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Europe outpaces US as investors scramble to cover their shorts
2 years ago
Lifting of short positions has helped take European credit into a second successive day of outperformance against the US, with financial companies and some of the more recently volatile high yield names leading the way -
Europe leads relief rally with energy and peripheral bank credits outperforming
2 years ago
Credit spreads are making a broad move tighter on Tuesday, with European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde having tried to rein back rate hike expectations and oil company BP posting strong profits -
Europe/US relative value comes into play amid growing credit outflows
2 years ago
Big successive moves wider are taking credit spreads to new extremes and bringing compression between Europe and the US amid the highest daily market volatility since 2020 -
Investment grade hit hardest as tech earnings and rate hike undo market rally
2 years ago
Financial markets have reversed course following two days of improvement, with credit spreads hit by poor tech company earnings and a Bank of England rate hike -
Barclays seeks head of SRT risk
2 years ago
Barclays is looking to hire a head of SRT risk for its wholesale credit portfolio, having established a credit risk transfer programme under the Colonnade branding -
Barclays fills gap by hiring global macro credit trading head in New York
2 years ago
Banks are moving quickly to make sure they are staffed up in credit trading with Barclays bringing in an experienced trader in New York -
Credit funds at a glance (July 2021)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Credit funds at a glance (June 2021)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
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 -
Barclays increases European loan and CLO issuance forecasts
3 years ago
Barclays has increased its European leveraged loans issuance expectations due to “better than expected recovery in issuance from M&A and LBO activity”, while its European CLO 2020 issuance forecast increased to €15 billion-€18 billion, up from a previous estimate of €12-15 billion -
Former Barclays global CLO distribution head joins Nearwater
3 years ago
Barclays’ former head of global CLO distribution has landed at a risk retention financing firm as senior managing director in New York -
Davidson Kempner hires ex-Barclays convertibles research head
4 years ago
DavidsonKempner, the investment management firm, has hired the former head of European and Asian convertibles research at Barclays to manage convertible bonds in its London office -
Wind blows against UK credits after Brexit day bluster
4 years ago
After all the Friday fanfare of the UK’s exit from the European Union, Brexit-exposed credits are quietly heading wider at the start of this week, against the general tightening trend -
CBAM plans expansion with new $60 million credit facility
4 years ago
CBAM has closed a $60 million credit facility to refinance a working capital facility to its parent company Eldridge Industries -
Barclays rehires high yield credit trader from Goldman Sachs
4 years ago
A high yield specialist has become the second credit trader in as many months to rejoin Barclays from Goldman Sachs -
Credit traders' kickstand: grave times for UK banks and corps as May goes away
4 years ago
UK banks have been among the main underperformers in credit this week, with market sources noting that today’s notice of Prime Minister Theresa May’s intention to resign on 7 June increases the likelihood of a no-deal Brexit. And UK 'zombie' companies appear to be forming a herd -
Deutsche Bank rehires Nordic sales head after senior official moves to buy side
4 years ago
The bank is bringing in a Barclays official to replace him, in a slightly more broader role, say market sources -
Barclays financials credit trader jumps to another bank
4 years ago
A Barclays senior financials credit trader in London has left the firm and is heading to another bank, say market sources -
Barclays re-hires credit structurer
4 years ago
A credit structurer in London has returned to Barclays after taking a career break from the bank -
Barclays' Ashiq: bank syndication deals for bigger leverage facilities are in scope [video]
5 years ago
Barclays' Zeshan Ashiq spoke with Creditflux' Dan Alderson after his panel at the Creditflux European Direct Lending Conference last week -
HSBC hires former Barclays European leveraged credit head
5 years ago
Barclays' former head of European leveraged credit, CLO and ABS distribution is anticipated to be joining rival bank HSBC -
Barclays hires another senior EM trader as Turkey continues to roil markets
5 years ago
Barclays has made an experienced hire to its EM credit trading team in London -
BAML assigns high-ranking position to Barclays leveraged finance head
5 years ago
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has poached Barclays leveraged finance head Jill Schwartz and assigned her the role of executive vice chairman of global corporate and investment banking, according to an internal memo seen by Creditflux -
Värde partners with Barclays and Guber to acquire €1.4 billion Italian NPL portfolio
5 years ago
Global alternative asset manager Värde Partners has partnered with Barclays investment bank and Guber Banca to acquire a €1.4 billion portfolio of Italian non-performing loans -
Ex-Barclays EMEA leveraged finance head takes top role at Natixis
5 years ago
The former head of EMEA leveraged finance at Barclays has joined Natixis as head of investment banking for the Americas
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