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Moving fast pays off for hedge funds
3 years ago
2020 was an up and down year in credit, and credit hedge fund managers had to move quickly to capture opportunities from the dislocations that inevitably opened up -
Renewed energy boosts credit as relief rally resumes
3 years ago
Energy companies are performing well and credit indices have resumed their push tighter after a strong surge inwards Monday, outpacing moves in other parts of the financial market -
Credit makes strong gains in relief rally
3 years ago
The week has opened on a stronger tone amid a calming of government bond yields, conducive manufacturing data in Europe and a new covid-19 vaccine approval in the US -
Bardin Hill closes opportunistic credit fund with $600 million in commitments
3 years ago
Bardin Hill Investment Partners has closed a commingled fund, Bardin Hill Opportunistic Credit Fund, as well as a sidecar strategy, with around $600 million of commitments -
US looks for stronger open after sell off
3 years ago
US credit is opening slightly stronger on Thursday, after its sharp Wednesday rout, prompted by Federal Reserve messaging, carried over forcefully into Asian and European markets -
Credit touches November levels as nerves fray on France and Fed
3 years ago
Fears of a third national lockdown in France and the risk of disappointment from Wednesday's US Federal Reserve meeting have pushed credit wider along with a sell off in stocks -
Credit lags in market recovery after borders panic
3 years ago
Financial markets are recovering after Tuesday's sell-off, but credit is lagging stocks despite having taken more of a hit in the initial rout -
Credit beats fast retreat as Biden boost dissolves in sea of troubles
3 years ago
The improvement of financial markets following the inauguration of Joe Biden as US president on Wednesday is looking short-lived as the week comes to an end, with CDS indices once again among the poorer performers -
Europcar auction faces challenge with tight turnaround
3 years ago
The Emea Determinations Committee has little time to settle a challenge on Europcar Mobility Group deliverable obligations if an auction to settle CDS contracts referencing the defaulted French vehicle hire firm is to take place on time this week -
Sharp reversal for banks, travel and commodity firms as EU shuts borders
3 years ago
About a month's worth of improvement in high yield credit spreads - and nearly two months in investment grade - has been wiped out today, with European countries banning flights from the UK and Brexit talks missing a key deadline -
Credit sell off gathers pace ahead of Brexit crunch day
With both sides in the EU-UK negotiations conceding that trade talks are most likely to conclude on Sunday without an agreement, credit is again a big underperformer today as more longs cut and run while hedging picks up -
Index sell off hits at start of busy week for primary
3 years ago
Credit is stumbling into the week, with a widening of index spreads that noticeably underperforms stock markets -
Credit fundraising: November marks turning point as fund launches spike
3 years ago
November was always set to be an important month as the world awaited the US election outcome and the results of covid-19 vaccine trials. This did nothing to slow down fund managers as 14 funds launched, up from only four funds launching in September and five in October -
Wide-end names gain ground as market hits impasse
3 years ago
Financial markets appear to have a hit resistance points in several asset classes today, with credit, stocks and oil prices struggling to find traction despite encouraging signals from the UK on rolling out the Pfizer/BioNTech covid vaccine -
Spread compression resumes with US passing key milestones
3 years ago
Credit markets have resumed their crunch tighter today, with an absence of any obviously negative brakes to offset strengthening Asian industrial numbers and applications by vaccine makers for emergency approval in the US and Europe -
Europe keeps to the grind with wide-end driving improvement
3 years ago
Credit exhibits a firm tone as the week draws to a close, with index spreads grinding back towards their tights despite a mixed picture for oil prices and much of the US market away after the thanksgiving holiday -
Garfunkelux gaps in as refi points to CDS orphaning
3 years ago
Garfunkelux Holdco 2, the CDS trading entity of debt collector Lowell, is leading today's drive tighter as the company's planned refinancing raised the prospect of contracts becoming orphaned -
[update] Beneath the triple C: theme parks take portfolios on downward ride
3 years ago
Seven corporate debt issuers were downgraded to triple C or below in September by Moody’s or Standard and Poor’s – hurting $2.16 billion of US CLO loans and €1.16 billion of European CLO portfolio. The pace of CLO loan downgrades to triple C has slowed steadily since the peak in April -
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 -
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 -
Hema and Matalan auctions set as DC ponders Ensco credit event
3 years ago
Dates have been set for credit event auctions to settle two constituent defaults in iTraxx Crossover — the first to hit the European on-the-run index in almost two years -
Hema triggers failure-to-pay credit event
3 years ago
Hema, the Dutch retailer, has triggered a failure to pay credit event, the EMEA Determinations Committee has ruled - making it the second default this month to dent the iTraxx Crossover index and its tranches -
Hema credit event question posits second Crossover default this month
3 years ago
Hema, the Dutch retailer, has been posed as a failure to pay credit event to the Determinations Committee, raising the possibility of a second default in the on-the-run iTraxx Crossover index -
French and travel names lead sell off as UK widens quarantine list
3 years ago
European credit is pushing wider at the end of the week, following the UK's decision to remove France, the Netherlands and other countries from its list of those safe to travel to without quarantine -
LP round up: pension creates private credit bucket as Florida eyes 'best distressed opportunity ever'
3 years ago
There was no slowdown in credit allocations last week, wrapping up what has been an extremely busy July. $1.4 billion has been allocated to credit, it has emerged over the last seven days, according to board documentation seen by Creditflux.
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