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Global corporate defaults on fastest pace since 2009 according to S&P
2 months 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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Yandex posed to DC as restructuring credit event
1 year ago
Yandex, the multinational internet and search engine company that serves Russian language users, has been posed to the Credit Derviative Determinations Committee as a restructuring credit event -
Potential failure to pay has occurred on Russian CDS, says Determinations Committee
2 years 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 -
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 -
Selecta splashes CLOs with bankruptcy credit event
3 years ago
Selecta Group has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, the Emea Determinations Committee has ruled -
Tranche traders smell the coffee as Crossover default percolates
3 years ago
Selecta Group looks set to become the third European credit event in as many months to hit series 33 of the iTraxx Crossover index and tranches based on series 32 -
Crossover dips below 300bp as retailers leave the basket
3 years ago
The removal of defaulting constituents Hema and Matalan from iTraxx Crossover has helped take the index to its tightest prints since the start of the coronavirus sell-off -
Noble and Hema produce disparate pay outs for CDS
3 years ago
This week has brought the high and lows of CDS settlement, with Noble Corporation bestowing an ultra low high pay-out for protection buyers after Hema protection sellers suffered less of a hit than was modelled by assumed recoveries -
Credit event auctions mount as European resistance breaks
3 years ago
Two constituent defaults in iTraxx Crossover — the first to hit the European on-the-run index in almost two years — have made 2020 the second busiest year ever for credit event auctions -
Ensco CDS leap wider on credit event trigger
3 years ago
CDS contracts referencing Ensco International, a Houston based subsidiary of offshore driller Valaris, have shot wider after the Americas Determinations Committee ruled the company has triggered a bankruptcy credit event -
Hema and Matalan auctions set as DC ponders Ensco credit event
3 years ago
Dates have been set for credit event auctions to settle two constituent defaults in iTraxx Crossover — the first to hit the European on-the-run index in almost two years -
Valaris and Ensco posed to DC as bankruptcy credit events
3 years ago
Valaris and its subsidiary Ensco International Incorporated have been proposed to the Americas Determinations Committee as bankruptcy credit events after the group filed for chapter 11 protection in August -
Matalan credit event ruling draws heavily on precedents, says DC
3 years ago
A bankruptcy credit event ruling on Matalan - the first this year in a European index - was a close call and relied heavily on several precedent credit events, the EMEA Determinations Committee has said -
Noble Corp auction date set as low recoveries stack up
3 years ago
The Americas Determinations Committee has set a date to settle CDS referencing the offshore driller, which looks set to follow Chesapeake Energy as the latest in a run of big pay outs for protection buyers -
DC rejects Valaris credit event request
3 years ago
The Americas Determinations Committee has rejected a request to rule on whether UK headquartered offshore driller Valaris has triggered a restructuring credit event -
Intelsat CDS set for deemed auction today at 100% recovery
3 years ago
Intelsat Investments CDS will be settled today at 100% recovery through a deemed auction, the Determinations Committee has said -
Intelsat CDS has no deliverables for an auction, says DC
3 years ago
CDS contracts referencing Intelsat Investments look to have no deliverable obligations, according to the Americas Determinations Committee, making a pay-out to protection buyers unlikely -
Intelsat triggers bankruptcy credit event
3 years ago
Intelsat Investments has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, the Americas Determinations Committee has ruled -
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.
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