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Lebanon CDS auction set to include 15 cent bonds
4 years ago
The cheapest bonds to deliver into a credit event auction to settle Lebanese sovereign CDS could be worth only 15 cents in the dollar, according to a 27-note initial list published by the Determinations Committee -
Connecticut pension seeks emerging fixed income managers
4 years ago
Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds is looking for investment management services for global fixed income and/or global equity, according to a recently launched request for proposal -
CDX HY and EM trade with fresh legs after defaulted names drop out
4 years ago
New series of US high yield index CDX HY and emerging market index CDX EM begin their first full day of trading today, having replaced outgoing versions on Friday amid a weakening of credit markets due to the spreading impact of the coronavirus outbreak -
Determinations Committee agrees to consider Argentina credit event
4 years ago
The Americas Determinations Committee has accepted a request to decide whether Argentina has triggered a repudiation/moratorium credit event, as the country grapples with international bondholders and the impact of a coronavirus lockdown -
Argentina credit event posed to DC as lockdown magnifies debt burden
4 years ago
The Americas Determinations Committee has been asked to rule on whether Argentina has triggered a repudiation / moratorium credit event, as the country's coronavirus lockdown further strains its wrangles with international bondholders -
Credit market hits new wides as government outbreak measures intensify
4 years ago
Credit market are making another push wider at the start of the week, after governments tightened restrictions on movement to deal with the escalating coronavirus outbreak -
Lebanon triggers failure-to-pay credit event with CDS priced at 89 points up front
4 years ago
Lebanon has triggered a failure-to-pay credit event on CDS referencing its sovereign bonds, the Determinations Committee for Europe, Middle East and Africa has ruled -
Lebanon credit event trigger posed to Determinations Committee
4 years ago
The Determinations Committee for Europe, Middle East and Africa has accepted a request to rule on whether Lebanon has triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, after the country withheld payments due on bonds earlier this month -
BlueBay adds distressed specialist to EM credit team
4 years ago
The hire follows BlueBay appointing Mihai Florian in January to develop the firm’s capabilities in illiquid emerging market corporate credit -
Rhode Island pension moves into EM debt
4 years ago
Investment consultant NEPC has recommended Wellington Management for emerging debt strategies to Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island (SIC), following the pension fund’s recent decision to approve a 2% allocation to the asset class -
US pension picks Aberdeen Standard for EM debt mandate
4 years ago
Quincy Retirement Board has appointed Aberdeen Standard Investments for a $6 million emerging market debt mandate -
Another EM portfolio manager leaves NNIP for William Blair
4 years ago
William Blair Investment Management has hired Johnny Chen as a portfolio manager in SIngapore, in what marks the latest defection from NN Investment Partners' emerging market debt team to William Blair -
US pensions seek EM debt managers
4 years ago
Two Massachusetts based pension schemes have launched request for proposals (RFP) seeking to allocate approximately $29 million to emerging market debt managers. -
Texas pension pumps $300 million into Pimco fund
4 years ago
Texas Municipal Retirement System has earmarked up to $300 million to a credit fund managed by Pimco, according to board documents seen by Creditflux, building on a relationship established through a predecessor fund -
Jupiter in talks to buy Merian for £370 million
4 years ago
Jupiter Fund Management is in talks to acquire Merian Global Investors for £370 million ($482 million), according to a joint statement by the firms -
Credit Rendezvous: the outlook in 2020 across a dozen segments of the credit market
4 years ago
Welcome to the Credit Rendezvous, the first instalment of a regular feature published by Creditflux that tracks credit market dynamics in a dozen segments from investment grade, liquid loans, CLOs and CSOs all the way through to distressed debt. We view this as the meeting point for credit specialists across strategies to share their perspectives -
California pension looks to cut liquid credit allocations
4 years ago
Fresno County Employees’ Retirement Association will likely cut back on liquid credit and completely remove hedge fund allocations in 2020.. But the pension is optimistic about core bonds – and may include it as a new asset class -
Los Angeles pension shakes up EM and high yield debt portfolios
4 years ago
Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System has shortlisted four managers for its emerging market debt mandate, while looking for one-year contract extension with its US high yield income manager, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
Mizuho names raft of European fixed income hires
4 years ago
Mizuho has signalled a push to bolster its European fixed income business with the Japanese bank announcing a raft of hires including jobs in structured credit, emerging market credit and credit sales -
European financials outperform corporates as coronavirus spreads
4 years ago
Financial CDS is outperforming corporate credit today, and Europe outperforming the US, as the market jumps wider on rising alarm at the spread of China’s novel coronavirus -
Pimco launches listed multi-sector global credit fund
4 years ago
Known as Pimco Tactical Income Fund, the fund will invest in a range of global credit strategies and will list on the New York Stock Exchange -
BlueBay adds senior portfolio manager as it targets EM fund launches
4 years ago
BlueBay Asset Management has hired for a newly created senior portfolio manager job -
US pension looks to extend contract with EM debt manager
4 years ago
Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System is looking to finalise a one-year contract extension with a manager that has been handling EM debt investments since March 2014 -
UK pension eyes managers as part of £1 billion-plus credit expansion
4 years ago
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership is seeking investment managers for single credit asset class mandates, -
Rude awakening for credit as US airstrike sends global shockwaves
4 years ago
It only took a day for the positive mood greeting financial markets in 2020 to turn nervous, with credit and equities faltering in early trading today after the US killed a top Iranian military official
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