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A fresh approach to loss distribution
2 years ago
Considering how cash balances change over time, loss distribution models can look very different to conventional thinking. So is your CLO’s pricing based on incorrect assumptions? -
Fitch cuts US leveraged loan default rate projection
2 years ago
US leveraged loan default rate is anticipated to be just 1.5% by year-end 2022, according to a new report from Fitch Ratings. That’s down from the rating agencies’ original 2.5%-3.5% projection -
Fitch lowers US loan default rates for 2021 and 2022
3 years ago
The rating agency has $200.9 billion of ‘market concern loans’ on its radar, saying these have declined in volume for the 12th month straight but are still up 16% from pre-pandemic. -
S&P lowers default rate forecast for US loan index
3 years ago
S&P Global Ratings has revised down its leveraged loan default rate forecast for the end of the year, based on the S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index, from 3.5% to 2.75% -
Beneath the triple C: resurfacing credits surpass divers as tide turns for CLOs
3 years ago
Upgrades above triple C overtook downgrades to that rating or below in February. Moody's or Standard & Poor's cut six corporate debt issuers to triple C or below in February, out of which just four can be found in CLO portfolios -
US private credit default rate drops to 3.6% in Q4: Proskauer
3 years ago
US private credit default rates dropped to 3.6% in the fourth quarter, according to law firm Prokskauer’s Private Credit Default Index -
Comment: Europcar auction dented short-sellers but not CDS
3 years ago
Far from showing the CDS market is not fit for purpose, last week's Europcar Mobility Group credit event auction was a lesson that speculative short selling is a dangerous ploy - especially when the trade is crowded -
Europcar CDS auction shocks protection buyers with zero pay-out
3 years ago
Wednesay's auction to settle Europcar Mobility Group CDS has left protection buyers on the company with nothing to show for their investments and hedges, after dealers produced an unexpected 100% recovery on contracts due to a technical mismatch in bids and orders -
Europcar sets course for high recovery in 2021's first credit event auction
3 years ago
An auction to settle CDS referencing Europcar Mobility Group has generated an initial market midpoint of 73.5 cents, implying the pay-out to protection buyers could be only 26.5 cents - much lower than five-year CDS contracts had implied -
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 -
Europcar CDS auction date set
3 years ago
The Emea Determinations Committee has set a date in January to settle CDS referencing Europcar Mobility Group -
Europcar triggers first credit event in Crossover series 34
3 years ago
Europcar Mobility Group has triggered a failure to pay credit event, the Emea Determinations Committee has ruled -
No auction needed for Zambia CDS, says DC
3 years ago
Investors will have to physically settle Republic of Zambia CDS as there are not enough contracts outstanding to merit a credit event auction, the Emea Determinations Committee has ruled -
Europcar posed as failure to pay credit event
3 years ago
Europcar Mobility Group has been proposed to the Emea Determinations Committee as a failure to pay credit event, following the French vehicle hire firm's announcement of a financial restructuring -
Zambia triggers failure to pay credit event
3 years ago
The Republic of Zambia has triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, he EMEA Determinations Committee has ruled -
No CDS auction for Scandinavian Airlines 'soft' credit event, rules DC
3 years ago
A credit event auction will not take place for Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark–Norway–Sweden CDS contracts, despite the company triggered a restructuring credit event last month, the EMEA Determinations Committee has ruled -
Zambia posed to DC as failure to pay credit event
3 years ago
The EMEA Determinations Committee has been asked to rule on whether the Republic of Zambia has triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, despite there being little CDS market exposure to the country's sovereign debt -
Scandinavian Airlines System triggers restructuring credit event
3 years ago
Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark–Norway–Sweden has triggered a restructuring credit event as a result of its recent recapitalisation, the Emea Determinations Committee has ruled -
Selecta CDS settles with final price above bonds
3 years ago
Selecta Group CDS contracts have settled at a final price higher than where bonds were trading and above the credit event auction's initial market midpoint -
Selecta auction on course for mid-range CDS recovery
3 years ago
Selecta Group CDS contracts look set to generate a pay-out for protection buyers about midway in their range the months running up to today's credit event auction -
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 -
Selecta CDS auction date set with revised deliverables process
3 years ago
The Emea Determinations Committee has set a date later this month to settle Select Group CDS and has notified a change to its rules for choosing deliverable obligations -
Selecta splashes CLOs with bankruptcy credit event
3 years ago
Selecta Group has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, the Emea Determinations Committee has ruled -
Mallinckrodt takes chapter 11 prescription as CLOs hold $650 million
3 years ago
CLO managers hold around $657.8 million debt of Mallinckrodt, a Dublin-headquartered biopharmaceutical company that has filed for chapter 11 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
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