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New Look triggers credit event with big pay-out likely for CDS
5 years ago
The Europe, Middle East & Africa Determinations Committee has ruled that New Look has triggered a failure-to-pay credit event -
Ellington hires business development head in London
5 years ago
Ellington Management Group has appointed Jonas Frantz to head up business development in Europe and the Middle East, according to market sources -
Shenkman targets $500 million for opportunistic credit fund
5 years ago
Shenkman’s opportunistic fund will aim to take advantage of the volatility in the market -
New Look bankruptcy credit event question put before Determinations Committee
5 years ago
The Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee for the Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region has been asked to rule on whether New Look, the UK based clothes retailer, has triggered a bankruptcy credit event -
Steinhoff has triggered failure-to-pay credit event, rules DC
5 years ago
Steinhoff Europe has triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, the EMEA Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled unanimously -
Isda tables plans to rid CDS market of narrowly tailored credit events
5 years ago
After lengthy deliberation, a working group of major firms is today set to publish proposals aimed at ridding the market of ‘narrowly tailored credit events’, whereby borrowers are persuaded to default on debt payments in order to trigger pay-outs for CDS holders -
Illiquid credit boost returns for PensionDanmark
5 years ago
PensionDanmark has generated 5.8% returns from its illiquid credit portfolio for the year 2018, according to its latest annual report published today. But its liquid credit portfolio took a 3.4% hit -
Pacific Gas & Electric triggers bankruptcy credit event
5 years ago
Pacific Gas and Electric Company has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, the Americas Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled, by 14 votes to one -
Pacific Gas & Electric credit event posed following Chapter 11 filing
5 years ago
The Americas Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has been asked to rule on whether Pacific Gas and Electric has triggered a credit event, after the San Francisco headquartered firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in its history -
$1.8 billion manager Shelton buys credit manager Cedar Ridge
5 years ago
The $1.85 billion multi-asset manager has bought credit-focused firm Cedar Ridge Partners -
Sears CDS settles well above bonds on physical settlement squeeze
5 years ago
Predictions that credit default swaps referencing Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp would recover at a high level have been borne out, with an auction to settle the contracts having returned a value of almost 80 cents on the dollar – nearly 30 points higher than where bonds of the bankrupt US retailer have been quoted -
Dealers gear up to settle Sears CDS and rule on Ziggo successor
5 years ago
The long wait to settle the final price of Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp credit default swaps will end today with a credit event auction, while investors could also learn whether there is successor to contracts referencing deregistered Ziggo Bond Finance -
Sears CDS battle heats up as DC challenged to change auction rules
5 years ago
A high profile battle over Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp credit default swaps has taken a new turn, with one market participant challenging the Americas Determinations Committee to change its rules to avert price manipulation by another market participant in the bankrupt retailer's credit event auction -
GSO co-founder plans new credit business
5 years ago
GSO Capital Partners co-founder Tripp Smith is launching his own credit management firm, according to a report by Bloomberg -
Sear-iously? Isda slams ex-CFTC commissioner over CDS "hyperbole"
5 years ago
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has waded into a gathering furore over Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp credit default swaps -
Sears CDS settlement extends to 2019 as external review teams line up
5 years ago
Holders of Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp credit default swaps will have to wait until at least 7 January to resolve the contracts, with an external review decision on deliverables into the defaulted borrower’s credit event auction slated for 21 December -
Sears CDS external review panel named to solve Determinations Committee impasse
5 years ago
The North America Determinations Committee has selected an external review panel to decide whether two Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp debt obligations can be delivered into an auction to settle the US retailer’s credit default swaps, having failed to achieve a strong enough quorum among its own 15 members -
Astaldi CDS auction sets 30.875 final price as physical settlement boosts recovery
5 years ago
An auction today to settle credit default swaps referencing Astaldi has determined the final price to be 30.875 cents on the euro, meaning a 69.125 cents pay-out per euro for protection buyers -
Crossover converges on CDX HY as Fed, earnings and heavy technicals take hold
5 years ago
Big moves of single name credits continue to hold sway over the iTraxx Europe Crossover credit default swap index, whose underperformance of US counterpart CDX HY has extended during the past week amid a big technical repositioning of flows -
10 bidders line up for Astaldi CDS auction as Morgan Stanley swaps in for Mizuho
5 years ago
There will be 10 participating bidders to an auction to settle Astaldi credit default swaps, with the Determinations Committee unanimously approving Morgan Stanley’s involvement as Mizuho dropped out -
Astaldi credit event auction deadline looms for participating bidders
5 years ago
Firms wishing to take part next week in a credit event auction to settle Astaldi credit default swaps have until 5pm London time today (23 November) to submit participating bidder letters to the Determinations Committee -
Till debt us do part: CLOs have and hold David's Bridal loans as they plummet 10.87%
5 years ago
CLOs hold $26.63 million exposure to David’s Bridal, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday -
Seven deliverables valid for Sears CDS auction, as seven others split DC panel
5 years ago
There will be seven obligations deliverable into an auction on 14 November to settle credit default swaps referencing Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp, the Americas Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has decided. But members of the 15-strong DC were split over whether to include another seven potential deliverables that did not make the cut -
Astaldi credit event question posed as its distress weighs on iTraxx Crossover
5 years ago
Astaldi, a constituent of iTraxx Crossover, has been referred to ISDA-hosted Credit Determinations Committees as a possible bankruptcy credit event – less than two weeks after the index rolled into a new series -
CIFC hires team of four for distressed credit push
5 years ago
CIFC, a manager specialising in US corporate and structured credit, is building out its distressed debt capabilities with four senior hires in anticipation of a maturing credit cycle
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