in New York. Separately, sources say a high-ranking credit head has left the firm

Managers predict skill will win out
We asked managers to predict the year ahead across a range of credit strategies. Overall, they had a positive outlook. By Grace Jennings-Edquist

Partners Group hires senior portfolio manager Hanslin as it eyes debut US CLO
Switzerland-headquartered Partners Group has hired a senior vice president and portfolio manager of its US bank loan and CLO origination business

Former ICG credit head Kershaw takes advisory role at distressed debt firm
Dagmar Kent Kershaw, the former head of Intermediate Capital Group's credit fund businessin Europe and Australia, has landed an advisory role at a $7 billion distressed debt manager

Dublin-based co-head of global credit parts company with KKR
An experienced figure in European credit has left KKR in order to pursue interests outside of fund management. He had been serving as co-head of global credit at the firm

Oak Hill appoints sole head of European credit as ex-partner takes on new role
One of Oak Hill Advisors’ most senior staffers has stepped into a senior advisory role