All Credit articles
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Video
10 Minute Masterclass—Senior Secured Loans
Senior secured loans offer a unique blend of attractive yield potential with some protection against both credit and interest rate risk. At a high level, senior secured loans have the potential to provide attractive risk-adjusted returns and other portfolio benefits.
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Video
Talking Markets – Contingent Capital
Head of Fixed Income, Lloyd Harris and Credit Analyst, Cameron Geering give an overview of contingent capital, its diversification benefits along with why they like the asset class and what gives them a competitive edge as investors.
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White papers
US investment grade credit bounces back from its nadir
In his 1974 children’s book, The Tiger’s Bones, the English poet Ted Hughes wrote that “Nothing is free. Everything has to be paid for.”
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Pitchbook: Q&A: Barings BDC’s Freund Says Inbound Deal Activity Strong, Pricing May Tighten
Matt Freund recently shared his thoughts on the current state of the private credit market with PitchBook LCD.
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Four Reasons to Revisit EM Corporate Short Duration Debt
Against a potentially higher-for-longer backdrop, a short-dated approach to EM corporate debt can provide an opportunity to pick up income, incremental yield and diversification, with less volatility.
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Specialty Finance: High-Yielding, Short-Duration and Uncorrelated Private Credit
The underlying assets, bespoke structuring and market dynamics of Specialty Finance can complement a traditional private debt strategy.
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Unlocking Alts: Opportunities in a New Investment Regime
The investment landscape remains uncertain. Interest rates have been stubbornly high, and central banks around the world appear to be moving cautiously before pivoting to a more accommodative policy stance. Economies around the globe are moving along divergent paths, underscored by resilient growth in the US that has outpaced many of its peers.
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Credit where credit is due
During the past quarter century or so, a blend of European credit would have delivered better returns at lower risk than the standard balanced portfolio
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Podcast
Consumer Dynamics Amid the Credit Crunch
M&A financing continues to translate into supply opportunities in the investment grade market. With companies like Home Depot and Johnson & Johnson recently announcing multi-billion-dollar acquisition deals, we believe there is a $100 billion pipeline of announced deals over the course of 2024. However, the consumer retail space has simultaneously begun to slow down.
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Podcast
Growing Barings in Private Assets & Beyond
Barings Chairman & CEO, Mike Freno, joins the podcast to discuss recent developments in the firm’s Global Private Finance platform, the strong momentum in its public and private assets businesses, and where he and the Barings team see opportunities for growth ahead.
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White papers
Senior Secured Loans: 101
At $1.8 trillion, the global senior secured loan market has grown substantially over the last 15 years. Here, we break down the key characteristics of the asset class and touch on how investors can access the many potential benefits on offer.
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Blog
The Credit and Decarbonization Impacts of Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is a viable solution to decarbonizing aircraft travel but due to the slow pace of SAF uptake, airlines may fall short of their publicized decarbonization goals.
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High yield structured credit: Ripe conditions within the European market
What is attracting investors to high yield structured credit?
Structured credit has grown considerably over the last few years. The trends propelling the asset class are long-term with investors potentially able to capture equity-like returns from the asset class. Capital at risk. -
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Re-Rating Financials
A year after the mini-banking crisis, we see the normalizing interest rate and yield backdrop generating tailwinds behind the Financials sector.
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The lost art of credit analysis in buy and maintain management
As we move into the later stages of the credit cycle, effective risk management within core fixed income portfolios is an increasingly pertinent issue for insurance companies. With corporate balance sheets under increasing pressure, traditional buy and maintain credit management strategies are being tested for the first time, placing increased focus on the benefits of a more active approach to long-term credit allocations.
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Collectors vs. Selectors: How (& Why) Direct Lending Business Models Are Diverging
Direct lending deals are getting bigger—but arguably, the most compelling relative value (still) lies in the traditional or “true” middle market.
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Deconstructing Opportunities in IG Credit
Amid narrow spreads, a focus on sector and credit research and a willingness to take tactical positions could help to capitalize on potential dislocations across the U.S. investment grade credit universe.
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360°, Q2 2024: Can strong technicals lead to stronger fundamentals?
2024 has, so far, been broadly defined by idiosyncratic events, volatility and dispersion. For that reason, in our latest 360° report, our credit team emphasise the importance of credit selection from here.
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3 years of TargetNetZero investment-grade credit
Credit convictions combined with climate alignment typifies our TargetNetZero investment grade (TNZ IG) credit strategies, which recently marked three years since their inception. Here we take a closer look at their origin, evolution and the outlook for fixed-income investment in alignment with the Paris Agreement.
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The case for resilient high yield private credit
With inflation lingering and rates moving at a much slower pace than expected, infrastructure debt, particularly in the higher-quality sub-investment grade space, offers attractive returns and resilience for investors seeking a safe haven in a changeable market, explain Infranity experts.