Prytania CLO and ABS investor lands at pension fund
A CLO and ABS tranche investor has left Prytania Asset Management and landed in the investment arm of a pension fund

Fund performance: Credit slumps widely as CLOs lag furthest behind
February’s market turn brought a variety of fund categories into the Creditflux top ten as six different categories were represented -- US high yield standing tallest among them

Credit hedge funds (April 2022)
Credit hedge fund returns

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

StepStone sets out new path with Mexican securitisation
StepStone Group says its securitisation of private credit opportunities for Mexican investors has left a template for other managers to follow.

"Faltering oil supply is lamentable at a time of strategic and moral shortfall"
We need to accept the pain and cut dependence on Russian oil today

GoldenTree sprouts up in North Carolina
GoldenTree Asset Management has opened a new office in Charlotte

Quarterly rankings: Wave of acquisitions reshapes CLO market
A wave of acquisitions and consolidation hit the CLO market in the first quarter of 2022, although the ripples have yet to alter Creditflux’s manager rankings

CLOs look attractive after corporate rally - but not all tranches: Barclays
Rallying corporate cash credit spreads over the past two weeks have widened the basis with CLOs and made these products look attractive again, according to Barclays strategists

Hidden loan tail risks and mounting single B exposure could pose problem for CLOs: Barclays
A solid rally for leveraged loans this week - against returning weakness in bonds - has put focus back on the market, which seemingly has little tail risk priced in. But short term support factors and a dwindling triple C bucket mask the quality skew, warn Barclays strategists in a note today - which could spell downgrades for single-B minus rated loans

European CLOs well-placed to counter volatility: Fitch
High inflation could hamper borrowers, but European CLOs are in decent shape with most loan issuers having refinanced last year, according to a report by Fitch Ratings. Other parts of structured credit are not as well insulated against risks. 

MidOcean announces promotions in credit business
Two portfolio managers are among those to earn promotion at MidOcean Partners 

Carlyle brings first new US CLO of 2022
Carlyle has priced a $407 million US CLO named 2022-1, its first new deal and second overall CLO transaction of 2022

MKP partner joins Orchard in new global distribution role
Orchard Global Asset Management has hired an experienced figure from MKP Capital in the newly created role of global head of distribution and investor relations

HY fund is exception to rule of CLOs
CLO funds have had back-to-back years of outperformance versus credit, proving the asset class is a great place to invest, rain or shine. But a Wasserstein HY fund was the star performer in 2021  

CLO equity could get hurt by mismatch in credit spread adjustments: Barclays
The possibility that borrowers and sponsors start to use their clout to scrap credit spread adjustments from leveraged loans poses a risk for new CLO equity, while legacy deals also face transition challenges

Fund performance: Groundhog Day as 2021 leaders start strong
CLO funds once again claim the most top performing spots as seven out of 10 funds belong to the category

Credit hedge funds (March 2022)
Credit hedge fund returns

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

AB targets software companies after niche securitisation
Deutsche Bank priced an unusual securitisation for AB last month. The deal accommodates the manager’s expertise in the software and technology sector

"Rules require 5% risk retention, but for first loss CRS that is not enough"
PGGM's Mascha Canio takes our credit quiz