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Credit rally revives as investors scour ECB for Easter eggs
1 year ago
Credit spreads are taking a turn for the tighter on latest European Central Banks statements, at the end of a short week characterised by flatter index trading but persistent single name volatility -
RusRail no-auction vote means CDS holders must track down bonds
1 year ago
Russian Railways CDS contracts will not be settled via auction despite the borrower having triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled -
Fund performance: Credit slumps widely as CLOs lag furthest behind
1 year ago
February’s market turn brought a variety of fund categories into the Creditflux top ten as six different categories were represented -- US high yield standing tallest among them -
Credit hedge funds (April 2022)
1 year ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Credit funds at a glance (April 2022)
1 year ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Ucits at a glance: Long-short funds provide resistance in tough month
1 year ago
In February, Ucits funds followed market sentiment as 90% made negative returns -
"Faltering oil supply is lamentable at a time of strategic and moral shortfall"
1 year ago
We need to accept the pain and cut dependence on Russian oil today -
"Strong growth is not necessary for good loan or bond performance, but it keeps a recession at bay"
1 year ago
The picture in credit was looking good (even with inflation rising) until Russia invaded Ukraine -
GoldenTree sprouts up in North Carolina
1 year ago
GoldenTree Asset Management has opened a new office in Charlotte -
Skew in focus for second day as single names move sharply against index
1 year ago
Credit indices are trading out of sync with their underlying constituents for a second day this week, with single names broadly widening despite investors seeking to maintain flattish macro positioning -
High yield and IG single names diverge even as buyside seeks macro neutrality
1 year ago
High yield and investment grade single names are moving in opposite directions at the start of the week, while indices reflect a push by investors to cut directional exposure to macro credit -
Investors weigh up Fed calendar and valuations after bruising week
1 year ago
Financial markets are taking stock on Friday after a big sell-off in risk assets, with credit spreads nursing the wounds caused by this week's returning focus on hawkish central bank policy versus rich-looking valuations -
Blackstone lands big name as bank's synthetic structured credit talisman joins buyside
1 year ago
Blackstone has hired a well known figure from the synthetic structured credit market, with a prominent name in CSOs joining the firm after 18 years working on the sell-side -
Capital Four hires senior US credit trader
1 year ago
Capital Four has hired a senior credit trader in its New York office -
US oil drive boosts credit, but property firm goes against the flow
1 year ago
US moves to increase oil supply have prompted financial markets to resume rallying, after Russia dampened optimism on peace in Ukraine. But one European company is moving sharply in the other direction -
High yield gap yawns open after US index roll
1 year ago
A market rally ahead of Russia/Ukraine peace talks has added to the gap between European and US high yield credit derivative index spreads, a day after CDX HY rolled into a new on-the-run series -
Credit rally extends as investors welcome hawkish but clearer Fed message
2 years ago
Credit markets have carried their rally over to another day, fuelled in part by what investors have interpreted as a hawkish but clear message from the US Federal Reserve on policy tightening -
HY index to only receive one fallen angel, as five rising stars leave for IG
2 years ago
The addition of rising stars from the high yield market will be a prominent feature of next week's CDX IG index roll. But changes listed for CDX HY suggest the reverse will not be true when it rolls a week later -
China pledges and Russia/Ukraine peace hopes drive relief rally
2 years ago
Credit markets have surged tighter on Wednesday, with China's pledge to support covid-hit markets and hopes rising for Russia-Ukraine peace discussions ahead of US Federal Reserve policy moves that are widely thought to have been priced in -
DC accepts request to rule on Russian repudiation / moratorium
2 years ago
The Russian Federation is subject to credit event scrutiny over warnings it could repay foreign bond investors in rubles, with the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee agreeing to rule on a 'potential repudiation / moratorium' question -
China's covid response fuels regional dislocation and slowdown fear
2 years ago
Asian credit divergence has extended into a second day, with China's move to address rising covid numbers driving regional spreads as investors elsewhere await a closely watched Federal Reserve meeting -
Europe leads rally ahead of Fed despite mounting concerns from Asia
2 years ago
Credit markets have begun the week on a firmer tone, with Europe outperforming, despite concerns that rising covid-19 cases in China could add a further source of supply disruption -
Rising stars and Russia drive credit index roll changes
2 years ago
Rising stars will feature prominently in this month's roll into new iTraxx and CDX index series, but the market's riskiest names will remain in high yield baskets while at least one company falls foul of its links to Russia -
NatWest names head of high yield syndicate and lev loans
2 years ago
Natwest has poached Crédit Agricole's head of high yield syndicate for a newly-created role as head of high yield syndicate and leveraged loans -
German real estate firm leads way as credit makes another lurch tighter
2 years ago
Adler, the German real estate investment group, is among the outperformers in Friday's rallying credit market, despite an audit by KPMG having been unable as yet to refute allegations made against the company
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