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US lags as midterms, dollar and global slowdown weigh against broader rally
1 year ago
European and Asia outperformance over the US is extending at pace at the start of the week, with a strong improvement in spreads coming ahead of the New York market open -
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. -
Ucits at a glance: LBBW shines as Ucits take a turn for the worse
1 year ago
Ucits fund returns -
Stalling growth engines leave market in deeper turmoil
2 years ago
Financial markets are starting the week in another heavy slump, with credit hitting new wides as various asset classes take a beating from economic growth fears and the prospect of a recession in Europe -
High yield gap yawns open after US index roll
2 years ago
A market rally ahead of Russia/Ukraine peace talks has added to the gap between European and US high yield credit derivative index spreads, a day after CDX HY rolled into a new on-the-run series -
Scramble to cover shorts extends rally, but analysts stub out tobacco
2 years ago
European outperformance of US credit is picking up despite the UK posting record inflation numbers, as optimism on Ukraine combines with the wrong-footing of investors that had positioned extremely bearishly -
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 -
Europe/US relative value comes into play amid growing credit outflows
2 years ago
Big successive moves wider are taking credit spreads to new extremes and bringing compression between Europe and the US amid the highest daily market volatility since 2020 -
Troubled high yield credits go against flow as market rallies
2 years ago
Credit markets are beginning February with a more buoyant mood, but idiosyncratic volatility is keeping investors on their toes with several European high yield single name credits making big moves -
Heavy market rout takes credit back to November 2020 levels
2 years ago
High volatility is gripping financial markets at the end of a week that has been decisively bearish for credit spreads, as concerns about the end of central bank stimulus and warnings of a Russian invasion of Ukraine next month layer on pain for investors -
Nu variant panic sends credit spreads to the year's wides
2 years ago
The discovery of a new covid-19 variant has routed financial markets at the end of what had already been a dour week, sending credit spreads to their widest of the year -
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 -
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 -
Fund performance: Lightning strikes twice as range of credit funds deliver
What seemed like a chance occurrence in February has struck again in March, as seven categories make our top 10 best performing hedge funds -
Huarong resumes sharp rally as China weighs asset support
3 years ago
China Huarong Asset Manager rallied sharply in the credit market on Wednesday amid media reports China’s central bank could assume some of the state-owned bad debt manager’s assets -
China contagion fears linger as Huarong rebounds
3 years ago
China Huarong Asset Manager, the state-owned bad debt manager, is back on a path to improvement after shocking markets by delaying its annual report. But questions remain over the extent of government support and the ripple effects to the wider credit market -
High yield leads way as credit steals march on Biden boost
3 years ago
Credit indices have taken another turn for the tighter, even as stocks stay flat ahead of US president Joe Biden unveiling his infrastructure and economic recovery package -
Broad sell off resumes as government yields head north
3 years ago
Caution is returning at the end of a stronger week for credit, as government bond yields resume their push higher. Asian and European markets followed the US lead from Wednesday with ubiquitous widening of spreads across indices and single names -
It's all relative: CLOs march tighter as macro traders open positive CDS skews
3 years ago
Credit default swaps are back near where they started the year after giving up their early-February gains amid a rise in government bonds. CDS curves steepened over the past month and macro hedging has left indices trading with positive skews. But CLOs paint a calmer picture in which spreads have inched tighter -
It's all relative: CLO spreads explore record tights as credit indices hit impasse
3 years ago
CLO spreads are grinding to ever tighter levels, despite a flattish week for credit in which corporate credit indices have ended up more or less unchanged -
It's all relative: CLOs are lagging no more, as Carlyle deal drags market tighter
3 years ago
“CLOs are lagging” has been a much repeated refrain over the last nine months. But Carlyle Group has this week produced a US CLO that has dragged spreads to their tightest point in three years so that, rather than comparing CLOs to pre-covid levels, they should be assessed against early 2018 -
It's all relative: senior CLO tranches tighten 18% in Europe as CDS indices sit out rally
The corporate credit rally in January is notable because some assets tightened to levels not seen in over a decade (loans), others rallied albeit with a lag (CLOs) and the most liquid stream of credit (CDS indices) defied moves in other asset classes to widen
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Europcar CDS auction to include loan deliverables following challenge
3 years ago
An auction tomorrow to settle CDS contracts referencing Europcar Mobility Group will include a term loan facility agreement as a deliverable obligation, following a challenge to the initial list -
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 -
It's all relative: Euro CLO mezz rallies to follow month-long IG/HY compression
3 years ago
European credit suffered this week with Brexit talks between the UK and the EU dragging on and both sides conceding that a trade deal is unlikely to be reached by Sunday’s deadline. But European CLO tranches have held up reasonably well with mezzanine spreads tightening by almost 13% in December
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