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MGG raises more than USD 400m in first close of lower middle market fund
22 days ago
MGG Investment Group has filed the first close on its MGG Structured Solutions Fund II, offering capital solutions to non-sponsor backed companies -
A strong year for CLO strategies
2 months ago
After the pain of 2022, credit fund managers must have been praying that 2023 turned out better. It did. -
AB Carval joins 2024 pipeline
4 months ago
AB CarVal has foreshadowed its first deal of 2024 with the announcement of marketing materials for CarVal CLO IX-C, a USD 508.3m BSL CLO arranged by Deutsche Bank -
Casino failure to secure requisite default waivers, non-payment of social security charges and taxes prompt questions on CDS triggers
10 months ago
Casino Group announcements that it failed to obtain the requisite consent from its bondholders and RCF lenders to effect a payment standstill and to waive any defaults for the duration of its conciliation proceedings and that it deferred payment of its tax and social security liabilities have led market participants to submit credit event requests to the Credit Derivatives Determination Committees (DC). -
March madness sees most funds give up gains made in Q1
1 year ago
After a positive start to the year, credit funds ended the quarter with a step backwards; just under 30% of those listed reached positive returns for the month. -
CLO funds make best of a bad situation
1 year ago
It can’t get any worse can it? Well, it did in 2022, when credit spreads kept moving wider. Still, CLO funds were able to withstand the pressure, and they outperformed other credit strategies -
Fund performance: European CLO funds lead the way
1 year ago
February was a positive month for many funds, as only one quarter failed to reach the black. This builds off a stellar start to the year: 96% of funds reached a positive return in January -
"A bit ‘woke’? Possibly. But true corporate sustainability derives from sound governance"
1 year ago
Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse underlines the importance of sound governance -
Fund performance: Credit funds end difficult 2022 on a positive note
1 year ago
In December 66% of credit funds reached a positive return, following an even better November where 81% of all funds pushed into the black -
Largarde snowballs puncture complacent calm and shocks spreads wider
1 year ago
Credit markets are ending the week on a big push wider, after European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde delivered the surprise that had been missing from other central bank messaging -
Major fund withdrawals undermine credit momentum
1 year ago
Credit funds are extending their run of inflows into the end of the year, but investment grade momentum took a dent last week due to investors in one big fund pulling their money -
Rebuke for optimism as US jobs send market bulls running for cover
1 year ago
Investors’ determination to maintain an optimistic outlook on US Federal Reserve policy hit a point of reckoning on Friday, with hot US jobs numbers adding weight to committee members’ message that there is still a lot more work for them to do -
Manager targets €300 million for structured credit fund with CLO/CSO mix
1 year ago
The fund will invest primarily in European CLO equity -
Ukraine auction settles CDS below expected recovery
1 year ago
An auction to settle sovereign CDS contracts referencing Ukraine produced a final price slightly below expectations, despite net buying demand for bonds to physically settle contracts -
Ukraine auction looks set to avoid Russia-style bond squeeze
1 year ago
An auction to settle sovereign CDS contracts referencing Ukraine looks set to produce a final price much more in line with bond trading levels than the result earlier this month for Russian Federation contracts -
Powell moves set to surpass power moves as credit spreads head wider
1 year ago
Hedging has been a prominent feature of financial markets ahead of Wednesday’s hotly anticipated US Federal Reserve statements, but Russia’s move to escalate its war efforts in Ukraine has injected another layer of uncertainty -
US-led sell off shifts index roll technicals with key rates decisions looming
1 year ago
Further deterioration in global economic outlook is causing credit spreads to move back to the midpoint or wide end of their recent range, after a week of reversal from the previously more optimistic September trading run -
Euro credit hits new tights against US after months of underperformance
1 year ago
The gap between European and US credit has closed, with indices trading at their tightest relationship for several months, after US economic data introduced a fresh bout of volatility -
Spreads trace worryingly familiar arc as investors take good news as bad and bad new worse
1 year ago
Credit spreads are pushing ever closer towards the year’s peak levels, continuing Wednesday a sell off that began on Tuesday, with positive US economic data perversely sparking a bearish shift in financial assets that negative European data has since compounded -
Russia and Ukraine debt recovery outlooks diverge as DC publishes auction lists
1 year ago
The credit event auction to settle Russian sovereign CDS will have eight bonds deliverable, while 15 bonds have made it onto a preliminary list for Ukraine’s auction -
Ukraine triggers restructuring credit event
1 year ago
Ukraine has triggered a restructuring credit event, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled -
Rising stars, decompression and trade unwinds set to drive September roll: Barclays
1 year ago
Decompression and US / Europe relative value trade unwinds look set to characterise the September CDS index roll, with the prospect of no changes to iTraxx Europe for the first time in recent memory, say Barclays credit strategists -
Turkey stuffs investors with surprise rate cut
1 year ago
Turkey’s rollercoaster ride in debt markets is on another upswing to vertiginous spread levels, with the country having shocked participants with a counterintuitive rate cut -
Credit structuring head lands at Deutsche Bank in expanded role
1 year ago
Deutsche Bank has hired former Credit Suisse global credit structuring head Paul Bajer in a broader remit as global co-head of cross asset structuring -
Ukraine credit event question accepted by DC
1 year ago
The Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has accepted a request to rule on whether Ukraine has triggered a restructuring credit event, following the country’s agreement last week to defer debt payments
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