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Credit retreats from wides, but worrisome test levels remain in view
1 year ago
Another rocky week for markets is ending with credit finding a firmer tone. But big questions remain unanswered about relative value and the levels some sectors could test -
Europe feels Arctic chill while currency and tech woes add to fear
1 year 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 -
Talen triggers first index-hitting credit event since Europcar
1 year ago
Talen Energy Supply has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, the Americas Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled, making this the first default to hit US high yield index CDX HY since September 2020 and the first to hit a CDS index since January last year -
CDX HY faces first constituent default since 2020
1 year ago
The Americas Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has accepted a request to rule on a CDX HY index constituent default - the first it has faced in the US since mid-2020 -
Convertibles specialist moves into CLO management with Apollo support
1 year ago
Convertible bonds specialist Advent Capital Management is moving into US CLO management with support from Apollo Global Management -
Credit and equity retreat from extremes but oil slumps further
1 year ago
Financial markets are mounting a tentative recovery on Tuesday, having been hammered to new bearish extremes at the start of the week -
Stalling growth engines leave market in deeper turmoil
1 year 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 -
Post-Fed volatility prompts stark reassessment of credit relative value
1 year ago
Central bank policy moves have caught markets off-guard, with volatility ensuing and spreads hitting new wides -
"It’ll take something special to drag my attention away from Depp/Heard, but Jerome Powell could just do it"
1 year ago
It’s not easy letting go of the past, but May heralds the start of something new in credit -
"Derivative longs versus cash corporate shorts looks attractive, especially if we see a market sell-off"
1 year ago
Technicals are keeping cash credit spreads tight, but as central banks reduce purchases there will be relative value opportunities -
US / European high yield compression trades win as Fed unveils new hiking regime
1 year ago
The remarkable recent outperformance of US credit derivatives index CDX HY has reached a key juncture, with reaction to the Federal Reserve's announcements causing it to trade inside European counterpart iTraxx Crossover -
Muzinich targets high income with new flexible credit fund
1 year ago
Muzinich & Co has launched Muzinich Dynamic Credit Income Fund, which it says is “designed for investors seeking outperformance in rising credit markets without taking excessive risks” -
Fund performance: Credit bounces back from February blues
1 year ago
March performance figures were a slight improvement from the market turn in February; 47% of funds made positive returns, an increase on 17% the previous month -
Credit hedge funds (May 2022)
1 year ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Ucits at a glance: Robus stands tall among Ucits funds
1 year ago
27% of Ucits funds had positive returns in March, a slight improvement from 10% in February -
Credit funds at a glance (May 2022)
1 year ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit
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Loan fintech drills into private data to free up analysts’ time
1 year ago
The role of credit analysts could be redefined if a new product launched by a tech company takes off -
Dispersion begets dispersion in mixed bag of fund returns
1 year ago
Idiosyncratic risks are set to rise in credit, with fund managers becoming occupied with tail risks, and that has been seen in a scattered set of March hedge fund returns -
Points up front: "It’s all me, me, me"
1 year ago
A study last month by the University of Marburg found that narcissistic fund managers are up to 34% more likely to deviate from their advertised investment style, and they tend to underperform non-narcissists. -
Credit Rendezvous: Pass masters
1 year ago
Most often, a credit market downturn has its roots mired in one big, blatant obstacle that credit managers have to focus their attention to overcome. But right now, it’s not the dominant risk factor that has to be defeated, it’s the sheer number of them... -
SEC's CDS proposals could impede market rather than help it: Barclays
2 years ago
New rules proposed by the US Securities & Exchange Commissions to tighten oversight of the CDS market could mean big changes for the market and have the effect of sapping activity, warn Barclays credit strategists in a note published on Thursday -
Earnings wait puts German firm’s investors in real state
2 years ago
The credit market’s brief relief rally on Thursday morning has given way to a resumption of the bearish run, with one European high yield borrower entering dangerous territory and Tesla coming under pressure in US credit after its share price took a hit -
Tech and supply chain concerns take credit back to year's wides
2 years ago
A cocktail of bearish signals has taken credit markets back to their widest levels since March, with Tuesday's sell off spilling over into the Wednesday session -
German property co hits new wides as investors scrutinise investigation report
2 years ago
The bearish momentum that gripped financial markets on Friday has spilled over the weekend into Monday's session, with an especially big move in the debt of one German real estate borrower taking it to worrisome spread levels -
High yield / loan slowdown affects year-end projections and pricing: Barclays
2 years ago
A sharp decline in primary market activity means expectations for high yield bond and even leveraged loan issuance need to be lowered, say Barclays credit strategists. And that in turn has implications for relative value
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