Ukraine auction settles CDS below expected recovery
An auction to settle sovereign CDS contracts referencing Ukraine produced a final price slightly below expectations, despite net buying demand for bonds to physically settle contracts

Glennmont raises €250m for renewable energy credit fund
Glennmont Partners has raised €250 million for a fund that will invest in renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure

GoldenTree hits $3bn hard cap on distressed debt fund
GoldenTree Asset Management says it has closed its latest distressed debt fund, Distressed Fund IV, at its $3 billion hard cap

UK and Italy in focus as credit rout extends
UK and Italy sovereign credit spreads are heading wider on Wednesday, as the market-wide sell-off takes indices to new extremes for the year

Ukraine auction looks set to avoid Russia-style bond squeeze
An auction to settle sovereign CDS contracts referencing Ukraine looks set to produce a final price much more in line with bond trading levels than the result earlier this month for Russian Federation contracts

So long! US high yield index jumps tighter with roll from old to new series
Credit spreads have retraced tighter on Tuesday, after two days of heavy selling pressure, as investors in US high yield index CDX HY get set for its roll into a new series

European credit returns to peak covid levels with UK getting pounded
What looks set to be another challenging week for financial markets has opened as bearishly as last week ended, with credit spreads in Asia and Europe once again surging to new wides

Changing streets: private credit official joins Adams Street to build European offering
“Europe is fertile ground for sponsor-backed private credit deals," says Adams Street after hiring a European private credit head

Capital Four closes €1.5bn direct lending fund 'more than 90%' deployed and launches successor
Capital Four had collected €1.5 billion on a final close of its third senior private debt fund, Capital Four Private Debt III – Senior, exceeding its initial €1 billion target

Surge in hedging sends credit spreads to year's wides
A busy and bearish week is ending with credit spreads surging beyond their previous widest levels of the year, with Italian elections this weekend adding to caution in Europe after a string of central bank policy decisions reshaped the global economic outlook and the UK government scrambled to address rising energy costs

Axa IM reorganises alternatives unit into five streams amid AUM growth
Axa Investment Managers has reorganised its ‘alternatives’ business into five streams and made four promotions

Bruises start to swell, despite BoE pulling its punch
Market mood is growing uglier as the week progresses, with global investors increasingly looking for safety as the impact of central bank interventions combines with escalating fear over Russia’s campaign against Ukraine

Powell moves set to surpass power moves as credit spreads head wider
Hedging has been a prominent feature of financial markets ahead of Wednesday’s hotly anticipated US Federal Reserve statements, but Russia’s move to escalate its war efforts in Ukraine has injected another layer of uncertainty

Nomura readies multi-strat credit interval fund launch
Nomura Private Capital is readying the launch of a new, closed-ended interval fund which will invest across the credit spectrum - including bonds, loans, CLOs, distressed debt emerging market debt

Nuveen adds senior official to lead private credit specialist team
The hire will be responsible for building and leading Nuveen’s private credit specialist team 

Euro CLO trader lands at LGT to co-head liquid credit
LGT Capital Partners has hired a former Morgan Stanley European CLO trader as co-head of liquid credit

LGT to expand its impact investing framework into private debt
LGT Capital Partners is seeking to expand its private debt offering with a new impact focused fund named Crown Impact Private Debt

Big push wider for credit index spreads as traders navigate challenging roll
The roll of CDX and iTraxx credit indices is proceeding, with traders scrambling to respond to a big shift in relative dynamics between the US and Europe following London's long weekend

Ninety One holds first close on first private debt fund targeting sponsorless loans
Ninety One has made a breakthrough in its bid to build out a European private credit offering by holding a first close on a fund that will lend to sponsorless borrowers in Europe

US-led sell off shifts index roll technicals with key rates decisions looming
Further deterioration in global economic outlook is causing credit spreads to move back to the midpoint or wide end of their recent range, after a week of reversal from the previously more optimistic September trading run

UniCredit wraps up three synthetic securitisations with EIB backing
UniCredit says it has produced three synthetic securitisations which will free ithe bank up to lend over €5 billion to small and mid-sized enterprises in Italy, Germany and Bulgaria.

Euro credit hits new tights against US after months of underperformance
The gap between European and US credit has closed, with indices trading at their tightest relationship for several months, after US economic data introduced a fresh bout of volatility

Apera hires investor relations director
Apera Asset Management says it has brought in Jodie Tilley to lead its investor relations effort in London

Arcmont raises €800 million for first capital solutions offering
Arcmont Asset Management has raised €800 million for its first capital solutions fund (including associated vehicles)

Oaktree launches global high yield Ucits fund with low-carbon emissions focus
Oaktree has launched a global high yield responsible Ucits fund, which it says will offer investors the “opportunity to gain exposure to the asset class while promoting progress toward a low-carbon economy.”