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Captor builds CDS use-case as it launches smart beta strategy
3 years ago
Stockholm-based Captor Fund Management is readying a fund that will aim to beat cash bond benchmarks by investing in CDS indices, adding to signs of broader appetite for the asset class -
Broad sell off resumes as government yields head north
3 years ago
Caution is returning at the end of a stronger week for credit, as government bond yields resume their push higher. Asian and European markets followed the US lead from Wednesday with ubiquitous widening of spreads across indices and single names -
Resurgent CSO market bets on ESG and new equity
3 years ago
After a challenging 2020 the synthetic bespoke market has begun this year in style, with a pipeline of deals, talk of new investors and hopes that ESG could play a key role in driving deal volumes -
Tale of two leaders as Brazil and Italy go separate ways
3 years ago
The intervention of governments has been a prominent factor in financial market performance during the coronavirus pandemic. But Italy and Brazil have provided stark examples of how individual leaders can drive credit performance sharply in opposite directions -
It's all relative: CLOs march tighter as macro traders open positive CDS skews
3 years ago
Credit default swaps are back near where they started the year after giving up their early-February gains amid a rise in government bonds. CDS curves steepened over the past month and macro hedging has left indices trading with positive skews. But CLOs paint a calmer picture in which spreads have inched tighter -
Renewed energy boosts credit as relief rally resumes
3 years ago
Energy companies are performing well and credit indices have resumed their push tighter after a strong surge inwards Monday, outpacing moves in other parts of the financial market -
Credit makes strong gains in relief rally
3 years ago
The week has opened on a stronger tone amid a calming of government bond yields, conducive manufacturing data in Europe and a new covid-19 vaccine approval in the US -
Single names hit hard as financial markets play catch-up on rate moves
3 years ago
Credit indices have firmed up after Thursday's rates-led sell off, but other asset classes continue to slide and Friday's focus turns to single name borrower spreads playing a catch-up with the sharp macro move -
US and European gov yield rise spooks credit market
3 years ago
Credit markets took a decisive shift wider on Thursday, as rising US and European government bond yields rattled investors despite the European Central Bank signalling it will take a flexible approach to bonds to prevent fiscal tightening -
February credit gains wiped out as inflation fears rise
3 years ago
A successive move wider in spreads on Tuesday is taking credit back to start of February levels, as investors try to weigh inflation concerns and a US tech stock rout against reopening economies and advancing commodity prices -
Rates moves points to credit improvement, say BofA strategists
3 years ago
Focus on the rates market and the future direction of central banks has brought jitters back to credit in recent weeks and had a chilling affect on bond total returns. But higher government yields could end up being good for credit, say Bank of America strategists -
Potash credit turns salty on accounting probe
3 years ago
Bonds and CDS of the high yield company have widened sharply, along with a big drop in its stock price, after the company revealed German authorities will investigate its 2020 first half results -
Italian banks widen sharply as risk-on drive falters
3 years ago
Italian banks are among Wednesday's underperformers as single name credits play catch up with a shift wider in indices, amid signs the recent bull run is petering out -
Europe resumes rally in US absence with Italian spreads hitting new records
3 years ago
Caution about a possible Draghi bubble looks to be a rare commodity, as Italy sovereign and bank spreads are once again among the biggest improvers in a buoyant start to the week -
BlueBay adds to PM roster with promotion in London
3 years ago
BlueBay Asset Management has promoted a member of its investment grade credit team to portfolio manager -
Draghi support keeps Italy in driving seat as markets slow
3 years ago
A cautious tone has re-entered the credit market ahead of the long US weekend, with spreads edging wider along with softening stocks and oil prices. But some Italian credits are bucking the trend -
Compression trades grind into gear as spreads narrow
3 years ago
Compression between high yield and investment grade credit looks to be finally gaining traction in February, having been identified by some strategists at the start of the year as a key 2021 theme -
Curve steepeners gain ground with inflation in focus
3 years ago
Credit performance this week has done little for market-directional trading strategies, but one area gaining traction beneath headline numbers is the steepening of curves -
Credit returns to year-opening levels as bulls score five out five
3 years ago
Credit markets are on course for their fifth straight day of improvement, with CDS index spreads not only undoing last week's volatile move wider but regaining the tight levels at which they began the year -
Credit trends wider as it makes bad first compression in 2021
3 years ago
With credit spreads starting the year close to the absolute tights they reached in early 2020, investor emphasis is heavily on relative value. But so far the most signposted of these trading strategies are failing to perform, while market-neutral opportunities have greatly diminished -
High yield credits play catch up as central banks put brakes on bull run
3 years ago
High yield single names gained attention on Thursday, as financial markets took a breather after three days of improvement to digest UK and China central bank policy signals -
Biden buzz highlight's credit's growing pains
3 years ago
Stimulus and a “reflationary window” are the dominant themes of early 2021, particularly in the US, and they will favour growth assets over credit in the near term, say investors. -
Italy gives short-lived succour to credit short strategies
3 years ago
Events in Italy last month showed there is still opportunity for nimble short strategies in credit despite the weight of technical factors pushing down spreads -
Italian credits lead race tighter as Super Mario eyes new mission
3 years ago
Italian sovereign, bank and corporate spreads are in the spotlight today, after the country's president Sergio Mattarella asked former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi to lead a government in the wake of Giuseppe Conte's coalition collapse -
Silver squeeze reaches credit in brighter trading mood
3 years ago
Financial markets are beginning the week and the month in a more positive mood after a volatile end to January. But retail investor power - the bane of hedge funds last week - is again exerting an influence that permeates through to credit
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