European Credit

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LNG Capital is a European Credit alternative asset manager. Our investment process combines rigorous bottom-up fundamental research with an understanding of the prevailing macroeconomic environment.

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European Credit

Expertise

LNG Capital is a European Credit alternative asset manager. Our investment process combines rigorous bottom-up fundamental research with an understanding of the prevailing macroeconomic environment. DISCOVER MORE

European Credit
Expertise

LNG Capital is a European Credit alternative asset manager. Our investment process combines rigorous bottom-up fundamental research with an understanding of the prevailing macroeconomic environment. DISCOVER MORE

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Experience

LNG Capital’s core focus is European Credit and the firm runs this strategy in an alternative long/short. The investment process combines rigorous bottom-up fundamental research with an understanding of the prevailing macroeconomic environment.

Our highly experienced investment team has been able to conisitently generate alpha, while effectively preserving capital, over multiple macroeconomic cycles. We have built our success on our ability to combine thorough fundamental credit analysis with a keen understanding of the macroeconomic environment.

Success Through

Experience

LNG Capital’s core focus is European Credit and the firm runs this strategy in an alternative long/short. The investment process combines rigorous bottom-up fundamental research with an understanding of the prevailing macroeconomic environment.

Our highly experienced investment team has been able to conisitently generate alpha, while effectively preserving capital, over multiple macroeconomic cycles. We have built our success on our ability to combine thorough fundamental credit analysis with a keen understanding of the macroeconomic environment.

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Boutique Credit – A quiet champion of the real economy

7 Jul 2017

Boutique Credit – A quiet champion of the real economy The disintermediation of bank lending has been a key feature of the financial landscape in the aftermath of the financial crisis, writes LNG Capital founder Louis Gargour. Encouraged by regulators,…

LNG Capital:Bucking the Credit Hedge Fund Trend

LNG Capital:Bucking the Credit Hedge Fund Trend

LNG Capital: Bucking The Credit Hedge Fund Trend 3 April 2018 Rebecca Hampson While credit hedge funds had outflows of -$4.7bn last year, however, one hedge fund LNG Capital was up 20.66%. Considering themselves a European credit expert, the firm’s founder...

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Eastern Europe NPL’s – Opportunity

Eastern Europe NPL’s – Opportunity

Eastern Europe NPL's - Opportunity I recently had the opportunity to sit on a panel in Bucharest and discuss the opportunities around Eastern European nonperforming loans. I believe this is an area investor should focus on as outsized returns can be made,...

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Bond selloff begins

Bond selloff begins

Bond selloff begins Let us not say we told you so, as we are not the only ones.... however given the confluence of events in the US of ultra low unemployment, moderate growth, and tax and fiscal stimulus led by the Trump administration we anticipate yield...

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Greek Debt Swap – Very Interesting Trade

Greek Debt Swap – Very Interesting Trade

Greek Debt Swap - Very Interesting Trade Investors should be looking carefully at the Greek governments' potential debt swap. Our analysis points to the fact that this deal will be very attractive for a number of reasons, and that investors should be...

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Junk Bond Fever – High Yield or High Risk?

Junk Bond Fever – High Yield or High Risk?

The search for yield continues, with government bonds demonstrating very little absolute return i.e. return adjusted for inflation. Contrary to popular analysis US treasuries have headed lower in terms of yield not higher, the European Central Bank has...

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Is Europe Finished? Should we short EU Govt Bonds soon?

Is Europe Finished? Should we short EU Govt Bonds soon?

Is Europe Finished? Should we short EU Govt Bonds soon? We are seeing significant nationalistic and populist trends worldwide, Europe is no exception. 2017 is the year of significant change in the European political landscape with France going to the polls...

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Italian Banks Clean-up time – Running out of time

Italian Banks Clean-up time – Running out of time

Italian Banks Clean-up time - Running out of time Investors biggest criticisms and concerns in looking at Europe is that its banking system has yet to be completely cleaned up. Specifically Italian banks stand out as the biggest problem in the banking...

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LNG Capital CIO sees Italy referendum loss, debt sell-off

LNG Capital CIO sees Italy referendum loss, debt sell-off

LNG Capital CIO sees Italy referendum loss, debt sell-off By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - The founder and chief investment officer of credit hedge fund LNG Capital said the Italian government will likely lose a December referendum on reforming the...

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Brexit 3 Is Europe Breaking Up?

Brexit 3 Is Europe Breaking Up?

Just when you thought it was safe to invest in bonds again, we are seeing bond yields increase globally on the back of Trump winning the US elections. More importantly we believe that we will begin to see very similar changes of government across the EU...

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Brexit Squared – What Trump’s Victory Means for Bonds

Brexit Squared – What Trump’s Victory Means for Bonds

Brexit Squared - What Trump's Victory Means for Bonds Our initial observation is that Globalization has run into a wall. Brexit in the UK and the election of a right wing Republican president running on a platform of protectionism and immigration reforms...

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Italian Banks – The next Lehman?

Italian Banks – The next Lehman?

Investors should watch this space carefully As readers must know, we are currently in the midst of a back and forth between the Italian state and the ECB in terms of the recapitalization of Italian banks, and more importantly stabilization of confidence in...

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Government Bond Investors Beware

Government Bond Investors Beware

Government bond investors should be very concerned, the current yield levels exhibited by G10 economies are not sustainable, and interest rate sensitivity in global portfolios is at an all-time high as a result of low rates and investors extending...

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European default rates set to rise

European default rates set to rise

European default rates set to rise Founder & Senior Portfolio Manager European Fixed Income Specialist European default rates set to rise. As a delegate at today's annual European high-yield conference hosted by AFME, I wanted to comment on the topics...

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Greek fears weigh on Europe

Greek fears weigh on Europe

Greek fears weigh on Europe Louis Gargour, chief investment officer and managing partner of LNG Capital, talks about what might happen to the euro if Greece defaults on its debts and exits the union. See the video here.

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LNG Capital launches new share class for flagship fund

LNG Capital launches new share class for flagship fund

LNG Capital launches new share class for flagship fund LNG Capital has launched a new share class for its flagship Europa Credit Fund to meet the requirements of a new investor that has made a very significant capital allocation to the Fund. The new investor is a...

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Fixed-Income Hedge Funds Wrestle with QE

Fixed-Income Hedge Funds Wrestle with QE

Fixed-Income Hedge Funds Wrestle with QE By Laurence Fletcher One month into the European Central Bank’s massive bond-buying program, fixed income hedge fund managers are trying to get their heads round how to trade it. At first glance, the answer is...

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Debut Bond Sales Swell in Europe as Risks Mount

Debut Bond Sales Swell in Europe as Risks Mount

Debut Bond Sales Swell in Europe as Risks Mount:Credit Markets Abigail Moses and Jennifer Joan Lee 25 June 2014, 16:31 BST Companies are debuting a record amount of bonds in Europe as investors demanding higher yields show greater tolerance for...

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ETFs pose unappreciated financial risk, says fixed income manager

ETFs pose unappreciated financial risk, says fixed income manager

The low level of liquidity in fixed income markets makes ETFs vulnerable says Louis Gargour, managing partner and CIO of LNG Capital.“I think it’s a very unappreciated big financial risk,” he says, citing data that reveals proprietary trading capital in high yield in...

LNG Capital:Bucking the Credit Hedge Fund Trend

LNG Capital:Bucking the Credit Hedge Fund Trend

LNG Capital: Bucking The Credit Hedge Fund Trend 3 April 2018 Rebecca Hampson While credit hedge funds had outflows of -$4.7bn last year, however, one hedge fund LNG Capital was up 20.66%. Considering themselves a European credit expert, the firm’s founder...

Eastern Europe NPL’s – Opportunity

Eastern Europe NPL’s – Opportunity

Eastern Europe NPL's - Opportunity I recently had the opportunity to sit on a panel in Bucharest and discuss the opportunities around Eastern European nonperforming loans. I believe this is an area investor should focus on as outsized returns can be made,...

Market selloff what does it mean? Why Europe is attractive right now

Market selloff what does it mean? Why Europe is attractive right now

Market selloff what does it mean? Why Europe is attractive right now If investors look at flows/technicals of fixed income markets over the past year, there has been significantly more investment flow into investment-grade, not high-yield, as well as more...

Bond selloff begins

Bond selloff begins

Bond selloff begins Let us not say we told you so, as we are not the only ones.... however given the confluence of events in the US of ultra low unemployment, moderate growth, and tax and fiscal stimulus led by the Trump administration we anticipate yield...

Greek Debt Swap – Very Interesting Trade

Greek Debt Swap – Very Interesting Trade

Greek Debt Swap - Very Interesting Trade Investors should be looking carefully at the Greek governments' potential debt swap. Our analysis points to the fact that this deal will be very attractive for a number of reasons, and that investors should be...

Junk Bond Fever – High Yield or High Risk?

Junk Bond Fever – High Yield or High Risk?

The search for yield continues, with government bonds demonstrating very little absolute return i.e. return adjusted for inflation. Contrary to popular analysis US treasuries have headed lower in terms of yield not higher, the European Central Bank has...