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Hema and Matalan auctions set as DC ponders Ensco credit event
3 years ago
Dates have been set for credit event auctions to settle two constituent defaults in iTraxx Crossover — the first to hit the European on-the-run index in almost two years -
Push tighter takes credit indices back to pre-March levels
3 years ago
Credit markets are hitting new tights this week, with European spreads today following the example set by the US on Monday -
Valaris and Ensco posed to DC as bankruptcy credit events
3 years ago
Valaris and its subsidiary Ensco International Incorporated have been proposed to the Americas Determinations Committee as bankruptcy credit events after the group filed for chapter 11 protection in August -
Credit fundraising: distressed keeps in favour but CLO ETFs emerge
3 years ago
Five months into global lockdown and distressed debt funds are still proving popular, but several managers have found success pitching other types of credit strategies -
Europcar hits bumps on the road less travelled
3 years ago
A rough road for Europcar this week has taken its bond and CDS spreads back towards the outer reaches, setting the French car rental firm apart from a general improvement in fortunes for names at the wider end of the market -
Hema triggers failure-to-pay credit event
3 years ago
Hema, the Dutch retailer, has triggered a failure to pay credit event, the EMEA Determinations Committee has ruled - making it the second default this month to dent the iTraxx Crossover index and its tranches -
LP round up: Connecticut eyes Fortress for private credit partnership
3 years ago
Investors placed $3.3 billion across 26 credit mandates over the past fortnight, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
Sixth Street nears $12 billion for flexible global credit fund
3 years ago
Sixth Street collected $8.5 billion for its fifth TSSP Adjacent Opportunities Partners fund, TAO 5.0, by the end of July, with the fund nearing its $12 billion hard cap -
Hema credit event question posits second Crossover default this month
3 years ago
Hema, the Dutch retailer, has been posed as a failure to pay credit event to the Determinations Committee, raising the possibility of a second default in the on-the-run iTraxx Crossover index -
Matalan credit event ruling draws heavily on precedents, says DC
3 years ago
A bankruptcy credit event ruling on Matalan - the first this year in a European index - was a close call and relied heavily on several precedent credit events, the EMEA Determinations Committee has said -
French and travel names lead sell off as UK widens quarantine list
3 years ago
European credit is pushing wider at the end of the week, following the UK's decision to remove France, the Netherlands and other countries from its list of those safe to travel to without quarantine -
Nine bonds make list to settle Noble, positing 98-cent CDS pay out
3 years ago
Nine bonds are on an initial list of deliverable obligations to settle at auction CDS referencing Noble Corporation, the latest CDX HY index constituent to trigger a bankruptcy credit event -
Matalan becomes first Crossover index default in over year
3 years ago
Matalan, the UK based retailer, is the first default to hit the on-the-run series of Europe's iTraxx Crossover index, with the Determinations Committee ruling it has triggered a bankruptcy credit event -
Noble Corp auction date set as low recoveries stack up
3 years ago
The Americas Determinations Committee has set a date to settle CDS referencing the offshore driller, which looks set to follow Chesapeake Energy as the latest in a run of big pay outs for protection buyers -
Curve trades in focus as US high yield surges tighter
3 years ago
The strength of improvement in US high yield spreads looks to have shifted gear, with outperformance over European credit and a big move for CDX HY index curve trades -
Managers advised to refresh disclosures after SEC risk alert
3 years ago
Credit managers should review their conflict disclosures after the SEC issued a risk alert, say lawyers -
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. -
Credit funds at a glance (August 2020)
3 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves -
Ucits at a glance: Ucits funds march on and erase Q1 losses
3 years ago
95% of Ucits credit funds listed with Creditflux posted positive returns in June to keep up the momentum from May when all but one fund was in positive territory -
Credit hedge funds (August 2020)
3 years ago
Monthly credit hedge fund tables -
Distressed to the nines: Noble joins CDX HY default tally
3 years ago
Noble Corporation, a US offshore drilling company, has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, the Americas Determinations Committee has ruled - making it the ninth default in the on-the-run CDX HY index -
Banks and high yield corps lead charge as results prompt European rally
3 years ago
High yield corporate credit is today's outperforming part of the market as European credit rallies back from its recent wides, as the latest round of earnings proves stronger than many had expected -
Aon wraps up fundraising for $350 million opportunistic credit fund
3 years ago
The fund will target global investments across public corporate and structured credit, stressed credit and real estate debt -
Castlelake targets $750 million for add-on to fifth distressed fund
3 years ago
Castlelake has launched an add=on vehicle to its fifth distressed flagship fund in order to take advantage of opportunities that have resulted due to the covid-19-related market dislocation, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
ICG plans €1 billion European special situations recovery fund
3 years ago
Intermediate Capital Group is targeting a €1 billion final close on its second multi-strategy special situations fund, which aims to exploit opportunities in the loan market arising from the coronavirus-induced pandemic
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