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Distressed driller play boosts long-short credit manager
7 years ago
Credit hedge fund manager takes profit after buying loans of US deep sea driller at a sharp discount -
Single-name CDS edges wider ahead of the roll
7 years ago
Investors are said to be getting rid of any unwanted CDS positions, pushing spreads on high beta names and financials wider -
Patient CDS holders could be rewarded as Norske Skog spreads blow out
7 years ago
Not all CDS buyers took part in Norske Skog's default last year, and the strategy appears to have paid off -
Not liquid enough: Avaya's CDS deemed not worth an auction
7 years ago
Communications company's CDS isn't traded enough to warrant an auction -
Forget the Dow's milestone, look at subordinated financials
7 years ago
The iTraxx subordinated financials index breaks dipped below 200bp yesterday -
SocGen research defends bold "Crossover at 700bp by July" call
7 years ago
Societe Generale's 2017 outlook published in November 2016, made the bold claim that the iTraxx Crossover index could be trading at over 700 basis points by the end of June this year. A recent research note from the bank defends this claim -
Brexit means CDS arbitrage, finds Societe Generale
7 years ago
With UK apparently on the path to a ‘hard brexit’ French bank’s research desk highlights CDS protection buys -
Investors pile back into US credit longs
7 years ago
US credit is seeing a resurgence in demand with mutual fund and ETF flows on the rise and investors putting on longs in the CDS market -
US investors test the waters with skews
7 years ago
Skew trades fail to trade early in 2017, as investors eye opportunities in derivative market -
SocGen urges overweighting US credit as investors pile into longs
7 years ago
Societe Generale research argues for US credit over European and emerging markets -
Unusual iHeart move draws CDS credit event questions
7 years ago
US radio operator iHeart Communications has taken an unusual step of leaving certain bonds, which it owns, outstanding on the maturity date today -
Sharp CDS moves show that it’s a hard knock life trading Lindorff
7 years ago
CDS investors had expected Lindorff's CDS to be orphaned and that may looks like being the case, but there has been some drama this week -
German lender shares an update on struggling cocos
7 years ago
UniCredit spreads tighten as the bank unveils plan, while NordLB’s restructuring plans still won’t help coupon skipping bonds -
Sovereigns edge wider as ECB looks to slow its purchasing programme
7 years ago
Mario Draghi has pulled off the impossible and managed to appease almost everyone by adjusting the European Central Bank’s asset purchase programme -
Monte leads tightening ahead of central bank announcement
7 years ago
Italian bank's credit rallies as it asks for more time to fix up balance sheet -
Credit markets take Italian referendum in their stride
7 years ago
Credit markets reacted with calm on Monday morning following news of Matteo Renzi’s resignation as Italian prime minister -
All eyes turn to eastern Europe as sovereigns widen
7 years ago
In the sovereign bond market spreads have shot up for some countries -
French fries producer's CDS holders get their contracts thin-cut
7 years ago
Holders of credit default swap contracts on Conagra Brands saw their contracts get split earlier this month after the company’s french fries division Lamb Weston span out -
Binary risks present opportunities for the brave in credit options
7 years ago
Asset managers putting on tail hedges in the option market present opportunities for the brave -
CDS market steers clear of Monte Dei Paschi despite restructuring
7 years ago
Italian lender gets shareholder approval for debt-for-equity swap and capital raise -
Monte dei Paschi’s plans give financial credit a boost
7 years ago
Italian bank outperforms as financials rally -
Credit compression trades feel the pain as high yield widens
7 years ago
Orphaned credits, relative value and widow maker trades return to the CDS indices -
European credit widens as global rate moves take centre stage
7 years ago
Big swings in the rates market have been driving moves wider in credit, say buy-side sources -
Credit markets stay calm after Trump wins US election
7 years ago
Incoming US president Donald Trump recently directed himself to "be nice and cool, nice and calm. Stay on point." It seems as though the credit markets are doing likewise -
Retail funds suffer huge withdrawals as high yield spreads inch wider
7 years ago
High yield ETFs are the latest to see record withdrawals as high yield markets halt
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