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French and travel names lead sell off as UK widens quarantine list
3 years ago
European credit is pushing wider at the end of the week, following the UK's decision to remove France, the Netherlands and other countries from its list of those safe to travel to without quarantine -
Noble Corp auction date set as low recoveries stack up
3 years ago
The Americas Determinations Committee has set a date to settle CDS referencing the offshore driller, which looks set to follow Chesapeake Energy as the latest in a run of big pay outs for protection buyers -
Curve trades in focus as US high yield surges tighter
3 years ago
The strength of improvement in US high yield spreads looks to have shifted gear, with outperformance over European credit and a big move for CDX HY index curve trades -
Banks and high yield corps lead charge as results prompt European rally
3 years ago
High yield corporate credit is today's outperforming part of the market as European credit rallies back from its recent wides, as the latest round of earnings proves stronger than many had expected -
DC rejects Valaris credit event request
3 years ago
The Americas Determinations Committee has rejected a request to rule on whether UK headquartered offshore driller Valaris has triggered a restructuring credit event -
Intelsat CDS set for deemed auction today at 100% recovery
3 years ago
Intelsat Investments CDS will be settled today at 100% recovery through a deemed auction, the Determinations Committee has said -
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 -
Intelsat triggers bankruptcy credit event
4 years ago
Intelsat Investments has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, the Americas Determinations Committee has ruled -
Mood lifts on stressed credits as European high yield leads rally
4 years ago
Some of the widest trading companies in European credit made a sharp move tighter on hopes of government support extending into high yield, as rallying momentum picked up this morning across the market before a US-led reversal -
Selecta and Southwest battered as market trades flat as a pancake
4 years ago
Single name credit movements are taking focus as market volatility abates, with Selecta Group and Southwest Airlines earnings putting them among the biggest wideners -
Credit keeps its own rhythm amid oil crash and EU clash
4 years ago
As another week of worry and disappointment ends, the most optimistic thing that can be said for credit is the new peak spreads are lower than those that went before - suggesting a more manageable level of volatility is starting to characterise the market -
Frontier CDS auction to follow Lebanon and Whiting Petroleum
4 years ago
An auction to settle CDS referencing Frontier Communications will take place next month -
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 -
Europe/US credit gap extends as coronavirus curves part ways
4 years ago
The gap between European and US credit performance is widening as hopes rise in Europe the spread of the coronavirus could be slowing even as its impact extends in the US -
Credit event hits new CDX HY as Crossover name's default risk surges
4 years ago
Whiting Petroleum has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, the Americas Determinations Committee has ruled, making it the first constituent default in newly on-the-run series 34 of the CDX HY index -
Jump-to-default risk collapses after Senate backs biggest ever US relief package
4 years ago
The US Senate's agreement of a record $2 trillion stimulus package is shaking jump-to-default risk from high yield corporate credit today, with some iTraxx Crossover constituents shedding over 1,000bp from the front end of their CDS curves -
Credit market hits new wides as government outbreak measures intensify
4 years ago
Credit market are making another push wider at the start of the week, after governments tightened restrictions on movement to deal with the escalating coronavirus outbreak -
Credit traders' kickstand: rolling with the pain, as relative value trades come unstuck
4 years ago
What a difference a month - and a pandemic - make. This time in February, no-one could have imagined a global financial crisis would be unfolding, that credit performance would be a battle between a virus and some of the biggest government and central bank interventions on record, that today's iTraxx Europe and CDX index rolls would traverse unprecedented ranges, that option expiry strikes would be blown beyond recognition, or that cash and CDS differentials would be whipsawing with such violence -
Credit traders’ kickstand: roll nightmares haunt CDS market as indices whiplash
It’s Friday 13th, but CDS traders will be hoping the worst of the horror shows are behind them as they try to regather their shredded nerves in time for next week’s biannual index rolls -
Credit breakdown as one-day volatility outstrips financial crisis
4 years ago
Credit default swap markets have surpassed the record one-day volatility of the global financial crisis, with indices surging to new wide prints as the spiralling impact of the coronavirus outbreak brings government lockdowns on travel while wreaking havoc on oil prices and supply chains -
Credit event protocol goes into force with 60 extra sign-ups
4 years ago
The International Swaps & Derivatives Association is going live today with a protocol aimed at stamping out narrowly tailored credit events from the CDS market, having signed up 1,358 entities -
Deep dive trade is on, but single name risks still abound
4 years ago
High yield CDS is reversing its previous underperformance versus investment grade, reflecting an investor shift down the quality spectrum in cash bonds. -
Narrowly tailored event protocol set to go live in weeks
4 years ago
Investors have until 14 October to sign up to an Isda protocol aimed at stamping out narrowly tailored credit events (NTCEs) from the CDS market. -
Roll week leaves CDS in strange places
4 years ago
CDS traders navigate a much-changed landscape in October, after one of the most impactful index rolls in recent times. -
Thomas Cook looks set to fly solo as default in outgoing Crossover series 31
4 years ago
The Determinations Committee has accepted a request to rule on whether Thomas Cook Group has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, after the UK-based travel company filed for chapter 15 protection in New York
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