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May 2022 | Issue 245

Sayed Kadiri

Editor

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Tech firm eyes data-driven approach to CLO management

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European CLO managers aim for bigger bond bucket fix

Michelle D’souza,

Reporter

Sayed Kadiri

Editor and Tanvi Gupta, Head of Data Journalism

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Loan buyers warned about rush of Sofr opt-in amendments

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Macro drivers set to give lift to CDS tranche trading

Dan Alderson, Deputy editor

Hugh Minch, Reporter

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CLO manager M&A deal boosts equity investor Hildene Capital

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Loan fintech drills into private data to free up analysts’ time

Sayed Kadiri, Editor

Read News in Brief

Top stories on creditflux.com: from contract acquisitions to derivatives experts’ moves

8 april

Creditflux announces finalists for CLO Manager Awards

The biggest CLO awards are back in their familiar May slot for the first time since 2019. Brigade, Carlyle, CBAM, First Eagle and Octagon are vying for the best new US CLO trophy, while AlbaCore, Apollo, Cairn, Sculptor and Spire contend for best new European CLO.

More than 90 managers submitted CLOs for consideration in our biggest ever awards ceremony, which is set to be staged on 10 May at London’s Landmark Hotel.

1 april

CLOs retreat to Libor as Sofr gets cancelled

Cancel culture has arrived in the CLO market, with newly implemented benchmark Sofr scrapped after it “made managers feel sad”. #checkthedate.

1 april

Trinitas scoops up Carlson CLOs

This one’s no joke: Trinitas buys yet more CLO contracts after taking over MacKay Shields’ CLOs a couple of months ago.

5 april

Vida hires head of structured credit

Peter Polanskyj is livin’ la Vida after leaving his post as head of US CLOs at Sculptor Capital Management. Polanskyj is also a derivatives specialist, having invested in CSOs previously.

6 april

CLO head joins Columbia after Carlson exits CLOs

Stanton Ray led Carlson’s CLO business, but after that was offloaded to Trinitas (1 April), he switched to Columbia Threadneedle Investments.

7 april

Blackstone lands leading structured credit figure

Zaheen Mir, the former head of global institutional structuring at JP Morgan, is moving to the buy side to structure deals and work on various financings.

12 april

Citi loses top derivatives strategist to buy side

Hudson Bay Capital has hired Citi’s head of global credit derivatives strategy, Yodsadhorn (Calvin) Vinitwatanakhun.

8 april

US Bank looks to deploy billions into CLO triple As

US Bank’s head of fixed income and capital markets Stephen Philipson tells us the firm is eyeing loan CLO triple A tranches.

13 april

Trade finance specialist sentenced

David Hu, former chief investment officer of International Investment Group, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a “Ponzi-like scheme”, which included using a CLO to create fraudulent loans.

14 april

Prytania CLO and ABS investor lands at pension

Colin Behar has moved to USS Investment Management, an arm of the Universities Superannuation Scheme.

20 april

Chorus reaches crescendo with SRT hire

Chorus Capital hires Juan Grana, who recently worked at ArrowMark, where he helped establish a London office.

20 april

CSAM launches reset of 2020 European CLO

CLO primary has slowed as spreads widened, but CSAM has found a reset window.

22 april

Former JP Morgan CLO buyer joins Fortress

Jonathan Horowitz is appointed head of structured liabilities.