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Global corporate defaults on fastest pace since 2009 according to S&P
1 month ago
The number of corporate defaults has risen dramatically year-to-date, according to S&P Global Ratings, driven by a doubling of the rate of defaults in Europe -
Lumen Technologies ad-hoc group preps competing proposal
5 months ago
The refinancing of Lumen Technologies, currently held by 1311 different CLOs with a combined principal balance of USD 3.8bn, took a new twist today as details of a competing proposal emerged -
Envision Healthcare draws lawsuit from fourth out lenders
8 months ago
A group of “fourth out” lenders to Envision Healthcare have lodged an adversary complaint over its 2022 drop-down recapitalization and subsequent ‘uptier’ exchange -
Fitch notches up US lev loan and HY 2023 default rate forecasts
10 months ago
Fitch Ratings has raised its US corporate institutional high yield bond default 2023 forecasts from 3%-3.5% to 4.5%-5%, and its leveraged loan default forecast from 2.5%-3% to 4%-4.5% -
US private credit default rate rose to 2.06% in Q4, Proskauer reveals
1 year ago
That’s up from 1.56% in Q3 and reverses the trend of declining default rates from the 8.1% peak in Q2 2020. -
US private credit default rate rose to 1.56% in Q3, Proskauer index reveals
1 year ago
US private credit default rates rose from 1.18% to 1.56% in the third quarter, according to Proskauer’s private credit default index -
Ukraine auction settles CDS below expected recovery
1 year ago
An auction to settle sovereign CDS contracts referencing Ukraine produced a final price slightly below expectations, despite net buying demand for bonds to physically settle contracts -
Ukraine auction looks set to avoid Russia-style bond squeeze
1 year ago
An auction to settle sovereign CDS contracts referencing Ukraine looks set to produce a final price much more in line with bond trading levels than the result earlier this month for Russian Federation contracts -
Russia and Ukraine debt recovery outlooks diverge as DC publishes auction lists
1 year ago
The credit event auction to settle Russian sovereign CDS will have eight bonds deliverable, while 15 bonds have made it onto a preliminary list for Ukraine’s auction -
Russia credit event auction starts to firm up as DC mulls settlement options
1 year ago
Russian Federation sovereign CDS will be settled in the first half of September, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has said. But settlement restrictions still require further discussion -
Ukraine triggers restructuring credit event
1 year ago
Ukraine has triggered a restructuring credit event, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled -
Powerlong CDS contracts must be physically settled, says DC
1 year ago
As with other Chinese real estate defaults this year, holders of CDS protection on Powerlong Real Estate Holdings will have to physically settle contracts, after the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee said no auction is needed -
Chinese real estate hit for six as Powerlong triggers credit event
1 year ago
Powerlong Real Estate Holdings has triggered a credit event, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled – taking the stack of Chinese housing sector contract defaults to six since December -
Ukraine credit event question accepted by DC
1 year ago
The Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has accepted a request to rule on whether Ukraine has triggered a restructuring credit event, following the country’s agreement last week to defer debt payments -
Ukraine posed as credit event after country defers debt
1 year ago
Ukraine has been posed to the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee as a restructuring credit event, following the country’s agreement last week to defer debt payments -
Russian Federation auction list features eight bonds
1 year ago
The lengthening endeavour to organise a Russian Federation credit event auction has taken another step forward, with the publication of a preliminary list of deliverable obligations -
Powerlong joins rising pile of Chinese real estate casualties
1 year ago
Powerlong Real Estate Holdings is the subject of a failure-to-pay credit even question – a potential trigger that would build the pile of Chinese real estate debt defaults the Determinations Committee has considered since December to six, with five this year -
Russia CDS auction deliverables list takes shape after sanctions licence
1 year ago
Russian Federation bonds cleared by Euroclear may be the only deliverable obligations to settle sovereign CDS contracts referencing the country, the Emea Determinations Committee has said, although it is also considering Clearstream listed bonds as it moves forward with preparations for a credit event auction -
Russia CDS settlement receives boost from US sanctions update
1 year ago
The long wait to settle CDS contracts referencing the Russia Federation could soon be over, with previous uncertainty over how US sanctions would impact a credit event auction apparently having been addressed -
Shimao credit event auction not needed, rules DC
1 year ago
Holders of CDS protection on Shimao Group Holdings will have to physically settle contracts -
Chinese property industry suffers fourth credit event of year
1 year ago
Shimao Group Holdings has triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, making it the fourth Chinese property firm this year to do so -
Fourth Chinese real estate firm posed as credit event
1 year ago
Shimao Group Holdings is the subject of a failure-to-pay credit event question, making it the fourth Chinese property firm this year to be referred to the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee -
Internet company triggers restructuring credit event at third time of asking
1 year ago
Yandex, the multinational internet and search engine company that predominantly serves Russian and Russian language users, has triggered a restructuring credit event -
Russian credit event auction plans put on hold after US sanctions update
1 year ago
Settlement of Russian Federation sovereign CDS has hit a delay, with the US having published updated advice on sanctions that could jeopardise the ability to conduct a credit event auction -
Talen bond squeeze brings low auction pay-out for protection holders
1 year ago
A credit event auction to settle Talen Energy Supply CDS has delivered a much higher result than had been predicted from bond prices, fuelled by a bidding squeeze on deliverable paper
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