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Publishing boost for French firm but China sours wider market
2 years ago
Lagardere is a notable positive outlier in another off day for the credit market, after China turmoil rocked stocks and sent spreads wider -
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 -
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 -
Fund performance: CLO funds keep up momentum as Napier Park finishes top
3 years ago
2020 ended with funds in our CLOs category taking the top few spots -
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 funds at a glance: several funds post double digit November returns
3 years ago
November was a strong month for credit hedge funds listed by Creditflux, with latest returns demonstrating the effect of the vaccine/US election rally on fund perfomance -
Fund performance: CLOs look to continue recovery with end of the year in sight
3 years ago
CLO funds claim the majority of positions in our top 10 -
Compression plays out as HY and European CLO double Bs outperform
3 years ago
Investment grade and high yield credit spreads have tightened in sync with each other this week, but CDS and CLOs alike underline that the big theme over the past month has been compression between investment grade and high yield -
Single name shorters get improved entry point after conviction test
3 years ago
Returning market optimism has taken credit spreads back to ultra-tight levels. But for bears, this posits a better entry level for short trades, and the recent blow-out may have given strong pointers where to target them -
Skews flip in Europe after IG credit indices lead rally
3 years ago
Credit spreads are budging wider this morning after a relentless rally this week which culminated in iTraxx Main tightening 4.2bp (7.2%) and iTraxx Crossover tightening 18.8bp (5.54%) at the close yesterday -
Single names join rally as positive skews persist in Europe
3 years ago
Single name CDS has joined the rally with European credit moving tighter this morning to continue the momentum from Monday. iTraxx Main is trading 2.1 basis tighter at 61.1bp today, according to IHS Markit, having shed 1.9bp yesterday. Similarly, iTraxx Crossover at 348.2bp has tightened 9.7bp today after tightening 9.1bp yesterday -
US private credit Q3 default rate halves to 4.2%: Proskauer
3 years ago
US private credit default rates fell in the third quarter to 4.2%, half of the 8.1% recorded in Q2, according to law firm Proskauer’ Private Credit Default Index -
Credit fundraising: managers build homes for real estate credit funds
3 years ago
The “largest ever real estate credit fund” was one of the fundraising highlights last month as Blackstone’s Real Estate Debt Strategies IV fund reached $8 billion on its final close -
Onex to liquidate listed US loan fund
3 years ago
Onex Credit Partners has announced that it will liquidate its publicly listed leveraged loan fund, OCP Senior Credit Fund, following a slump in asset levels -
Index equity tranches show resilience in face of default spike
4 years ago
Lower credit index volatility in May refocused investor minds on idiosyncratic risk, with some give-up by previously outperforming equity tranches -
Diamond auction settles CDS at 7.4 cents
4 years ago
A credit event auction to settle Diamond Offshore Drilling CDS produced a final price of 7.375 cents, resulting in a pay-out to protection buyers of 92.625 -
Private credit wins investor as Maryland pension introduces 5% allocation
4 years ago
Howard County Retirement has introduced a new bucket to the private credit asset class, reducing its core bond and hedge fund exposure to facilitate this measure, according to board documents seen by Creditflux -
CDX HY and tranches hit as Whiting protection buyers win big pay-out
4 years ago
Whiting Petroleum CDS have settled at a final price of just seven cents, meaning a 93 cents pay-out to buyers of protection on the Denver headquartered exploration firm -
CLOs hold $189.3 million of J Crew as coronavirus pushes firm into bankruptcy
4 years ago
12 CLO managers hold $189.3 million debt of US retailer and household name J Crew (parent company Chino Holdings), which filed for Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Monday -
Whiting CDS auction delayed as bonds slump to single digits
4 years ago
The Determinations Committee has voted to postpone by a week an auction to settle CDS referencing Denver headquartered exploration firm Whiting Petroleum -
Axiom bets on 2002-style credit recovery with crossover fund launch
4 years ago
Axiom Alternative Investments is readying to launch a fund aimed at generating returns from the dislocation and revival of European and US credit as the coronavirus pandemic develops -
Golub becomes second BDC to undertake rights offering this week
4 years ago
Golub Capital has become the second business development company to undertake a rights offering this week, following in the footsteps of Bain Capital, as BDCs seek capital to ride out challenges besetting the market from the coronavirus pandemic -
Fair Oaks suspends dividends from listed CLO fund citing covid-19 uncertainty
4 years ago
Fair Oaks Capital has suspended dividends on its listed CLO fund “in light of the ongoing uncertainty in economies and markets caused by covid-19 pandemic”, according to an update to investors in the $315 million fund -
McClatchy whacks out killer headline as CDS pays 98 cents
4 years ago
A month ago, when US newspaper company McClatchy triggered a bankruptcy credit event, sellers of CDS protection may have consoled themselves they were only looking at paying out around 27 cents on the contracts. But yesterday’s credit event auction set the final price at just two, meaning a whopping 98 cent windfall for protection buyers
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