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Rising stars and Russia drive credit index roll changes
2 years ago
Rising stars will feature prominently in this month's roll into new iTraxx and CDX index series, but the market's riskiest names will remain in high yield baskets while at least one company falls foul of its links to Russia -
NatWest names head of high yield syndicate and lev loans
2 years ago
Natwest has poached Crédit Agricole's head of high yield syndicate for a newly-created role as head of high yield syndicate and leveraged loans -
Napier prints short-dated Euro CLO with low ramped warehouse
2 years ago
Standard Chartered picked up another co-placement agent role, while Jefferies was lead arranger on the upsized Henley CLO VII -
German real estate firm leads way as credit makes another lurch tighter
2 years ago
Adler, the German real estate investment group, is among the outperformers in Friday's rallying credit market, despite an audit by KPMG having been unable as yet to refute allegations made against the company -
Russia debt repudiation / moratorium question lands with Determinations Committee
2 years ago
The Russian Federation looks to be edging closer towards triggering a credit event, having been referred to the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee for a 'potential repudiation / moratorium' on its bonds -
Fitch upgrades 48% of European CLO tranches placed 'under criteria observation'
2 years ago
Fitch Ratings has resolved the 1,246 European CLO notes it placed ‘Under Criteria Observation’ in September, after updating its CLO rating criteria -
CLO investor Lakemore names European business development head
2 years ago
US CLO equity investor Lakemore Partners has hired a managing director and head of business development Europe -
Western unveils Article 8 global corporate bond fund targeting carbon reduction
2 years ago
Western Asset has launched a sustainable global corporate bond fund Western Asset Sustainable Global Corporate Bond Fund, which it says will give investors access to a portfolio targeting carbon reduction -
Crestline collects $3.6 billion across three private credit fund closes
2 years ago
The Fort Worth, Texas-based manager has closed its fourth opportunistic credit fund, third direct lending fund and second portfolio financing fund -
Signal hires former BlueBay official to build European CLO platform
2 years ago
Signal Capital has appointed a partner and head of leveraged credit for its newly-established CLO platform -
Volatility has teed up decompression trades: Barclays
2 years ago
Recent credit market turbulence has brought relative value trading opportunities between cash bonds and CDS, credit and equity as well as between investment grade and high yield, particularly in Europe -
Russia’s long EM index tenure cut in one swoop
2 years ago
Various constituent changes have been tabled for the forthcoming March roll of CDX and iTraxx credit derivative indices into new series, but one stand out is the administrator’s decision to eject Russia from all series of CDX EM -
Elfa slams aggressive voting cap provisions in European lev loan deal
2 years ago
"These covenant terms severely undermine the notion of equal contractual rights and pro-rata principles for creditors," Elfa said -
Russia CDS won't be orphaned in credit event but could pay big, say investors
2 years ago
Contrary to a flurry of recent media reports, Russian Federation CDS contracts are highly likely to have deliverable bonds in the event the country triggers a credit event - and this could come soon with high pay outs for protection holders -
Ardian expands into real estate debt
2 years ago
Ardian says it has created a European real estate debt business, assigning Arnaud Chaléac with oversight of this unit in Paris -
UBP targets sovereign local-currency bonds with Article 8 strategy
2 years ago
Union Bancaire Privée has launched an ESG sovereign local-currency debt strategy, which meets the requirements of Article 8 of the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation -
MV expands into CLO management as it absorbs Natixis IM private debt team
2 years ago
The Natixis IM-affiliate has expanded into CLO management by absorbing Ostrum Asset Management’s former private debt team, in conjunction with the opening of a Paris office -
Euro CLO cost of debt retraces to 2020 year-end levels as BofA revises reset forecasts
2 years ago
Blackstone Credit and CVC Credit printed the first new issues since the loan market wobble, while Bank of America has revised its refi/reset forecast down from €35 billion to €19 billion -
Euro CLOs in price discovery mode as market awaits Blackstone and CVC deals
2 years ago
CLO market participants are awaiting new issues from Blackstone and CVC on Friday, in a rare week of no deals due to the market disruption caused by the mounting Ukraine crisis. But two managers are considering short-dated deals -
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 -
"Europe undermines itself through fossil fuel addiction while the UK baulks at expunging oligarchs"
2 years ago
Russia’s actions in Ukraine are deeply troubling, but there is hope for the future -
CLO mezz investors are homing in on documentation: Morgan Stanley
2 years ago
European CLO mezzanine investors paid close attention to documentation over the past 12 months, with junior overcollateralisation test criteria, weighted average life extesions and approval for collateral quality key areas of focus, say Morgan Stanley strategists -
HY fund is exception to rule of CLOs
2 years ago
CLO funds have had back-to-back years of outperformance versus credit, proving the asset class is a great place to invest, rain or shine. But a Wasserstein HY fund was the star performer in 2021 -
High stakes promise big year for new short-dated CSOs
2 years ago
The bespoke tranche market looks set to put in revitalised issuance numbers in 2022 as interest grows in structured assets. But a clear trend is emerging for investors to assume short-dated exposure amid increasing macro and geopolitical uncertainty -
Euro CLO league tables: primary issuance shuts down amid extreme market volatility
2 years ago
European CLO issuance initially picked up in February with €7.82bn in total pricings, compared to just €2.44bn in January, before extreme market volatility preceding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine halted the primary market.
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