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Fund performance: CLO tranches move up
3 years ago
April returns managed a partial bounce back after a tumultuous March. 82% of funds listed in the Creditflux database made positive returns, showing at least small signs of recovery after 90% of all funds listed posted negative returns in March -
Ecuador auction settles CDS at 34.9 cents
3 years ago
A credit event auction to settle Ecuador sovereign CDS produced a final price of 34.88 cents, closely reflecting where bonds had been quoted beforehand -
RBC makes it three CDS auctions in a row after debuting this month
3 years ago
Morgan Stanley and Royal Bank of Canada have been added to the list of participating bidders this week for credit event auctions to settle CDS referencing Ecuador and Diamond Offshore Drilling -
Argentina retreats from wides as it allows more time on $65 billion question
3 years ago
Argentina sovereign CDS has eased back from its recent peak after the country extended the deadline to agree a debt restructuring with international bondholders -
Ecuador auction final list points to 67 cents pay-out on CDS
3 years ago
A credit event auction next week to settle Ecuador sovereign CDS will have 10 deliverable obligations, according to a final list published by the Americas Determinations Committtee -
Credit hedge fund returns: March 2020 stats
3 years ago
Monthly performance across credit hedge funds -
Fund performance: Index tranche investors make it work from home
3 years ago
March brought a drastic drop in return figures as covid-19 swept across the globe, as Orchard tops the Creditflux performance tables -
Credit funds at a glance (May 2020)
3 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves -
Ecuador CDS auction has 10 bonds with only three-cent range
3 years ago
There are 10 bonds on an initial list of deliverable obligations to settle Ecuador sovereign CDS at auction, with the cheapest of these likely to recover at less than 29 cents -
Diamond set to be fourth CDS auction in May
3 years ago
An auction to settle CDS referencing Diamond Offshore Drilling will take place on 22 May, the Americas DC has said, adding to auctions earlier in the month for Whiting Petroleum, Frontier Communications and Ecuador -
Ecuador CDS gaps tighter as it heads to credit event auction
3 years ago
CDS referencing Ecuador sovereign bonds are rallying sharply, just as the Americas Determinations Committee set a date for them to be settled at a credit event auction -
Ecuador has triggered CDS contracts, says Determinations Committee
3 years ago
Ecuador has triggered a restructuring credit event, the Americas Determinations Committee has ruled -
DC accepts Ecuador credit event question
3 years ago
The Americas Determinations Committee has agreed to rule on whether Ecuador has triggered a restructuring credit event -
Credit Rendezvous: recovery begins, but is it U, V or even W?
4 years ago
Investing in credit is not as easy as ABC. The coronavirus crisis has crushed valuations and although most assets will eventually pull to par, no one is sure how the recovery will pan out -
US credit leads surge tighter on Fed package to close gap with Europe
4 years ago
What was already a much more positive week for credit has ended with a massive jump-start, as the US Federal Reserve unveiled a $2.3 trillion relief package targeting small businesses and municipalities but with additional support for bigger companies, including 'fallen angel' household names -
Argentina has not triggered repudiation/moratorium credit event, rules DC
4 years ago
Argentina's decision to withhold payments on its 'AF20' bonds has not triggered a repudiation/moratorium credit event, the Americas Determinations Committee has ruled -
CDX HY and EM trade with fresh legs after defaulted names drop out
4 years ago
New series of US high yield index CDX HY and emerging market index CDX EM begin their first full day of trading today, having replaced outgoing versions on Friday amid a weakening of credit markets due to the spreading impact of the coronavirus outbreak -
Determinations Committee agrees to consider Argentina credit event
4 years ago
The Americas Determinations Committee has accepted a request to decide whether Argentina has triggered a repudiation/moratorium credit event, as the country grapples with international bondholders and the impact of a coronavirus lockdown -
Creditflux newsletter delivered to your door
4 years ago
The last few weeks have affected the way everyone goes about their daily routine. To make things slightly easier for our readership, subcribers can receive the April Creditflux newsletter at their home addresses -
Argentina credit event posed to DC as lockdown magnifies debt burden
4 years ago
The Americas Determinations Committee has been asked to rule on whether Argentina has triggered a repudiation / moratorium credit event, as the country's coronavirus lockdown further strains its wrangles with international bondholders -
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 -
Credit hits new wides as US and Europe ramp up coronavirus battle plans
4 years ago
An emergency weekend rate cut by the US Federal Reserve as well as population lockdowns in France and Spain underscore that measures of economic risk have moved to a more systemic level as world governments scramble to deal with the impact of the coronavirus outbreak -
Credit traders’ kickstand: roll nightmares haunt CDS market as indices whiplash
It’s Friday 13th, but CDS traders will be hoping the worst of the horror shows are behind them as they try to regather their shredded nerves in time for next week’s biannual index rolls -
Credit Rendezvous: the outlook in 2020 across a dozen segments of the credit market
4 years ago
Welcome to the Credit Rendezvous, the first instalment of a regular feature published by Creditflux that tracks credit market dynamics in a dozen segments from investment grade, liquid loans, CLOs and CSOs all the way through to distressed debt. We view this as the meeting point for credit specialists across strategies to share their perspectives -
China ambitions checked in final roll lists for iTraxx and CDX indices
4 years ago
The index roll lists for iTraxx Europe, iTraxx ex-Japan and CDX EM, have all undergone a rethink since IHS Markit published provisional lists earlier this week, with final lists showing name changes
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