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Europe drives relief rally after Russia signals troop withdrawal
2 years ago
European financial market volatility has brought another reversal of relative value dynamics versus the US, with Russia/Ukraine developments extending their sway -
European panic over Ukraine pushes market to new wides
2 years ago
European underperformance of US credit has resumed at the start of the week, with the market waking up on Monday morning to another sharp sell off. But the lengthening downturn has some believing spreads have overshot, while others insist worse is to follow -
Rockford Tower turns to CBOs in first deal of year
2 years ago
Rockford Tower Capital Management made the transition from regular-way CLOs into bond-heavy deals by pricing its debut transaction on Thursday -
Credit and equity fund flows diverge ahead of Fed emergency meeting
2 years ago
Outflows from credit have extended into another week, even as stocks returned to inflows, as speculation mounted the US Federal Reserve could opt for a 50bp hike in March or even an earlier than anticipated hike at an emergency meeting next week -
Ukrainian volatility speaks loud and clear after Russia talks fail
2 years ago
Ukrainian and Russian credit are ending the week with renewed volatility, as failed attempts at diplomatic talks appeared to exacerbate rather than simmer down tensions between the countries -
Europe outpaces US as investors scramble to cover their shorts
2 years ago
Lifting of short positions has helped take European credit into a second successive day of outperformance against the US, with financial companies and some of the more recently volatile high yield names leading the way -
Europe leads relief rally with energy and peripheral bank credits outperforming
2 years ago
Credit spreads are making a broad move tighter on Tuesday, with European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde having tried to rein back rate hike expectations and oil company BP posting strong profits -
European underperformance extends against US with another big sell off
2 years ago
The underperformance of European credit versus the US has extended at the start of the week, with investors still struggling to digest the impact of last week's European Central Bank meeting statements -
Europe/US relative value comes into play amid growing credit outflows
2 years ago
Big successive moves wider are taking credit spreads to new extremes and bringing compression between Europe and the US amid the highest daily market volatility since 2020 -
Oak Hill hires head of ESG in New York
2 years ago
Oak Hill Advisors has hired its first head of ESG and sustainability -
Investment grade hit hardest as tech earnings and rate hike undo market rally
2 years ago
Financial markets have reversed course following two days of improvement, with credit spreads hit by poor tech company earnings and a Bank of England rate hike -
Credit hedge funds (February 2022)
2 years ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Credit funds at a glance (February 2022)
2 years ago
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Booster mandates leave unvaccinated further in the cold
2 years ago
US credit asset managers are starting to make coronavirus vaccination boosters part of their recruitment policy requirements, sources say. -
Ironshield prepares for ‘choppier’ kind of dislocation
2 years ago
Distressed debt investors are casting an eye over Europe as a cocktail of inflationary pressures, supply chain shortages and geopolitical risks weigh on corporate credit -
They said it: "The third term is Jinping’s legacy..."
2 years ago
... He does not care about near-term growth." -
Fund performance: Wasserstein's early 2021 performance drives it to the top
2 years ago
The final top 10 of 2021 featured a variety of funds as five different strategies were ranked among the best. US high yield was the most highly represented with two BlackRock funds and an Angel Oak in the top 10 -
Ucits at a glance: Robus claims top spot in 2021 after tight race
2 years ago
Ucits funds have ended 2021 on a high as 62% made positive returns in December -
"Credit investors should interpret 100,000 Russian troops on the Ukrainian border as worth pricing in"
2 years ago
Welshcake tells credit portfolio managers to under-promise and over-deliver in 2022 -
Bond pipeline builds as rocky markets thwart supply
2 years ago
Various factors have played into credit spreads widening at the start of 2022, but an over-supply of bond issuance is not one of them — in contrast to what was moving the market this time last year -
Financial-corporate compression in play as relief rally extends
2 years ago
Credit markets are experiencing a second day of improvement, with financials outperforming corporate borrowers in the investment grade arena -
Troubled high yield credits go against flow as market rallies
2 years ago
Credit markets are beginning February with a more buoyant mood, but idiosyncratic volatility is keeping investors on their toes with several European high yield single name credits making big moves -
Eerie calm breaks as bears return to feast
2 years ago
After what looked a calmer and even buoyant start, credit markets have again pushed wider on Monday as investors wrestle with competing view on outlook for central bank policy -
SEC warns private fund investors about misleading fund disclosure and due diligence failures
2 years ago
The US Secuties & Exchange Commission published a risk alert on Friday detailing a range of compliance issues it has observed in examining registered private fund advisers -
Heavy market rout takes credit back to November 2020 levels
2 years ago
High volatility is gripping financial markets at the end of a week that has been decisively bearish for credit spreads, as concerns about the end of central bank stimulus and warnings of a Russian invasion of Ukraine next month layer on pain for investors
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