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Relative to Airbus, Boeing was long accountants but short engineers
13 days ago
A qualitative approach can help investors spot boards that are too focused on short-term returns -
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 -
Credit pivots sharply as US returns to growth and ECB confirms record hiking cycle
1 year ago
After a wider start, credit markets reversed course Thursday having digested a strong US GDP reading and the European Central Bank lifting its base rate by 75bp – a move that confirms this as the region’s most aggressive ever hiking cycle -
IG payers provide best tail-risk hedges: Barclays
1 year ago
Investors seeking the cheapest tail risk hedge should look to CDX IG payers, while iTraxx Europe payers are the best hedge against further European underperformance, finds Barclays -
RBC names head of high yield trading and e-strategy for leveraged finance
2 years ago
RBC Capital Markets has promoted a high yield trader and head of leveraged finance digital strategy to the position -
Banks and loans to benefit in 2022 as safe havens dwindle
2 years ago
Safe havens and sector pitfalls are among some of the top considerations for portfolio managers this year, as a consensus forms that credit could suffer versus other asset classes -
Fund performance: CLO funds deliver again, but third of all funds post losses
2 years ago
CLO funds took six of the top 10 spots in October in a continuation of the previous month’s strong performances. However, a consistent showing from Wasserstein in the US high yield category has claimed the top spot for the last two months -
Long duration high yield will overcome short-term rates carnage, says BofA
2 years ago
Bonds with inflation-protected real yield, longer duration, and especially those in the utilities sector are among the most compelling trades amid a phase of ‘policy paranoia’, according to Bank of America credit strategists -
Muzinich adds ex-CIO of boutique amid raft of credit hires
3 years ago
Muzinich has made five hires to its corporate credit business -
Silver squeeze reaches credit in brighter trading mood
3 years ago
Financial markets are beginning the week and the month in a more positive mood after a volatile end to January. But retail investor power - the bane of hedge funds last week - is again exerting an influence that permeates through to credit -
Credit fundraising: Dubai manager gets in on the act as direct lending takes off
3 years ago
Shuaa launches credit fund in the Gulf as Ares, Contingency, HPS and Perceptive are among those to close billion-plus funds -
US-Europe relative value gap closes as market sell-off resumes
4 years ago
Credit markets are heading wider into the weekend, with European underperformance closing a relative value gap that had opened with the US last Friday. The moves accompany detoriation in equity markets, stoked by the threat of a renewed US-China tariff war, pressured bank results, airline job cuts and poor UK economic numbers -
Credit breakdown as one-day volatility outstrips financial crisis
4 years ago
Credit default swap markets have surpassed the record one-day volatility of the global financial crisis, with indices surging to new wide prints as the spiralling impact of the coronavirus outbreak brings government lockdowns on travel while wreaking havoc on oil prices and supply chains -
BTIG founds European fixed income credit division and adds four traders
4 years ago
The London-based division will be led by Michael Carley, who BTIG hired last year as a fixed income managing director in New York -
Kames names replacement as CEO steps down after six years
4 years ago
The UK fund manager has appointed its chief investment officer as interim CEO -
First Abu Dhabi Bank pushes into credit derivatives with trading head hire
4 years ago
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) is making a foray into credit derivatives and has hired an experienced credit trader to lead the initiative -
Highbridge refocuses on credit as it liquidates listed multi-strategy fund
4 years ago
Highbridge Capital Management has announced to investors in a multi-strategy fund that it is winding down the vehicle and refocusing its business exclusively towards credit -
Another BlackRock official lands at new manager Tresidor
4 years ago
Tresidor was founded by CIO Michael Phelps, formerly the head of European fundamental credit at BlackRock -
Mizuho appoints US and European credit trading heads in leadership shake-up
4 years ago
The hires include a newly created CLO role, head of credit trading, and head of special situations and illiquid trading -
BlackRock to merge infra and real estate platforms as key figure departs
5 years ago
BlackRock is restructuring its infastructure and real estate platforms into a real assets division, sources say -
Generali seeks high yield analysts in Milan as credit research head builds team
5 years ago
Generali Investments’ head of global credit research has relocated within the firm from Paris to Milan and is seeking hires to build a team in the Italian city -
Partner leaves Cheyne after five years at the firm
5 years ago
A marketing official, who has covered loan funds and synthetic credit strategies, has left Cheyne -
Al Gore and David Blood's Generation to drop credit strategy
6 years ago
London-based Generation Investment Management, cofounded by former US Vice president Al Gore and Goldman Sach’s David Blood, has decided to drop its global credit strategy and invest solely in equities -
UK pension fund awards Loomis Sayles £485 million for multi-strategy credit
6 years ago
Natixis-affiliate Loomis Sayles has been awarded a £485 million ($647.3 million) mandate by the Avon Pension Fund to manage its multi-asset credit allocation -
Robeco launches short-duration version of its global credit fund
6 years ago
A Rotterdam-based asset manager has launched a short duration form of its global credits strategy
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