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New report finds 2023 a record year for alternative credit M&A
4 months ago
A new report on “Acquisitions of Alternative Credit Managers” by credit specialist Gapstow forecasts that more M&A activity lies ahead for credit firms as they struggle with the challenges facing the broader investment management industry -
November 2023 US Leveraged Highlights
5 months ago
Debtwire today releases the November 2023 US Leveraged Highlights, featuring key trends in the leveraged loan and high-yield bond markets -
Fed members need to restore their credibility, which could translate into excessive tightening
8 months ago
Rising wages have boosted spending and GDP — but the party can’t last forever -
March madness sees most funds give up gains made in Q1
1 year ago
After a positive start to the year, credit funds ended the quarter with a step backwards; just under 30% of those listed reached positive returns for the month. -
Credit and commodities diverge after China abandons zero-covid approach
1 year ago
Markets present a mixed picture at the start of the week, with Europe – still processing Friday’s US jobs numbers – opening cautiously after China’s retreat from strict zero-covid policies boosts commodity prices but raises fears of an infection wave -
Weak opening for markets as BoE makes new intervention and Asia sell-off extends
1 year ago
In the absence of the US market on Monday for the country’s Columbus Day holiday, global markets have extended their bearish direction following US jobs numbers on Friday that point to further hawkishness in the outlook for rate hikes -
So long! US high yield index jumps tighter with roll from old to new series
1 year ago
Credit spreads have retraced tighter on Tuesday, after two days of heavy selling pressure, as investors in US high yield index CDX HY get set for its roll into a new series -
Bears carry market into weekend as Germany adds to recessionary swirl
1 year ago
Germay posting its biggest ever rise in producer prices has not helped the market mood, at the end of a week in which investors have already had to reckon with the hawkish insistence of the US Federal Reserve, spiralling European gas prices and a 10.1% UK inflation print -
Credit catches brief reprieve after Fed takes spreads back to pain points
1 year ago
Credit markets are taking a pause from their bearish move, during which European indices once again passed key levels and investors tried to assess the implications of the US Federal Reserve’s July meeting minutes -
CLO spreads are not pricing in recession: JP Morgan
1 year ago
CLOs are priced fairly for a growth slowdown but not a recession, according to JP Morgan credit strategists, who warn spreads are at risk if US growth contracts -
Beneath the triple C: CLOs take first knock since covid scrapes
1 year ago
CLO managers have been hit by a number of loan downgrades to triple C for the first time since the wave of pandemic-related cuts trickled to a halt in early 2021. Companies indirectly linked to the health sector suffered most in May -
Market whipsaw sends indices and their constituents in opposite directions
2 years ago
The speed and violence of the credit market's oscillation is causing disruption in index skews, with constituent single names struggling to adjust quickly enough against deepening macro volatlity -
Investors look to US response after Putin lights touch paper on Ukraine intervention
2 years ago
Credit investors are left facing a what-happens-next moment after Vladimir Putin recognised the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine as independent states, paving the way for Russian forces to intervene. In response the US has moved swiftly to impose new sanctions targeting the two regions -
Troubled high yield credits go against flow as market rallies
2 years ago
Credit markets are beginning February with a more buoyant mood, but idiosyncratic volatility is keeping investors on their toes with several European high yield single name credits making big moves -
German chemical co gets salty investor reaction despite tasty earnings
2 years ago
Chemical producer K+S Group is a big widener in CDS on Thursday in an otherwise flattish credit market, amid reports Germany's audit office for accounting has found material assumptions the company used in the past were inappropriate -
Credit Fundraising: Private credit and CLO captive equity feature strongly as closes mount up
2 years ago
Credit funds have made a fair start to the fourth quarter, although the $21 billion raised during October is down substantially on September’s impressive record for 2021 -
Banks soak up selling pressure ahead of key ECB meeting
2 years ago
Banks - and particularly those in Italy and Spain - are among the main underperformers in credit as the market cautiously awaits messaging from this week's meeting of the European Central Bank -
Real estate relief boosts high yield but retail rout gathers pace
2 years ago
A mixed week for credit has taken German real estate company Adler back to safer levels while sending two supermarket retailers further into the realms of most risky in the iTraxx Crossover universe -
US debt talks and German real estate regain composure after damaging wrangles
2 years ago
Adler Group is ending on a firmer footing what has been a rocky week for the German real estate company, as credit heads into the weekend unmoved by developments in the US on raising the country's debt ceiling -
Fund performance: CLOs lead but variety is the spice of life
2 years ago
.An assortment of funds have made their mark in August as five different strategies make it into our top 10 for the month -
It's all relative: IG index drifts wide of 50bp as European CLO triple Bs outperform
2 years ago
US investment grade credit has been an underperformer in the last few weeks with CDX IG trading north of 50 basis points again. But European CLO triple Bs are looking strong while there is a stronger bid for two- to three-year paper in the US -
Fund performance: Lightning strikes twice as range of credit funds deliver
What seemed like a chance occurrence in February has struck again in March, as seven categories make our top 10 best performing hedge funds -
"IG investors might want to rethink the instrument, but they need not fear rising rates just yet"
3 years ago
In his latest column for Creditflux, Cheyne's Duncan Sankey writes that the sharp rise in 10-year US treasuries could be positive for investment grade investors, but value is in CDS rather than bonds -
It's all relative: CLOs are lagging no more, as Carlyle deal drags market tighter
3 years ago
“CLOs are lagging” has been a much repeated refrain over the last nine months. But Carlyle Group has this week produced a US CLO that has dragged spreads to their tightest point in three years so that, rather than comparing CLOs to pre-covid levels, they should be assessed against early 2018 -
It's all relative: senior CLO tranches tighten 18% in Europe as CDS indices sit out rally
The corporate credit rally in January is notable because some assets tightened to levels not seen in over a decade (loans), others rallied albeit with a lag (CLOs) and the most liquid stream of credit (CDS indices) defied moves in other asset classes to widen
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