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Tranche trader leaves Apollo for sell side
2 years ago
BNP Paribas has filled a gap in its structured credit trading group with the hire of an index tranche market maker -
Real estate firm blows wider but BoE allays broader market concerns
2 years ago
Adler Real Estate traded sharply against trend as high yield credit spreads hit new post-pandemic tightest levels on Thursday -
Triple Bs in the firing line as Fed turns hawkish, says BofA
2 years ago
Triple B and long duration credit are likely to be casualties of tightening central bank policy, Bank of America strategists have warned. But high yield and cyclical investment grade sectors could fare better -
Credit indices hit impasse after US high yield returns to pre-covid tights
2 years ago
Credit improvement looks to be taking a breather on Thursday after the compression play in CDS indices took US high yield index CDX HY to its tightest prints since February 2020, before the outbreak of covid-19 began to blow out spreads -
Focus shifts to macro views amid blurry relative value picture
2 years ago
Relative value trading has become a difficult place to operate in credit, with previously effective strategies such as compression, pairs and basis hard to discern and opportunities difficult to source, according to portfolio managers. -
Single Bs bomb as beta narrative shifts
2 years ago
Few signalled themes in credit have died away as quickly as that of the outperformance of single B rated credit, which several firms proposed at the start of May but soon found crushed by a cocktail of worries around inflation, central bank policy, supply and high yield fund outflows -
Credit bull run picks up amid commodities surge
2 years ago
European credit spreads have made a sharp turn for the tighter, building on last week's strong run, even after Asian spreads weakened on rising commodity costs -
Credit grind makes it five days out of five in bullish week
2 years ago
Credit markets are heading into the weekend on a fifth straight day of improving spreads, amid signs of returning economic confidence and appetite to invest in the asset class -
Financials and high yield outperform as rally gathers momentum
2 years ago
Credit spreads are enjoying a second day of improvement to regain some of the ground they lost last week, with Italian banks, commodity traders and higher yielding borrowers among outperformers in a broad rally of both indices and single name borrowers -
Sell-off regathers momentum as inflation signals mount
2 years ago
A glum mood has returned to financial markets, beginning with the US session on Tuesday and overspilling into global trading on Wednesday -
Financials and high yield corps retrace tighter after inflation shake out
2 years ago
Credit markets firmed up on Tuesday, with European single name CDS finding a chance to recover some ground after Monday's inflation-led weakness. But credit indices underperformed, struggling to return tighter even as stock indices advanced once again and oil prices hit new highs -
Credit underperformance resumes as equity turns corner
2 years ago
Credit markets are pushing wider once again on Wednesday, even though stock markets look to regaining some composure following Tuesday's steep sell off -
Credit and stocks regain composure on rates as oil hits new heights
2 years ago
Credit and equity markets have improved again on Wednesday morning, after US treasury secretary Janet Yellen's comments about possible rate rises spooked markets on Tuesday afternoon -
M&A drives movers in high yield and investment grade
3 years ago
Acquisition talks are having the biggest impact on European credit spreads on Tuesday following the UK bank holiday, with several names moving against an otherwise flat market -
Banks set to offer client clearing of credit index options
3 years ago
Bank members of LCH, the London Stock Exchange's clearing arm, will soon start offering client clearing of CDS index options, as the industry prepares for its next ramp up of margining requirements -
Picard and Cleveland-Cliffs underscore high yield single name sensitivity
3 years ago
Picard entered a relief rally on Friday after postponing a triple-tranche bond deal backing a refinancing and shareholder dividend -
Tobacco splutters in broad market sell off
3 years ago
Credit and equity are under pressure on Tuesday as markets pull back from their improved levels amid concerns about the worsening global covid-19 picture. But tobacco companies have their own problems to contend with, with the US considering a proposal to require lower nicotine levels in cigarettes and other countries also looking to curb sales -
Hermes seeks ESG alpha in companies making changes
3 years ago
Buy-side demand to tick boxes for ESG standards has fuelled a boom in green and social impact bonds that is extending into high yield issuance. But as investment opportunities mount, so does soul-searching about the next phase -
Dutch telco CDS leaps on private equity rumours
3 years ago
An iTraxx Europe constituent has surged wider in five-year CDS amid reports of a buy-out approach -
Options investors look to medium-term market normalisation
3 years ago
Credit index options trading has been heating up, with investors looking to take views on future market volatility well beyond the customary three-month horizon as Europe and the US grapple to keep a lid on rates. -
Single names make big gains as indices dither
3 years ago
Single name CDS in the US and Europe have strongly outperformed from the start of the week, rallying sharply and across most of the credit universe despite direcctionless trading for indices -
No sign of caution as single names pick up rally into long weekend
3 years ago
Credit has extended its impressive rally into the long weekend, with single names playing catch up with indices amid economic recovery signals and on the back of US president Joe Biden unveiling a $2 trillion infrastructure plan -
High yield leads way as credit steals march on Biden boost
3 years ago
Credit indices have taken another turn for the tighter, even as stocks stay flat ahead of US president Joe Biden unveiling his infrastructure and economic recovery package -
Corp hybrid popularity mounts, but strategist outlooks diverge
3 years ago
Corporate hybrid bonds are becoming a focal point for investors in the second quarter, with one bank's credit strategy team making them a top pick to trade spread compression while another's has expressed caution on their likely performance -
CDX HY index adds 21bp in roll to series 36
3 years ago
US high yield index CDX HY rolled into series 36 on Monday, starting life 21bp wider than outgoing series 35
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