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CLO funds are hot in summer as they take nine spots in top 10 (Fund performance)
9 months ago
CLO funds took the lead through summer as the returns of the category index reached 1.88% and 3.18% in June and July, respectively. Both months saw a CLO fund as the top performer — Sound Point Meridian in June, and Oxford Gate Master Fund in July. -
Russia and retail put stop to credit rally with big spread reversal
1 year ago
Russia’s move to cut gas supplies once again to Europe, as well as a Walmart profit warning in the US, are weighing heavily on markets Tuesday and sending credit spreads sharply wider -
Property giant takes a tumble as European fortunes diverge
2 years ago
Adler Group, the German real estate giant, is once again coming under intense pressure in the credit market amid reports the country’s financial watchdog has begun a criminal investigation into its dealings -
CLO managers in the mix for first US credit event auction since 2020
2 years ago
CDS contracts referencing Talen Energy Supply will be settled by credit event auction next month. And Talen's recovery levels will have relevance for a number of CLO managers that have held onto the company's debt - in some cases having bought more very recently -
Ukraine and Russia volatility steps up amid political trial and conflict fears
2 years ago
Ukrainian and Russian spreads are among the market's biggest movers at the start of the week, as developing tensions between the two countries ramp up another notch and former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko has arrived in Kyiv to face treason charges -
Fund performance: Déjà vu as April leaders dominate
2 years ago
CLO funds stayed in the top flight for another month as they took over the top 10 credit hedge fund return table in May, when 87% of all funds listed made positive returns -
Fund performance: CLO funds pick up where they left off
3 years ago
New year, same funds leading the way with CLO strategies the top performers in January -
Ucits at a glance: CIFC nears positive 12-month returns
3 years ago
Ucits funds have started 2021 on a quiet note as 72% of funds achieved a positive return -
Credit makes strong gains in relief rally
3 years ago
The week has opened on a stronger tone amid a calming of government bond yields, conducive manufacturing data in Europe and a new covid-19 vaccine approval in the US -
ECB stimulus hopes bolster high yield outperformance
3 years ago
Spread compression has picked up again, with European high yield taking the lead as expectations mount for another round of European Central Bank stimulus at its meeting next week -
Spread compression resumes with US passing key milestones
3 years ago
Credit markets have resumed their crunch tighter today, with an absence of any obviously negative brakes to offset strengthening Asian industrial numbers and applications by vaccine makers for emergency approval in the US and Europe -
Credit fundraising: managers build homes for real estate credit funds
3 years ago
The “largest ever real estate credit fund” was one of the fundraising highlights last month as Blackstone’s Real Estate Debt Strategies IV fund reached $8 billion on its final close -
Credit fundraising: distressed keeps in favour but CLO ETFs emerge
3 years ago
Five months into global lockdown and distressed debt funds are still proving popular, but several managers have found success pitching other types of credit strategies -
Europcar hits bumps on the road less travelled
3 years ago
A rough road for Europcar this week has taken its bond and CDS spreads back towards the outer reaches, setting the French car rental firm apart from a general improvement in fortunes for names at the wider end of the market -
Fund performance: Credit funds post double-digit gains
3 years ago
June returns have once again been led by CLO funds, as seven out of the top 10 belong to our CLOs category. -
Chesapeake deliverables point to big pay-out on CDS
3 years ago
An initial list of deliverable obligations to settle CDS referencing Chesapeake Energy Corporation at auction points to a pay-out of over 97 cents to protection buyers - higher than where five-year contracts are priced -
Chesapeake CDS auction date set
3 years ago
Dealers have set a date to settle Chesapeake Energy Corp CDS, in what will be the thirteenth credit event auction of 2020 -
Intelsat CDS set for deemed auction today at 100% recovery
4 years ago
Intelsat Investments CDS will be settled today at 100% recovery through a deemed auction, the Determinations Committee has said -
Bankrupt Hertz runs out of gas with CLOs holding $245 million
4 years ago
CLOs hold $245 million of Hertz’ debt as the US-based car rental company drives into bankruptcy protection, with the coronavirus panedemic putting brakes on the Estero, Florida-headquartered's firm car rental operations -
Intelsat CDS has no deliverables for an auction, says DC
4 years ago
CDS contracts referencing Intelsat Investments look to have no deliverable obligations, according to the Americas Determinations Committee, making a pay-out to protection buyers unlikely -
JC Penney bankruptcy weighs on CLO and CDX HY baskets
4 years ago
CLO managers hold nearly $250 million of the debt of JC Penney, which filed for chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas on Friday -
Intelsat triggers bankruptcy credit event
4 years ago
Intelsat Investments has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, the Americas Determinations Committee has ruled -
DC agrees to consider Intelsat bankruptcy credit event
4 years ago
The Americas Determinations Committee has accepted a request to rule on whether Intelsat Investments has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, after parent company Intelsat SA filed for Chapter 11 protection -
Extreme gap opens for basis traders as relief packages cause distortion
4 years ago
Evidence abounds for how government and central bank interventions in the coronavirus crisis are distorting credit markets, but one clear signal is the flip-around of the basis between corporate bonds and CDS in recent days -
Frontier triggers credit event but HY equity tranches outperform
4 years ago
Frontier Communications has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, the Americas Determinations Committee has confirmed. This is the fourth credit event to hit recently off-the-run index CDX HY series 33, on which on-the-run index tranches are based and for which recoveries have so far been very low
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