Signal detects European CLO options for upcoming fund
Signal Capital has plans to capitalise on the European CLO and ABS market, with sources indicating the special situations fund manager is seeking to launch a relative value hedge fund focused on these asset classes in September.

Credit hedge funds (August 2021)
Credit hedge fund returns

Investcorp looks at M&A for US CLO growth: Bloomberg
Investcorp Credit Management’s co-head of US credit David Moffitt has outlined plans to double the firm's US CLO assets under management – which include acquisitions and equity partnerships

CIP plugs ABS team gap with senior portfolio manager hire in London
CIP Asset Management has filled a gap on its European structured credit team

CLOs stand to win from US capital cost refinement, says BofA
A move by US insurance regulators to refine the capital charge framework for structured products will make CLOs more attractive versus corporate bonds, according to Bank of America strategists

Credit Rendezvous: And breathe...
The unanimous verdict is that credit spreads will be moving wider – they have to. But the difficulty credit fund managers face is predicting when the next sell-off comes and how sharp it will be. In the Q3 instalment of Creditflux’s Credit Rendezvous, the over-riding message from portfolio managers is that there’s little point in taking on too much risk. The report features the views of prominent credit figures including Paul Horvath (Orchard), Himani Trivedi (Nuveen), Ronnie Jaber (Onex), Graham Rainbow (Alcentra) and Michelle Russell-Dowe (Schroders). The report looks at 14 segments of the market including CLOs, direct lending, leveraged loans, distressed debt and credit derivatives.  

Ashurst hires senior structured credit and derivatives lawyer
Law firm Ashurst has added a partner to its global markets practice in New York

BlueBay hires to structured credit team in London
BlueBay Asset Management has added to its structured credit and CLO management team by making its second hire from CIP Asset Management official in recent months

Fund performance: Déjà vu as April leaders dominate
CLO funds stayed in the top flight for another month as they took over the top 10 credit hedge fund return table in May, when 87% of all funds listed made positive returns

Credit hedge funds (July 2021)
Credit hedge fund returns

Ucits at a glance: Ucits stay positive for second month in a row
Ultra-tight credit spreads are not taking away from Ucits funds – 80% of funds in our database have again recorded positive returns.

BlackRock European ABS head joins USS
USS Investment Management, the wholly-owned investment management arm of the UK pension Universities Superannuation Scheme, has hired a head of asset backed securities

Axa IM extends palm oil policy to cover ecosystem protection and deforestation
Axa Investment Managers says it is expanding its 2014 policy of excluding investments in companies which do not have sustainable palm oil production certificates by factoring in deforestation and ecosystem protection

Ex-NatWest Markets CLO structuring head lands on buy side
A European credit manager has hired Luca Giancola for the "repositioning of its private structured credit business"

No labels mean CLO triple As refuse to budge as mezz rallies
Senior European CLO spreads are stuck in the mid 80s as mezzanine tranches rally, with market participants bemoaning the lack of depth in the triple A investor base relative to ABS products

Managers offer solutions for underfunded pensions
Credit managers are tapping UK defined benefit pensions that are battling negative cashflows

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Fund performance: CLO funds outperform as two hit over 100% 12-months return
CLO funds swatted away the competition in April on their way to dominating our top 10 credit hedge fund return table after an upbeat month

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

DWS and Tikehau target UK pensions with multi-strategy credit fund
The new fund will invest in CLOs, ABS, private debt, leveraged loans, infrastructure debt and real estate debt