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Credit hedge funds (August 2022)
2 years ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Fund performance: Select funds shine in dreary June for credit hedge funds
2 years ago
Credit funds suffered through June, as only 8% of listed funds reached the black. This made June the fourth month in a row in which negative returns increased -
Market rides out China-US fray with oil, rates and jobs back in focus
2 years ago
US and European credit markets are exhibiting a firmer tone on Wednesday, with investor focus having shifted from Taiwan concerns to Opec+ oil supply. But a looming Bank of England rate hike and US jobs data mean caution remains the watchword -
Relief rally extends despite US and EU sending mixed signals on recession
2 years ago
Growth and inflation data on Friday has added impetus for the European Central Bank to maintain a hawkish stance at its September meeting, despite US signals suggesting that economy is in recession -
US tech earnings fuel relief rally even as Europe's gas supply drops
2 years ago
Stronger than anticipated earnings at US tech giants have boosted financial market sentiment and brought a relief rally to credit following yesterday’s sell-off -
Russia and retail put stop to credit rally with big spread reversal
2 years ago
Russia’s move to cut gas supplies once again to Europe, as well as a Walmart profit warning in the US, are weighing heavily on markets Tuesday and sending credit spreads sharply wider -
Credit PM pair seek galaxy of opportunities with long/short fund manager launch
2 years ago
Two experienced portfolio managers have set up a new venture to take advantage of volatile markets -
Credit Rendezvous: Investors try to avoid suplex city as recession and inflation reform tag-team
2 years ago
Credit investors getting ready to lock up against that familiar 1970s pairing of inflation and recession. But the hard-hitting tag team has picked up some new moves, causing floating rate outperformance to give way to underperformance; synthetic credit to outperform cash; and CLO terms curves to reshape into barely recognisable positions -
Italian rout gathers pace as credit relationships warp well beyond historical norms
2 years ago
Renewed selling pressure on Thursday has taken credit spreads back towards the year’s wides, with financial borrowers underperforming as Chinese covid cases, US inflation and a drought in Italy all weigh on sentiment -
Algebris adds second PM in two months to credit opportunities team
2 years ago
Algebris Investments has hired a co-portfolio manager for its Global Credit Opportunities strategies -
Go long duration in consumers and industrials: BofA
2 years ago
The year’s wides still lie ahead in the second half, but China reopening is bullish for consumer and industrial spreads and investors should extend duration in high-quality credit, according to Bank of America strategists -
Fund performance: Rocky May piles on the misery for credit hedge funds
2 years ago
Negative fund performance soared in May -
Credit hedge funds (July 2022)
2 years ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Credit tacks sharply as hiking talk brings choppy start to week
2 years ago
European financial markets opened the week on a cautious footing, after a weak Asian session, with credit indices oscillating between wider and tighter prints over the course of Monday morning -
EU inflation prints frame challenge ahead as horror show first half ends
2 years ago
Financial markets are heading into the weekend with a rare stationary session, but the mood is more one of shellshock than considered positioning, after one of the worst first halves to a year on record -
Consumer confidence shock sends spreads back to wides
2 years ago
Weak US consumer confidence numbers on Tuesday sent shockwaves through markets that are continuing to reverberate in Wednesday's trading session -
Fed hike speculation holds sway over Europe and Asia despite US holiday
2 years ago
Credit markets have opened the week marginally tighter, with Europe and Asia cautious on Monday in the absence of a US trading session, and US Federal Reserve statements likely to drive sentiment in the rest of the week -
Real estate is about to get real bad: Welshcake
2 years ago
The extent of disconnect between real estate and what other markets have been experiencing is enough to convince me a whole other layer of economic mayhem is on the way. But investors in credit, for all their current pain, could still end up shining if they are prepared -
Market jitters mount as US delivers May CPI
2 years ago
Credit spreads have moved sharply wider for the fourth day straight as investors digested the European Central Bank’s hawkish turn and watched with trepidation for the US to reveal its May consumer price index numbers -
Fund performance: Credit hits another bump in the road after March revival
2 years ago
There was more upheaval for credit funds in April, reversing the mini-recovery in March as 40% of funds made positive returns, a decrease on the 47% in March -
Credit hedge funds (June 2022)
2 years ago
Credit hedge fund returns
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Russia oil ban accord unites markets in sell off
2 years ago
EU leaders’ compromise agreement on banning Russian oil imports by sea has presented a united front few may have thought possible only days ago. But financial markets have not reacted positively, with risk assets selling off as the euro slumps and oil hits its highest level since March -
Fund outflows extend despite sharp improvement in credit performance
2 years ago
This has been a much better week for credit and equity market performance than last, but that has not stopped the tide of investors looking to withdraw their money from funds for such risk assets -
Europe feels Arctic chill while currency and tech woes add to fear
2 years ago
European markets have again taken a bearish turn on Thursday, with Finnish Nato aspirations, the strengthening US dollar, persistent inflation and slumping tech stocks adding to investors’ deepening dismay -
Stalling growth engines leave market in deeper turmoil
2 years ago
Financial markets are starting the week in another heavy slump, with credit hitting new wides as various asset classes take a beating from economic growth fears and the prospect of a recession in Europe
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