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Oil and politics get between real money investors and their CDS longs
7 years ago
Real money investors are cutting their long positioning CDS indices and bond ETFs -
China's new interdealer CDS market springs to life
7 years ago
Chinese dealers will now be able to transfer CDS contracts -
CDS spreads tighten on comments over UK banks' holdco debt
7 years ago
UK banks saw their credit default swaps tighten yesterday, as the credit market pored over their senior CDS paper to try and work out quite what they’re protected against -
Credit weakens as ghoulish HYG technicals spook the market
7 years ago
Credit indices saw heavy trading volumes on Friday, according to buy-side sources, with the iTraxx Crossover the focus of particular interest -
Deutsche can’t catch a break as CDS inches wider despite strong results
7 years ago
Despite beating estimates on nearly all fronts, spreads inch wider for Deutche Bank -
Single names take the headlines amid low volatility in credit
7 years ago
Credit index volatility remains at historic lows, but stories around sovereigns and banks give traders something to look at at least -
Investment grade illiquidity premium has shrunk in 2016, finds BAML
7 years ago
A research note from Bank of America Merrill Lynch examines the premium attached to market illiquidity in the US investment grade bond market -
European financials offer value amid ECB tapering talk, finds SocGen
7 years ago
French bank’s credit research looks at where to put money with a tapering European Central Bank -
Nothing doing: credit volatility hits three-year lows
7 years ago
Implied credit volatility has fallen 10% in less than a month as credit indices have seen their lowest volatility over a 20-day period for over three years -
Investors fear lack of liquidity in credit rather than brexit, finds BAML
7 years ago
A credit investor survey from Bank of America Merrill Lynch has found that almost no investors were concerned with the effects of brexit -
Portfolio managers expect global credit spreads to widen in Q4, finds IACPM
7 years ago
Credit portfolio managers are forecasting wider credit spreads over the next three months, according to a survey conducted by IACPM -
Investors continue to shift into European retail funds
7 years ago
30th straight week of European retail fund inflows for investment grade credit. SocGen research also sees value in the corporate IG market -
Index long positioning picks up as dispersion collapses
7 years ago
Investors have been adding long US credit index positions as even energy spreads come in -
Investors pile into longs after taking directions from credit options market
7 years ago
There are plenty of reasons to be positive in credit markets at the moment, according to sell-side sources, with implied and realised volatility being low -
Retail investors flock back to high yield, but index long positioning falls
7 years ago
Retail bond funds saw inflows but the index market tells a different story as long positioning gets cut -
Pick BlackRock ETF over TRS, says trader
7 years ago
HYG is currently without shares to borrow, but one trader says that it makes sense for unit holders to lend out shares rather than go for a TRS trade -
Options expiry and central bank chatter boosts index trading volumes
7 years ago
Wednesday was busy for credit index traders due to the credit options expiry being sandwiched between an index roll, a Bank of Japan change in policy and a Federal Reserve announcement -
European financials lead bearish sentiment on index roll
7 years ago
A heavy trading day on the index roll saw a bearish trading session -
Financial credit markets take fright at Deutsche Bank fine prospect
7 years ago
Credit markets reacted nervously to the news that the US justice department wants to fine Deutsche Bank $14 billion for misdeeds in the mortgage-backed securities business -
Fed-driven sell-off sends high yield index above 400bp
7 years ago
The North American high yield credit derivative index CDX NA HY breached the 400 basis point level for the first time since early August -
Investors can’t get enough of bonds, as money keeps flowing into credit
7 years ago
Inflows into cash mutual funds continue as bond issuance hits record highs -
Europe’s triple B credits take advantage of being a hot property
7 years ago
It was a big day in triple B land, in many ways the most exciting region of Europe’s corporate debt markets -
Financials grab limelight as European credit keeps its focus on the ECB
7 years ago
Some investors were rumoured to have taken off short positions in financials yesterday, as the ECB’s bond buying programme continued to drive European credit tighter -
Investors continue to pour money into investment grade credit funds
7 years ago
Retail fund see inflows to investment grade and high yield as equities continue to get dropped -
Isolux adds to paltry recoveries for CDS settlements
7 years ago
Spanish borrower’s CDS auction brings sub 16% recoveries
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