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Ashurst boosts structured finance and derivatives practice as it brings in partner
2 years ago
Law firm Ashurst has hired a structured finance and derivatives specialist as a partner in its global markets practice -
Millennium senior tranche trader jumps to Verition
2 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
2 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 -
Ashurst hires senior structured credit and derivatives lawyer
2 years ago
Law firm Ashurst has added a partner to its global markets practice in New York -
CSO pipeline strengthens following ESG breakthrough
2 years ago
ESG criteria and longer investment horizons are driving new business in a resurgent bespoke tranche market, say dealers. And while this is unlikely to get 2021 near to a 2019-like haul of deals by year end, hopes are high that volume is firmly back on an upwards traject -
Credit index tranche trading on the rise amid low dispersion
2 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
2 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 -
Tranche traders smell the coffee as Crossover default percolates
3 years ago
Selecta Group looks set to become the third European credit event in as many months to hit series 33 of the iTraxx Crossover index and tranches based on series 32 -
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 -
Opportunities knock as Credit Dimensions returns in vibrant tranche market
3 years ago
Creditflux will showcase the cutting edge of CDS market developments next week as Credit Dimensions, our annual deep-dive into structured synthetic credit, returns in a virtual format -
Index tranche volumes go into overdrive as CSOs stall
3 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. -
CDX HY and tranches hit as Whiting protection buyers win big pay-out
3 years ago
Whiting Petroleum CDS have settled at a final price of just seven cents, meaning a 93 cents pay-out to buyers of protection on the Denver headquartered exploration firm -
Frontier triggers credit event but HY equity tranches outperform
4 years ago
Frontier Communications has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, the Americas Determinations Committee has confirmed. This is the fourth credit event to hit recently off-the-run index CDX HY series 33, on which on-the-run index tranches are based and for which recoveries have so far been very low -
Short-dated CSOs touted as jump-to-default risk hits curves
4 years ago
The coronavirus outbreak has all but vanquished hopes of any regular CSO business getting done, but sources say bespoke portfolios of short-dated CDS could soon be in the offing as investors look to express a view on when the crisis will end. -
Axiom freezes credit exotics fund as volatility roils CDS market
4 years ago
Citing market volatility, Axiom Alternative Investments has suspended subscriptions and redemptions to a fund that invests in credit derivative products such as indices, tranches, options and single name CDS -
Jefferies shelves structured synthetic plans as key man departs
4 years ago
Jefferies has put on ice its plans to build out a synthetic CDO origination, structuring and trading unit, having parted ways with the veteran specialist tasked with driving the venture -
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 -
Creditflux launches inaugural survey of CSO market
4 years ago
Creditflux is conducting a survey to gauge investor perceptions of the size of the synthetic bespoke tranche market so far this year, as well as the share of banks arranging deals -
Axiom makes big name correlation hire for credit opportunity fund
4 years ago
Axiom Alternative Investments has boosted its platform with the hire of synthetic credit veteran as a portfolio manager -
Five-year bespokes movement leads to managed CSO talks
4 years ago
Longer dated synthetic bespoke tranche business could soon receive new impetus, with dealers and investors ramping up talks about re-establishing managed portfolios as a common feature of the CSO market. -
Buy iTraxx Europe equity tranche risk but sell Crossover mezz, says JP Morgan
4 years ago
Investors should stick with ‘search for yield’ ideas in investment grade credit, say JP Morgan credit strategists, including selling iTraxx Europe 0-3% equity tranches delta hedged, going long the 10-year Europe index, and selling credit volatility through index options while buying equity market volatility -
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
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