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Italian NPLs under spotlight as debt collector spreads blow wider
1 year ago
Intrum, the Swedish debt collection firm, is suffering a sharp push wider in credit spreads after writing down part of a portfolio focused on the Italian market -
Bond tenders bring outperformance as credit fends off commodity woes
1 year ago
Credit markets are managing to stay remarkably robust this week despite high volatility in oil prices and covid deaths in China undermining hopes for its economy to reopen -
Credit faces blind spot as borrowers enter higher default cycle: BNP Paribas
1 year ago
With short term rates outstripping nominal GDP growth, the credit cycle is entering its next and final stage – one in which corporate defaults will pick up but high quality borrowers should outperform -
Chicken company rallies sharply against widening market as revenues find their wings
1 year ago
European retail related credit is in focus on Thursday, with Boparan among the market’s big outperformers following latest earnings results -
US and Europe divide honours between HY and IG as market rally extends
1 year ago
A second straight day of improvement is adding to this week’s gathering rally, but while US high yield is outperforming European the reverse is true in investment grade -
Credit investors find bright spots in gloomy outlook: Credit Rendezvous Q4 2022
1 year ago
Clouds are looming over financial markets as the fourth quarter begins — so investors are moving away from diversified approaches in favour of tailored investments and relative value plays -
Ukraine auction looks set to avoid Russia-style bond squeeze
1 year ago
An auction to settle sovereign CDS contracts referencing Ukraine looks set to produce a final price much more in line with bond trading levels than the result earlier this month for Russian Federation contracts -
Russia credit event auction starts to firm up as DC mulls settlement options
1 year ago
Russian Federation sovereign CDS will be settled in the first half of September, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has said. But settlement restrictions still require further discussion -
Ukraine triggers restructuring credit event
1 year ago
Ukraine has triggered a restructuring credit event, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled -
Powerlong CDS contracts must be physically settled, says DC
1 year ago
As with other Chinese real estate defaults this year, holders of CDS protection on Powerlong Real Estate Holdings will have to physically settle contracts, after the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee said no auction is needed -
Chinese real estate hit for six as Powerlong triggers credit event
1 year ago
Powerlong Real Estate Holdings has triggered a credit event, the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled – taking the stack of Chinese housing sector contract defaults to six since December -
Ukraine posed as credit event after country defers debt
1 year ago
Ukraine has been posed to the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee as a restructuring credit event, following the country’s agreement last week to defer debt payments -
German firm takes big hit even as most of Europe gains ground
1 year ago
Adler was an outlier in Thursday trading as it bucked overall market improvement following the collapse of a deal to sell shares in a subsidiary. But the Bank of England soon took the shine off credit sentiment in any case -
Powerlong joins rising pile of Chinese real estate casualties
1 year ago
Powerlong Real Estate Holdings is the subject of a failure-to-pay credit even question – a potential trigger that would build the pile of Chinese real estate debt defaults the Determinations Committee has considered since December to six, with five this year -
Russia and retail put stop to credit rally with big spread reversal
1 year ago
Russia’s move to cut gas supplies once again to Europe, as well as a Walmart profit warning in the US, are weighing heavily on markets Tuesday and sending credit spreads sharply wider -
Credit PM pair seek galaxy of opportunities with long/short fund manager launch
1 year ago
Two experienced portfolio managers have set up a new venture to take advantage of volatile markets -
Europe vs US arb hits resistance as dislocation becomes more extreme
1 year ago
Recession fears have pushed several different asset classes to key psychological levels, while leaving European and US credit markets at a high level of dislocation -
Shimao credit event auction not needed, rules DC
1 year ago
Holders of CDS protection on Shimao Group Holdings will have to physically settle contracts -
EU inflation prints frame challenge ahead as horror show first half ends
1 year ago
Financial markets are heading into the weekend with a rare stationary session, but the mood is more one of shellshock than considered positioning, after one of the worst first halves to a year on record -
Consumer confidence shock sends spreads back to wides
1 year ago
Weak US consumer confidence numbers on Tuesday sent shockwaves through markets that are continuing to reverberate in Wednesday's trading session -
Chinese property industry suffers fourth credit event of year
1 year ago
Shimao Group Holdings has triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, making it the fourth Chinese property firm this year to do so -
Property firm's troubles mount while rest of market rallies
1 year ago
Financial markets have opened the week brightly on a mix of improved sentiment and technical repositioning. But one European high yield company is heading further into stress, against the flow -
Real estate stock manoeuvre sparks credit spread blow out
1 year ago
Adler Group's move to 'squeeze out' equity from a subsidiary business has prompted a sharp sell off in bonds and CDS attached to the company -
Fourth Chinese real estate firm posed as credit event
1 year ago
Shimao Group Holdings is the subject of a failure-to-pay credit event question, making it the fourth Chinese property firm this year to be referred to the Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee -
Internet company triggers restructuring credit event at third time of asking
1 year ago
Yandex, the multinational internet and search engine company that predominantly serves Russian and Russian language users, has triggered a restructuring credit event
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