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US CLOs get welcome boost as major name returns to single B
16 days ago
CLO mangers received a welcome boost last week after S&P Global Ratings upgraded an arts and craft retailer rating to B- from CCC+- on Friday, citing “significant improvement” in operating margin and cash generation. -
Credit PMs remain gloomy in latest IACPM survey
3 months ago
Survey participants in the latest IACPM Credit Outlook Survey believe the euphoria seen in global financial markets during the last few months of 2023 was overdone -
Credit Suisse tests investor nerves as market preps for Fed-focused week
1 year ago
Credit Suisse, which has been subjected to another week of intense scrutiny, is heading into the weekend with its credit spreads extending wider, after warning on losses and undertaking a capital hike -
Asia credit rallies sharply but rest of world holds firm ahead of Fed
1 year ago
While most of the global financial market hangs in the balance, Asian credit has undergone a second day of relief rallying having hit the year’s peak on 31 October -
Europe leads broad rally amid speculation on softening rates timeline
1 year ago
After a cautious start to the week, credit markets have rallied ahead of policy decisions by the US Federal Reserve and Bank of England, amid growing investor anticipation of a slowdown in rate hikes as well as hope of a reopening Chinese economy -
UK adds itself to sour global cocktail with investors given another shake
1 year ago
US investors are returning to a sour mood across global markets on Tuesday, with escalating warfare in Ukraine, Chinese covid cases at a two-month high, the Biden administration in a standoff with China over microchips, and the UK still managing to hold focus for economic mishap -
Telcos show strength amid worrisome start to week
1 year ago
Telecommunication companies have had a good start to the week in credit markets, despite caution around latest Chinese economic numbers and reports of droughts in Europe adding to that continent’s energy concerns -
Spreads retreat ahead of pivotal US inflation report
1 year ago
Investors are holding their breath on Wednesday ahead of the latest US inflation numbers, with any change from last month’s reading likely to dictate a sizeable move in financials markets -
Making the grade: CLO managers move into IG bonds
1 year ago
CLO managers have been using the incredible volatility in credit markets this year to add an unfamiliar asset to their portfolios – investment grade bonds -
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 -
Fed fears extend big market slump
1 year ago
Credit spreads have pushed sharply wider again at the start of the week with all eyes on the upcoming US Federal Reserve meeting, as investor aversion to risk assets extends following Friday’s consumer price index number that caused financial markets to reel -
Credit off to stronger start as dollar longs get squeezed
1 year ago
Financial markets are off to a better start this week, with risk assets repairing some of their recent damage as the US dollar eases back from the highs it has hit against other currencies -
US retailers hit hard as inflation and dollar spark big sell-off
1 year ago
Inflation worries and a strengthening US dollar have once again upended the credit market’s fragile confidence, taking spreads on a violent lurch wider with the US underperforming Europe -
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 -
Financials move first as bearish trading resumes ahead of Fed meeting
2 years ago
The bearish tone in financial markets has spilled over into another week with cautious positioning ahead of the US Federal Reserve meeting, weakness in tech stocks, financial credits underperforming and growing trepidation about the possibility of Russian intervention in Ukraine -
US extends broad hit on credit but German resi giant faces personal dramas
2 years ago
Travel related companies are among those hit hardest in credit as the Tuesday sell off deepens with the US trading session, but investors in German real estate company Adler have endured a torrid day as they digest its third quarter results -
US debt talks and German real estate regain composure after damaging wrangles
2 years ago
Adler Group is ending on a firmer footing what has been a rocky week for the German real estate company, as credit heads into the weekend unmoved by developments in the US on raising the country's debt ceiling -
Healthcare M&A offers diverging prognoses in high yield as market recuperates
2 years ago
Grifols, the Spanish healthcare business, is making a push wider at odds with rallying markets, having brought €2 billion equivalent of bonds to back its acquisition of European plasma player Biotest -
It's all relative: IG index drifts wide of 50bp as European CLO triple Bs outperform
2 years ago
US investment grade credit has been an underperformer in the last few weeks with CDX IG trading north of 50 basis points again. But European CLO triple Bs are looking strong while there is a stronger bid for two- to three-year paper in the US -
Commodity inflation sends Asia spreads back to wides
2 years ago
Asian credit and stocks added to a rough few days with further sell offs on Thursday, outpacing deterioration in other regions -
Banks take big hit as investment firm's fire sale rages
3 years ago
Banks exposed to embattled investment firm Archegos Capital are blowing out wider in credit markets today as their stock prices slump -
Brazil upheaval sends EM spreads to new wides
3 years ago
Emerging market credit spreads are reaching new wides, with Brazil holding focus in the sell off amid a spike of covid 19 cases and deaths well beyond the country’s previous peak. Elsewhere credit is in a stable range but underperforming a more buoyant turn in other asset classes -
It's all relative: CLOs march tighter as macro traders open positive CDS skews
3 years ago
Credit default swaps are back near where they started the year after giving up their early-February gains amid a rise in government bonds. CDS curves steepened over the past month and macro hedging has left indices trading with positive skews. But CLOs paint a calmer picture in which spreads have inched tighter -
It's all relative: CLOs are lagging no more, as Carlyle deal drags market tighter
3 years ago
“CLOs are lagging” has been a much repeated refrain over the last nine months. But Carlyle Group has this week produced a US CLO that has dragged spreads to their tightest point in three years so that, rather than comparing CLOs to pre-covid levels, they should be assessed against early 2018 -
Ucits at a glance: Advent ends calendar year on top
3 years ago
Ucits ended 2020 on the rise as 89% of funds achieved positive returns in December
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