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BlueCrest goes live on CDSClear with index trade
3 years ago
Fund manager BlueCrest has signed up to LCH clearing service CDSClear and has run its first index trade through the central clearing counterparty -
US financial CDS basket plans dropped for September
3 years ago
Plans to develop trading of US financial CDS have hit a second set-back, after several CDX IG committee members said they are not ready to begin including these in the index at the September roll -
Credit hits new tights as US covid treatment fuels hope
3 years ago
Credit markets are starting the week on a strong tone much as they traded on Friday, as optimism for a US approved coronavirus treatment and the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole virtual meeting on Thursday outweighed concern about rising European covid-19 cases -
High yield inflows return as appetite moves to long end
3 years ago
A heavy slant in preference for investment grade credit has been underscored by high grade funds recording their 20th week of inflows in a row, but high yield funds are also back to positive flow for the first time in three weeks on returning European appetite -
Changes in scope for CDS indices and tranches ahead of roll
3 years ago
Structural changes look to be afoot globally for CDS indices and tranches ahead of the September roll, with IHS Markit weighing amendments to products in all three traded regions -
Sharp moves for single name bonds and CDS, as indices open with caution
3 years ago
Credit has begun the week looking for direction with European CDS indices slightly wider, US counterparts edging tighter, and high yield bonds making sharper moves in either direction -
Europe's grind puts IG decompression trades in scope
3 years ago
The gap between US and European investment grade CDS indices has doubled this week from the tight end of its recent range, positing a possible entry point for compression trades -
Wirecard shows that in an era of ESG analysis, governance still gets relatively short shrift
3 years ago
Wirecard’s spectacular collapse raises questions for auditors, regulators and agencies -
Fund performance: Credit funds post double-digit gains
3 years ago
June returns have once again been led by CLO funds, as seven out of the top 10 belong to our CLOs category. -
Credit funds at a glance (August 2020)
3 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves -
Ucits at a glance: Ucits funds march on and erase Q1 losses
3 years ago
95% of Ucits credit funds listed with Creditflux posted positive returns in June to keep up the momentum from May when all but one fund was in positive territory -
Credit hedge funds (August 2020)
3 years ago
Monthly credit hedge fund tables -
Investors get creative with new ways to trade the curve
3 years ago
Credit index curve trading is gaining new features going into August, evidencing deeper liquidity for CDS strategies, but also that investors already have one eye on the upcoming September rolls. -
Rampant technicals push cash and CDS in different directions
3 years ago
Central bank interventions, primary market issuance and high yield defaults have conspired to create major distortions in credit performance, which sources say are ripe for opportunistic trading. -
Banks and high yield corps lead charge as results prompt European rally
3 years ago
High yield corporate credit is today's outperforming part of the market as European credit rallies back from its recent wides, as the latest round of earnings proves stronger than many had expected -
AT1s come into focus after financial CDS rally
3 years ago
The credit rally in June and July has favoured CDS referencing financial borrowers, but sources note a breakdown of usual market relationships that has left pockets of value for investors -
High yield traders take stock amid Crossover/HY compression
3 years ago
A convergence trade is underway this week in the high yield credit market, with US index CDX HY reaching its nearest level versus European counterpart iTraxx Crossover since the start of June -
Travel firms lead sell-off on second wave fears
3 years ago
Travel related companies are in focus for European credit investors at the start of the week, following the UK government's decision to re-impose a 14-day quarantine on people arriving from Spain -
Swedish fund nears public listing after big gains on CLO and tranche trades
3 years ago
Stockholm-based Ymer SC is moving forward with plans to list its structured credit fund on the Nordic Growth Market exchange in Sweden -
First movers in focus for CDS as market grinds to new tights
3 years ago
First is the operative word in corporate credit movers this week, with UK transport firm Firstgroup leading European CDS improvers while FirstEnergy Corp heads the worst performers in the US -
Fund manager accused of using fake CLO to run multi-million Ponzi scheme
3 years ago
The co-founder of an investment management company who has been charged with fraud by the securities and exchange commission for setting up a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme is alleged to have raised a CLO trust backed by fraudulent trade finance loans -
Shot in the arm for US credit as vaccine results prompt outperformance
3 years ago
US credit markets have gained a chance to catch up with European improvement this week, after positive results from a coronavirus vaccine test prompted US outperformance, particularly in high yield -
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 -
US/Europe gap widens as states roll back reopening plans
3 years ago
Decoupling of US and European performance is the stand-out feature of credit this week, in which fears of a pandemic second wave and further US/China wrangles hold market improvement in check -
LP round up: managers keep fundraising hopes high as GSO targets $7.5 billion for mezz offering
3 years ago
Institutional investors allocated $1.6 billion into credit this week, according to documents seen by Creditflux
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