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Credit fundraising: Goldman Sachs direct lending fund takes March figures to $23 bn
5 days ago
Credit funds sprung forward in March as $23 billion was raised alongside $2.6 billion worth of allocations to credit managers. -
"IG investors might want to rethink the instrument, but they need not fear rising rates just yet"
9 days ago
In his latest column for Creditflux, Cheyne's Duncan Sankey writes that the sharp rise in 10-year US treasuries could be positive for investment grade investors, but value is in CDS rather than bonds -
Technicals support IG while investors hunt for rising stars
10 days ago
Investment grade credit spreads have been stubbornly tight for the past six-months, but investors see positive technical factors that make lower-rated bonds appealing -
Dutch telco CDS leaps on private equity rumours
10 days ago
An iTraxx Europe constituent has surged wider in five-year CDS amid reports of a buy-out approach -
Ucits at a glance: Advent and Algebris lead the pack again
10 days ago
Ucits funds saw the brighter side of February, as 80% of funds achieved a positive return -
Credit hedge funds (April 2021)
10 days ago
Monthly credit hedge fund tables -
Hermes seeks ESG alpha in companies making changes
10 days ago
Buy-side demand to tick boxes for ESG standards has fuelled a boom in green and social impact bonds that is extending into high yield issuance. But as investment opportunities mount, so does soul-searching about the next phase -
Options investors look to medium-term market normalisation
10 days ago
Credit index options trading has been heating up, with investors looking to take views on future market volatility well beyond the customary three-month horizon as Europe and the US grapple to keep a lid on rates. -
Credit Suisse bears brunt of left-field hit to financials
10 days ago
Financials trading in March served as a reminder that mishaps can hit an investment portfolio from the unlikeliest of directions — and in the calmest of markets -
"Watch the IG credit curve — we may see steepening of IG 5s10s and flattening of 10s30s"
10 days ago
Stimulus measures are supporting short tenors, and pension demand for 30-year paper is strong, so 10-year IG credit may have few buyers -
Single names make big gains as indices dither
11 days ago
Single name CDS in the US and Europe have strongly outperformed from the start of the week, rallying sharply and across most of the credit universe despite direcctionless trading for indices -
Los Angeles pension seeks global credit manager for $880 million mandate
12 days ago
Flush with cash? The Los Angeles Water & Power Employees' Retirement Plan has launched a request for proposal for its ‘active extended global credit’ mandate. But only managers with $50 billion under management need apply -
No sign of caution as single names pick up rally into long weekend
17 days ago
Credit has extended its impressive rally into the long weekend, with single names playing catch up with indices amid economic recovery signals and on the back of US president Joe Biden unveiling a $2 trillion infrastructure plan -
Corp hybrid popularity mounts, but strategist outlooks diverge
19 days ago
Corporate hybrid bonds are becoming a focal point for investors in the second quarter, with one bank's credit strategy team making them a top pick to trade spread compression while another's has expressed caution on their likely performance -
Banks take big hit as investment firm's fire sale rages
20 days ago
Banks exposed to embattled investment firm Archegos Capital are blowing out wider in credit markets today as their stock prices slump -
TRS goes electronic on Tradeweb with iBoxx trade
23 days ago
Tradeweb Markets has completed what it says is the first ever fully standardised total return swap trade based on IHS Markit’s iBoxx US Dollar Liquid High Grade index -
Muzinich adds ex-CIO of boutique amid raft of credit hires
24 days ago
Muzinich has made five hires to its corporate credit business -
Vontobel names fixed income trading head amid four senior hires
25 days ago
Vontobel Asset Management has appointed four senior hires to its team including a newly created role of head of fixed income trading -
Tikehau hires UK institutional business head
27 days ago
Tikehau Capital has appointed a head for its UK institutional business -
Roll pushes indices wider but fair value trumps technical positioning
27 days ago
Several CDS indices rolled into new series on Monday, with all of them adding spread over the outgoing versions due to added duration as well as composition changes -
Yield rise is buying signal for bonds, says BNP Paribas
1 month ago
Credit spreads are set to hit new cyclical tights in the coming months, with the recent rise in yields having offered an attractive entry point especially for high-rated bonds, say BNP Paribas credit strategists -
ESG basket grows and rising stars take focus in CDS index roll changes
1 month ago
Expansion of the ESG investing universe is a prominent feature of this month's roll of iTraxx and CDX indices into new series. Improved credit performance of high yield companies is also a focus, with several moving up into investment grade portfolios -
Brazil upheaval sends EM spreads to new wides
1 month ago
Emerging market credit spreads are reaching new wides, with Brazil holding focus in the sell off amid a spike of covid 19 cases and deaths well beyond the country’s previous peak. Elsewhere credit is in a stable range but underperforming a more buoyant turn in other asset classes -
Tabula makes series of hires for active credit fund launch
1 month ago
A new arm of independent investment manager and fixed income ETF provider Tabula Investment Management has made four hires as it looks to launch actively managed credit strategies with a systematic approach -
Captor builds CDS use-case as it launches smart beta strategy
1 month ago
Stockholm-based Captor Fund Management is readying a fund that will aim to beat cash bond benchmarks by investing in CDS indices, adding to signs of broader appetite for the asset class
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