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CDX HY faces first constituent default since 2020
1 year ago
The Americas Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has accepted a request to rule on a CDX HY index constituent default - the first it has faced in the US since mid-2020 -
China builds wall of defaults as third real estate co triggers
1 year ago
Sunac China Holdings has become the third Chinese property company this year to trigger a failure-to-pay credit event -
Russia auction prep on pause after last minute scramble
1 year ago
The Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has put on pause its preparation for a credit event auction to settle Russian Federation CDS, amid reports the country has made good on sovereign debt payments right at the wire -
German real estate co volatility spikes after auditor refuses earnings sign off
1 year ago
Adler Group has hit new levels of volatility in financial markets after auditor KPMG refused to certify the company's full-year 2021 results and board members offered their resignations -
Russia looks to avoid default as deliverable list points to 27-cent recovery
1 year ago
The Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has published a preliminary list of bonds it deems deliverable into Russian Federation CDS contracts, even though reports suggest Russia may have avoided default with just one day left on the country's grace period for overdue international bond payments -
German real estate co troubles mount on short-seller response and earnings no-show
1 year ago
Friday is proving a bad day to end a bad week in a bad year for Germany's Adler Group, with debt risk measures hitting new levels as short-seller Viceroy responds to the firm's recent investigation by KPMG and the market rumour mill goes up a gear -
Domino effect as third Chinese property credit event question topples onto DC's pile
1 year ago
Sunac China Holdings has become the third Chinese property company in as many months to be proposed to the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee as a potential credit event -
Prep work begins for Russia credit event auction
1 year ago
The Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has started preparing for a credit event auction to settle CDS referencing the Russian Federation, which stands on the brink of triggering sovereign contracts -
Potential failure to pay has occurred on Russian CDS, says Determinations Committee
1 year ago
The Russian Federation is moving closer to triggering a credit event on foreign debt, with the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee having ruled a potential failure to pay has occurred -
RusRail no-auction vote means CDS holders must track down bonds
2 years ago
Russian Railways CDS contracts will not be settled via auction despite the borrower having triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled -
DC meets to consider next steps on Russia and RusRail CDS
2 years ago
The Emea Determinations Committee is meeting today, having accepted a request to rule on whether a potential failure to pay has occurred on Russian Federation CDS contracts -
Russian sovereign posed to DC as 'potential failure to pay'
2 years ago
The Russian Federation has again been referred to the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee for the second time in a month, this time with the questioner asking if a potential failure to pay has occurred -
Sovereign in scope as Russian Railways triggers first Ukraine-linked credit event
2 years ago
Russian Railways had triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled, making this the first sanctions-related credit event since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February -
Hidden loan tail risks and mounting single B exposure could pose problem for CLOs: Barclays
2 years ago
A solid rally for leveraged loans this week - against returning weakness in bonds - has put focus back on the market, which seemingly has little tail risk priced in. But short term support factors and a dwindling triple C bucket mask the quality skew, warn Barclays strategists in a note today - which could spell downgrades for single-B minus rated loans -
Russia returns to default pricing as railway co awaits credit event vote
2 years ago
Russian credit spreads are once again under intense pressure and sanctions-related credit events are back under the spotlight as the country's state-owned railway company faces the scrutiny of the Emea Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee -
Russian Railways posed to DC as failure-to-pay credit event
2 years ago
Russian Railways has been posed as a failure-to-pay credit event, following a filing about its debt on the Swiss Stock Exchange on Friday -
Logan Group contracts require physical settlement, DC rules
2 years ago
Logan Group will not require an auction to settle CDS contracts despite having triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled -
Chinese property co defaults stack up with second credit event trigger in two months
2 years ago
Logan Group has triggered a failure to pay credit event, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled, in its second such decision on a Chinese property developer in as many months -
Russia extends rally as DC rules against repudiation / moratorium
2 years ago
Russian Federation CDS contracts rallied strongly for a second day on Thursday, after the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee ruled a repudiation / moratorium had not occurred on the country's sovereign debt -
DC accepts request to rule on Russian repudiation / moratorium
2 years ago
The Russian Federation is subject to credit event scrutiny over warnings it could repay foreign bond investors in rubles, with the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee agreeing to rule on a 'potential repudiation / moratorium' question -
Russia debt repudiation / moratorium question lands with Determinations Committee
2 years ago
The Russian Federation looks to be edging closer towards triggering a credit event, having been referred to the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee for a 'potential repudiation / moratorium' on its bonds -
Russia CDS won't be orphaned in credit event but could pay big, say investors
2 years ago
Contrary to a flurry of recent media reports, Russian Federation CDS contracts are highly likely to have deliverable bonds in the event the country triggers a credit event - and this could come soon with high pay outs for protection holders -
Yuzhou has no use for CDS auction despite triggering contracts: DC
2 years ago
Yuzhou Group will not require an auction to settle CDS contracts despite having triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled -
Asian property co default in crosshairs as DC agrees to rule on failure-to-pay
2 years ago
Yuzhou Group is under consideration as a default trigger for CDS contracts, after the Asia Ex-Japan Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee agreed to rule on failure-to-pay question -
Aoyuan CDS needs physical settlement as credit event fails auction liquidity rule
2 years ago
Holders of CDS referencing China Aoyuan will have to physically settle contracts, the Determinations Committee has confirmed, given a lack of depth to markets for the entity
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