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Fund performance: CLO tranches move up
4 years ago
April returns managed a partial bounce back after a tumultuous March. 82% of funds listed in the Creditflux database made positive returns, showing at least small signs of recovery after 90% of all funds listed posted negative returns in March -
Market sell-off gathers pace as oil rout spills over into credit
4 years ago
Credit spreads are pushing wider across the board today, along with slumping stocks, after a crash in oil prices took WTI futures below zero for the first time -
CDS takes brunt of coronavirus panic sell-off
4 years ago
European credit derivatives are among the hardest hit assets today amid a broad sell-off, as the fast spread of the coronavirus into Italy, Korea and Iran has brought a reappraisal of the impact it could have on financial markets -
UK financials push wider following Irish election surprise
4 years ago
UK and Italian financials are the weakest part of the credit market today, against an otherwise flattish backdrop, with the Irish general election result adding to concerns about how Brexit negotiations will fare this year -
Hedge against coronavirus, says JP Morgan, naming 40 most exposed credits
4 years ago
With novel coronavirus cases rising at what looks to be an exponential rate, JP Morgan strategists have proposed a high yield hedge to address the rising threat to European credit spreads and listed 40 borrowers they think are most exposed to impact -
European financials outperform corporates as coronavirus spreads
4 years ago
Financial CDS is outperforming corporate credit today, and Europe outperforming the US, as the market jumps wider on rising alarm at the spread of China’s novel coronavirus -
Credit traders' kickstand: curves in focus as market overcomes mid-week wobble
4 years ago
Credit markets have had a more positive week overall than last, and that was given a couple of extra twists today by UK/European Union and US/China talks. But this masks weakness mid-week and, following a brief steepening of curves, improvement is mainly exhibited by financial sector names -
Political risk puts December in focus as CDS investors play index volatility
4 years ago
Selling implied volatility has been prominent among CDS investors since last month’s iTraxx and CDX index rolls, says BNP Paribas in a research piece, with December a popular point of focus for trades -
Credit traders' kickstand: Financials lead compression as pre-ECB and index roll bulldozers flatten spreads
4 years ago
Caution does not appear to be an operative word in financial markets ahead of next week’s key European Central Bank meeting, with financial names leading the way as credit spreads return to this year’s tightest levels and stocks ascend towards post-crisis peaks -
Investors regain nerve to trade the curve
5 years ago
Post-crisis, CDS curve trading languished as an unloved strategy, due to illiquidity outside the five-year tenor. But dealers note resurgent demand for both 3-5 year and 5-10 year positioning, albeit with mixed results. -
US dollar three-month is focus point for benchmarks, finds Ice Libor survey
5 years ago
One-, three- and six-month US dollar and sterling are the focus points for Ice Benchmark Administration to seek agreement with banks, according to the results of IBA’s survey on uses of Libor -
CLO managers on alert as five credits drive Crossover index rout
5 years ago
Five constituents of iTraxx Crossover have hit big bumps this week, fuelling a noticeable underperformance of the European credit default swap index against its US counterpart yesterday in a reversal of the recent trend -
Rallye races towards over 50s club in CDS as Astaldi faces Crossover index ejection
5 years ago
Rallye, the parent company of supermarket chain Casino Guichard-Perrachon and a former fellow-constituent of credit default swap index iTraxx Crossover, has surged wider to near 50 points up front in five-year CDS trading -
Leading fund: Lupus Alpha CLO Opportunity Notes I
6 years ago
Single-B CLO trades boost Lupus Alpha asset Management -
Citi tests the market for three-year bespokes
7 years ago
There is increasing appetite for credit derivative risk with Citi looking to extend the maturity of its deals
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