CLO market wrangles over direction of liability spreads after August volatility
Investors are seeking to get wider spreads on CLO primary deals, but Blackstone and other managers are trying to keep firm on US triple-As at 135bps

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

CIFC launches new multi-strategy credit UCITS fund
New York-based alternative asset manager CIFC has launched a new liquid UCITS strategy with an emphasis on sub-investment grade fixed income investments

CLO funds are hot in summer as they take nine spots in top 10 (Fund performance)
CLO funds took the lead through summer as the returns of the category index reached 1.88% and 3.18% in June and July, respectively. Both months saw a CLO fund as the top performer — Sound Point Meridian in June, and Oxford Gate Master Fund in July.

Beneath the triple C: Winter is coming for CLOs as downgrades outstrip upgrades
Both US and European issuers have felt downward pressure from the rating agencies as we head towards the end of the year, with downgrades to triple C now firmly outpacing upgrades out of it.

Beneath the triple C: Stormy October hits CLOs with rising tide of downgrades
After a slight respite in the pace of downgrades over the summer for CLOs, October brought renewed momentum as macro-economic pressures - primarily high interest rate burdens for corporate borrowers and supply side inflation - became the recurring rationale

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

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

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

Past returns: US firms become Euro CLO issuers
Five years ago in Creditflux we reported on CIFC Asset Management and Voya Investment Management harbouring European CLO ambitions as US issuers became accustomed to risk retention.

CLOs keep eyes glued to screen as Cineworld previews possible chapter 11
Cineworld, the UK-based cinema giant, has announced that a chapter 11 restructuring is among the options it is considering, in response to recent media speculation about a possible default

Ucits at a glance: Ucits see red in a tough June for returns
June marked an exceptionally tough month for Ucits funds, as none of those listed in the Creditflux database made it into the black

Credit Rendezvous: Investors try to avoid suplex city as recession and inflation reform tag-team
Credit investors getting ready to lock up against that familiar 1970s pairing of inflation and recession. But the hard-hitting tag team has picked up some new moves, causing floating rate outperformance to give way to underperformance; synthetic credit to outperform cash; and CLO terms curves to reshape into barely recognisable positions

Ucits at a glance: LBBW shines as Ucits take a turn for the worse
Ucits fund returns

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

   

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.

We’ll get through this awkward patch
Wide liabilities have made pricing CLOs trickier in the past few months. But speakers at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium were optimistic that the arbitrage is OK — so long as you can place those triple As

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

Ucits at a glance: Diamond shines after dull start to year
Ucits funds have continued to arrest the slide that followed the dip in February, as 37% of funds in April saw positive returns

Ucits at a glance: Robus stands tall among Ucits funds
27% of Ucits funds had positive returns in March, a slight improvement from 10% in February

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

Ucits at a glance: 2022 opens shakily but with a familiar lead
Ucits funds moved slowly into 2022 as 59% made negative returns in January

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

CLOs at a glance
A listing of CLOs that have priced in the last month