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Credit retreats from tights as central banks offer reality check
3 years ago
European credit is following Asia wider today, picking up from where the US left off yesterday as the Federal Reserve vowed to keep overnight rates near zero for the coming years -
Crossover dips below 300bp as retailers leave the basket
3 years ago
The removal of defaulting constituents Hema and Matalan from iTraxx Crossover has helped take the index to its tightest prints since the start of the coronavirus sell-off -
Matalan auction initial bids point to lower than expected CDS pay out
3 years ago
Early bidding in a credit event auction today to settle CDS referencing UK retailer Matalan indicates the final result will be higher than predicted by recent five-year quotes but roughly in line with modelled recoveries -
Noble and Hema produce disparate pay outs for CDS
3 years ago
This week has brought the high and lows of CDS settlement, with Noble Corporation bestowing an ultra low high pay-out for protection buyers after Hema protection sellers suffered less of a hit than was modelled by assumed recoveries -
Opportunities knock as Credit Dimensions returns in vibrant tranche market
3 years ago
Creditflux will showcase the cutting edge of CDS market developments next week as Credit Dimensions, our annual deep-dive into structured synthetic credit, returns in a virtual format -
Pizza Express triggers failure-to-pay credit event
3 years ago
Pizza Express has triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, the Emea Determinations Committee has ruled -
Europcar restructuring plans send bonds and CDS into skid
3 years ago
Europcar Mobility Group's bonds have plummeted and CDS referencing them have gapped wider after the French car hire firm said it will open talks with creditors about a debt restructuring -
Cautious open sets credit at odds with equity
3 years ago
A positive open to the week for European stock markets is not reflected in cautious credit trading, with spreads generally flat to slightly wider -
Pizza Express serves up credit event question after very long wait
3 years ago
Pizza Express has been proposed as a failure-to-pay credit event to the Emea Determinations Committee, following the UK food retailer's decision not to make interest payments on bonds -
Credit spreads see-saw as US tech slump puts market in reverse
3 years ago
A sharp about-face in sentiment, driven in part by US tech sector weakness, has put credit markets back to more or less where they began the week - having hit new post-covid tights in between -
Credit event auctions mount as European resistance breaks
3 years ago
Two constituent defaults in iTraxx Crossover — the first to hit the European on-the-run index in almost two years — have made 2020 the second busiest year ever for credit event auctions -
Hema and Matalan deliverable lists outline payouts for CDS
3 years ago
Only one bond looks to be deliverable into a credit event auction to settle Hema CDS contracts, while two notes will be deliverable into Matalan CDS contracts -
Ensco CDS leap wider on credit event trigger
3 years ago
CDS contracts referencing Ensco International, a Houston based subsidiary of offshore driller Valaris, have shot wider after the Americas Determinations Committee ruled the company has triggered a bankruptcy credit event -
HY rallies as curve steepening picks up
3 years ago
Credit spreads may have normalised since the March/April peaks of the coronavirus sell-off, but relative value investors are still finding a wide array of trading dislocations beneath the headline numbers -
Hema and Matalan auctions set as DC ponders Ensco credit event
3 years ago
Dates have been set for credit event auctions to settle two constituent defaults in iTraxx Crossover — the first to hit the European on-the-run index in almost two years -
Push tighter takes credit indices back to pre-March levels
3 years ago
Credit markets are hitting new tights this week, with European spreads today following the example set by the US on Monday -
Valaris and Ensco posed to DC as bankruptcy credit events
3 years ago
Valaris and its subsidiary Ensco International Incorporated have been proposed to the Americas Determinations Committee as bankruptcy credit events after the group filed for chapter 11 protection in August -
Europcar hits bumps on the road less travelled
3 years ago
A rough road for Europcar this week has taken its bond and CDS spreads back towards the outer reaches, setting the French car rental firm apart from a general improvement in fortunes for names at the wider end of the market -
BlueCrest goes live on CDSClear with index trade
3 years ago
Fund manager BlueCrest has signed up to LCH clearing service CDSClear and has run its first index trade through the central clearing counterparty -
Credit hits new tights as US covid treatment fuels hope
3 years ago
Credit markets are starting the week on a strong tone much as they traded on Friday, as optimism for a US approved coronavirus treatment and the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole virtual meeting on Thursday outweighed concern about rising European covid-19 cases -
Hema triggers failure-to-pay credit event
3 years ago
Hema, the Dutch retailer, has triggered a failure to pay credit event, the EMEA Determinations Committee has ruled - making it the second default this month to dent the iTraxx Crossover index and its tranches -
High yield inflows return as appetite moves to long end
3 years ago
A heavy slant in preference for investment grade credit has been underscored by high grade funds recording their 20th week of inflows in a row, but high yield funds are also back to positive flow for the first time in three weeks on returning European appetite -
Changes in scope for CDS indices and tranches ahead of roll
3 years ago
Structural changes look to be afoot globally for CDS indices and tranches ahead of the September roll, with IHS Markit weighing amendments to products in all three traded regions -
Hema credit event question posits second Crossover default this month
3 years ago
Hema, the Dutch retailer, has been posed as a failure to pay credit event to the Determinations Committee, raising the possibility of a second default in the on-the-run iTraxx Crossover index -
Matalan credit event ruling draws heavily on precedents, says DC
3 years ago
A bankruptcy credit event ruling on Matalan - the first this year in a European index - was a close call and relied heavily on several precedent credit events, the EMEA Determinations Committee has said
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