‘Opportunities will present themselves’
Investor's Corner with Kathy Sutherland, GoldenTree CEO

GoldenTree snaps up global award... again
Last year, GoldenTree was named Creditflux Global Manager of the Year. This year it repeated that achievement — but it also swooped for our US manager of the year and closed-end fund awards

GoldenTree takes home the big prize
Our 16th annual awards saw the CLO community gather at London’s Landmark Hotel to recognise the best performing CLOs, CLO managers and CLO funds — and the global manager of the year

Funds round up: private credit reaches for retail
A number of new credit funds launched last month to round out 2024's first quarter, including ones in Europe aimed at retail investors

Global CLO league tables - May 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - May 2023 YTD

Global CLO league tables - February 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - February 2023 YTD

Global CLO league tables - January 2023 YTD
Global CLO league tables - January 2023 YTD

Rope-a-dope brings knock-out returns
Post-pandemic US and European CLOs delivered mid-teen equity returns in 2022, despite a barrage of weak macroeconomic news and what could have been a heavyweight Libor mismatch  

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

GoldenTree hits $3bn hard cap on distressed debt fund
GoldenTree Asset Management says it has closed its latest distressed debt fund, Distressed Fund IV, at its $3 billion hard cap

CLOs at a glance (July 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month
 
 

   

CSAM does the CLO awards double
Winning the Creditflux Manager of the Year award is a feat in itself. Winning it back-to-back in such different markets is an outstanding achievement — and CSAM can take great pride in it

CLOs at a glance (April 2022)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month  

I’ll see your 2020 and raise you 2021
Discounted loans, Libor floors and bond flexibility helped make 2021 an even better year for CLO returns than 2020, as US CLOs distributed 15.54% and European CLOs paid 13.93% annualised

LP round up: no Stoptober as investors allocate $5 billion to credit
US institutional investors allocated $5 billion to credit funds in October, with Oak Hill and Pimco among the biggest mandates    

Everyone’s ramping

Credit Fundraising: Blue Owl and WhiteHorse gain from improving animal spirits
Fundraising perked up in July as managers raised $14.9 billion for credit funds - the third highest monthly amount this year

Credit funds at a glance (August 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

CLOs at a glance (July 2021)
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month

CLO pipeline: GoldenTree makes good home for single Bs in swarm of activity
Wider CLO spreads are not deterring US CLO managers or equity investors, as 14 new issues, 10 resets and seven refinancings enter the pipeline

CLO pipeline: Carlyle eyes fourth new issue in two months but refis and resets dominate
Manager focus has shifted to reworking vintage CLOs to lower funding costs in a much tighter market, with the new issue US market having slowed

CLO pipeline: busy year, so let's take time to reset
The US CLO market this year has been dominated by new issues and refinancings, but now is the time of the reset judging by this week’s pipeline

Credit fundraising: ESG centre stage as capital pours into new strategies
Sustainability was the watchword for fundraising in February, amid a flurry of fund launches as well as first closes for impact funds and sustainable bond funds

At least 2020 wasn’t dreadful for CLOs
Last year’s downturn was another in which CLOs survived and in many cases thrived as active management and Libor floors helped managers deliver 13%-plus returns to equity

LP round up: pensions plan private credit pacing as strategic credit takes on "midfield" role
US pensions have allocated $1.4 billion across 22 credit funds including those managed by Angelo Gordon, Ares and GoldenTree, according to recent board documents seen by Creditflux. Meanwhile a pension fund draws parallels between strategic credit and Jordan Henderson