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Credit traders' kickstand: rolling with the pain, as relative value trades come unstuck
4 years ago
What a difference a month - and a pandemic - make. This time in February, no-one could have imagined a global financial crisis would be unfolding, that credit performance would be a battle between a virus and some of the biggest government and central bank interventions on record, that today's iTraxx Europe and CDX index rolls would traverse unprecedented ranges, that option expiry strikes would be blown beyond recognition, or that cash and CDS differentials would be whipsawing with such violence -
Tranche traders aim to navigate default risk while staying clear of coronavirus contagion
4 years ago
The CDS market is navigating between two sources of risk for equity and mezzanine high yield index tranches. The default of US media company McClatchy has focused idiosyncratic concerns, while the spread of the coronavirus has stoked fears of a systemic sell-off. -
McClatchy bankruptcy adds to slew of US media credit events
4 years ago
The McClatchy Company, a media sector constituent of CDS index CDX HY, has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, the Americas Determinations Committee has ruled -
Whiting Petroleum CDS gaps wider as it engages debt advisors
4 years ago
Credit event concerns have taken CDX HY constituent Whiting Petroleum to a recent wide print, after the energy exploration firm’s management held talks with advisors to find ways to remedy its capital structure -
Creditors left with sour taste as two food companies file for bankruptcy
4 years ago
Credit investors have been left to digest two US food company bankruptcy filings this week, with dairy producer Dean Foods triggering the first credit event to hit on-the-run series 33 of the CDX HY index, while Houlihan's Restaurants has also sought protection -
Thomas Cook is a lesson for CLOs on unsecured bonds, says TwentyFour AM
4 years ago
The liquidation of UK travel operator Thomas Cook this week has underscored that “unsecured debt has no place in CLOs,” according to a note by Aza Teeuwen, portfolio manager at TwentyFour Asset Management -
Retail sector ailments could easily turn into pandemic
6 years ago
Credit’s retail malady is infectious and uncontainable as retailers face up to obsolete business models -
Leading fund: Lupus Alpha CLO Opportunity Notes I
6 years ago
Single-B CLO trades boost Lupus Alpha asset Management
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