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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
LP round up: Fidelity wins big, Pacific retains loan mandate, pensions eye distressed
2 years ago
The month also included one CLO fund commitment, one high yield manager search, one finalised US loans mandate and one $400 million multi-sector fixed income managed account mandate -
Ucits at a glance: 2022 opens shakily but with a familiar lead
2 years ago
Ucits funds moved slowly into 2022 as 59% made negative returns in January -
Fund performance: Groundhog Day as 2021 leaders start strong
2 years ago
CLO funds once again claim the most top performing spots as seven out of 10 funds belong to the category -
Credit hedge funds (March 2022)
2 years ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Credit funds at a glance (March 2022)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
"Rules require 5% risk retention, but for first loss CRS that is not enough"
2 years ago
PGGM's Mascha Canio takes our credit quiz -
Market whipsaw sends indices and their constituents in opposite directions
2 years ago
The speed and violence of the credit market's oscillation is causing disruption in index skews, with constituent single names struggling to adjust quickly enough against deepening macro volatlity -
Corum Butler hires experienced high yield portfolio manager
2 years ago
Corum Butler has added to its team of five bond fund portfolio managers with a Paris-based hire -
RBC names head of high yield trading and e-strategy for leveraged finance
2 years ago
RBC Capital Markets has promoted a high yield trader and head of leveraged finance digital strategy to the position -
Euro volatility outpaces US with pivotal hours ahead in Ukraine
2 years ago
Financial markets took another battering on Tuesday, as Russia's war with Ukraine ramped up and western countries moved to enact new sanctions -
Yuzhou has no use for CDS auction despite triggering contracts: DC
2 years ago
Yuzhou Group will not require an auction to settle CDS contracts despite having triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled -
From one nation of yellow flowers to another: we are with you
2 years ago
It is Saint David's Day, the biggest day in the Welsh calendar. Today it is not a celebration but a call to action -
Russia debt hits default levels amid FX and asset lock-up
2 years ago
Russia appears to be on the brink of default on its debt, with bonds and CDS pricing in the likelihood of an imminent trigger -
Ukraine crisis takes EU and Russian markets into new territory
2 years ago
Credit spreads went back to the wides again on Monday, after the European Union intensified its pressure on the Russian economy and reached an unprecedented agreement to supply Ukraine with weapons -
Market whipsaws tighter as west holds out on Russian sanctions
2 years ago
Extreme market volatility is extending into the weekend, with a big gap tighter in spreads on Friday as the credit market see-saws due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the uncertain response of both western countries and China -
Global markets reel as Russia goes to war with Ukraine
2 years ago
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is sending shockwaves around the region and far beyond, with the military campaign demanding a sharp reassessment of where the spiralling crisis could lead -
European credit rallies in stark discord with deepening Ukraine crisis
2 years ago
Cognitive dissonance looks to be afoot in the credit market on Wednesday, with indices rallying for a second day even as Russian and Ukrainian spreads move to new wides -
German real estate co surges tighter despite market-wide single name sell off
2 years ago
Adler Group is a big improver in credit markets on Tuesday, against a broad sell off of other single names that has taken another European high yield company - Fives - to worrying risk levels
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