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IG names hit hardest as cocktail of woes routs market
3 years ago
Investor nervousness is evident at the start of the week with a big widening of spreads on Monday as lack of accord on a new US stimulus package added to concern about rising coronavirus case numbers and jitters in the oil market -
Rally puts credit back on even footing but single name volatility persists
3 years ago
A sizeable rally today is putting credit indices back on a flattish footing with where they began the week, adding to the sense the market is finely poised with only six trading days to go before the US presidential election -
Garfunkelux gaps in as refi points to CDS orphaning
3 years ago
Garfunkelux Holdco 2, the CDS trading entity of debt collector Lowell, is leading today's drive tighter as the company's planned refinancing raised the prospect of contracts becoming orphaned -
Alcentra hires Mulshine as head of US distribution
3 years ago
Alcentra has hired a new head of US distribution from Lazard -
Loomis Sayles promotes deputy CIO to top job
3 years ago
Loomis Sayles has named a replacement chief investment officer, following the retirement of incumbent CIO Jae Park -
Selecta CDS settles with final price above bonds
3 years ago
Selecta Group CDS contracts have settled at a final price higher than where bonds were trading and above the credit event auction's initial market midpoint -
Selecta auction on course for mid-range CDS recovery
3 years ago
Selecta Group CDS contracts look set to generate a pay-out for protection buyers about midway in their range the months running up to today's credit event auction -
New credit hedge fund manager hires from Man GLG in London
3 years ago
A start-up credit fund manager has added to its ranks by hiring a portfolio manager -
Credit Rendezvous: sometimes you have to dive deep to find value
3 years ago
Some parts of the credit market are fraught with danger, but that does not mean portfolio managers are avoiding them entirely, according to the Credit Rendezvous, Creditflux's 10-page quarterly report eaturing comments from 15 credit experts -
Lazard AM adds boutique's four-person long/short credit team
3 years ago
Lazard Asset Management has expanded its $4.5 billion ‘alternative investment’ platform by bringing on board the credit team from boutique Coherence Capital Partners -
High yield shorts and basis trades abound as borrowers race to issue
3 years ago
Discrepancies between high yield bonds and CDS could be a rich mine of activity in the coming months, say investors, with volatility set to rise while defaults and late cycle signals avail trading opportunities -
Selecta CDS auction date set with revised deliverables process
3 years ago
The Emea Determinations Committee has set a date later this month to settle Select Group CDS and has notified a change to its rules for choosing deliverable obligations -
Selecta splashes CLOs with bankruptcy credit event
3 years ago
Selecta Group has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, the Emea Determinations Committee has ruled -
Time to trade falling dispersion and high yield compression, says JP Morgan
3 years ago
Investors should position for falling dispersion by trading on-the-run versus off-the-run iTraxx Europe index series, say JP Morgan strategists. And Crossover / Main compression trades look attractive as high yield underperformance has gone too far -
Tranche traders smell the coffee as Crossover default percolates
3 years ago
Selecta Group looks set to become the third European credit event in as many months to hit series 33 of the iTraxx Crossover index and tranches based on series 32 -
IG tranches look 'boring' after distressed names ejected at roll
3 years ago
September’s index rolls brought tranche traders some of the starkest portfolio changes in recent years, with fallen angels and defaults shifting correlation dynamics. This creates relative value openings, but investors will take longer to move into new series as they require extra analysis, say dealers. -
The tranche market shines, whatever your view on credit
3 years ago
Index tranche volumes have reached record levels this year and CSOs have withstood the covid crisis. Panellists at the Credit Dimensions webinar outlined a range of trades in a thriving market -
Credit spreads wind back to February to bring shorts into focus
3 years ago
The credit rally since April has opened up an opportunity to go short credit, say fund managers, with spreads back to where they were in late February -
Credit hedge funds (October 2020)
3 years ago
Monthly credit hedge fund tables -
Ucits at a glance: Advent and Algebris edge towards double digit returns
3 years ago
Two managers stand out in the Ucits rankings as they close in on 10% YTD figures -
Credit funds at a glance (October 2020)
3 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves -
Fund performance: A third of funds reach positive territory in 2020
3 years ago
August has been another successful month for the CLO category as seven of the top 10 funds invest primarily in CLOs -
Credit fundraising: managers build homes for real estate credit funds
3 years ago
The “largest ever real estate credit fund” was one of the fundraising highlights last month as Blackstone’s Real Estate Debt Strategies IV fund reached $8 billion on its final close -
Tranche market maker jumps to buy-side
3 years ago
BNP Paribas' New York based market maker for credt index tranches has left the bank after seven years -
Dealers cut Pizza Express final price to shape of pizza
3 years ago
An auction to settle Pizza Express CDS ended up paying out almost 100% to buyers of protection, with dealers driving the final price even lower than they had initially bid
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