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Tech and supply chain concerns take credit back to year's wides
1 year ago
A cocktail of bearish signals has taken credit markets back to their widest levels since March, with Tuesday's sell off spilling over into the Wednesday session -
Winton hires quant credit specialist as PM
1 year ago
Winton, a London-headquartered asset management firm that specialises in quantitative strategies, has hired an experienced trader to focus on credit alpha capture -
German property co hits new wides as investors scrutinise investigation report
1 year ago
The bearish momentum that gripped financial markets on Friday has spilled over the weekend into Monday's session, with an especially big move in the debt of one German real estate borrower taking it to worrisome spread levels -
Big swing for high yield property co as bears make new push
2 years ago
Credit trading has turned decidedly bearish again as the weekend approaches, with investors bracing for a host of market-impacting developments. This has brought a particularly volatile reversal in performance for one European high yield borrower -
US high yield outperforms as credit adds to rally
2 years ago
French equipment rental company Loxam is among the biggest movers as credit markets rally for a second day, but US high yield is having the better week -
Potential failure to pay has occurred on Russian CDS, says Determinations Committee
2 years ago
The Russian Federation is moving closer to triggering a credit event on foreign debt, with the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee having ruled a potential failure to pay has occurred -
Heavy mood greets Europe’s return as earnings and rates policy weigh
2 years ago
The European market on its return after the long weekend is greeted with another sizeable push wider in spreads, with focus on US Federal reserve policy, this week’s round of corporate earnings and the prospect of US 10-year inflation linked bond yields turning positive for the first time in two years -
Credit rally revives as investors scour ECB for Easter eggs
2 years ago
Credit spreads are taking a turn for the tighter on latest European Central Banks statements, at the end of a short week characterised by flatter index trading but persistent single name volatility -
RusRail no-auction vote means CDS holders must track down bonds
2 years ago
Russian Railways CDS contracts will not be settled via auction despite the borrower having triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled -
Credit investors eye synthetic tranches as dispersion rises
2 years ago
Dispersion is increasingly important to the credit market — and it is incentivising some CLO investors to add synthetic products to their toolkits -
Credit indices show central bank-led swing potential
2 years ago
Macro credit trading in March was overwhelmingly about the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the pendulum is swinging back to central bank policy -
"Faltering oil supply is lamentable at a time of strategic and moral shortfall"
2 years ago
We need to accept the pain and cut dependence on Russian oil today -
That’s another fine mezz I’d like to get into
2 years ago
Structural protection and flatter curves make short-dated mezz tranches attractive. Speakers at Credit Dimensions discuss which positions they’d take in CSOs, options and tranches this year -
DC meets to consider next steps on Russia and RusRail CDS
2 years ago
The Emea Determinations Committee is meeting today, having accepted a request to rule on whether a potential failure to pay has occurred on Russian Federation CDS contracts -
Skew in focus for second day as single names move sharply against index
2 years ago
Credit indices are trading out of sync with their underlying constituents for a second day this week, with single names broadly widening despite investors seeking to maintain flattish macro positioning -
Russian sovereign posed to DC as 'potential failure to pay'
2 years ago
The Russian Federation has again been referred to the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee for the second time in a month, this time with the questioner asking if a potential failure to pay has occurred -
High yield and IG single names diverge even as buyside seeks macro neutrality
2 years ago
High yield and investment grade single names are moving in opposite directions at the start of the week, while indices reflect a push by investors to cut directional exposure to macro credit -
Sovereign in scope as Russian Railways triggers first Ukraine-linked credit event
2 years ago
Russian Railways had triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled, making this the first sanctions-related credit event since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February -
Investors weigh up Fed calendar and valuations after bruising week
2 years ago
Financial markets are taking stock on Friday after a big sell-off in risk assets, with credit spreads nursing the wounds caused by this week's returning focus on hawkish central bank policy versus rich-looking valuations -
Blackstone lands big name as bank's synthetic structured credit talisman joins buyside
2 years ago
Blackstone has hired a well known figure from the synthetic structured credit market, with a prominent name in CSOs joining the firm after 18 years working on the sell-side -
Russia returns to default pricing as railway co awaits credit event vote
2 years ago
Russian credit spreads are once again under intense pressure and sanctions-related credit events are back under the spotlight as the country's state-owned railway company faces the scrutiny of the Emea Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee -
Russian Railways posed to DC as failure-to-pay credit event
2 years ago
Russian Railways has been posed as a failure-to-pay credit event, following a filing about its debt on the Swiss Stock Exchange on Friday -
Logan Group contracts require physical settlement, DC rules
2 years ago
Logan Group will not require an auction to settle CDS contracts despite having triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled -
US oil drive boosts credit, but property firm goes against the flow
2 years ago
US moves to increase oil supply have prompted financial markets to resume rallying, after Russia dampened optimism on peace in Ukraine. But one European company is moving sharply in the other direction -
Chinese property co defaults stack up with second credit event trigger in two months
2 years ago
Logan Group has triggered a failure to pay credit event, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled, in its second such decision on a Chinese property developer in as many months
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