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Crédit Agricole appoints head of corporate and leveraged finance
1 year ago
Crédit Agricole CIB has appointed a head of corporate and leveraged finance, effective Thursday -
Fund performance: Rocky May piles on the misery for credit hedge funds
1 year ago
Negative fund performance soared in May -
Russian credit event auction plans put on hold after US sanctions update
1 year ago
Settlement of Russian Federation sovereign CDS has hit a delay, with the US having published updated advice on sanctions that could jeopardise the ability to conduct a credit event auction -
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 -
Citadel promotes credit head to co-CIO
2 years ago
Citadel has promoted its global credit head to co-chief investment officer -
Big name family business lines up corp hybrids fund
2 years ago
Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management (Edram) plans to launch a corporate hybrid fund and has hired Alex Eventon to lead the effort -
GIB brings in ESG expert for fixed income expansion
2 years ago
GIB Asset Management has hired from Abrdn as it looks to grow beyond emerging market credit and index strategies -
Natixis IM hires CEO with incumbent Raby set to depart
3 years ago
Natixis Investment Managers has hired Generali's chief investment officer to lead the firm from 12 April -
Squarepoint adds former bank credit trading head in London
3 years ago
Squarepoint Capital, a cross-asset fund manager that uses systematic and quantitative strategies, has hired a former global credit trading head at Societe Generale to lead fixed income, currencies and commodities alpha capture -
Pizza Express auction leaves protection sellers with just pineapple
3 years ago
An auction to settle Pizza Express CDS looks set to leave protection sellers with little solace, after the first round of bidding indicated a high pay-out on contracts referencing the UK-based restaurant chain -
Pizza Express auction date set with two bonds on initial list
3 years ago
Pizza Express 2014-version CDS contracts will be settled at auction on 1 October, following the UK food retailer’s triggering of a failure-to-pay credit event this month -
Matalan credit event ruling draws heavily on precedents, says DC
3 years ago
A bankruptcy credit event ruling on Matalan - the first this year in a European index - was a close call and relied heavily on several precedent credit events, the EMEA Determinations Committee has said -
DC sets Wirecard CDS auction date, obligations and settlement terms
3 years ago
The Determinations Committee for Europe, Middle East and Africa has set a date to settle CDS contracts referencing German digital payments company Wirecard -
Thomas Cook CDS buyers face bond squeeze as DC ejects 2023 notes from auction
4 years ago
The likelihood of a squeeze on Thomas Cook Group obligations has increased for market participants looking to physically settle their CDS contracts, after the Determinations Committee ruled that the collapsed UK travel firm’s €400 million 3.875% senior notes due 2023 were inadmissible into a credit event auction -
Thomas Cook ruling puts 2014 format CDS contracts back in the money
4 years ago
Thomas Cook Group triggered a failure-to-pay credit event when it filed for chapter 15 protection last month, the Determinations Committee has ruled – a decision that has big implications for holders of newer format CDS contracts on the name -
Roll week leaves CDS in strange places
4 years ago
CDS traders navigate a much-changed landscape in October, after one of the most impactful index rolls in recent times. -
Thomas Cook puts older and newer version CDS on separate planes
4 years ago
Thomas Cook’s filing for chapter 15 protection in New York last week means older version CDS contracts with a 20 September maturity triggered pay-outs, the Determinations Committee has ruled. But the worth of newer format CDS with the same maturity remains unclear ahead of a further DC meeting on Friday -
Top Gun triggers credit event, but there's no debt in the barrel
4 years ago
Top Gun Realisations 61, a New Look retail group private limited company that was previously named New Look Bondco I, has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, the EMEA Determinations Committee has ruled. But no CDS auction will follow since the reference entity has no debt outstanding -
Deutsche Bank hires emerging market credit trader
5 years ago
Deutsche Bank has added to its credit team in London by hiring a trader of emerging market cash debt and CDS -
Supermarket owner Rallye triggers credit event and joins queue for settlement checkout
5 years ago
Rallye, the parent of French supermarket chain Casino, has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, the Determinations Committee for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has determined -
New Look triggers credit event with big pay-out likely for CDS
5 years ago
The Europe, Middle East & Africa Determinations Committee has ruled that New Look has triggered a failure-to-pay credit event -
Barclays re-hires credit structurer
5 years ago
A credit structurer in London has returned to Barclays after taking a career break from the bank -
Steinhoff has triggered failure-to-pay credit event, rules DC
5 years ago
Steinhoff Europe has triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, the EMEA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled unanimously -
Ziggo CDS protection buyers get a lift as DC votes for successor
5 years ago
Holders of credit default swap protection on Ziggo Bond Finance have received a boost, with the EMEA Determinations Committee ruling that contracts structured under the 2014 Isda credit derivative definitions have a successor – dispelling fears they would be orphaned. -
BNP Paribas Asset Management hires multi-strategy products head
5 years ago
BNP Paribas Asset Management has created a new position within its fixed income division
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