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"China can act how it wants and when it wants in curbing the ambitions of tech firms… but sell offs tend to be opportunities for new buyer
2 years ago
China's latest moves to rein in private enterprise with new rules for education providers have certainly intensified the regulation risk landscape - but Welshcake asks whether this forthrightness could be instructive -
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 -
China crackdown and Fed meeting rattle nerves
2 years ago
Credit spreads widened as financial markets began the week on a less certain footing amid panic stock selling in China and a retreat to treasuries ahead of the US Federal Reserve two-day monetary policy meeting -
Credit Rendezvous: And breathe...
2 years ago
The unanimous verdict is that credit spreads will be moving wider – they have to. But the difficulty credit fund managers face is predicting when the next sell-off comes and how sharp it will be. In the Q3 instalment of Creditflux’s Credit Rendezvous, the over-riding message from portfolio managers is that there’s little point in taking on too much risk. The report features the views of prominent credit figures including Paul Horvath (Orchard), Himani Trivedi (Nuveen), Ronnie Jaber (Onex), Graham Rainbow (Alcentra) and Michelle Russell-Dowe (Schroders). The report looks at 14 segments of the market including CLOs, direct lending, leveraged loans, distressed debt and credit derivatives. -
The View from ION Analytics: paradise blues
2 years ago
The reopening of economies from Covid-19 lockdowns has created distortions in financial markets that are harder to navigate than those of the original sell-off in early 2020. Even big-name economists and central bankers are confused, changing their views in recent weeks. -
Jefferies and SMBC form $2.25 billion partnership
2 years ago
Jefferies and SMBC Group have announced an alliance which will see SMBC provide a $1.9 billion credit facility to Jefferies Finance, the leveraged finance affiliate of Jefferies, and $350 million to Jefferies Group. -
CSO pipeline strengthens following ESG breakthrough
2 years ago
ESG criteria and longer investment horizons are driving new business in a resurgent bespoke tranche market, say dealers. And while this is unlikely to get 2021 near to a 2019-like haul of deals by year end, hopes are high that volume is firmly back on an upwards traject -
They said it: "A lot of value was lost due to CLO window dressing"
2 years ago
"A lot of value was lost due to CLO window dressing" -
Credit hedge funds (July 2021)
2 years ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Muzinich launches APAC private debt fund with DBS as anchor investor
2 years ago
Muzinich has launched an Asian special situations fund named Muzinich Asia Pacific Private Debt I -
HSBC AM names CEO of new $53bn alternatives business
2 years ago
HSBC Asset Management has become the latest manager to bring together its ‘alternatives’ capabilities under one roof, with the launch of a new unit, HSBC Alternatives -
Shipping firm adds buoyancy amid few signs of choppiness in credit
2 years ago
CMA CGM, the French container shipping company, is a big mover today amid very calm waters elsewhere in credit. -
"In the afternoon I awoke from a pile of willow leaves to discover we had created a Welsh ether-based token"
2 years ago
A localised crypto-currency boom and bust cycle teaches Welshcake (again) that everything becomes correlated in a downturn -
Credit hedge funds (June 2021)
2 years ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
Credit bull run picks up amid commodities surge
2 years ago
European credit spreads have made a sharp turn for the tighter, building on last week's strong run, even after Asian spreads weakened on rising commodity costs -
Commodity inflation sends Asia spreads back to wides
2 years ago
Asian credit and stocks added to a rough few days with further sell offs on Thursday, outpacing deterioration in other regions -
Sell-off regathers momentum as inflation signals mount
2 years ago
A glum mood has returned to financial markets, beginning with the US session on Tuesday and overspilling into global trading on Wednesday -
Credit underperformance resumes as equity turns corner
2 years ago
Credit markets are pushing wider once again on Wednesday, even though stock markets look to regaining some composure following Tuesday's steep sell off -
CLO fund comes top by distance in middling month for credit
2 years ago
A CIS Asset Management fund, which invests mainly in US CLO equity, was the star performer in March after gaining 7.36% in the month -
Credit hedge funds (May 2021)
2 years ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
China Huarong’s late annual report unsettles market
2 years ago
China Huarong Asset Manager, the state-owned bad debt manager, has been a big driver of credit volatility in an otherwise placid market, after its delayed annual report sent shockwaves through the region and beyond. -
Huarong resumes sharp rally as China weighs asset support
2 years ago
China Huarong Asset Manager rallied sharply in the credit market on Wednesday amid media reports China’s central bank could assume some of the state-owned bad debt manager’s assets -
Tobacco splutters in broad market sell off
2 years ago
Credit and equity are under pressure on Tuesday as markets pull back from their improved levels amid concerns about the worsening global covid-19 picture. But tobacco companies have their own problems to contend with, with the US considering a proposal to require lower nicotine levels in cigarettes and other countries also looking to curb sales -
Credit Rendezvous: ready and waiting
2 years ago
In Creditflux's quarterly review of credit, portfolio managers tell us that Inflation is likely to nudge higher but they are optimistic because dispersion will pick up and windows of volatility will emerge, rather than elongated phases of stress -
China contagion fears linger as Huarong rebounds
2 years ago
China Huarong Asset Manager, the state-owned bad debt manager, is back on a path to improvement after shocking markets by delaying its annual report. But questions remain over the extent of government support and the ripple effects to the wider credit market
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