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Highland Wins a Creditflux Manager Award

Red River CLO I wins “Most Improved CLO” at the 2012 Creditflux Manager Awards, which were held in London.

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Creditflux

Mark Okada Writes Guest Blog for CNBC

Highland Capital Management co-founder and CIO, Mark Okada, pens a guest blog on market opportunities for CNBC.com, as part of its coverage of the 2012 SkyBridge Alternatives Conference, or SALT. Mr. Okada focuses on three opportunities that may offer attractive returns given the current state of the U.S. economy: bank loans, long/short strategies, and distressed for control investing.

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CNBC

Highland CIO Talks to CNBC at SALT Conference

Mark Okada, Highland Capital Management co-founder and Chief Investment Officer, sat down with CNBC’s Gary Kaminsky at the 2012 SkyBridge Alternatives Conference, or SALT. Mr. Okada, appearing after speaking during a SALT panel on current trends in alternative asset allocation, discusses the overall macroeconomic environment and three strategies he believes that investors should consider to take advantage of the current market: senior secured bank loan assets, long/short strategies, and distressed for control investing.

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CNBC

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Head of Private Equity Discusses Distressed Middle Market Opportunities

Patrick Boyce, Highland partner and Head of Private Equity, speaks to Sarah Hashim-Waris of The Deal Pipeline in a video interview during the ACG InterGrowth 2012 conference. Mr. Boyce describes the firm’s outlook on distressed opportunities in the middle market, and how and why LPs are focused on distressed for control strategies.

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The Deal Pipeline

Highland Hedge Fund Finalist for Creditflux’s Best High Yield Hedge Fund Award

The Highland Diversified Credit Fund has been selected as a finalist for The Creditflux Manager Awards 2012 “Best High Yield Hedge Fund.” Finalists were determined by the relative performance of a fund’s 12-month absolute return and Sharpe ratio against that of its peers. The winner will be announced during a dinner at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium on May 9 in London.

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Creditflux

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Full List of Credit Award Finalists

Highland CLO Finalist for Creditflux Manager Award 2012

Highland’s Red River CLO I has been selected as one of two finalists for Creditflux Manager Awards 2012 “Most Improved CLO” category. The winner will be announced during a dinner at Creditflux’s CLO Symposium on May 9 in London.

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Creditflux

Creditflux Covers New Hire for Structured Products Team

Creditflux discusses Alexey Dronov joining Highland’s Structured Products team. Mr. Dronov will work on the firm’s secondary collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) investment strategy, as well as help manage Highland’s own CLOs.

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Creditflux

Reuters Speaks to Highland MD on Loan Market

Thomson Reuters, for its International Financing Review, Reuters wire and Loan Connector publications, turned to Trey Parker, managing director and co-head of research at Highland, for his view on the latest trends in new issuance in the loan market.

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Thomson Reuters

Highland CIO Discusses Loan Market Investing on CNBC Fast Money

Mark Okada, Highland Capital Management co-founder and Chief Investment Officer, appeared on CNBC's Fast Money to discuss current views on the bank loan market and the implications for investors.

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CNBC Blog Story

Barron’s Cites Highland’s Research on Credit Versus Private Equity

Barron’s examines how the best returns from private equity, in fact, may not come from the equity but from investing in the debt used to finance their deals, using Highland Capital Management’s January 2012 Newsletter as the basis for their story. Barron’s article explores Highland’s research that identifies that investing in the debt of large cap LBO companies has the potential to generate more attractive returns than private equity funds, with greater security due to the higher position debt holds in the capital structure of these companies.

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