Octagon Credit Investors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in New York founded in 1998 and separated from The Chase Manhattan Corporation in 1999 and a majority-owned subsidiary of Conning & Company, an SEC-registered investment adviser based in Hartford, Connecticut. Octagon Credit Investors, LLC provides investment management advisory services focused on below investment grade credit strategies for institutional clients including banks, investment companies, private pooled funds, retirement plans, government entities, insurance companies, corporations and other businesses.
National Center for Public Policy Research proposes BTC treasury to Amazon
The National Center for Public Policy Research — a Washington DC-based think tank championing free markets — submitted a shareholder proposal to Amazon saying that a Bitcoin corporate treasury strateg...
Private Markets: How Will Private Credit Respond To Declining Yields?
Recent and upcoming rate cuts will provide relief for private credit borrowers through lower funding costs in 2025, even as many have already benefitted from repricing and improving financing conditio...
Most global public funds plan to increase infrastructure allocations — OMFIF report
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BlackRock has a handshake deal to buy private credit group HPS Investment Partners, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The final deal value would be closer to $12 billion, which offers a signi...
US Bitcoin reserve during Trump presidency could pump BTC to $1M
A Bitcoin-related bill is gaining support in the United States, signaling a potential boost for the cryptocurrency’s value, which could hit $1 million. Former President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2...
How is private credit weathering its first big rate hiking cycle?
Interest rates are coming down, but only after one of the most brutal monetary tightening periods in modern history. And they’re probably coming down too late, too little and too slowly for a lot of s...
TISE finds best place to capitalise on private assets
Guernsey stock exchange now provides a facility for trading shares in privately held companies. A stock exchange based in the Channel Islands is trying to capitalise on a global drought in initial pub...
‘Defanging the SEC’ may turbocharge US economy: Cathie Wood
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Euro zone inflation rises to higher-than-expected 2%, weakening case for jumbo rate cut
Inflation in the euro area rose from 1.7% to 2% in October, flash figures showed Thursday, coming in slightly higher than the 1.9% forecast. Core inflation and services inflation were both unchanged ...