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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 -
McClatchy whacks out killer headline as CDS pays 98 cents
4 years ago
A month ago, when US newspaper company McClatchy triggered a bankruptcy credit event, sellers of CDS protection may have consoled themselves they were only looking at paying out around 27 cents on the contracts. But yesterday’s credit event auction set the final price at just two, meaning a whopping 98 cent windfall for protection buyers -
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 -
McClatchy bonds point to 50 cent CDS pay-out as auction deliverables finalised
4 years ago
McClatchy CDS in on course to pay out around 50 cents, based on cheapest bonds to deliver, after the Americas Determinations finalised five deliverable obligations for the media company’s credit event auction next week -
McClatchy initial list points to 48 cent CDS pay-out
4 years ago
McClatchy CDS looks set to pay out around 47.5 cents to protection holders, if bonds on an initial list of deliverable obligations for the media company’s credit event auction make it to the final list -
McClatchy CDS auction set for 10 March, despite fast-track request
4 years ago
Dealers on the Americas Determinations Committee have unanimously agreed to hold an auction to settle McClatchy CDS on 10 March, ignoring a request to expedite the process ahead of the media company’s scheduled plan of reorganisation -
Super-fast CDS auction demanded on McClatchy
4 years ago
The DC has ruled that media company McClatchy triggered a bankruptcy credit event on 13 February. But it is yet to set a date for the credit event auction -
McClatchy bankruptcy adds to slew of US media credit events
4 years ago
The McClatchy Company, a media sector constituent of CDS index CDX HY, has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, the Americas Determinations Committee has ruled -
Whiting Petroleum CDS gaps wider as it engages debt advisors
4 years ago
Credit event concerns have taken CDX HY constituent Whiting Petroleum to a recent wide print, after the energy exploration firm’s management held talks with advisors to find ways to remedy its capital structure -
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. -
Deans Foods auction delivers big lunch for CDS protection buyers
4 years ago
Dean Foods CDS has been settled in a credit event auction at a final price of just 9.25 cents – half the 18 cents indicated by the Dallas-headquartered company’s bonds at the time the auction was called -
Dean Foods CDS to have one deliverable, with 80 cent pay-out indicated
4 years ago
There will be only one bond deliverable into an auction to settle CDS referencing Dean Foods, the Americas Determinations Committee has confirmed -
Dean Foods CDS set to have only one deliverable on the menu
4 years ago
Only one bond has made it onto the supplemental list of deliverable obligations for an auction to settle CDS referencing Dean Foods -
Creditors left with sour taste as two food companies file for bankruptcy
4 years ago
Credit investors have been left to digest two US food company bankruptcy filings this week, with dairy producer Dean Foods triggering the first credit event to hit on-the-run series 33 of the CDX HY index, while Houlihan's Restaurants has also sought protection -
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 -
BlueMountain lands senior credit trader in New York
4 years ago
BlueMountain has hired an experienced trader in New York to cover credit and special situations -
Weatherford CDS auction delivers 55.5 cent pay-out to protection buyers
4 years ago
A credit event auction to settle Weatherford International CDS returned a final price of 44.5 cents on the dollar, lower than where bonds had been quoted and meaning a pay-out to protection buyers of 55.5 cents -
Final list of deliverables published for Weatherford CDS auction
4 years ago
There will be 17 notes deliverable into an auction on Thursday to settle Weatherford International CDS, the Americas Determinations Committee has confirmed -
Morgan Stanley joins participating bidders for Weatherford CDS auction
4 years ago
Morgan Stanley has been added to the list of participating bidders for an auction next week to settle CDS referencing Weatherford International CDS, with the Americas Determinations Committee also confirming 17 deliverable obligations on the supplemental list -
Weatherford CDS auction next week could have 17 deliverables
4 years ago
There are 17 notes on the initial list of deliverable obligations for an auction next week to settle Weatherford International CDS, the Americas Determinations Committee has said -
Weatherford faces credit event auction with 50% area recoveries implied
4 years ago
The Americas Credit Determinations Committee has agreed to hold an auction to settle CDS referencing Weatherford International, having ruled last week the Houston headquartered oilfield services provider had triggered a bankruptcy credit event -
Welshcake: Sirius has made a strong move in CDS - if it hits the right targets
4 years ago
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