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New infrastructure CLO prices with support from two DFIs
7 months ago
Bayfront Infrastructure Management priced a new APAC infrastructure CLO yesterday, drawing support from a number of government-funded investment programs -
New IACPM survey points to a global recession
9 months ago
Respondents to the latest IACPM Credit Outlook Survey overwhelmingly expect global economies to fall into recession either later this year or sometime in 2024. -
Japanese investors and ETFs bid up CLO triple As as US banks cool off
10 months ago
CLOs saw healthy demand from Japan in the first three months of the year, with Japan Post Bank and Norinchukin each increasing investments in the asset class. Japan Post’s CLO holdings stood at JPY2.3 trillion ($17.51 billion) as of 31 March, an increase of $550 million in the quarter and up 32.7% on the year prior. Nochu added $110 million to JPY6.4 trillion ($48.2 billion), or 13% of the bank’s investment portfolio. -
Fund performance: Light at the end of the tunnel for credit funds after difficult year
1 year ago
Following a tough September, credit funds bounced back in October as 59% of funds made positive returns. -
Powell outlook brings risk buyers out in droves, but reality check looks soon to follow
1 year ago
Comments by US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday on the pace of future rate hikes have prompted a sharp rally across global financial markets, including credit. But dissenting voices have already begun to point out the enthusiasm is likely overdone -
US lags as midterms, dollar and global slowdown weigh against broader rally
1 year ago
European and Asia outperformance over the US is extending at pace at the start of the week, with a strong improvement in spreads coming ahead of the New York market open -
Bears carry market into weekend as Germany adds to recessionary swirl
1 year ago
Germay posting its biggest ever rise in producer prices has not helped the market mood, at the end of a week in which investors have already had to reckon with the hawkish insistence of the US Federal Reserve, spiralling European gas prices and a 10.1% UK inflation print -
JP Morgan holds place as CLO market's largest noteholder
1 year ago
JP Morgan remained the world's largest CLO noteholder at the end of the first quarter, with $59.69 billion invested in the asset class as of 31 March - an increase of $1.11 billion from year-end -
Credit rally gathers momentum as Fed pitches for credibility
1 year ago
European credit’s relief rally has extended on Tuesday, with US stock futures pointing in a positive direction on return from the country’s holiday and the US dollar slipping a touch against the euro -
Skew in focus for second day as single names move sharply against index
2 years 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 -
Nochu returns to CLO new issues after two-year break
2 years ago
Norinchukin Bank made its long-awaited return to the CLO primary market last month, investing in US CLO triple A notes once more -
Nochu again: Japanese bank makes tentative return to CLO primary investing
2 years ago
Norinchukin, the world’s largest holder of CLO notes, made a tentative return to primary investing last month -
Credit underperformance resumes as equity turns corner
2 years ago
Credit markets are pushing wider once again on Wednesday, even though stock markets look to regaining some composure following Tuesday's steep sell off -
CLO fund comes top by distance in middling month for credit
2 years ago
A CIS Asset Management fund, which invests mainly in US CLO equity, was the star performer in March after gaining 7.36% in the month -
China contagion fears linger as Huarong rebounds
3 years ago
China Huarong Asset Manager, the state-owned bad debt manager, is back on a path to improvement after shocking markets by delaying its annual report. But questions remain over the extent of government support and the ripple effects to the wider credit market -
Spread compression resumes with US passing key milestones
3 years ago
Credit markets have resumed their crunch tighter today, with an absence of any obviously negative brakes to offset strengthening Asian industrial numbers and applications by vaccine makers for emergency approval in the US and Europe -
Credit event auctions mount as European resistance breaks
3 years ago
Two constituent defaults in iTraxx Crossover — the first to hit the European on-the-run index in almost two years — have made 2020 the second busiest year ever for credit event auctions -
Big US banks pull back from CLO primary market to preserve cash
3 years ago
CLO triple As have tightened substantially in recent weeks to tights of 155 basis points in the primary market - but sources say the big US banks that typcially invest in these bonds are not buying -
Fund performance: Credit funds post double-digit gains
3 years ago
June returns have once again been led by CLO funds, as seven out of the top 10 belong to our CLOs category. -
Ucits at a glance: Ucits recover lost ground
3 years ago
The foot has come off the gas for many funds - 57% of funds did not break the 2% return barrier. -
Frontier CDS auction to follow Lebanon and Whiting Petroleum
4 years ago
An auction to settle CDS referencing Frontier Communications will take place next month -
CDX HY and EM trade with fresh legs after defaulted names drop out
4 years ago
New series of US high yield index CDX HY and emerging market index CDX EM begin their first full day of trading today, having replaced outgoing versions on Friday amid a weakening of credit markets due to the spreading impact of the coronavirus outbreak -
Credit traders' kickstand: market whipsaw throws tranche trades and index rolls into focus
4 years ago
Credit's relief rally was unlikely to last long, but hopes of reaching the weekend are dashed on today's sharp reversal, right as CDX HY and CDX EM roll into new series -
Jump-to-default risk collapses after Senate backs biggest ever US relief package
4 years ago
The US Senate's agreement of a record $2 trillion stimulus package is shaking jump-to-default risk from high yield corporate credit today, with some iTraxx Crossover constituents shedding over 1,000bp from the front end of their CDS curves -
Credit market hits new wides as government outbreak measures intensify
4 years ago
Credit market are making another push wider at the start of the week, after governments tightened restrictions on movement to deal with the escalating coronavirus outbreak
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