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CDS volume jumps by 50% as investors seek new ways to do business
1 year ago
Credit derivatives traders are wrapping up a bumper year, in which there was a big increase in volume and a growing number of use cases for the product -
Credit investors find bright spots in gloomy outlook: Credit Rendezvous Q4 2022
1 year ago
Clouds are looming over financial markets as the fourth quarter begins — so investors are moving away from diversified approaches in favour of tailored investments and relative value plays -
Deutsche hires credit strategy head from rival bank
1 year ago
Deutsche Bank has hired a new head to oversee European and US credit strategy -
One-year CSOs come to fore as investors predict widening
1 year ago
With credit spreads entering the fourth quarter at much the same elevated levels they began Q3, investors are increasingly looking to bespoke tranches as a way of taking advantage while mitigating the market’s tail risks. -
Dispersion picks up as candidates for distress emerge
1 year ago
Dispersion will be a concern for all parts of the global credit market in the fourth quarter, say traders who are focused on relative value -
Position cutting tames market rally and strategists warn on primary impact
2 years ago
Caution is the watchword across financial markets on Tuesday, with the strong recent run giving way to hedging and position cutting ahead of a much-anticipated US inflation reading on Wednesday -
Real estate is about to get real bad: Welshcake
2 years ago
The extent of disconnect between real estate and what other markets have been experiencing is enough to convince me a whole other layer of economic mayhem is on the way. But investors in credit, for all their current pain, could still end up shining if they are prepared -
Bespoke bond baskets on the rise as investors seek targeted portfolio trades
2 years ago
High yield index replication and accessing illiquid exposure are two factors building momentum for a new investment approach that bundles bonds into a single risk piece -
Blackstone lands big name as bank's synthetic structured credit talisman joins buyside
2 years ago
Blackstone has hired a well known figure from the synthetic structured credit market, with a prominent name in CSOs joining the firm after 18 years working on the sell-side -
Loans will be winners in bearish year for credit: BNP Paribas
2 years ago
Floating rate loans are best positioned for a year of widening credit spreads, but high yield bonds will outperform investment grade and EM credit is set for losses, says BNP Paribas in its 2022 outlook -
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 -
Dispersion trades in play as transatlantic rift opens
2 years ago
The return of idiosyncratic risk at the wide end of US and European high yield markets has put index equity tranches for the two jurisdictions on noticeably divergent paths, say correlation traders -
Zais and BNP Paribas strike ESG breakthrough with climate change CSO
2 years ago
The growing theme of environmental, social and governance standards helping to revitalise the market for collateralised synthetic obligations appears to have taken a big step forward, with Zais Group and BNP Paribas partnering on a first-of-its-kind deal that could lay a template for future transactions -
Millennium senior tranche trader jumps to Verition
3 years ago
An experienced synthetic structured credit trader has left Millennium Management in New York to join Greenwich headquartered Verition Fund Management -
Squarepoint draws big name options market maker to buy side
3 years ago
An experienced credit options trader has decided to join the systematic and quant strategies manager in a change of career from working on the sell side -
Credit index tranche trading on the rise amid low dispersion
3 years ago
At its halfway point, 2021 is shaping up as another big year for credit index tranche trading, with new investors having entered the market and dealers projecting full-year volume could vie with 2020’s record of recent times. -
Tranche trader leaves Apollo for sell side
3 years ago
BNP Paribas has filled a gap in its structured credit trading group with the hire of an index tranche market maker -
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 -
Equity tranche shorts gather for fallen angels
3 years ago
Investor views are starting to form around on-the-run iTraxx and CDX index tranches, following their rolls into new versions at the end of September and start of October -
IG tranches look 'boring' after distressed names ejected at roll
3 years ago
September’s index rolls brought tranche traders some of the starkest portfolio changes in recent years, with fallen angels and defaults shifting correlation dynamics. This creates relative value openings, but investors will take longer to move into new series as they require extra analysis, say dealers. -
Tranche market maker jumps to buy-side
3 years ago
BNP Paribas' New York based market maker for credt index tranches has left the bank after seven years -
Index tranche volumes go into overdrive as CSOs stall
4 years ago
CDS index tranche trading has gathered pace during the coronavirus pandemic, putting the asset class on course for a post-2008 crisis record. -
BlueMountain lands senior credit trader in New York
5 years ago
BlueMountain has hired an experienced trader in New York to cover credit and special situations
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