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Banks regain composure to lead rallying charge
3 years ago
Financial names are among today's outperformers, reversing the trend of the early part of this week, as credit spreads return tighter -
US investors piled into structured credit and private lending in 2019, Gapstow finds
3 years ago
US institutional investors' allocations to 'alternative credit' increased 12% year-over-year in 2019, according to research by fund of funds manager Gapstow Capital Partners -
Sculptor promotes two after European credit head leaves for Pimco
3 years ago
Sculptor Capital Management has filled the void left by Mathieu Clavel, its former head of European and Asian corporate credit in Europe and Asia, by promoting two senior figures in its credit business -
Europcar slumps closer to default pricing in bonds and CDS
3 years ago
Europcar, the French car hire firm, is heading fast towards recovery-only levels with CDS and bond prices reflecting deeper distress -
Pimco appoints Sculptor veteran as head of private credit in Europe
3 years ago
Pimco has hired an experienced figure in the European credit markets as it seeks to grow its special situations business -
Credit retreats from tights as central banks offer reality check
3 years ago
European credit is following Asia wider today, picking up from where the US left off yesterday as the Federal Reserve vowed to keep overnight rates near zero for the coming years -
Crossover dips below 300bp as retailers leave the basket
3 years ago
The removal of defaulting constituents Hema and Matalan from iTraxx Crossover has helped take the index to its tightest prints since the start of the coronavirus sell-off -
ICG opens Milan office
3 years ago
Intermediate Capital Group has announced the opening of an office in Milan -
Matalan auction initial bids point to lower than expected CDS pay out
3 years ago
Early bidding in a credit event auction today to settle CDS referencing UK retailer Matalan indicates the final result will be higher than predicted by recent five-year quotes but roughly in line with modelled recoveries -
Leucadia pushes into distressed debt as it seeds new manager
3 years ago
Leucadia Asset Management has made a push into special situations and distressed debt, with the Jefferies’ subsidiary announcing a strategic partnership with FourSixThree Capital. Leucadia will provide seed capital to newly formed FourSixThree, as part of that transaction -
Noble and Hema produce disparate pay outs for CDS
3 years ago
This week has brought the high and lows of CDS settlement, with Noble Corporation bestowing an ultra low high pay-out for protection buyers after Hema protection sellers suffered less of a hit than was modelled by assumed recoveries -
Ensco does not require credit event auction, says DC
3 years ago
There will be no credit event auction to settle Ensco International CDS since its bonds and CDS are thinly traded, the Americas Determinations Committee has said -
Pizza Express triggers failure-to-pay credit event
3 years ago
Pizza Express has triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, the Emea Determinations Committee has ruled -
Europcar restructuring plans send bonds and CDS into skid
3 years ago
Europcar Mobility Group's bonds have plummeted and CDS referencing them have gapped wider after the French car hire firm said it will open talks with creditors about a debt restructuring -
Pizza Express serves up credit event question after very long wait
3 years ago
Pizza Express has been proposed as a failure-to-pay credit event to the Emea Determinations Committee, following the UK food retailer's decision not to make interest payments on bonds -
Credit event auctions mount as European resistance breaks
3 years ago
Two constituent defaults in iTraxx Crossover — the first to hit the European on-the-run index in almost two years — have made 2020 the second busiest year ever for credit event auctions -
Alcentra appoints DeSimone as CEO
3 years ago
Alcentra has appointed Johnathan DeSimone as chief executive officer following David Forbes-Nixon’s decision to step down and take an investment role at the firm -
Hema and Matalan deliverable lists outline payouts for CDS
3 years ago
Only one bond looks to be deliverable into a credit event auction to settle Hema CDS contracts, while two notes will be deliverable into Matalan CDS contracts -
Ensco CDS leap wider on credit event trigger
3 years ago
CDS contracts referencing Ensco International, a Houston based subsidiary of offshore driller Valaris, have shot wider after the Americas Determinations Committee ruled the company has triggered a bankruptcy credit event -
Sponsors leave lenders holding equity-like risk, claims Zwirn
3 years ago
Loan investors are being coerced by private equity sponsors and are assuming equity risk without compensation -
Credit hedge funds (September 2020)
3 years ago
Monthly credit hedge fund tables -
Ucits at a glance: Five funds lift YTD returns above 5%
3 years ago
Five funds have managed to pull their year to date figures above 5%; Loomis Sayles (7.50%), Algebris (5.82%), Pictet (5.53%), Amundi (5.36%) and Advent (5.11%) -
Credit funds at a glance (September 2020)
3 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves -
Fund performance: Almost a third of credit funds reach positive YTD returns
3 years ago
July has been a successful month for many credit funds, despite the recovery peaking in May and June -
CLO funds top rankings, but still have ground to make up
3 years ago
CLOs may have taken a hammering in March but, for the fourth consecutive month, funds that invest in these assets dominate our ranking of the top performing credit funds
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