CLO spreads are not pricing in recession: JP Morgan
CLOs are priced fairly for a growth slowdown but not a recession, according to JP Morgan credit strategists, who warn spreads are at risk if US growth contracts

Citi structured credit specialist leaves after 15 years
A key figure in Citi’s European structured credit business since 2007 has joined Julius Baer as head of corporate finance advisory

Italian €1bn SRT underlines advantage over CLOs and CSOs
The European CLO market has ground to a halt for the last three weeks, but a €1 billion SRT signed this week underlines there is appetite for some securitisations

CLO official takes top role as Onex announces new credit leadership
Onex Credit Partners has announced a new leadership structure with two co-heads of credit replacing the CEO that left late last year. One of the promotions is an experienced CLO official 

Manager selection stakes are heightening as CLO pain points intensify: Barclays
CLOs’ slump in market value and piling of distressed assets have made differentiation between managers much more acute on key metrics, regionally and by vintage, according to Barclays credit strategists

CLO managers added to their pool of analysts last year: Fitch
CLO asset managers staffed up last year as primary issuance volume soared, with Fitch Ratings finding the average analyst team size increased from 16 to 17

Paul Hastings adds to structured credit expansion with London partner hire
Paul Hastings has added to its push in structured credit with the hire of a partner to the team in London

Oaktree prints new US CLO while Deerpath resets mid-market deal
The US CLO market has added to its June transaction tally, with Oaktree Capital pricing a new issue while Deerpath Capital Management reset a 2018 vintage mid-market deal

CLO top stack offers best value versus corp debt after junior tranche rally: Barclays
Having lagged in the recent market recovery, CLO triple A paper looks attractive versus corporate investment grade and the CDX IG credit derivatives index

Hopes of full recovery quashed as credit funds struggle
Optimism about a prolonged recovery after credit hedge funds bounced back in March was dashed as 60% of funds in our database recorded negative returns in April.

Fund performance: Credit hits another bump in the road after March revival
There was more upheaval for credit funds in April, reversing the mini-recovery in March as 40% of funds made positive returns, a decrease on the 47% in March

Credit hedge funds (June 2022)
Credit hedge fund returns

   

Credit funds at a glance (June 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
 
   

400 Capital targets $600 million for opportunistic structured credit fund
The fund is targeting a $600 million final close next month with target net returns of 12-15%

ICG breaks CLO market silence with first US deal of 2022
Intermediate Capital Group looks to have been the manager to restart new CLO issuance after this week's brief primary market pause, bringing its first US deal of the year

Fidelity International makes senior direct lending hires in private credit push
Fidelity International has been staffing up in European direct lending, with 12 additions to the private credit team that was established a year ago

Fund performance: Credit bounces back from February blues
March performance figures were a slight improvement from the market turn in February; 47% of funds made positive returns, an increase on 17% the previous month

Credit hedge funds (May 2022)
Credit hedge fund returns  

Credit funds at a glance (May 2022)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
   

Dispersion begets dispersion in mixed bag of fund returns
Idiosyncratic risks are set to rise in credit, with fund managers becoming occupied with tail risks, and that has been seen in a scattered set of March hedge fund returns

CRE CLO episode shines light on CLO get-out clauses
Market disruption clauses are rare in CLO warehouse agreements, but litigation surrounding a cancelled 2020 CRE CLO underlines how these can give CLO issuers added flexibility in a doomsday scenario

Ex-Accunia CLO specialist lands at Danish firm to build structured finance platform
An ex-Accunia chief investment officer and CLO specialist has landed at Danish commercial real estate firm CBRE

CarVal ties in climate landmark with first CLO of 2022
CarVal CLO Management highlighted ESG criteria as it brought its first CLO of the year - and also the first since the firm's buyout by AB

Anchorage leapfrogs up CLO league table with first bond-flex deal of year
Anchorage Capital moves back into the top 20 US CLO managers in 2022 by volume, having priced its first bond-flex deal of the year