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Investors return from holidays with hedges in mind
10 years ago
Investors return from the holiday break with a mind to shoring up exposure to credit market widening in the options space -
Real money managers boost credit hedges as indices tighten
10 years ago
Hedging of potential spread widening in investment grade indices has gathered pace in recent sessions -
Traders rush to bet on falling credit volatility
10 years ago
Option desks in London reported a rush of money for zero-cost range-trading strategies -
Credit implied vol drops from high as hedge funds rush to sell options
10 years ago
Implied volatility on credit indices has fallen from a one-year high as hedge funds sell European tail-risk protection to real money -
Implied credit volatility soars as investors put on longer dated hedges
10 years ago
Investors looking to hedge spread widening in the credit options markets are switching to longer-dated contracts -
Investors jump into credit options to hedge summer widening
10 years ago
Investors have jumped into the option market in recent sessions to hedge index widening over the next few months -
Credit investors take advantage of cheap volatility
11 years ago
European investors have taken advantage of inexpensive European volatility in recent sessions -
Credit options surge as fund managers bet on stability
11 years ago
Fund managers have been big sellers of credit options in recent weeks -
Cross asset funds jump into credit options
11 years ago
A spike in implied volatility attracts cross-asset and macro fund managers into the credit space -
Investors sit on option hedges as credit fears grow
11 years ago
Investors who bought credit index options over recent sessions to hedge against spread widening are sitting tight -
Credit desks go long gamma as vol tanks
11 years ago
Sophisticated investors are taking advantage of cheap volatility to go long credit, bankers say -
Funds take option profits as implied credit vol hits low
11 years ago
Hedge fund investors take profits on long volatility strategies in Europe -
Macro hedge funds get relief from credit options
11 years ago
Macro hedge funds, many of which came into the European credit options markets for the first time this year, have taken profits in recent sessions on long bets put on in over the summer, strategists say. -
Short-dated credit options squeezed as dealers get caught long vol
11 years ago
Dealers are quietly discouraging investor accounts from selling shorter-dated options after the Street was caught long volatility as spreads traded in ranges in recent weeks. -
Credit option buyers break even after rally
11 years ago
Buyers of credit volatility broke even on average over the past month, say sell-side sources -
Options players take profits on financials as skew widens
11 years ago
Options investors took profits in recent sessions, after a better tone to credit markets led to reduced downside bets on senior financials -
Buy into options smile, recommends Morgan Stanley
14 years ago
Declining demand for payer credit options (the right to buy protection) in recent weeks means that it is now cheaper to buy these options than at any time since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in absolute price terms, says Morgan Stanley
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