Cineworld buys ticket for DIP facility with chapter 11 filing
Cineworld filed for Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court For The Southern District Of Texas on Wednesday, less than a month after the UK-based cinema operator announced Chapter 11 was among the options it was considering to “achieve its restructuring objectives”

LP round up: Magnetar and Värde among winners as $3 billion flows to credit
Institutional investors allocated at least $3 billion to credit funds in August

Russia and Ukraine debt recovery outlooks diverge as DC publishes auction lists
The credit event auction to settle Russian sovereign CDS will have eight bonds deliverable, while 15 bonds have made it onto a preliminary list for Ukraine’s auction

Lumileds trips chapter 11 fuse, causing CLOs to suffer another default
CLOs hold $596 million debt of  lighting manufacturer Lumileds, which filed for Chapter 11 protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court Southern District Of New York on Monday

CLO x-rays reveal chapter 11-diagnosed borrower
18 CLO managers hold $380.2 million debt of medical imaging and non-destructive testing product provider Carestream Health, which on Tuesday filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US Court for the District of Delaware. The firm entered into a restructuring support agreement to slash its debt by around $470 million

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

Russia credit event auction starts to firm up as DC mulls settlement options
Russian Federation sovereign CDS will be settled in the first half of September, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has said. But settlement restrictions still require further discussion

Ukraine triggers restructuring credit event
Ukraine has triggered a restructuring credit event, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled

Ukraine credit event question accepted by DC
The Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has accepted a request to rule on whether Ukraine has triggered a restructuring credit event, following the country’s agreement last week to defer debt payments

Bardin Hill holds first close for second opportunistic credit fund
Bardin Hill Investment Partners has held a first close for its second opporunistic credit fund, with around $300 million in capital commitments

"The equity IRRs of enhanced CLOs are nearly all in the bottom decile of the market"

German firm takes big hit even as most of Europe gains ground
Adler was an outlier in Thursday trading as it bucked overall market improvement following the collapse of a deal to sell shares in a subsidiary. But the Bank of England soon took the shine off credit sentiment in any case

Lenders fume over Avaya ebitda miss weeks after issuing loans
Avaya’s lenders are considering legal options after the company slashed its ebitda projections just a few weeks after issuing a $350 million term loan paying Sofr plus 1,000 basis points

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

Credit hedge funds (August 2022)
Credit hedge fund returns  

Fund performance: Select funds shine in dreary June for credit hedge funds
Credit funds suffered through June, as only 8% of listed funds reached the black. This made June the fourth month in a row in which negative returns increased

Balbec collects $1.5 billion for fifth mortgage and consumer loan fund
Balbec will invest through a new fund across residential, commercial, and consumer whole loan portfolios and across the performance spectrum including “assets subject to bankruptcy or other structured repayment plans"

Arena collects $930 million for second opportunistic credit fund
Arena has made a final close on a fund and surpassed the target it set at its first close in July last year

Ares plans four credit fund launches amid strong deployment
Ares Management benefitted from strong private credit deployment in the quarted and unveiled plans to raise its sixth European direct lending fund, second flagship closed-end alternative credit fund and third US junior capital direct lending fund

Invesco holds final closed for distressed fund at $644 million
Invesco has made a final close of its global distressed credit and special sitiations fund known as Invesco Credit Partners Fund II

BlackRock closes £1.7 billion private debt fund with wide mandate for UK pensions
The firm has deployed around 60% of the fund, which invests across US and European direct lending, US and European real estate debt and the firm’s global opportunistic strategy

Russia and retail put stop to credit rally with big spread reversal
Russia’s move to cut gas supplies once again to Europe, as well as a Walmart profit warning in the US, are weighing heavily on markets Tuesday and sending credit spreads sharply wider

Russia CDS auction deliverables list takes shape after sanctions licence
Russian Federation bonds cleared by Euroclear may be the only deliverable obligations to settle sovereign CDS contracts referencing the country, the Emea Determinations Committee has said, although it is also considering Clearstream listed bonds as it moves forward with preparations for a credit event auction

Russia CDS settlement receives boost from US sanctions update
The long wait to settle CDS contracts referencing the Russia Federation could soon be over, with previous uncertainty over how US sanctions would impact a credit event auction apparently having been addressed

Credit PM pair seek galaxy of opportunities with long/short fund manager launch
Two experienced portfolio managers have set up a new venture to take advantage of volatile markets