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High yield fund sets pace with 22% return in January
3 years ago
Wasserstein Debt Opportunities Fund has set the early pace for credit hedge funds in 2021 after registering a 21.7% gain in January. This builds on the high yield fund’s success last year and takes 12-month returns to 40.44%. -
MUFG hires leveraged syndicate and high yield trading heads in New York
3 years ago
MUFG has bolstered its leverage finance team with two senior hires from RBC Capital Markets and Goldman Sachs -
It's all relative: CLOs march tighter as macro traders open positive CDS skews
3 years ago
Credit default swaps are back near where they started the year after giving up their early-February gains amid a rise in government bonds. CDS curves steepened over the past month and macro hedging has left indices trading with positive skews. But CLOs paint a calmer picture in which spreads have inched tighter -
Renewed energy boosts credit as relief rally resumes
3 years ago
Energy companies are performing well and credit indices have resumed their push tighter after a strong surge inwards Monday, outpacing moves in other parts of the financial market -
Ex-Accunia CLO chief joins Danish multi-family office
3 years ago
The former chief investment officer of Accunia Credit Management has joined Scope Invesment in Copenhagen as senior portfolio manager -
Credit makes strong gains in relief rally
3 years ago
The week has opened on a stronger tone amid a calming of government bond yields, conducive manufacturing data in Europe and a new covid-19 vaccine approval in the US -
Single names hit hard as financial markets play catch-up on rate moves
3 years ago
Credit indices have firmed up after Thursday's rates-led sell off, but other asset classes continue to slide and Friday's focus turns to single name borrower spreads playing a catch-up with the sharp macro move -
Angelo Gordon joins ranks of bond-flex CLO issuers
3 years ago
Angelo Gordon teamed up with Credit Suisse on Thursday to issue its first ever bond-heavy CLO -
US and European gov yield rise spooks credit market
3 years ago
Credit markets took a decisive shift wider on Thursday, as rising US and European government bond yields rattled investors despite the European Central Bank signalling it will take a flexible approach to bonds to prevent fiscal tightening -
February credit gains wiped out as inflation fears rise
3 years ago
A successive move wider in spreads on Tuesday is taking credit back to start of February levels, as investors try to weigh inflation concerns and a US tech stock rout against reopening economies and advancing commodity prices -
AlbaCore adds distressed hire among raft of new arrivals
3 years ago
AlbaCore Capital Group has added four hires to its investment team in recent weeks, taking its total headcount to 46 -
Rates moves points to credit improvement, say BofA strategists
3 years ago
Focus on the rates market and the future direction of central banks has brought jitters back to credit in recent weeks and had a chilling affect on bond total returns. But higher government yields could end up being good for credit, say Bank of America strategists -
Potash credit turns salty on accounting probe
3 years ago
Bonds and CDS of the high yield company have widened sharply, along with a big drop in its stock price, after the company revealed German authorities will investigate its 2020 first half results -
Italian banks widen sharply as risk-on drive falters
3 years ago
Italian banks are among Wednesday's underperformers as single name credits play catch up with a shift wider in indices, amid signs the recent bull run is petering out -
Europe resumes rally in US absence with Italian spreads hitting new records
3 years ago
Caution about a possible Draghi bubble looks to be a rare commodity, as Italy sovereign and bank spreads are once again among the biggest improvers in a buoyant start to the week -
It's all relative: CLO spreads explore record tights as credit indices hit impasse
3 years ago
CLO spreads are grinding to ever tighter levels, despite a flattish week for credit in which corporate credit indices have ended up more or less unchanged -
Draghi support keeps Italy in driving seat as markets slow
3 years ago
A cautious tone has re-entered the credit market ahead of the long US weekend, with spreads edging wider along with softening stocks and oil prices. But some Italian credits are bucking the trend -
Compression trades grind into gear as spreads narrow
3 years ago
Compression between high yield and investment grade credit looks to be finally gaining traction in February, having been identified by some strategists at the start of the year as a key 2021 theme -
UK fund manager launches £125 million global sustainable credit fund
3 years ago
The manager says it aims to allow investors to gain exposure to global fixed income markets in a more sustainable way -
Curve steepeners gain ground with inflation in focus
3 years ago
Credit performance this week has done little for market-directional trading strategies, but one area gaining traction beneath headline numbers is the steepening of curves -
ESG was factor when firing managers for 42% of investors, survey reveals
3 years ago
The latest survey from investment consultant Bfinance shows the coronavirus pandemic increased focus on ESG issues for over a third of investors - and ESG is important when selecting external asset managers -
Blackstone hires Carlyle co-head of illiquid credit as senior managing director
3 years ago
The New York-headquartered manager has hired a Carlyle official as a senior managing director in its opportunistic investing platform, Blackstone Tactical Opportunities. And Carlyle has subsequently promoted two officials on its team -
Carlyle holds first close on opportunistic credit fund amid 2020 'record fundraising'
3 years ago
Carlyle Group has held an initial closing on its second opportunistic credit fund amid a record credit fundraising year for the firm -
Credit returns to year-opening levels as bulls score five out five
3 years ago
Credit markets are on course for their fifth straight day of improvement, with CDS index spreads not only undoing last week's volatile move wider but regaining the tight levels at which they began the year -
It's all relative: CLOs are lagging no more, as Carlyle deal drags market tighter
3 years ago
“CLOs are lagging” has been a much repeated refrain over the last nine months. But Carlyle Group has this week produced a US CLO that has dragged spreads to their tightest point in three years so that, rather than comparing CLOs to pre-covid levels, they should be assessed against early 2018
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