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Ecuador CDS gaps tighter as it heads to credit event auction
3 years ago
CDS referencing Ecuador sovereign bonds are rallying sharply, just as the Americas Determinations Committee set a date for them to be settled at a credit event auction -
HY tranche traders face another cut as Diamond hits the rough
3 years ago
US high yield index CDX HY has suffered its third constituent credit event in a month, after Diamond Offshore Drilling filed for chapter 11 protection in the Southern District of Texas. This is also the fifth default to hit on-the-run CDX HY tranches -
Ecuador has triggered CDS contracts, says Determinations Committee
3 years ago
Ecuador has triggered a restructuring credit event, the Americas Determinations Committee has ruled -
222 CLOs hold bankrupt telecom firm as its signal fades
3 years ago
CLOs hold $334.5 million debt of Australian telecommunications company SpeedCast International, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the District of Texas on Friday -
If history repeats itself, the best CLO play could be to hold equities
3 years ago
After a futile scramble for liquidity, LyondellBasel filed for bankruptcy in the early morning hours of 6 January 2009. Bad luck for CLO managers that were holding the loan? Not at all -
Longview Power turns to coal for handful of CLOs
3 years ago
CLOs hold $43.9 million of the debt of US power company LongView Power, which filed for Chapter 11 in the District of Delaware yesterday -
Frontier bankruptcy dials up pressure for 90 CLOs
3 years ago
Nine CLO managers hold $217 million of Frontier Communications’ debt across 90 CLOs, as the telecommunications company filed for Chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court Southern District of New York -
CLOs process Internap bankruptcy as they hold $212 million
4 years ago
CLOs hold $212 million of the debt of Internap Technologies, which filed for Chapter 11 in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York on on Tuesday -
Fortress digests CraftWorks bankruptcy
4 years ago
CraftWorks Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday, with Fortress Investments holding all of the Tennessee restaurant operator's first lien debt - of which over half is in middle market CLOs. The New York-based firm has submitted a “stalking horse” bid to buy CraftWorks' assets -
CLOs feel flat after housing $335 million of bankrupt RentPath
4 years ago
CLOs house $334.5 million of the debt of RentPath Holdings, which filed for Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on Wednesday -
Correlation rise stokes mezz rally but adds to CSO woes
4 years ago
Below the calm surface of the credit market, correlation has been churning and creating dislocations rich with reward for index tranche traders but complicating bespoke issuance, say sources. -
Rising idiosyncratic risk leads to calls for high yield index tranche fix from traders
4 years ago
As sources of funding dry up for the weakest borrowers in the credit market, some correlation traders are calling for an overhaul of CDX NA HY index tranches to make trades on wide-end dispersion more effective. -
Thomas Cook CDS auction sets initial midpoint at nine cents
4 years ago
An auction to settle CDS referencing Thomas Cook Group has derived an initial market midpoint of 9.125 cents, implying protection buyers will receive a pay-out on contracts in the region of 89 cents -
Spectre of low loan recoveries fails to spook CLO market
4 years ago
CLO managers and equity investors are optimistic despite recent reports which suggest that future US loan recovery rates will be lower than during the financial crisis. -
Thomas Cook is a lesson for CLOs on unsecured bonds, says TwentyFour AM
4 years ago
The liquidation of UK travel operator Thomas Cook this week has underscored that “unsecured debt has no place in CLOs,” according to a note by Aza Teeuwen, portfolio manager at TwentyFour Asset Management -
Galapagos failure-to-pay credit event posed to DC as bond grace period lapses
4 years ago
The Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has accepted a request to rule on whether Galapagos Holding, a former iTraxx Crossover index constituent, has triggered a failure-to-pay credit event -
CLO managers process Fusion bankruptcy implications
4 years ago
12 CLO managers hold $185.2 million exposure to the debt of the cloud services company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy -
Steinhoff CDS auction in limbo due to lock-up and CVA
4 years ago
A date to settle CDS referencing Steinhoff Europe had still to be agreed as Creditflux went to press — more than a month on from when the EMEA Determinations Committee (DC) ruled that the company had triggered a failure-to-pay credit event. -
Direct lenders split over best way to manage loan restructuring
4 years ago
Direct lenders are divided on how best to set up internally when dealing with loans that require restructuring. Some managers argue that a deal should be restructured via the original deal team -
Now the drugs don’t work, they just make you worse
The prognosis for pharma and healthcare companies is not good, with a rise in bankruptcies in the past two years and Aceto Corporation, Novum and Pernix Sleep already filing this year4 years ago -
Direct lender suspends withdrawals amid large loan default, reports Bloomberg
5 years ago
A borrower comprising 25% of a direct lender's portfolio has defaulted on a loan - leading to the fund suspending withdrawals and redemptions to investors -
Parker Drilling CDS auction deliverables trade in low 50s
5 years ago
There will be two deliverable obligations into an auction to settle credit default swaps referencing Parker Drilling, the Americas Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has decided -
US clothing brand default leaves CLOs exposed
5 years ago
As many as 100 CLOs are among the holders of debt issued by FullBeauty, which defaulted on 31 October on an interest payment to its $345 million second lien loans -
Kicking the tyres: CLOs survive examination as bankruptcies tick higher
5 years ago
US CLOs are weathering the turbulence triggered by a couple of bankruptcies in the broadly syndicated loan universe, namely US retailer Sears and American Tire Distributors. Those bankruptcies, filed on 15 and 4 October, respectively, have failed to dent CLO structures -
Seven deliverables valid for Sears CDS auction, as seven others split DC panel
5 years ago
There will be seven obligations deliverable into an auction on 14 November to settle credit default swaps referencing Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp, the Americas Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has decided. But members of the 15-strong DC were split over whether to include another seven potential deliverables that did not make the cut
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