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AB Carval joins 2024 pipeline
4 months ago
AB CarVal has foreshadowed its first deal of 2024 with the announcement of marketing materials for CarVal CLO IX-C, a USD 508.3m BSL CLO arranged by Deutsche Bank -
March madness sees most funds give up gains made in Q1
1 year ago
After a positive start to the year, credit funds ended the quarter with a step backwards; just under 30% of those listed reached positive returns for the month. -
Fund performance: Wake us up when September ends
1 year ago
After a resurgent August, credit markets hit a rough patch in September, with every Creditflux index posting negative returns, and only 12.9% of funds in our listings showing a positive return. -
Down in the hole: investors hedge their bets ahead of pivotal Powell
1 year ago
Credit spreads are shifting wider on Friday, after an initial improvement, as investors try to balance positions ahead of what could be a pivotal speech by US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell -
Europe takes brunt of spread blowout as US inflation exceeds forecasts
1 year ago
The gap in performance between European and US credit has yawned wider on Wednesday, with investors adding hedges indices in response to a key inflation number that came out higher than expected -
"If anything is to be salvaged from the rest of 2022, the economy needs a hero — and quickly"
1 year ago
Something has gotta give as a recession looms in the US. Might it be energy? -
Property firm's troubles mount while rest of market rallies
1 year ago
Financial markets have opened the week brightly on a mix of improved sentiment and technical repositioning. But one European high yield company is heading further into stress, against the flow -
Talen Energy CDS deliverables list shortens on lack of docs
1 year ago
A credit event auction next week to settle Talen Energy Supply CDS could have fewer deliverable obligations than previously indicated, with three from the preliminary list not having made it onto the Determinations Committee’s initial list -
Dealer list builds for year's first credit event auction
1 year ago
A credit event auction next week to settle Talen Energy Supply CDS contracts looks set to have 10 participating dealers, with two banks having been added to the regular list -
Retailers, travel cos and Italian banks lead charge as market rally accelerates
1 year ago
Retail companies have been resurgent on Thursday as the credit market’s relief rally gathered pace, with Europe seeking to catch up with the US following its strong surge -
Talen credit event auction deliverables point to 47 cent recovery
1 year ago
Talen Energy Supply’s credit event auction looks set to have 16 bonds deliverable, including senior unsecured notes that are priced much lower than its senior secured, according to a preliminary list published by the Americas Determinations Committee -
CLO managers in the mix for first US credit event auction since 2020
2 years ago
CDS contracts referencing Talen Energy Supply will be settled by credit event auction next month. And Talen's recovery levels will have relevance for a number of CLO managers that have held onto the company's debt - in some cases having bought more very recently -
Russia debt hits default levels amid FX and asset lock-up
2 years ago
Russia appears to be on the brink of default on its debt, with bonds and CDS pricing in the likelihood of an imminent trigger -
Relief rally for riskiest credits brings reversal on dispersion and first loss trades
2 years ago
Some of the European high yield credit market's riskiest corporate credits are enjoying a strong relief rally, among signals of reprieve from the woes that have beset them in recent weeks -
Europe leads relief rally with energy and peripheral bank credits outperforming
2 years ago
Credit spreads are making a broad move tighter on Tuesday, with European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde having tried to rein back rate hike expectations and oil company BP posting strong profits -
Performance dispersion hits index equity correlation
2 years ago
Volatility at the start of the year has intensified moves in iTraxx and CDX index tranches, with traders pointing to growing dispersion in performance among constituents as a theme that will bring more focus on equity correlation in 2022 -
Ukraine and Russia volatility steps up amid political trial and conflict fears
2 years ago
Ukrainian and Russian spreads are among the market's biggest movers at the start of the week, as developing tensions between the two countries ramp up another notch and former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko has arrived in Kyiv to face treason charges -
Telco provider jumps wider as market downturn extends
2 years ago
The bearishness that reasserted itself in the opening sessions of 2022 has spilled over into a second week, as investors anticipate elevated US inflation numbers that will put the focus back on central bank rate hikes and asset purchase tapering even as covid-19 cases hit new heights -
Ucits at a glance: Robus and Altana dip but stay at the top
2 years ago
In October, Ucits funds continued a slide that had begun the previous month with 60% of them in the red -
Financials lead way as IG credit outperforms
2 years ago
European banks are among the biggest improvers as investment grade credit takes a sharp turn tighter on Thursday -
Leisure and retail companies improve despite UK rates and travel rule noise
2 years ago
Easing of market tensions around the omicron covid variant have allowed traders to broadly mark single name credit spreads tighter on Wednesday, despite caution returning to indices over central bank policy and travel restrictions -
Traders hunt for Monday bargains in Black Friday debris
2 years ago
The turmoil of Black Friday has given way to a counter-wise move on Monday, with financial markets latching onto scraps of hope over the weekend following the panic of a newly discovered covid-19 variant -
Dispersion returns at wide end as credit deterioration extends
2 years ago
Credit spreads are back to their widest since mid-October - and approaching the year's extremes - amid a second straight session of sharp deterioration -
Covid fourth wave lockdowns hit credit with travel cos under pressure
2 years ago
A flattish week in credit gave way to a spread widening move on Friday, as investor concern focused on a fourth wave of covid-19 cases in Europe and further signs of Chinese economic slowdown -
Compression trade resumes as reverse rally bites on shorts
2 years ago
This week's relief rally gathered momentum in credit and equity markets on Thursday against a further retreat of government bond yields, even as oil prices hit new highs
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