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Citi promotes structured credit specialist to top Emea credit trading role
1 year ago
Another senior official in Citi's credit team has been promoted -
Citi Emea credit trading head earns promotion
1 year ago
Citi has promoted a senior figure in its credit business to regional head of markets for Emea -
Fund manager brings in Citi's global head of credit derivatives strategy
2 years ago
An experienced strategist noted for his work in CDS, indices, tranches and options has taken his first buy-side role -
Citi's former correlation trading star takes on new risk head role
2 years ago
Citi's former head of credit correlation trading has taken on a new role in the bank, becoming head of in-business market risk for global markets -
Resurgent CSO market bets on ESG and new equity
3 years ago
After a challenging 2020 the synthetic bespoke market has begun this year in style, with a pipeline of deals, talk of new investors and hopes that ESG could play a key role in driving deal volumes -
IG and crossover indices converge while European CLO double Bs rally
3 years ago
iTraxx Crossover is again outperforming Main today with the investment grade index widening 0.11bp to 52.56bp while the crossover index is 2.42bp tighter to 296.99bp. Meanwhile bank research signals that junior CLO tranches could benefit as investors look at covid industries through a different lense -
WTW to tackle lack of diversity across investment industry
3 years ago
Progress on diversity across the investment industry is “disappointingly slow”, according to research from Willis Towers Watson -
Credit rally rolls on as indices approach one-month tights
3 years ago
CDS indices are approaching their mid-October tights as reality seeps in of a divided US government and, consequently, little chance of dramatic corporate tax increases. Yesterday, iTraxx Main led the way, tightening 5.3%, followed by CDX NA HY and CDX IG (both 4.5%) and iTraxx Crossover (2.8%) -
High yield outperformance to bring compression trade back into play: Citi
3 years ago
High yield underperformance versus investment grade is expected to reverse following the US presidential election, according to a strategy note from Citi. The bank’s strategists have been advocating compression trades since July and feel that there is more room for this to run citing election trends, exposure to coronavirus credits, expected default rates and credit ratings -
Dealers power up as tranche trading hits new heights
3 years ago
A big year for index tranche trading has taken volume within grasping distance of full-year 2019, a post-financial crisis record, with a deepening pool of dealers adding support -
Past returns: Bravo! Citi takes applause with CSO portfolios
3 years ago
Five years ago in Creditflux we reported that Citi was planning a follow up to its Bravo portfolio — a CSO reference entity in which the bank made two-way markets -
Go long index mezz tranches to pick up spread: Citi
3 years ago
Citi research has outlined some of the opportunities that have arisen in the index tranche market as a result of elevated correlation -
Credit funds at a glance
4 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Citi reallocates credit index trading as veteran moves to buy side
4 years ago
A senior Citi credit official has expanded his remit following the departure of a veteran credit index trader -
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit
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Change at top for Citi correlation trading as head assumes chief risk officer job
4 years ago
A long-serving managing director at Citi has taken sole charge of correlation trading, after the previous head of credit correlation moved to a newly created role -
CSO arrangers look to build on $65bn of issuance in 2019
4 years ago
The synthetic bespoke tranche market this year has fallen short of expectations in terms of overall issuance volume, but ends with transformative inroads being made. -
Emerging market CDS trading slumped in Q2, finds Emta
4 years ago
There was $364 billion of emerging markets CDS trading in second quarter, according to the Emerging Markets Traders Association -
Barclays financials credit trader jumps to another bank
4 years ago
A Barclays senior financials credit trader in London has left the firm and is heading to another bank, say market sources -
Bespoke gains pull CLO buyers as market tipped to hit $100bn
5 years ago
Synthetic bespoke issuance could catch up with the more visible CLO market this year, say structured credit specialists -
US CLO league tables: new issues drive volumes as Morgan Stanley and Citi occupy top two spots
5 years ago
Two months into 2019 and the US CLO market looks very different to previous years, as the balance of deal origination has changed -
Credit pickers will win as high yield spreads widen in 2019, predicts Citi
5 years ago
After a volatile 2018 in the credit derivatives market, there are reasons to be optimistic this year for the best credit pickers, according to Citi’s global credit derivatives outlook -
Ex-Citi CDO trading chief joins Jefferies as head of European fixed income
5 years ago
Jefferies has appointed a former Citi European credit and pre-crisis CDO trading head to lead its European fixed income business -
Past returns: Citi kickstarts CSO market
5 years ago
Five years ago in Creditflux, we reported on the revival of the synthetic CDO market, with Citi leading the push -
Dealers show appetite to retain tranches amid CSO growth
5 years ago
There are increasing numbers of dealers involved in the CSO market and their approach to issuing bespokes is evolving, attendees at Creditflux’s Credit Dimensions conference heard last month.
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