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• BlueBay hires structured credit head, plans new range of structured funds

  BlueBay has hired Sid Chhabra as head of structured credit and CLOs in London, and plans to establish a new range of global structured credit and ABS strategies.

  • 09:30 AM

• France to set higher bank capital buffers amid corporate debt boom

  

  French banks will have to comply with a countercyclical capital buffer requirement as a means of promoting financial stability amid a rapid increase in corporate debt levels.

  • 12 Jun 2018

• LMA slams EU rule proposal on loan sales to non-banks

  

  A new proposed European Parliament and Council directive aimed at non-EU lenders and non-bank institutions will cause “significant uncertainty and disruption” to the primary and secondary syndicated loan markets, the Loan Market Association has warned.

  • 11 Jun 2018

• PIMCO setting up new CLO equity fund

  

  PIMCO is understood to be setting up a new fund aimed at buying CLO equity tranches, with portfolio managers recently flagging the opportunity created in the space by the rollback of risk retention rules.

  • 08 Jun 2018

• Natixis appoints new head of US CLO banking

  

  Natixis has appointed Chris Gilbert as head of US CLO banking and David Williams as head of US global structured credit solutions capital markets, following the departure of two CLO bankers last month.

  • 07 Jun 2018

• Bond pain could become loan market’s gain

  

  The age-old debate of loans versus bonds has picked up pace amid turbulence in the debt capital markets, as banks and borrowers in Asia try finding the most suitable funding options, writes Pan Yue.

  • 07 Jun 2018

• UBS selects leadership for Asia DCM syndicate

  

  UBS has appointed Kevin Cui and Terry Schmassmann as co-heads of Asia DCM syndicate, effective immediately, according to an internal memo seen by GlobalCapital Asia.

  • 07 Jun 2018

• Deutsche’s European corp fin victory plan unravels as Warren exits

  

  Deutsche Bank’s head of corporate finance EMEA, Alasdair Warren, has become the highest profile casualty of new CEO Christian Sewing’s cost-cutting drive, after failing to re-establish Deutsche at the summit of the European corporate finance rankings.

  • 06 Jun 2018

• Volcker proposals open door for return of US CLO bond buckets

  

  The proposed changes to the Volcker rule include an invitation for comments on whether CLO managers should once again be able to hold high yield bonds in their portfolios, a move that would bring US managers back in line with their European counterparts.

  • 04 Jun 2018

• Fitch beefs up levfin analysis with Fulcrum buy

  

  Fitch Group has reached an agreement to acquire Fulcrum Financial Data, which includes financial analysis brands such as Covenant Review, LevFin Insights and Capital Structure.

  • 31 May 2018

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