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Telcos show strength amid worrisome start to week
1 year ago
Telecommunication companies have had a good start to the week in credit markets, despite caution around latest Chinese economic numbers and reports of droughts in Europe adding to that continent’s energy concerns -
Euro IG credit outperforms as US inflation measure fuels euphoric rally
1 year ago
Hopes of the US economy having passed peak inflation have driven global markets on an emphatic rally, beginning on Wednesday and carrying over to the Thursday trading session -
Spreads retreat ahead of pivotal US inflation report
1 year ago
Investors are holding their breath on Wednesday ahead of the latest US inflation numbers, with any change from last month’s reading likely to dictate a sizeable move in financials markets -
Russian Federation auction list features eight bonds
1 year ago
The lengthening endeavour to organise a Russian Federation credit event auction has taken another step forward, with the publication of a preliminary list of deliverable obligations -
Market rides out China-US fray with oil, rates and jobs back in focus
1 year ago
US and European credit markets are exhibiting a firmer tone on Wednesday, with investor focus having shifted from Taiwan concerns to Opec+ oil supply. But a looming Bank of England rate hike and US jobs data mean caution remains the watchword -
China concerns fuel sell-off, but technical trading drives Euro-US relative value shift
1 year ago
Another lurch wider for spreads is reopening some of the recently healed divide between European and US credit performance, even though US-China relations are among investors’ biggest growing concerns -
Italian rally extends as Europe opens week on stronger tone than US
1 year ago
Improvement in Italian spreads is helping the European market maintain its better tone at the start of the week, but after July’s rally many investors will be wary at entering a month that has often been negative for credit performance -
Relief rally extends despite US and EU sending mixed signals on recession
1 year ago
Growth and inflation data on Friday has added impetus for the European Central Bank to maintain a hawkish stance at its September meeting, despite US signals suggesting that economy is in recession -
Fed gives boost to markets, but warm glow may wane fast
1 year ago
Financial markets are carrying over the rally they began on Wednesday, after the US Federal Reserve appeared to signal it could ease its foot off the pedal with future rate hikes -
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 -
Russia CDS auction deliverables list takes shape after sanctions licence
1 year ago
Russian Federation bonds cleared by Euroclear may be the only deliverable obligations to settle sovereign CDS contracts referencing the country, the Emea Determinations Committee has said, although it is also considering Clearstream listed bonds as it moves forward with preparations for a credit event auction -
Russia CDS settlement receives boost from US sanctions update
1 year ago
The long wait to settle CDS contracts referencing the Russia Federation could soon be over, with previous uncertainty over how US sanctions would impact a credit event auction apparently having been addressed -
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 -
Italian rout gathers pace as credit relationships warp well beyond historical norms
1 year ago
Renewed selling pressure on Thursday has taken credit spreads back towards the year’s wides, with financial borrowers underperforming as Chinese covid cases, US inflation and a drought in Italy all weigh on sentiment -
Mixed signals abound but European weakness persists
1 year ago
European financial markets are losing further ground against the US in a cautious start to the week, as the euro approaches parity with the dollar for the first time and latest data supports the Federal Reserve maintaining a hawkish approach to policy -
Go long duration in consumers and industrials: BofA
1 year ago
The year’s wides still lie ahead in the second half, but China reopening is bullish for consumer and industrial spreads and investors should extend duration in high-quality credit, according to Bank of America strategists -
"If anything is to be salvaged from the rest of 2022, the economy needs a hero — and quickly"
1 year ago
Something has gotta give as a recession looms in the US. Might it be energy? -
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 -
Credit tacks sharply as hiking talk brings choppy start to week
1 year ago
European financial markets opened the week on a cautious footing, after a weak Asian session, with credit indices oscillating between wider and tighter prints over the course of Monday morning -
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 -
Energy co joins Europe's choir of fallen angel candidates as spreads soar
1 year ago
The financial market sell-off is entering acceleration, with credit indices blowing to new psychological levels and a growing number of investment grade companies reaching high yield spreads -
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 -
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 -
Skew opens up as indices pivot following broad sell off
1 year ago
The opening of the US session on Thursday has brought a firmer tone, after European and Asian markets extended their weak run. But the reversal in index direction has left single name credits still sitting at much wider spreads -
Energy firms underperform in credit sell off as oil prices slump
2 years ago
Investment grade credit is the underperformer on Wednesday as the market pivots wider amid negative economic signals and ahead of US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell’s appearance before Congress
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