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Narrowly tailored event protocol set to go live in weeks
4 years ago
Investors have until 14 October to sign up to an Isda protocol aimed at stamping out narrowly tailored credit events (NTCEs) from the CDS market. -
Roll week leaves CDS in strange places
4 years ago
CDS traders navigate a much-changed landscape in October, after one of the most impactful index rolls in recent times. -
Fund performance
4 years ago
A round-up of fund performance -
Ucits at a glance
4 years ago
A round-up of ucits fund performance -
Credit funds at a glance
4 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Political risk puts December in focus as CDS investors play index volatility
4 years ago
Selling implied volatility has been prominent among CDS investors since last month’s iTraxx and CDX index rolls, says BNP Paribas in a research piece, with December a popular point of focus for trades -
Steinhoff CDS fails to (physically) deliver
4 years ago
A credit event auction for Steinhoff Europe revealed very little interest to physically settle CDS contracts, with only one request to buy and for just €8.4 million -
Mediobanca hires former credit derivatives trading head
4 years ago
Mediobanca has hired an experienced credit trader to its office in Milan -
Steinhoff CDS buyers set for low pay-out
4 years ago
A credit event auction to settle CDS referencing Steinhoff Europe has returned an initial market midpoint of 83.5, implying there will be a low pay-out of less than 17 cents for protection buyers on the defaulted retailer -
We are not Thomas Cook speculators, says Xaia
4 years ago
Xaia Investment, a Munich-based fund manager, has refuted accusations it profited from Thomas Cook’s downfall by speculating on the company through CDS -
Thomas Cook puts older and newer version CDS on separate planes
4 years ago
Thomas Cook’s filing for chapter 15 protection in New York last week means older version CDS contracts with a 20 September maturity triggered pay-outs, the Determinations Committee has ruled. But the worth of newer format CDS with the same maturity remains unclear ahead of a further DC meeting on Friday -
Franklin Templeton reorganises long-short credit fund team
4 years ago
Asset manager Franklin Templeton Investments will make changes to the portfolio managers for the Franklin K2 Long Short Credit funds, effective from October -
Thomas Cook CDS protection buyers could be left stranded
4 years ago
Thomas Cook Group’s triggering of a bankruptcy credit event spells a high pay-out for some CDS protection buyers, with implied recovery values heading towards zero. But the fate of contracts maturing at last week’s CDS roll still hung in the balance at time of press -
Nine bidders for Steinhoff CDS auction as SocGen joins
4 years ago
Tomorrow’s auction to settle CDS referencing Steinhoff Europe will have nine participating bidders, after Societe Generale was added to the list -
Deadline day for participating bidders as Steinhoff auction looms
4 years ago
Firms wishing to be participating bidders in Wednesday’s auction to settle Steinhoff Europe CDS have until 5pm today London time (12pm New York) to submit applications to the Determinations Committee -
Thomas Cook credit event questions queue up as rescue talks collapse
4 years ago
The weekend collapse of UK travel operator Thomas Cook has brought two more requests for the Determinations Committee to rule on credit event triggers – one for bankruptcy and another for failure to pay -
Dechert adds funds partner in Dublin office
4 years ago
Dechert adds official from Maples Group -
Thomas Cook credit event question travels beyond index roll, as Steinhoff deliverables finalised
4 years ago
An auction next week to settle Steinhoff Europe CDS will have two deliverable obligations, the Determinations Committee has confirmed. But resolution of a bankruptcy credit event question on iTraxx Crossover name Thomas Cook spills over beyond today’s roll into a new series, after the DC was unable to reach a decision this week -
Orrick poaches securitisation partner from Ropes & Gray
4 years ago
The hire might help the firm move up CLOi Advisor rankings -
Thomas Cook looks set to fly solo as default in outgoing Crossover series 31
4 years ago
The Determinations Committee has accepted a request to rule on whether Thomas Cook Group has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, after the UK-based travel company filed for chapter 15 protection in New York -
The Last Tranche: managed CSOs and the benefit of CLO Euribor floors [podcast]
4 years ago
Managed CSOs are the talk of the town in the synthetic structured credit market, while CLO investors in Europe are putting a price on how much they value CLO Euribor floors -
Go long CLO triple-A and pick cash bonds over CDS, says JP Morgan
4 years ago
Going long European CLO triple A paper remains one of JP Morgan strategists’ favourite trades following the European Central Bank stimulus announcement last week, despite these tranches having rallied 14bp on average since the bank first backed them. They also predict cash credit to outperform CDS -
Date set for long-delayed Steinhoff auction, with two deliverables
4 years ago
An auction to settle CDS referencing Steinhoff Europe will take place on Wednesday next week – six months after the Determinations Committee ruled that the retailer had triggered a failure-to-pay credit event -
Credit traders' kickstand: ECB rocket boosts Europe's outperformance of US
4 years ago
Investment grade credit index iTraxx Europe has reopened a 5bp differential with US counterpart CDX IG, boosted by the European Central Bank’s stimulus plan -
China ambitions checked in final roll lists for iTraxx and CDX indices
4 years ago
The index roll lists for iTraxx Europe, iTraxx ex-Japan and CDX EM, have all undergone a rethink since IHS Markit published provisional lists earlier this week, with final lists showing name changes
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