CLO 2.0s could weather a downturn better than 1.0s did
Improvements to structures and rating requirements, along with the involvement of a more suitable investor base, mean CLO 2.0s should cope when the cycle turns

Points up front: BlueGreen OneTreeHill United - the CLO team
Inspired by Serhan Seçmen’s keynote address at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium in May, we’ve come up with a World XI of CLO managers

CLO equity can help pension funds expand their efficient frontier
Our columnist and Eagle Point Credit Management founder Thomas Majewski looks at how CLO equity can benefit pension funds

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

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

They said it: regulators are using The Big Short as their frame of reference
The LMA’s Nicholas Voisey describes why it’s difficult to campaign for the European loan market

Points up front: accountant by day, goaltender extraordinaire by night
Golub's Scott Foster shows off his reflexes in an incredible debut for the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks

Points up front: traders are dedicated, no matter how hot it gets
When a fire alarm goes off, you should make your way to the nearest exit: unless you’re a trader

Long-term lock-up funds work very well in private equity, but CLO equity has greater needs
Beware of applying to CLOs fund structures that work for other asset classes, such as private equity. The result may be lost value

Tech is benefiting from all the trends that are hurting retail
CBAM's Don Young takes our credit quiz

US risk retention did wonders for CLOs
As managers circled the globe seeking to raise risk retention funds they sold CLOs to a whole new audience, says our newest columnist Eagle Point founder Thomas Majewski

They said it: BSL loans and mid-market loans are basically the same thing
A US CLO portfolio manager is heard putting himself forward for a direct lending fund management role..

Points up front: a few weeks' worth of dual compliance
Dual compliance is so 2017. And yet European CLO managers are pursuing US risk retention compliance. Perhaps memories of 2013 are resurfacing

Join the debate: most memorable moment in credit
At Creditflux we’ve now produced 200 monthly magazines since Fishknife first came up with the idea of tracking the global credit markets in 2001). We asked several key credit industry officials about their most memorable moment in credit

Staying afloat in credit takes care and character
In his final article, our columnist sheds light on his identity and has some 'nice' advice for those navigating credit’s changeable oceans

Past returns: Europe's own risk retention rewrite
Five years ago we reported that European CLO managers were hunting for partners to retain risk retention on their behalf. Shortly after, regulators performed a U-turn (nothing new here) and decided to prohibit third parties from acting as risk retainers

Join the debate: flippin' heck, you're distorting the CLO market
After our report on a CLO investor flipping 2018 bonds before the deals had even closed, one reader pointed out that this "masks true demand"

Points up front: the best way to source direct lending loans is to sit and wait
Spend a few minutes in the company of a direct lending manager and you’re sure to hear about the lengths to which funds go in order to source deals (one firm said that it operates a call centre in order to contact borrowers). Not so Pascal Meysson, managing director at Alcentra.

They said it: CLO managers are a generous sort
With US risk retention set to be repealed, one CLO equity investor is convinced that managers will readily return 'risk retention capital' to investors

Past returns: pension scheme gets stung after regulators rewrite CLO rules
Five years ago, we reported that US pension funds were boosting their allocation to euro-denominated credit. One institution in particular led the way by supporting the first European CLO to be issued since the global financial crisis

Join the debate: is Christopher Nolan moonlighting for Creditflux?
A story last month on direct lender Prestige caused one reader to draw comparisons with a script from film director Christopher Nolan 

Points up front: zombie managers near extinction
The long-term nature of CLOs means the market tends to have a large number of zombie managers, those with one or two deals outstanding but no plans for future issuance. However, a spate of redemptions, especially in Europe, has swept away some of the ghostly deadwood.

The biggest credit stories in 2017
CLO ramp-up risk, new risk retention proposals and new CLO joint ventures were in the headlines last year. Here, Creditflux reveals the most read stories of 2017

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