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Adler spreads return to earth as TUI gains altitude
2 years ago
German real estate company Adler is among stronger performers as credit markets strike an improved tone on Tuesday, while travel company TUI is an outlier to the wide side -
Real estate relief boosts high yield but retail rout gathers pace
2 years ago
A mixed week for credit has taken German real estate company Adler back to safer levels while sending two supermarket retailers further into the realms of most risky in the iTraxx Crossover universe -
Ashurst boosts structured finance and derivatives practice as it brings in partner
2 years ago
Law firm Ashurst has hired a structured finance and derivatives specialist as a partner in its global markets practice -
Sov yield surge finally weighs on IG fund flows, as credit turns corner
2 years ago
Investment grade credit funds have suffered their first net outflow in several months, as the uptick in rates volatility has finally weighed on appetite in this part of the credit spectrum -
Compression trade resumes as reverse rally bites on shorts
2 years ago
This week's relief rally gathered momentum in credit and equity markets on Thursday against a further retreat of government bond yields, even as oil prices hit new highs -
Casino's hand improves as credit eases off year's wides
2 years ago
Credit markets have taken a turn for the tighter, with spreads broadly rallying, amid a retreat of oil prices and government bond yields -
Frosty times for UK retailer as credit hits new wides
2 years ago
Frozen food retailer Iceland is heading into the riskiest reaches of the iTraxx Crossover spread dispersion, where few other constituents tread -
Adler rally gains extra LEG as rest of market slips on oil
2 years ago
Few credits have escaped widening pressure in a dour start to the week, but Adler Group has extended its relief rally after agreeing to sell part of its property portfolio -
US debt talks and German real estate regain composure after damaging wrangles
2 years ago
Adler Group is ending on a firmer footing what has been a rocky week for the German real estate company, as credit heads into the weekend unmoved by developments in the US on raising the country's debt ceiling -
German convergence as travel co surges inside troubled real estate firm
2 years ago
Amid rocky markets there has been a tale of two diverging credits in the European high yield market on Wednesday, with two of the riskiest names passing each other on sharp convergent moves -
Credit suffers double punch from treasury and energy surge
2 years ago
Credit markets are nursing their wounds after taking a battering on Wednesday, prompted by a surge in oil prices and spike in government bond yields that add to concerns about rising inflation -
German real estate co surges tighter on asset sale review
2 years ago
Adler Real Estate is a big improver in European credit at the start of the week, after the company notified investors that Adler Group will initiate a strategic review as it looks to cut leverage -
German real estate co hits new wides as single names catch up with index rout
2 years ago
Adler Real Estate is again one of the biggest movers in the European credit market, as the week comes to a bearish close and October begins with heightened uncertainty -
Adler resumes downward slide as European real estate woes mount
2 years ago
Market sentiment is weighiing heavily on European real estate once again, with Adler bonds and CDS in particular adding to their recent deterioration -
Investors shrug at new Evergrande bond deadline a week on from roll havoc
2 years ago
Chinese real estate giant Evergrande looks unlikely to meet a $45 million bond payment due on Wednesday despite reports it plans to sell a $1.5 billion commercial bank stake. But credit markets are showing very little reaction despite initial default concerns having up-ended CDS index rolls only last week -
Healthcare M&A offers diverging prognoses in high yield as market recuperates
2 years ago
Grifols, the Spanish healthcare business, is making a push wider at odds with rallying markets, having brought €2 billion equivalent of bonds to back its acquisition of European plasma player Biotest -
Chinese power crunch brings off day for credit as investor optimism dims
2 years ago
Concerns about a China slowdown, Germany's election result, rate hikes and the US government's inability to lift its debt ceiling have contributed to a sharp move wider in credit, as investors attempt to digest a variety of big unknowns -
HY set to roll after rocky week scuttles investors
2 years ago
Market participants are holding their breath ahead of the roll of US high yield index CDX HY, after a week of volatility and fund outflows -
Credit rally extends as Fed hurdle passes and Evergrande views evolve
2 years ago
Credit markets are rallying for a second day, after the US Federal Reserve meeting indicated a shortening timeline to rate hikes but no shocks. A key deadline for China Evergrande bond payments still overshadows the Thursday session, but investor expectations have gravitated to a more localised impact for any fall out -
Credit optimism returns on Evergrande and Fed but big questions loom large
2 years ago
Credit markets have moved onto a firmer footing, with one day of this week’s US Federal Reserve meeting out of way and troubled Chinese real estate behemoth Evergrande having negotiated a domestic yuan bond payment. But there is plenty of room for upset in the coming sessions -
Deutsche Bank adds credit trading head to US build out
2 years ago
Deutsche Bank is looking at the next phase of its US development with the hire of a credit trading head from another bank -
Real estate panic brings turbulent changeover for credit indices
2 years ago
New credit derivative index series have emerged at much wider levels, after a turbulent market rout made roll day more challenging for participants -
Dealers tweak IG roll changes but rising star HY names still don't make cut
2 years ago
Dealers have revised their list of provisional changes to the CDX IG investment grade index ahead of its roll to a new series next week, with administrator IHS Markit citing recent trading activity as reason for the move -
Single names take spotlight from indices with one week to roll day
2 years ago
Single name credits are taking a day in the spotlight for once, as the credit indices present a very flat backdrop at the start of the week -
Credit shrugs off ECB tapering signal, but strategists warn of IG vulnerability
Credit markets are ending the week on a firm footing after taking in their stride the European Central Bank’s message that it expects to limit asset purchases in the coming quarter. But some parts of the market look more vulnerable than others, say strategists
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