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Credit keeps its own rhythm amid oil crash and EU clash
4 years ago
As another week of worry and disappointment ends, the most optimistic thing that can be said for credit is the new peak spreads are lower than those that went before - suggesting a more manageable level of volatility is starting to characterise the market -
Credit pulled in different directions as coronavirus relief opens political divisions
4 years ago
A cautious tone surrounds the return of European credit trading after the long weekend - and the Fed-package furore that ended last week. Today's lack of European credit direction comes despite big rallies in Asia, better stock markets and an EU agreement on Friday for €500 billion in stimulus measures -
Financials lag as credit rallies on Chinese manufacturing pick up
4 years ago
Credit market improvement has continued this morning on signs of Chinese economic recovery, after the rally in spreads resumed yesterday afternoon in Europe and throughout most of the US session -
Credit traders' kickstand: market whipsaw throws tranche trades and index rolls into focus
4 years ago
Credit's relief rally was unlikely to last long, but hopes of reaching the weekend are dashed on today's sharp reversal, right as CDX HY and CDX EM roll into new series -
Credit markets rally, but hopes rest on US stimulus vote
4 years ago
Credit spreads are rallying back today, along with other financial markets, as hopes rise the US congress will agree a massive fiscal stimulus package and other governments in major economies echo a "whatever it takes" line to combat the coronavirus outbreak -
Credit market hits new wides as government outbreak measures intensify
4 years ago
Credit market are making another push wider at the start of the week, after governments tightened restrictions on movement to deal with the escalating coronavirus outbreak -
Credit traders’ kickstand: roll nightmares haunt CDS market as indices whiplash
It’s Friday 13th, but CDS traders will be hoping the worst of the horror shows are behind them as they try to regather their shredded nerves in time for next week’s biannual index rolls -
Credit traders' kickstand: this is not a drill
4 years ago
Freefall in financial markets has brought one of the credit market’s most volatile sessions on record, as coronavirus cases globally near 100,000 and the WHO has warned governments are not doing nearly enough. iTraxx Crossover one-day volatility is up with the 2008 global financial crisis and 2011 European sovereign crisis -
BDCs tap bond market to improve funding mix
4 years ago
A plethora of business development companies have turned to the institutional bond market to refinance their debt. -
Bloodbath in primary as credit bleeds months of profit
4 years ago
Some primary market bond issues that investors lapped up in the heady weeks of January are being put to the sword as February ends, while the coronavirus-led downturn in credit has squandered several months of gains in the CDS market -
Correlation rise stokes mezz rally but adds to CSO woes
4 years ago
Below the calm surface of the credit market, correlation has been churning and creating dislocations rich with reward for index tranche traders but complicating bespoke issuance, say sources. -
Deutsche Bank AT1s stage uneven recovery as financials lag broader rally
4 years ago
The prompt secondary market backlash to Deutsche Bank’s plans for a major haul of its investment banking business has abated, with AT1 bonds experiencing a revival and outperforming equity. But while there has been little contagion to the rest of the AT1 space, financials are lagging the broader European credit rally -
Credit traders' kickstand: grave times for UK banks and corps as May goes away
5 years ago
UK banks have been among the main underperformers in credit this week, with market sources noting that today’s notice of Prime Minister Theresa May’s intention to resign on 7 June increases the likelihood of a no-deal Brexit. And UK 'zombie' companies appear to be forming a herd -
Ziggo CDS protection buyers get a lift as DC votes for successor
5 years ago
Holders of credit default swap protection on Ziggo Bond Finance have received a boost, with the EMEA Determinations Committee ruling that contracts structured under the 2014 Isda credit derivative definitions have a successor – dispelling fears they would be orphaned. -
European CDS index tightens inside US even as bonds languish
5 years ago
Credit derivatives markets have hit a key point of trend reversal this week, with the iTraxx Europe five-year CDS index trading inside its US counterpart CDX IG for the first time since May -
Brown Brothers Harriman expands fixed income capabilities with new mutual fund
5 years ago
New-York headquartered Brown Brothers Harriman & Co (BBH) has expanded its fixed income capabilities with the launch of its new debt fund - BBH Income Fund -
Sydney-based Perpetual launches ethical credit fund
5 years ago
Sydney-headquartered Perpetual Investment Management has today unveiled the launch of an ethical credit fund, to meet investor demand for ethical and socially responsible fixed income assets -
Strategic Partners' infrastructure fund closes at $1.75 billion
6 years ago
Blackstone’s secondary and fund solutions business, Strategic Partners Fund Solutions, has announced the final closing on the hard cap of $1.75 billion for Strategic Partners Real Assets II -
Demand for IG outweighs HY as US credit manager launches two funds
6 years ago
A west coast asset manager has launched a high yield strategy and an investment grade fund. The IG option has been more popular thus far
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