They said it: “Occam’s razor, the marshmallow test and the Pareto principle – what do they have in common?”
The simplest solution is often the best solution, delayed gratification and the 80/20 rule; these can all be used in the assessment of CLO manager performance

Past returns: KKR CLO was sign of things to come
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported on KKR Credit pricing a US CLO that complied with European risk retention rules, in what was believed to be one of the first deals of its kind

Investors gather to talk teams and tactics
With US CLO risk retention recently ruled off-side, attendees at the Creditflux Symposium were expecting a number of small, nimble managers to enter the field of play as the year progresses

Experienced CSAM holds off boutiques to win biggest prize
Credit Suisse Asset Management became a two-time winner of the Creditflux Manager of the Year award last month after picking up the 2018 trophy in front of a packed house at London’s Landmark Hotel on 9 May

CLO b-wic line-up: over $300 million of senior CLO paper goes on the block
Senior notes dominate the secondary market today as $306.5 million worth of triple A notes are up for grabs

CIFC selects Deutsche Bank to arrange first European CLO
CIFC Asset Management has mandated Deutsche Bank with warehousing its first ever CLO in Europe

58% of US CLO managers will keep risk retention funds in place, finds Maples
Maples and Calder has surveyed US CLO managers and found that 58% will keep funds in place, while 61% plan to sell some or all of their retention interest

CLO b-wic line-up: middle market positions trickle into secondary market
CLO b-wic lineup: middle market positions and blast of double Bs flood the market

CLO b-wic line-up: 5% CLO stakes go up for sale
With US CLO risk retention a thing of the past the door has opened for managers to offload their vertical strips

Job opportunity with Fair Oaks
Fair Oaks is looking to recruit a structured finance analyst in its London offices

Destra and BlueBay team up to launch credit interval fund
Destra has become the latest manager to launch an interval fund - Destra International & Event-Driven Credit Fund - which will focus on two strategies: multi-strategy international credit  and event driven credit. 

CIFC lands in Europe with new office and top marketing hire
CIFC has further strengthened its European presence in the credit market, opening a new London office and appointing Muzinich’s Joshua Hughes to head its European marketing

CLO b-wic lineup: junior debt in Columbia CLO goes under the hammer
From triple A notes down to the equity, a bit of everything is up for grabs today

CLO b-wic line-up: $42 million of double B CLOs go up for sale
$41.9 million of double B notes are up for grabs today via b-wics. Out of these 16 line items, GSO Capital Partners’ Seneca Park is a noteworthy deal with the CLO being just two months away from the end of its reinvestment period

CSAM wins Creditflux Manager of the Year award for a second time
From two guys and a Bloomberg to being named the best manager in the credit industry: Credit Suisse Asset Management wins big at the 2018 Creditflux Manager Awards

There's no price at which CLO reinvestment periods can be extended, conference hears
There is virtually no chance of longer reinvestment periods in European CLOs, attendees at the Creditflux Symposium heard today

CLO b-wic line-up: soon to be static Euro triple As go up for sale
Fresh off the UK bank holiday yesterday, there is one CLO aution scheduled today for CLO investors interested in European triple A-rated tranches

Carlyle and Oppenheimer opt for interval fund structure as part of JV
The new private credit fund will invest at least 80% across loans and structured credit (Including CLOs), opportunistic credit, direct lending and liquid credit, SEC filings reveal

CLO b-wic line-up: price talk circulates on CVC CLO control block
The control equity position in CVC Credit Partners’ 28 days-old reset, CVC Cordatus Loan Fund VI, is available in the secondary market today

We are not structured finance investors – we are corporate credit specialists
Fair Oaks' Miguel Ramos-Fuentenebro takes our credit quiz