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CDS sell-off brings profit-taking opportunity for basis trade players
5 years ago
Profit-taking on basis trades between CDS and cash bonds has begun, with the strong run for credit markets since the start of the year having hit a bump yesterday -
Isda seeks fallback spread vendor for derivatives
5 years ago
The International Swaps & Derivatives Association is seeking an independent service provider to calculate and publish adjustments to fallbacks it will use in interest rate benchmarks for its Isda definitions -
Central counterparties need to improve after Nasdaq Clearing member default, says Isda
5 years ago
Derivative central counterparties (CCPs) must look to make a number of improvements to risk practices, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association has said in a paper that follows a clearing member default at Nasdaq Clearing in September -
Dealers gear up to settle Sears CDS and rule on Ziggo successor
5 years ago
The long wait to settle the final price of Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp credit default swaps will end today with a credit event auction, while investors could also learn whether there is successor to contracts referencing deregistered Ziggo Bond Finance -
Credit spread improvement is calm before the storm, warn strategists
5 years ago
European and US credit markets have begun 2019 with a more buoyant tone than they ended 2018, but strategists warn that bearish factors still outweigh and suggest the overall direction of spreads this year is likely to be wider -
Europe/US relative value play opens up in battle of the bears
5 years ago
All indications point to 2019 being a tough slog for credit on both sides of the Atlantic, but a consensus is forming that US high yield has the most to worry about. That, say strategists, could present opportunities for those looking to trade one region against the other -
Creditex obtains CFTC swap execution facility exemption
5 years ago
Creditex, the electronic brokerage for corporate bonds and credit default swaps, has been granted an exemption from a requirement to register with the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a swap execution facility -
Crossover converges on CDX HY as Fed, earnings and heavy technicals take hold
5 years ago
Big moves of single name credits continue to hold sway over the iTraxx Europe Crossover credit default swap index, whose underperformance of US counterpart CDX HY has extended during the past week amid a big technical repositioning of flows -
Market favours retrospective over forward-looking approach to Ibor benchmark fallbacks, says Isda
5 years ago
New benchmark fallbacks for derivatives contracts that reference interbank offered rates are likely to be based on the “compounded setting in arrears rate” and the “historical mean/median approach to the spread adjustment”, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association has said -
Credit sell-off has room to run and pricing is out of whack, says BNP Paribas
5 years ago
The credit market sell-off could have further to go despite recent widening and is “in the process of a late-stage business cycle unwind”, according to a strategist note seen by Creditflux -
European CDS index tightens inside US even as bonds languish
5 years ago
Credit derivatives markets have hit a key point of trend reversal this week, with the iTraxx Europe five-year CDS index trading inside its US counterpart CDX IG for the first time since May -
Isda transfers credit determinations secretary role to subsidiary
5 years ago
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has relinquished its role as secretary to the credit derivatives determinations committees (DCs) with the appointment of a new unit, DC Administration Services (DCAS), to manage this function -
Isda extends deadline for derivatives benchmark consultation
5 years ago
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has extended the fast-approaching deadline for its consultation on derivatives benchmark fallbacks, to allow more time for responses -
Market rout drives US/Europe credit convergence, as Brazil leads Latin widening
5 years ago
Credit spreads have sharply widened globally as financial markets are being rocked by concerns for a trade war and rising US rates. An equity-led rout in the US yesterday afternoon -
Isda and Linklaters roll out test version of initial margin docs service
5 years ago
Five and a half months of partnership between the International Swaps and Derivatives Association and Linklaters has borne fruit, with the launch of a test version of an online tool that will allow firms to electronically negotiate and execute initial margin (IM) documentation -
Tesla CDS hits big bump on largely self-driven woes
5 years ago
Tesla Motors’ five-year credit default swap is at a widest-ever print of 21.3/23.3 points up front going into the week -
IHS Markit launches derivatives initial margin calculator
5 years ago
IHS Markit has launched an Initial Market Calculation Service to help market participants prepare to meet regulatory requirements for non-cleared derivatives trades across credit, commodities, equities, FX and interest rates -
CSO investors can use 'hedges from leftfield' for longer exposure - QIS podcast
5 years ago
Quantitative investment strategies, an area typically more associated with equity markets, are opening up new possibilities for credit investors and are a growing part of trading activity -
Central clearer resource concentration puts systemic risk in spotlight
5 years ago
A joint study by regulators has revealed that default resources are increasingly concentrated in just two central counterparties -
Steep climb: dealers and investors cross-examine merits of five-year CSOs
5 years ago
The market for bespoke tranches of credit synthetic obligations (CSOs) looks set for further year-on-year growth, but this could depend on expanding activity to longer tenors -
Alarm sounds on margin rules as small funds look to make early inroads
5 years ago
A fast-approaching 1 September regulatory deadline for phase three market participants to apply initial margin (IM) to derivatives trades looks set to pass without serious mishap, according to lawyers and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association -
Trimming hedge costs with a mark-to-market approach
Credit default risk is usually hedged with equity options. But Avino and Salvador believe that hedging using changes in the market value of credit exposures is a cost-effective alternative -
LCH expands into US with CDSClear as JP Morgan goes live
5 years ago
CDSClear, the Paris-based credit default swap clearing house of LCH, has expanded its reach into the US with JP Morgan becoming the first US bank to offer client clearing -
Strengthen CDS definitions to stop engineered defaults, say lawyers
6 years ago
The likelihood of stamping out manipulation in the credit default swaps market – namely the practice of staging credit events – is remote, say market sources -
Creditflux guide: index tranches
6 years ago
Bespokes are back, single name CDS remain popular and credit indices can be very liquid. So why, years after the crisis, are index tranches still in the doldrums? By Tom Davidson
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