Updates

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By Raymond Hanus • October 19, 2026
How interval fund liquidity works under Rule 23c-3, how tender offer funds differ, and what proration does to a position when repurchase requests exceed the offer.
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By Raymond Hanus • October 12, 2026
Learn how mutual fund and ETF liquidity works: how each exit channel turns fund shares into cash, and how position size drives the time and cost of selling.
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By Raymond Hanus • October 5, 2026
SQXray measures how fast and at what cost you can exit mutual funds, ETFs, closed-end and interval funds. Daily data delivered by SFTP or S3.
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By Raymond Hanus • September 28, 2026
A security master is the record every valuation depends on. Let's discuss how CUSIP, ISIN, and FIGI work, why CLO tranches strain them, and how that affects pricing.
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By Raymond Hanus • September 21, 2026
Direct lending explained: how middle market loans are structured, what unitranche means, how BDCs hold private credit, and why these loans are hard to price.
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By Raymond Hanus • September 8, 2026
A practitioner's guide to CLO ETFs: what a collateralized loan obligation ETF holds, how the wrapper changes risk and liquidity, and how these funds are valued.
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By Raymond Hanus • August 31, 2026
Learn what leveraged loans are, how the broadly syndicated market works, and why these senior secured, floating rate loans anchor every CLO.
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By Raymond Hanus • August 24, 2026
Structured credit explained: how pooling, tranching, and payment waterfalls work across CLOs, CMBS, ABS, and the esoteric corner of the market.
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By Raymond Hanus • August 17, 2026
A look at how CLO equity works: where the residual tranche sits, how quarterly distributions are paid, what interrupts them, and why the position is hard to value.
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By Raymond Hanus • August 10, 2026
A practitioner's guide to collateralized loan obligations: capital structure, coverage tests, the deal lifecycle, CLO equity, and how tranche pricing is derived.
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