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Credit opps funds return to CMBS as prices fall
10 years ago
The recent sell-off in CMBS is opening up opportunities for hedge funds which had moved away from the space in the hunt for better yields -
Index skew trading drives CDS single name volumes, conference hears
10 years ago
Unicredit strategist says that CDS single name trading volumes are a function of index trading -
Credit implied vol drops from high as hedge funds rush to sell options
10 years ago
Implied volatility on credit indices has fallen from a one-year high as hedge funds sell European tail-risk protection to real money -
Leverage is back: credit funds gear up as yields decline
10 years ago
Some credit strategies are succumbing to the urge to add cheap leverage -
New fund pulls in big bucks as credit managers turn bearish
10 years ago
A New-York based hedge fund manager sees inflows accelerate into a new short credit fund -
Street scrambles for bank debt after getting caught short
10 years ago
A frenzied scramble for paper is helping rachet spreads tighter -
Investors jump into credit options to hedge summer widening
10 years ago
Investors have jumped into the option market in recent sessions to hedge index widening over the next few months -
Influx drives hedge funds out of CMBS
11 years ago
The increasingly tight price of CMBS mezzanine paper is driving hedge funds out of the sector -
Bank debt investors step back from seniors
11 years ago
Credit traders are betting that the difference between spreads on senior and subordinated European bank debt will compress further -
Credit index skew falls as protection buyers back off
11 years ago
The skew on the iTraxx Main and Crossover indexes fell sharply in recent sessions as buyers of protection faded following the recent roll into S19. -
Rates outlook prompts real money grab for credit default swaps
11 years ago
With interest rates starting to rise, real money fund managers are showing growing enthusiasm for credit default swaps -
Credit desks go long gamma as vol tanks
11 years ago
Sophisticated investors are taking advantage of cheap volatility to go long credit, bankers say -
Dealers fear high frequency traders’ credit ETF plays
11 years ago
Several dealers have complained to exchange traded fund (ETF) providers about the growing involvement of high frequency trading firms in credit ETFs -
Hedge fund Third Point notches up $500 million Greece gain, says FT
11 years ago
The Financial Times reports that New York-based hedge fund Third Point has made a $500 million gain on Greek government bonds -
iTraxx-CDX correlation gap hits wide as hedge funds pile in
11 years ago
Traders bet on low European defaults -
Buy Volkswagen and Arrow credit and short their shares, says SG
11 years ago
Investors should go long CDS of Volkswagen and Allianz and short the equity -
Financials traders play hunt the call candidate
11 years ago
Credit hedge funds can make a killing if they do their homework on regulatory capital -
Catalyst-driven high yield team joins London manager
11 years ago
A London-based credit asset manager has made a major push into a new area of credit with the hire of two portfolio managers who specialise in event-driven high yield strategies -
BlueMountain fund-raising marks push into direct lending
11 years ago
BlueMountain Capital will focus on structured credit and direct lending to generate the mid-teens percentage returns it is targeting for its new credit fund, launched last month -
Credit hedge funds seek secondary equity sales
11 years ago
Credit hedge funds have moved to take advantage of a recent trend among private equity firms to sell off minority stakes in companies they own -
US CDS trading surges, as euro peripherals shine
11 years ago
US CDS trading volumes surged over the past week, as investors returned in numbers to single name trading -
Take profits after European credit rally, says HSBC
11 years ago
Investors in euro-denominated bond should consider taking profits after the recent rally -
Franklin Templeton amasses €6.1 billion of Irish government debt, says FT
11 years ago
The Financial Times reports today that much of the dramatic recovery in Irish government bond spreads this year has been driven by active purchases on the part of Franklin Templeton’s bond funds -
Long short players pile into equity options on dip in volatility
11 years ago
A sharp decline in equity market volatility in recent weeks has prompted a wave of equity volatility plays from long-short credit funds
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