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High yield resumes compression as IG seeks direction
3 years ago
High yield companies are once again among the best performers today as compression resumes with the investment grade credit market, despite an absence of compelling signals from stock indices or oil prices -
Europcar posed as failure to pay credit event
3 years ago
Europcar Mobility Group has been proposed to the Emea Determinations Committee as a failure to pay credit event, following the French vehicle hire firm's announcement of a financial restructuring -
Wide-end names gain ground as market hits impasse
3 years ago
Financial markets appear to have a hit resistance points in several asset classes today, with credit, stocks and oil prices struggling to find traction despite encouraging signals from the UK on rolling out the Pfizer/BioNTech covid vaccine -
Spread compression resumes with US passing key milestones
3 years ago
Credit markets have resumed their crunch tighter today, with an absence of any obviously negative brakes to offset strengthening Asian industrial numbers and applications by vaccine makers for emergency approval in the US and Europe -
Bulls give up some gains as IG banks and energy lead market wider
3 years ago
In a cautious opening to the week, credit spreads are edging wider against a backdrop of faltering oil prices but marginally strengthened stocks -
Compression plays out as HY and European CLO double Bs outperform
3 years ago
Investment grade and high yield credit spreads have tightened in sync with each other this week, but CDS and CLOs alike underline that the big theme over the past month has been compression between investment grade and high yield -
Europe keeps to the grind with wide-end driving improvement
3 years ago
Credit exhibits a firm tone as the week draws to a close, with index spreads grinding back towards their tights despite a mixed picture for oil prices and much of the US market away after the thanksgiving holiday -
Europcar bonds hit full throttle on restructuring agreement
3 years ago
Europcar bonds are among the best performing in a flattish market today, after the French vehicle hire firm obtained an agreement with its main creditors on a financial restructuring -
Stressed credits push tighter even as index bulls take profit
3 years ago
A cautious tone has returned to financial markets ahead of the US thanksgiving holiday, with the strong push tighter of credit spreads in recent sessions giving way to a widening move -
Investment grade rallies hard on hopes of end to US deadlock
3 years ago
In a change from the recent trend investment grade credit is the front mover today, playing catch up on high yield as the market-wide rally gathers pace -
Zambia triggers failure to pay credit event
3 years ago
The Republic of Zambia has triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, he EMEA Determinations Committee has ruled -
Energy and transport names lead way as compression trades gain
3 years ago
High yield is leading the way again in credit - continuing last week's theme - as positive results from another covid-19 vaccine test and buoyant oil prices bring a strengthening tone to financial markets -
European high yield stays positive as rest of market hits resistance point
3 years ago
Credit markets are taking a cautious step back following the recent rally, with only European high yield spreads still exploring their best prints of the week -
Covid toll puts reality check on market rally
3 years ago
Credit markets look to have hit a point of resistance, with spreads retracing today amid a rising likelihood of stricter covid-19 measures be applied in places such as New York, Tokyo and Madrid -
No CDS auction for Scandinavian Airlines 'soft' credit event, rules DC
3 years ago
A credit event auction will not take place for Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark–Norway–Sweden CDS contracts, despite the company triggered a restructuring credit event last month, the EMEA Determinations Committee has ruled -
Zambia posed to DC as failure to pay credit event
3 years ago
The EMEA Determinations Committee has been asked to rule on whether the Republic of Zambia has triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, despite there being little CDS market exposure to the country's sovereign debt -
Compression gains mount as Moderna vaccine result boosts confidence
3 years ago
Compression trades are paying off today, with a new covid-19 vaccine announcement prompting a broad tightening of credit spreads in which high yield corporate indices lead the charge and financial names are outperforming investment grade corporate borrowers -
Single name shorters get improved entry point after conviction test
3 years ago
Returning market optimism has taken credit spreads back to ultra-tight levels. But for bears, this posits a better entry level for short trades, and the recent blow-out may have given strong pointers where to target them -
Compression and curves in play amid second day of vaccine rally
3 years ago
Credit spreads are converging as they edge tighter again today, following their forceful improvement to pre-covid levels yesterday due to a successful covid-19 vaccine test -
Primary pumped as Trump gazumped and vaccine hopes jump
3 years ago
A 'yuge' rally is underway in credit markets today, with optimism over Joe Biden's apparent victory in the US presidential election turning to elation following a big covid-19 vaccine breakthrough -
I foresee various spooky spectacles hitting our screens - and your long portfolios
3 years ago
Welshcake is settling in for a horror movie marathon. But in the previews he sees monsters lurking behind tight credit spreads -
Robots rise for credit ratings
3 years ago
A fintech platform is launching this month that aims to use artificial intelligence to democratise credit ratings. -
After long retracing, tight IG names offer blow-out potential
3 years ago
A shift wider of credit spreads was underway as Creditflux went to press, giving weight to several weeks of mounting investor concern about how far the market has retraced since the covid sell-off in March/April -
Equity tranche shorts gather for fallen angels
3 years ago
Investor views are starting to form around on-the-run iTraxx and CDX index tranches, following their rolls into new versions at the end of September and start of October -
European credit takes lockdown restrictions in its stride as indices tighten
3 years ago
European credit spreads have held firm this morning despite the re-emergence of lockdown measures with the UK government announcing on Saturday that new restrictions will come into play on 5 November
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