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Morgan Stanley expands index tranche trading with London hire
3 years ago
Morgan Stanley has added to its index tranche trading prowess by hiring a London-based market maker for the asset class as well as credit options -
Vontobel hires ex-Pictet bond manager as head of fixed income boutique
3 years ago
Vontobel Asset Management has announced the appointment of an ex-Pictet bond manager as head of its $25 billion fixed income boutique -
Pizza Express auction leaves protection sellers with just pineapple
3 years ago
An auction to settle Pizza Express CDS looks set to leave protection sellers with little solace, after the first round of bidding indicated a high pay-out on contracts referencing the UK-based restaurant chain -
Europe/US high yield gap re-opens with roll, but raises fair value questions
3 years ago
The semi-annual roll of US high yield index CDX HY has once again put daylight between it and European counterpart iTraxx Europe. But the new series has come in tighter than some market participants had anticipated -
European high yield converges on US as credit pushes wider
3 years ago
A worrisome week is ending with spreads pushing to new local wides and underperformance of European high yield versus US credit -
Seaport hires veteran for European loan trading push
3 years ago
Seaport Global, an investment bank focused on capital markets, has hired a leveraged finance veteran as a managing director in Emea loans trading -
LP round up: $5 billion flows to credit as private market allocations increase
3 years ago
Global institutional investors allocated nearly $5 billion to credit funds this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
Spreads gap wider as slowdown fears sink in
3 years ago
Concern over the gathering coronavirus second wave, economic slowdown and the need for further central bank interventions has pushed credit spreads sharply wider, with yesterday’s US late session downturn spilling over to Asia and Europe -
Pizza Express auction date set with two bonds on initial list
3 years ago
Pizza Express 2014-version CDS contracts will be settled at auction on 1 October, following the UK food retailer’s triggering of a failure-to-pay credit event this month -
Barings and PGIM win loan and structured credit mandates as pension puts £2.7bn in credit
3 years ago
The firms will manage global syndicated loans, securitised credit, emerging market debt and global high yield credit for Border to Coast Pension Partnership's £2.7 billion ($3.43 billion) multi-asset credit fund -
Banks regain composure to lead rallying charge
3 years ago
Financial names are among today's outperformers, reversing the trend of the early part of this week, as credit spreads return tighter -
Curves steepen as roll shifts risk from the front end
3 years ago
CDS index curves have steepened with the September roll, with the reformulation of iTraxx and European portfolios having a noticeable impact on the front end of the curve -
Index roll brings sea change for US/Europe relative value
3 years ago
The roll of CDS indices to new series has shifted relative value measures between Europe and the US, with CDX indices trading in a tighter context to their new iTraxx counterparts -
US investors piled into structured credit and private lending in 2019, Gapstow finds
3 years ago
US institutional investors' allocations to 'alternative credit' increased 12% year-over-year in 2019, according to research by fund of funds manager Gapstow Capital Partners -
Fallen angels and financials feel heat as CDS indices roll
3 years ago
CDS indices are rolling into new contracts today, with outgoing series of iTraxx Europe and Crossover widening sharply from the market’s open on technical as well as fundamental factors -
Green credit advocate launches research body
3 years ago
Stockholm-based portfolio manager and green credit advocate Ulf Erlandsson has today announced the launch of research body Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII) -
Europcar slumps closer to default pricing in bonds and CDS
3 years ago
Europcar, the French car hire firm, is heading fast towards recovery-only levels with CDS and bond prices reflecting deeper distress -
Credit retreats from tights as central banks offer reality check
3 years ago
European credit is following Asia wider today, picking up from where the US left off yesterday as the Federal Reserve vowed to keep overnight rates near zero for the coming years -
Crossover dips below 300bp as retailers leave the basket
3 years ago
The removal of defaulting constituents Hema and Matalan from iTraxx Crossover has helped take the index to its tightest prints since the start of the coronavirus sell-off -
Matalan auction initial bids point to lower than expected CDS pay out
3 years ago
Early bidding in a credit event auction today to settle CDS referencing UK retailer Matalan indicates the final result will be higher than predicted by recent five-year quotes but roughly in line with modelled recoveries -
Post hires head of sales and marketing in Los Angeles
3 years ago
Post Advisory Group has hired Eileen Mancera as managing director and head of sales and marketing -
PGIM hires for newly created ESG fixed income research role
3 years ago
PGIM has appointed a former Allianz official into the newly created role of head of environmental, social & governance (ESG) research for its fixed income division -
Noble and Hema produce disparate pay outs for CDS
3 years ago
This week has brought the high and lows of CDS settlement, with Noble Corporation bestowing an ultra low high pay-out for protection buyers after Hema protection sellers suffered less of a hit than was modelled by assumed recoveries -
Opportunities knock as Credit Dimensions returns in vibrant tranche market
3 years ago
Creditflux will showcase the cutting edge of CDS market developments next week as Credit Dimensions, our annual deep-dive into structured synthetic credit, returns in a virtual format -
Marathon hires high yield senior portfolio manager from JP Morgan AM
3 years ago
Marathon Asset Management has hired a senior high yield portfolio manager in New York to help develop the firm's long-only high yield business
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