From Years to Months: Accelerated Development of Systematic Credit

Spreading out: Private credit’s next growth wave

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This Hedgeweek rapid read report, published in partnership with MSCI, explores how existing equity and fixed income tools can be leveraged to more swiftly address client demand for systematic strategies.

Key takeaways incude:

Rapid Read

• Growing Adoption: Over 20% of hedge fund managers use or are exploring systematic fixed income strategies.
• Key Drivers: Outperformance, new alpha sources, and client demand are the main motivations for adoption.
• Technology-Driven Access: Increased market liquidity and electronic trading lower barriers to entry for systematic credit.
• Expertise Gap: Lack of internal expertise is a challenge, but equity skill sets are increasingly relevant to credit.
• Faster Development: Off-the-shelf tools enable quicker development of systematic strategies, reducing build time to months.