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DebtDynamics EMEA | Under pressure: likely-to-distress scores highlight struggling industries and regional woes
6 months ago
The European leveraged market has crossed the threshold of 100 companies at the stressed/distressed lifecycle stage, according to Debtwire data -
May 2023 European Leveraged Highlights
10 months ago
High yield bond refinancing dominates a weak market according to Debtwire's May 2023 European Leveraged Highlights, featuring key trends in the leveraged loan and high yield bond markets. -
US and Europe divide honours between HY and IG as market rally extends
1 year ago
A second straight day of improvement is adding to this week’s gathering rally, but while US high yield is outperforming European the reverse is true in investment grade -
Credit fights for purchase amid swirl of darkening storm
1 year ago
Investors are attempting to peer out of the gloom after a heavy sell off, but meancing clouds gather over Europe especially in the form of weak manufacturing numbers, a sub-dollar euro, spiralling gas costs, and the threat of lower Gulf oil production -
Russia credit event auction starts to firm up as DC mulls settlement options
1 year ago
Russian Federation sovereign CDS will be settled in the first half of September, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has said. But settlement restrictions still require further discussion -
Spreads retreat ahead of pivotal US inflation report
1 year ago
Investors are holding their breath on Wednesday ahead of the latest US inflation numbers, with any change from last month’s reading likely to dictate a sizeable move in financials markets -
You seem familiar
1 year ago
The overlap between European CLOs has risen to 51.6%, but the largest issuers are only slightly more aligned to their peers at 55.19% — so bonds are proving to be an important differentiator -
Fund performance: Credit bounces back from February blues
2 years ago
March performance figures were a slight improvement from the market turn in February; 47% of funds made positive returns, an increase on 17% the previous month -
China's covid response fuels regional dislocation and slowdown fear
2 years ago
Asian credit divergence has extended into a second day, with China's move to address rising covid numbers driving regional spreads as investors elsewhere await a closely watched Federal Reserve meeting -
German real estate firm leads way as credit makes another lurch tighter
2 years ago
Adler, the German real estate investment group, is among the outperformers in Friday's rallying credit market, despite an audit by KPMG having been unable as yet to refute allegations made against the company -
European underperformance extends against US with another big sell off
2 years ago
The underperformance of European credit versus the US has extended at the start of the week, with investors still struggling to digest the impact of last week's European Central Bank meeting statements -
Earnings season and lifted hedges return credit to best levels in more than month
2 years ago
What began as a cautious, risk-averse week for the credit market is ending with a distinctly more bullish tone, with a fourth successive day of improvement taking spreads to their tightest levels for over a month -
Credit Fundraising: Private credit and CLO captive equity feature strongly as closes mount up
2 years ago
Credit funds have made a fair start to the fourth quarter, although the $21 billion raised during October is down substantially on September’s impressive record for 2021 -
Ucits at a glance: Robus and Altana enter the final sprint neck and neck
2 years ago
A downward turn hit Ucits funds as 65% of them made positive returns in September, -
Dealers tweak IG roll changes but rising star HY names still don't make cut
2 years ago
Dealers have revised their list of provisional changes to the CDX IG investment grade index ahead of its roll to a new series next week, with administrator IHS Markit citing recent trading activity as reason for the move -
Investors take deep breath ahead of US jobs report
2 years ago
Credit and equity markets are taking a cautious pause ahead of Friday's much-watched US jobs data, which could provide new context for discussions on central bank support for assets in the coming weeks -
Crossover names drive rally on strong earnings as European traders return
2 years ago
Several high yield borrowers have made strong improvements on Tuesday as the post-Jackson Hole credit market rally has extended from Friday, with European traders returning after their long weekend -
Travel co among underperformers as credit gives up gains
2 years ago
European credit is softening away from its recent tights in what is shaping up to be a fourth week of range-bound trading, with credit strategists identifying valuations as a key obstacle to improvement at the index level -
Coronavirus delta dilemma puts reflation trades into reverse
2 years ago
Concern over the covid-19 delta variant dented investor optimism in July and looks set to hold back credit spread improvement in August, as focus turns to rising cases in the US and Germany -
US plays catch up with Europe as spreads reconverge
2 years ago
There has been a slight softening of European credit on Tuesday, even as stocks hold onto their record highs and US credit spreads take their chance to close the gap after recent underperformance -
China crackdown and Fed meeting rattle nerves
2 years ago
Credit spreads widened as financial markets began the week on a less certain footing amid panic stock selling in China and a retreat to treasuries ahead of the US Federal Reserve two-day monetary policy meeting -
It's all relative: IG index drifts wide of 50bp as European CLO triple Bs outperform
2 years ago
US investment grade credit has been an underperformer in the last few weeks with CDX IG trading north of 50 basis points again. But European CLO triple Bs are looking strong while there is a stronger bid for two- to three-year paper in the US -
Credit grind pushes back volatility bets
2 years ago
With recent weeks having all-but crushed volatility from the market, uncertainty about the timing of future risk triggers is leading credit options traders to spurn traditional horizons to focus on longer-dated expiries -
It's all relative: CDX HY touches record tights but junior US CLO tranches leak wider
2 years ago
Credit spreads are marching tighter, but someone forgot to tell the CLO market. European and US CDS spreads have moved in step with each other for the most part with investment grade and high yield tightening 4-6% in the last week, whereas CLOs have been losing ground -
Real estate firm blows wider but BoE allays broader market concerns
2 years ago
Adler Real Estate traded sharply against trend as high yield credit spreads hit new post-pandemic tightest levels on Thursday
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