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Position cutting tames market rally and strategists warn on primary impact
11 hours ago
Caution is the watchword across financial markets on Tuesday, with the strong recent run giving way to hedging and position cutting ahead of a much-anticipated US inflation reading on Wednesday -
Russian Federation auction list features eight bonds
1 day 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 -
Strong rally takes indices back below key levels
1 day ago
A big rally has greeted the start of the new week, in large part fuelled by easing recession concerns following Friday's encouraging US jobs number - but seeminly ignoring signs of further deterioration in the outlook for peripheral Europe -
German firm takes big hit even as most of Europe gains ground
5 days ago
Adler was an outlier in Thursday trading as it bucked overall market improvement following the collapse of a deal to sell shares in a subsidiary. But the Bank of England soon took the shine off credit sentiment in any case -
Powerlong joins rising pile of Chinese real estate casualties
5 days ago
Powerlong Real Estate Holdings is the subject of a failure-to-pay credit even question – a potential trigger that would build the pile of Chinese real estate debt defaults the Determinations Committee has considered since December to six, with five this year -
UBS says modelling suggests upcoming recession won’t bite
5 days ago
Likely global recession scenarios look mild according to strategists at UBS, who have run four models. -
Ucits at a glance: Ucits see red in a tough June for returns
5 days ago
June marked an exceptionally tough month for Ucits funds, as none of those listed in the Creditflux database made it into the black -
Credit hedge funds (August 2022)
5 days ago
Credit hedge fund returns -
ECB acts on inflation but gas and other worries grow worse
5 days ago
If European Central Bank officials breathed a sigh of relief when their first hike in 11 years did not immediately rattle markets — or even dared believe a more hawkish signal helped confidence — the reprieve was short-lived -
"Short memories forget how rampant anti-EU sentiment was before Mario Draghi became Italy’s prime minister"
5 days ago
Unrest in Italy threatens to escalate into a bigger crisis than Greece in 2012 -
CFOs stage comeback as fundraising tool for managers
5 days ago
Collateralised fund obligations are coming back into fashion, with Churchill Asset Management the latest firm to launch such an offering after announcing a $700 million deal last month. -
Points up front: Andromeda aims to stand tall against credit beasts
5 days ago
There are no end of monsters lurking in the credit markets this year, so it is perhaps fitting that Alberto Gallo has dubbed his new credit fund management business Andromeda -
Market rides out China-US fray with oil, rates and jobs back in focus
6 days 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 -
Green negative basis trades open up after GM issues bonds
6 days ago
There is an attractive entry point for ESG-minded credit investors to put on green negative basis trades, according to a research paper by Anthropocene -
China concerns fuel sell-off, but technical trading drives Euro-US relative value shift
7 days 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 -
BofA brings in European corporate credit research head
7 days ago
An experienced credit strategist has landed at Bank of America after leaving Credit Suisse -
Italian rally extends as Europe opens week on stronger tone than US
8 days 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
11 days 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
12 days 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 -
US tech earnings fuel relief rally even as Europe's gas supply drops
13 days ago
Stronger than anticipated earnings at US tech giants have boosted financial market sentiment and brought a relief rally to credit following yesterday’s sell-off -
Russia and retail put stop to credit rally with big spread reversal
14 days 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
14 days 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
15 days 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
15 days ago
Two experienced portfolio managers have set up a new venture to take advantage of volatile markets -
Alecta "closes the circle" as it invests with PGGM in Nordea SRT
15 days ago
Joint venture partners Alecta and PGGM Investments have printed a €2.5 billion significiant risk transfer with Nordea in what marks the first Simple, Transparent and Standardised-compliant SRT to reference pan-Nordic assets
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