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Credit Rendezvous: record fiscal stimulus provides pick-me-up
3 years ago
Credit markets had a mini bounce-back in the second quarter as central banks poured cash into the economy. But there is great uncertainty about the effects of a second wave of coronavirus. As part of our quarterly report on credit - the Credit Rendezvous - Creditflux spoke to experts across 12 segments of the credit market -
Where are the gloating I-told-you-so columnists who claimed CLOs would bring global destruction?
3 years ago
We have seen a measured response to the coronavirus crisis: fund managers aren’t collapsing and investors are not shunning CLOs -
Short-dated CSOs touted as jump-to-default risk hits curves
4 years ago
The coronavirus outbreak has all but vanquished hopes of any regular CSO business getting done, but sources say bespoke portfolios of short-dated CDS could soon be in the offing as investors look to express a view on when the crisis will end. -
CSO arrangers take notes from success of CLOs
4 years ago
CSO arrangers are looking to follow the CLO template in more ways than one, with sources indicating that some dealers are looking to structure their deals in note format (as opposed to swaps). -
CSO arrangers look to build on $65bn of issuance in 2019
4 years ago
The synthetic bespoke tranche market this year has fallen short of expectations in terms of overall issuance volume, but ends with transformative inroads being made. -
It may seem a bit rich for Welshcake to tell staid CLO investors they need to be more sensible
4 years ago
Bespokes are the next big thing — and you’d be wise to get involved -
Points up front: Cap wearer plays trump card in support of SRT
4 years ago
Such has been the success of Donald Trump’s “make America great again” caps that structured credit folks have started sporting their own versions. Santander’s Jeremy Hermant has been seen in the streets of London proudly wearing a cap with the motto “make SRT great again”. Hermant works in the significant risk transfer team and tells Creditflux that he has been campaigning for SRTs for the past few years. -
CLO investors should be looking at CSOs
At Creditflux’s Credit Dimensions event in New York, structured credit investors were told how synthetic CDOs fit neatly alongside CLOs, and there is no need to pick one over the other4 years ago -
Arrival of five-year bespokes draws in CLO investors
4 years ago
Synthetic bespoke tranches are undergoing a major shift, with dealers projecting five-year business to supersede previously dominant shorter tenors by the end of 2019. -
Index tranche levels spike as investors advance into equity
5 years ago
Trading of credit index tranches is picking up, with some $61 billion worth changing hands in the space during the first quarter, according to data from the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation -
Bespoke gains pull CLO buyers as market tipped to hit $100bn
5 years ago
Synthetic bespoke issuance could catch up with the more visible CLO market this year, say structured credit specialists -
CLO monoline businesses return with new purpose
5 years ago
CLO tranche insurance is making a comeback. Assured Guaranty has underwritten two middle market transactions, while in Europe various firms are testing the waters for this type of insurance, according to sources. -
The Last Tranche: Podcast episode 1
5 years ago
Creditflux takes on Las Vegas, b-wics and Welshcake, among other credit topics in the inaugural episode of the Last Tranche podcast -
Regulation stifles SRTs, but banks and investors revel in quarter-four outperformance
5 years ago
Over the course of 2018 there was roughly €6.5 billion of issuance in the market for significant risk transfer (SRT) deals, sources say, with the last three months understood to be the busiest quarter on record -
JP Morgan keeps up synthetic CDO momentum
6 years ago
Sources say that JP Morgan priced a $500 million synthetic CDO last month, underlining its position as one of the key deal arrangers in this market -
Who predicted $145 billion of issuance?
6 years ago
That went better than expected: US risk retention came in, and $145 billion of global new issuance later, it’s clear that CLOs aren’t disappearing. By Tanvi Gupta and Sam Robinson
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