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
   

We’re drifting apart
Everyone’s issuing US CLOs these days and it is tempting to believe the crowd of managers is blending into one. However, overall portfolio overlap has dropped to 37.7% across 2021 CLOs  

CIFC partners with Israeli firm on inaugural CLO investment fund
IBI Investment House has partnered with CIFC Asset Management to launch an inaugural CLO fund named IBI CLO Strategies Fund

CIFC prices fourth US CLO of year while Bain prints third
CIFC Asset Management and Bain Capital Credit each priced a new CLO on Wednesday, with the two deals totalling over $1 billion in new issuance

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

CLOs outperform yet again despite tough month for credit
CLOs can do no wrong it seems, and funds that invest in them topped Creditflux’s credit hedge fund rankings once again in January

CIFC confirms $225,000 donation and mentoring agreement as part of new CLO
CIFC Asset Management's most recent CLO included a $225,000 donation to education charity Teak Fellowship, the firm has announced. Creditflux first reported on this at the start of the month, highlighting that CIFC's contribution of $100,000 was set to come out of its management fee

CIFC becomes first manager to print two reinvesting US CLOs in 2022
CIFC Asset Management became the first US CLO manager to price two new reinvesting CLOs this year on Friday after teaming with Royal Bank of Canada on the $510.9 million CIFC Funding 2022-1

CIFC plans second US CLO in philanthropic series with new payment profile
CIFC Asset Management is preparing the second deal in its CLO Initiative for Change series, with the parties behind CIFC Funding 2022-II committing “over $200,000” to the Teak Fellowship

Ucits at a glance: Robus claims top spot in 2021 after tight race
Ucits funds have ended 2021 on a high as 62% made positive returns in December

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

CIFC prices second-tightest CLO of 2022
CIFC Asset Management priced its first CLO of the year on Thursday, securing the second tightest funding costs on a new issue this year

Gapstow expects strategic deals as credit manager M&A volume slumps to $120 billion
M&A volume involving credit asset managers dropped last year with total target value assets under management slumping to $120 billion from $149 billion in 2020 (and $254 billion in 2019), according to Gapstow Capital Partners

CIFC turns three-year CLO into five-year deal with reset
CIFC has turned its three-year reinvestment deal named CIFC Funding 2014-IV-R into a full five-year transaction with a reset via BNP Paribas

CLO managers show respect to their elders
Alongside lucrative new issues, managers also make time for refinancing and resetting old deals. Our data shows that, in 2021, mid-sized firms were the most effective at this balancing act

Fund performance: CLO funds deliver again, but third of all funds post losses
CLO funds took six of the top 10 spots in October in a continuation of the previous month’s strong performances. However, a consistent showing from Wasserstein in the US high yield category has claimed the top spot for the last two months

Ucits at a glance: Robus and Altana dip but stay at the top
In October, Ucits funds continued a slide that had begun the previous month with 60% of them in the red

CIFC pairs with Bank of America for $460 million CLO reset
CIFC Asset Management teamed up with Bank of America on Tuesday to reset its legacy CLO, CIFC Funding 2019-V

CLO managers refi $1.7 billion across four deals
Four CLO managers refinanced legacy deals on Tuesday, for a total $1.7 billion