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Private credit inflows face uphill battle even as 401(k) doors open
1 month ago
Although US President Trump’s executive order opens defined contribution retirement plans like 401(k)s to private credit investments, a sudden and meaningful rise in inflows is unlikely -
Fund performance
11 months ago
August returns were largely positive for credit hedge funds, as 88% of those listed in the Creditflux database reached into the black -
September 2024 US Leveraged Highlights
11 months ago
While new money activity in the loan market reached its highest point in the last 18 months in 3Q24, it remains significantly lower than historical averages -
Fund performance
1 year ago
CLO funds dominate again as they take 18 spots in top 30 list -
Fund performance
1 year ago
Q4 has kicked off with structured finance funds leading the way in the Creditflux league tables, as the category index reached 0.61%, and all but one fund made positive returns. -
November 2023 US Leveraged Highlights
1 year ago
Debtwire today releases the November 2023 US Leveraged Highlights, featuring key trends in the leveraged loan and high-yield bond markets -
Lumen Technologies ad-hoc group preps competing proposal
1 year ago
The refinancing of Lumen Technologies, currently held by 1311 different CLOs with a combined principal balance of USD 3.8bn, took a new twist today as details of a competing proposal emerged -
Fund performance
2 years ago
Positive August for credit sees CLO funds on top again -
The rise and rise of CLO ETFs
2 years ago
A couple of years ago, the prospect of billions of dollars being invested in CLOs through exchange-traded funds would have seemed far-fetched. But a crop of CLO ETFs have popped up, demonstrating that liquidity is no longer an issue -
Manager looks to cut HY exposures in CLO-heavy credit interval fund
2 years ago
A credit fund manager has provided a performance update on is multi-strategy closed-end credit fund through regulatory filings, revealing it has beat its benchmark from 1 April to 30 September despite losing 13.66% -
Ucits at a glance: Robus stands tall among Ucits funds
3 years ago
27% of Ucits funds had positive returns in March, a slight improvement from 10% in February -
Fund performance: Credit slumps widely as CLOs lag furthest behind
3 years ago
February’s market turn brought a variety of fund categories into the Creditflux top ten as six different categories were represented -- US high yield standing tallest among them -
Ucits at a glance: Robus and Altana dip but stay at the top
3 years ago
In October, Ucits funds continued a slide that had begun the previous month with 60% of them in the red -
Credit Fundraising: Private credit and CLO captive equity feature strongly as closes mount up
3 years ago
Credit funds have made a fair start to the fourth quarter, although the $21 billion raised during October is down substantially on September’s impressive record for 2021 -
LP round up: no Stoptober as investors allocate $5 billion to credit
3 years ago
US institutional investors allocated $5 billion to credit funds in October, with Oak Hill and Pimco among the biggest mandates -
CLO fund comes top by distance in middling month for credit
4 years ago
A CIS Asset Management fund, which invests mainly in US CLO equity, was the star performer in March after gaining 7.36% in the month -
It's all relative: CLO spreads explore record tights as credit indices hit impasse
4 years ago
CLO spreads are grinding to ever tighter levels, despite a flattish week for credit in which corporate credit indices have ended up more or less unchanged -
It's all relative: CLOs are lagging no more, as Carlyle deal drags market tighter
4 years ago
“CLOs are lagging” has been a much repeated refrain over the last nine months. But Carlyle Group has this week produced a US CLO that has dragged spreads to their tightest point in three years so that, rather than comparing CLOs to pre-covid levels, they should be assessed against early 2018 -
Compression plays out as HY and European CLO double Bs outperform
4 years ago
Investment grade and high yield credit spreads have tightened in sync with each other this week, but CDS and CLOs alike underline that the big theme over the past month has been compression between investment grade and high yield -
Credit fundraising: distressed keeps in favour but CLO ETFs emerge
5 years ago
Five months into global lockdown and distressed debt funds are still proving popular, but several managers have found success pitching other types of credit strategies -
Flat Rock eyes interval fund conversion for private BDC
5 years ago
Flat Rock Capital Corporation, a private business development company managed by Flat Rock Global, has filed to convert to an interval fund, according to US regulatory filings. The BDC will merge into a new entity, subject to shareholder approval -
Fund performance: Credit funds post double-digit gains
5 years ago
June returns have once again been led by CLO funds, as seven out of the top 10 belong to our CLOs category. -
New funds move in as tranche trades take off
5 years ago
Synthetic structured credit funds are proving popular with investors amid a spike in index tranche trading -
Lupus Alpha CLO funds enter April top 10 after cutting triple B exposure in January
5 years ago
Lupus Alpha CLO High Grade Invest Fund, a Ucits fund managed by Lupus Alpha, topped the Creditflux April hedge fund rankings with 12.05% returns. The Frankfurt-based manager also has two other funds in the top 10 rankings: Lupus Alpha CLO High Quality Invest (9.88%) and Lupus Alpha CLO Opportunity Notes I (8.94%) -
CLOs hold $189.3 million of J Crew as coronavirus pushes firm into bankruptcy
5 years ago
12 CLO managers hold $189.3 million debt of US retailer and household name J Crew (parent company Chino Holdings), which filed for Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Monday
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