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Buy-out rumours send US high yield company back to January spread levels
1 year ago
Not many single name credits are ending 2022 at the same spread levels they entered the year, but one US high yield company has that profile after its rally of the past three weeks picked up speed following buy-out rumours -
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 -
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 -
Energy firms underperform in credit sell off as oil prices slump
1 year ago
Investment grade credit is the underperformer on Wednesday as the market pivots wider amid negative economic signals and ahead of US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell’s appearance before Congress -
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 hike speculation holds sway over Europe and Asia despite US holiday
1 year ago
Credit markets have opened the week marginally tighter, with Europe and Asia cautious on Monday in the absence of a US trading session, and US Federal Reserve statements likely to drive sentiment in the rest of the week -
Europe trades heavier than US as market baulks at new hikes
1 year ago
Credit spreads have resumed their push wider, with European indices once again under more pressure than their US counterparts -
Nuclear power plant seizure amps up commodity chaos
2 years ago
The high volatility driven by Russia's invasion of Ukraine is taking financial markets to new extremes, with credit ending the week once again hitting new widest spreads since mid-2020 -
Credit Rendezvous: Credit spins full circle
2 years ago
The third quarter was massive in terms of volumes with CLOs, high yield, leverage loans and private equity registering record issuance. But credit spreads were up and down as inflation fears, crackdowns in China and rising coronavirus cases became catalysts for risk-off sentiment in July and September -
Publishing boost for French firm but China sours wider market
2 years ago
Lagardere is a notable positive outlier in another off day for the credit market, after China turmoil rocked stocks and sent spreads wider -
Europe leads corporate credit rally, but US outperforms in CLOs
3 years ago
iTraxx Crossover has been the CDS market's outperformer this week, tightening over 30 basis points, or 11.4%, to trade at 235bp today. But in the CLO market, US deals have come out on top thanks to a BlackRock CLO that priced its double Bs at some of the tightest levels this year -
Wide-end names gain ground as market hits impasse
3 years ago
Financial markets appear to have a hit resistance points in several asset classes today, with credit, stocks and oil prices struggling to find traction despite encouraging signals from the UK on rolling out the Pfizer/BioNTech covid vaccine -
European CLO double Bs jump wider amid October macro worries - but seniors stand firm
3 years ago
The fortunes of investment grade and high yielding European CLO tranches have gone in opposite directions in the last month. In a year where relative value has shifted several times, Creditflux analysis shows that new issue European CLO double Bs have blown out by 16.5% in October versus September, while triple A-rated notes have tightened 6.7% in that time -
Single name shorters get improved entry point after conviction test
3 years ago
Returning market optimism has taken credit spreads back to ultra-tight levels. But for bears, this posits a better entry level for short trades, and the recent blow-out may have given strong pointers where to target them -
UK pension pool takes management in-house for £1.5 billion index-linked bond fund
3 years ago
The UK’s Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has launched a £1.5 billion sterling index linked bond fund -
Axiom freezes credit exotics fund as volatility roils CDS market
4 years ago
Citing market volatility, Axiom Alternative Investments has suspended subscriptions and redemptions to a fund that invests in credit derivative products such as indices, tranches, options and single name CDS -
Credit reels back to January 2019 levels as coronavirus impact spreads
4 years ago
A more positive opening for European credit today proved short-lived, as coronavirus developments caused the market to reverse its modest improvement early on to careen back to some of the widest levels in over a year
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