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"No-one talks about the part oil price surges played in the 2008/9 global financial crisis"
2 years ago
Investors eyeing inflation shocks and supply chain disruption should instead be paying attention to the brewing energy crisis -
Energy crunch grows as differentiator for EM and western credit
2 years ago
Surging energy prices are adding to the inflationary picture in global economies and point to a mounting crisis that could bring sharply divergent performance for different parts of the credit market -
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 -
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 -
Taliban takeover likely to have long-term credit impact
2 years ago
Afghanistan’s takeover by the Taliban has barely caused a ripple in credit even regionally, but the power shift has wide-reaching implications that investors have yet to take onboard, say frontier market specialists -
Reversal brings Chinese outperformance in credit
2 years ago
Credit market improvement hit an impasse in most jurisdictions during August, with range-trading in Europe, the US and much of emerging markets. But Asian credit, and Chinese markets in particular, enjoyed a strong run. -
Chinese credit makes gains as Europe and US slump on Fed taper fears
2 years ago
Chinese credit spreads on Thursday depicted an island of optimism as global credit and stocks - including its own - slumped against a mounting confluence of concerns -
"China can act how it wants and when it wants in curbing the ambitions of tech firms… but sell offs tend to be opportunities for new buyer
2 years ago
China's latest moves to rein in private enterprise with new rules for education providers have certainly intensified the regulation risk landscape - but Welshcake asks whether this forthrightness could be instructive -
Commodity inflation sends Asia spreads back to wides
2 years ago
Asian credit and stocks added to a rough few days with further sell offs on Thursday, outpacing deterioration in other regions -
Huarong resumes sharp rally as China weighs asset support
3 years ago
China Huarong Asset Manager rallied sharply in the credit market on Wednesday amid media reports China’s central bank could assume some of the state-owned bad debt manager’s assets -
China contagion fears linger as Huarong rebounds
3 years ago
China Huarong Asset Manager, the state-owned bad debt manager, is back on a path to improvement after shocking markets by delaying its annual report. But questions remain over the extent of government support and the ripple effects to the wider credit market -
Corporates show resilience despite sovereign struggles
3 years ago
Turkey’s sovereign credit spread blow-out in the second half of March came as a shock for emerging market credit investors, adding to jitters Brazil had caused a month earlier. But it also highlighted a new trend of corporate borrowers shaking off sovereign weakness -
ESG basket grows and rising stars take focus in CDS index roll changes
3 years ago
Expansion of the ESG investing universe is a prominent feature of this month's roll of iTraxx and CDX indices into new series. Improved credit performance of high yield companies is also a focus, with several moving up into investment grade portfolios -
Frontier CDS auction to follow Lebanon and Whiting Petroleum
4 years ago
An auction to settle CDS referencing Frontier Communications will take place next month -
Lebanon CDS auction set to include 15 cent bonds
4 years ago
The cheapest bonds to deliver into a credit event auction to settle Lebanese sovereign CDS could be worth only 15 cents in the dollar, according to a 27-note initial list published by the Determinations Committee -
CDX HY and EM trade with fresh legs after defaulted names drop out
4 years ago
New series of US high yield index CDX HY and emerging market index CDX EM begin their first full day of trading today, having replaced outgoing versions on Friday amid a weakening of credit markets due to the spreading impact of the coronavirus outbreak -
Credit market hits new wides as government outbreak measures intensify
4 years ago
Credit market are making another push wider at the start of the week, after governments tightened restrictions on movement to deal with the escalating coronavirus outbreak -
European financials outperform corporates as coronavirus spreads
4 years ago
Financial CDS is outperforming corporate credit today, and Europe outperforming the US, as the market jumps wider on rising alarm at the spread of China’s novel coronavirus -
Rude awakening for credit as US airstrike sends global shockwaves
4 years ago
It only took a day for the positive mood greeting financial markets in 2020 to turn nervous, with credit and equities faltering in early trading today after the US killed a top Iranian military official -
China ambitions checked in final roll lists for iTraxx and CDX indices
4 years ago
The index roll lists for iTraxx Europe, iTraxx ex-Japan and CDX EM, have all undergone a rethink since IHS Markit published provisional lists earlier this week, with final lists showing name changes -
iTraxx and CDX roll provisional lists reveal effects of index overhauls
4 years ago
Eagerly awaited provisional lists are out for this month’s index CDS rolls, with big changes signalled across iTraxx and CDX products -
Emerging market CDS trading slumped in Q2, finds Emta
4 years ago
There was $364 billion of emerging markets CDS trading in second quarter, according to the Emerging Markets Traders Association -
First Abu Dhabi Bank pushes into credit derivatives with trading head hire
4 years ago
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) is making a foray into credit derivatives and has hired an experienced credit trader to lead the initiative
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