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No 2020 recession, cyclical bonds will outperform and CLOs won't crash, says BNP Paribas
4 years ago
There will not be a recession in 2020 and investors should stay long credit with the expectation that high yield cyclical and non-financial borrowers will outperform in a bullish market, BNP Paribas strategists have confidently predicted -
Over 1,200 sign up to CDS protocol
4 years ago
Plans to improve CDS market integrity have received a boost, with the International Swaps & Derivatives Association drawing a stronger than expected response to its protocol aimed at stamping out narrowly tailored credit events (NTCEs). -
Reality bites after credit traders abandon Brexit hedges
4 years ago
Rediscovered faith in the ability of the UK and European Union to reach an agreement before the 31 October Brexit deadline has helped fuel a surge tighter of credit spreads, led by UK financial names. But that break with caution faces an immediate reality check today, following admissions a lot more work is needed -
Credit traders' kickstand: trade troubles threaten volatility "sooner than you think"
4 years ago
Most of the credit market goes into the coming week in a more nervous mood than it began this week, with hopes for the resuming US-China trade talks tempered by the US’s opening of a new front with Europe on trade -
China ambitions checked in final roll lists for iTraxx and CDX indices
4 years ago
The index roll lists for iTraxx Europe, iTraxx ex-Japan and CDX EM, have all undergone a rethink since IHS Markit published provisional lists earlier this week, with final lists showing name changes -
iTraxx and CDX roll provisional lists reveal effects of index overhauls
4 years ago
Eagerly awaited provisional lists are out for this month’s index CDS rolls, with big changes signalled across iTraxx and CDX products -
CDS data snapshot: central bank positioning and index rolls drive flows
4 years ago
Welcome to the inaugural run of what will become a weekly insight into credit derivatives trading. Each week, Creditflux will highlight trends and dynamics from most recently available market data. We welcome feedback on measures of the market readers would like to see here in future -
Fund performance
4 years ago
A round-up of fund performance -
LCH's French unit adds first Japanese clearing member
4 years ago
Mizuho has signed up as the first Japanese clearing member of LCH SA, the French clearing unit of London Stock Exchange-owned LCH Group -
Buy iTraxx Europe equity tranche risk but sell Crossover mezz, says JP Morgan
4 years ago
Investors should stick with ‘search for yield’ ideas in investment grade credit, say JP Morgan credit strategists, including selling iTraxx Europe 0-3% equity tranches delta hedged, going long the 10-year Europe index, and selling credit volatility through index options while buying equity market volatility -
Investor requirements rather than performance is driving ESG push: Creditflux survey
4 years ago
Only 14% of respondents to Creditflux's global credit ESG survey said performance was the main reason they were adopting envoronmental, social and governance-themed strategies -
16% of insurers plan CLO allocation increase, survey finds
5 years ago
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has released its annual insurance asset management survey -
Carmignac adds global credit Ucits strategy to its range
5 years ago
The fund will be co-managed by Carignac’s head of credit Pierre Verlé and fixed income fund manager Alexandre Deneuville -
It’s going to be a credit picker’s market
5 years ago
Our panel of experts believe that the credit market will be volatile this year, but there will be opportunities in European credit and additional tier one bonds, trups CDOs and unitranches -
September: credit funds at a glance
5 years ago
White Oak Global Advisors held a $2.1 billion final close on a new direct lending fund, while Phil Raciti's move from CVC Credit Partners to Halcyon Capital Management was one of the biggest moves in the credit industry -
BlackRock becomes latest manager to explore interval fund structure for credit
5 years ago
Several managers have hit the market with the interval fund structure, as investors look to invest in illiquid strategies through an illiquid fund structure -
Pimco receives nearly $400 million for ESG fixed income mandate
5 years ago
An $11 billion super fund has awarded a new ESG-focused fixed income mandate to Pimco -
BlackRock seeks $1 billion for new multi-strat opportunities fund
5 years ago
The new trust will invest at least 80% of its assets in fixed income securities and up to 40% in special situations, SEC filings reveal -
Sydney-based Perpetual launches ethical credit fund
5 years ago
Sydney-headquartered Perpetual Investment Management has today unveiled the launch of an ethical credit fund, to meet investor demand for ethical and socially responsible fixed income assets -
Pictet launches Asian corporate bond fund
6 years ago
Geneva-headquartered Pictet Asset Management has launched a Ucits-compliant Asian corporate bonds fund -
Capital Group brings in fixed income specialist to Singapore office
6 years ago
Los Angeles-based Capital Group has appointed former UBS official James Blair to lead the firm’s fixed income strategy in Asia Pacific -
Countdown begins to Creditflux Manager Awards 2018
6 years ago
The highlight of the awards season - Creditflux's Manager Awards ceremony - will take place on 9 May and submissions process is now open -
Volatility management boosts Double Haven's Asian credit fund
6 years ago
Hong Kong's Double Haven has outperformed the US high yield market and exhibited less volatility this year through its Asian bond fund -
Institutional investors - does Europe still provide the best opportunities in credit?
6 years ago
Cash or synthetics, CLOs versus CMBS, senior or junior debt? Institutional investors have a variety of ways to approach credit investing and Creditflux's biannual survey of credit allocators aims to determine which market they view as offering compelling returns -
Asian credit is a compelling way to diversify, says Double Haven
7 years ago
Asian credit offers attractive risk-adjusted returns against both emerging and developed markets, according to a research piece published by Hong Kong-based Double Haven
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