CB bond purchase 'greening' is game changer for credit: BofA
Confirmation by the Bank of England that its corporate bond purchase scheme will be ‘greened’ is a game changing moment for credit markets, say Bank of America strategists

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.

Credit hedge funds (November 2021)
Credit hedge fund returns

Ucits at a glance: Robus and Altana enter the final sprint neck and neck
A downward turn hit Ucits funds as 65% of them made positive returns in September,

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

Hayfin creates head of ESG role in London
Hayfin Capital Management says it has hired a head of ESG. This is a newly-created role, but Hayfin says it has “well-established environmental, social and governance capabilities”

Bennett Goodman's Hunter Point buys stake in MidOcean
Hunter Point, which was launched by Blackstone Credit’s co-founder Bennett Goodman alongside Avi Kalichstein in 2020, has made its first investment and bought a minority stake in mid-market specialist MidOcean

T Rowe Price to buy Oak Hill for up to $4.2 billion
Oak Hill is set to become T Rowe Price’s private markets platform, led by Oak Hill’s chief executive officer Glenn August

Angelo Gordon inserts loan tranche as it prints second-largest CBO ever
Angelo Gordon has issued the second-largest bond-heavy CLO in the market, teaming up with JP Morgan to print the $847.7 million deal named AG CC Funding II

Credit Rendezvous: Credit spins full circle
The third quarter was massive in terms of volumes with CLOs, high yield, leverage loans and private equity registering record issuance. But credit spreads were up and down as inflation fears, crackdowns in China and rising coronavirus cases became catalysts for risk-off sentiment in July and September

Debt investors agree to nine-month call lock in Anchorage CBO refi
Anchorage Capital Group refinanced the mezzanine debt of its 2019 bond-heavy CLO named Anchorage Credit Funding 9 on Friday

KKR announces new co-CEOs as Kravis and Roberts step down
KKR has announced the appointment of its second ever pair of co-chief executive officers, effective immediately, replacing co-founders Henry Kravis and George Roberts

CLO refi and reset volumes surge with $2.3 billion priced on Friday
CLO refi and reset volumes surged on Friday with $2.3 billion priced across the US market, according to market sources. Brigade Capital Management, MidOcean Credit Partners and New Mountain Capital reset regular-way CLOs, Blackstone Credit scored a regular CLO refi, Sculptor Capital Management refinanced a bond-heavy CLO, and Ivy Hill Asset Management reset a middle market CLO

Everyone’s ramping

Fund performance: CLOs lead but variety is the spice of life
.An assortment of funds have made their mark in August as five different strategies make it into our top 10 for the month

Credit hedge funds (October 2021)
Credit hedge fund returns

Ucits at a glance: Angsana recovers from July slump
Just under 75% of Ucits funds made positive returns in August, holding steady from June and July

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

Romark returns with second bond-flex CLO
Romark Credit Advisors has issued its second bond-heavy CLO following its debut in the asset class last year

"The CLO industry can be a little clubby… it feels like there are few advocates"
Pension Danmark's David Altenhofen taks our credit quiz 

Déjà vu as CLO strategies again top hedge fund tables
Seven out of the top 10 funds in our hedge fund tables belong to the CLO category as the asset class outperformed again in July

"Do not rush to set up a check-box approach with negative screening and start de-investing"
Instead of rushing through an ESG framework, asset managers need to adopt a long- and short-term approach