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Bardin Hill holds first close for second opportunistic credit fund
1 year ago
Bardin Hill Investment Partners has held a first close for its second opporunistic credit fund, with around $300 million in capital commitments -
Heavy mood greets Europe’s return as earnings and rates policy weigh
2 years ago
The European market on its return after the long weekend is greeted with another sizeable push wider in spreads, with focus on US Federal reserve policy, this week’s round of corporate earnings and the prospect of US 10-year inflation linked bond yields turning positive for the first time in two years -
Ares expands into European real estate debt with Carlyle hire
2 years ago
Ares has expanded its presence in European real estate debt with the appointment of former Carlyle official as partner and head of the real estate debt team -
Ares launches new IG private credit strategy with senior hire
2 years ago
Ares Management has bolstered its credit capabilities by adding a new investment grade private credit strategy and hiring a managing director -
Reality check for credit as omicron research timeline extends
2 years ago
Another dose of harsh reality has sunk into financial markets on Tuesday, as investors continue to reappraise the impact of tightening travel restrictions and the timeline for pharmaceutical work to address the omicron covid-19 variant -
US spreads narrow gap with Europe as credit hits new record tights
2 years ago
Corporate credit spreads are exploring new tights for the year, with Europe taking its turn to grind inwards once again today after strong sessions in Asia earlier and the US on Tuesday -
Credit indices hit impasse after US high yield returns to pre-covid tights
2 years ago
Credit improvement looks to be taking a breather on Thursday after the compression play in CDS indices took US high yield index CDX HY to its tightest prints since February 2020, before the outbreak of covid-19 began to blow out spreads -
Compression gains mount as Moderna vaccine result boosts confidence
3 years ago
Compression trades are paying off today, with a new covid-19 vaccine announcement prompting a broad tightening of credit spreads in which high yield corporate indices lead the charge and financial names are outperforming investment grade corporate borrowers -
Single name shorters get improved entry point after conviction test
3 years ago
Returning market optimism has taken credit spreads back to ultra-tight levels. But for bears, this posits a better entry level for short trades, and the recent blow-out may have given strong pointers where to target them -
Small businesses dominate sixth round of talf funding requests
3 years ago
Borrowers requested $282.7 million loans in the sixth round of the US Federal Reserve’s term asset loan programme, which began yesterday -
Fair Oaks suspends dividends from listed CLO fund citing covid-19 uncertainty
4 years ago
Fair Oaks Capital has suspended dividends on its listed CLO fund “in light of the ongoing uncertainty in economies and markets caused by covid-19 pandemic”, according to an update to investors in the $315 million fund -
Wealth manager forms CLO partnership with Eagle Point
5 years ago
Alexandria Capital has formed a strategic partnership with CLO equity investor Eagle Point Credit Management -
Sound Point wins $285 million CLO equity mandate from Canadian pension fund
5 years ago
The C$366.6 billion Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board is looking towards CLO equity to broaden its investment exposure -
Credit market snapshot: markets level off
10 years ago
Credit remains flat with few new headlines to move markets -
Credit market snapshot: credit erases new year’s gains
10 years ago
Late losses bring first full week of 2014 back to where it started for credit spreads -
Finmeccanica tightens on asset sales and new contract
10 years ago
Italian conglomerate drafts asset sales in South Korea, while signing contracts in China -
Credit market snapshot: Spanish fears and weak US data drive credit wider
11 years ago
Bearish sentiment takes grip in market -
Credit market snapshot: credit opens week as it closed last week - wider
11 years ago
Greek political uncertainty drives credit wider -
Credit market snapshot: credit finishes week flat on mixed indicators
12 years ago
Encouraging US bank earnings but eurozone debt fears return -
Credit market snapshot: spreads continue to drift wider
12 years ago
Credit ended another day wider yesterday, despite the market taking some encouragement from US bank earnings -
Credit growth puts interdealer brokers neck and neck
14 years ago
Interdealer Icap reported 22% growth in credit brokerage revenues in the year ending March 2009 compared to the previous year -
WCI bankruptcy has ripple effect through homebuilders
15 years ago
Lennar flirts dangerously with distressed levels in CDS. -
BOC has biggest subprime impact in China, but overall impact limited
16 years ago
China's three major banks all increased funds to cover possible subprime losses. -
Bank of China takes subprime hit
16 years ago
Bank of China yesterday announced a $1.295 billion charge to P&L and a $282 million reserve on shareholders' equity relating to US subprime RMBS -
Pension funds sues Moody's over subprime bonds and CDOs, reports Dow Jones
16 years ago
Dow Jones Newswire reports that a pension fund filed a lawsuit against Moody's yesterday, alleging that the ratings agency misrepresented or failed to disclose that it had assigned "excessively high ratings to bonds backed by risky subprime mortgages."
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