Powell outlook brings risk buyers out in droves, but reality check looks soon to follow
Comments by US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday on the pace of future rate hikes have prompted a sharp rally across global financial markets, including credit. But dissenting voices have already begun to point out the enthusiasm is likely overdone

Surge in hedging sends credit spreads to year's wides
A busy and bearish week is ending with credit spreads surging beyond their previous widest levels of the year, with Italian elections this weekend adding to caution in Europe after a string of central bank policy decisions reshaped the global economic outlook and the UK government scrambled to address rising energy costs