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"There are concerns about volatile sectors in high yield, but IG may be vulnerable to macro changes"
2 years ago
High yield has heavier exposure to energy and travel credits, but IG has more rate duration -
“For Creditflux this will be an extra special occasion - the publication is marking its 20th year in business”
2 years ago
A colourful train journey featuring Alice in Wonderland, Yoda and Top Trumps puts Welshcake in mind of the CLO Symposium -
"Pain is on the way: spreads are too tight, while compression and carry are done. But what if it's not?"
2 years ago
Welshcake reminds us that mid-cycle portfolio management is a funny old game -
"In the afternoon I awoke from a pile of willow leaves to discover we had created a Welsh ether-based token"
2 years ago
A localised crypto-currency boom and bust cycle teaches Welshcake (again) that everything becomes correlated in a downturn -
Past returns: Having a whale of a time in tranches
2 years ago
In Creditflux 10 years ago we reported on JP Morgan’s “little known prop book” making waves in index tranches -
Points up front: The flattest term curve - work anniversary rewards
2 years ago
If you think CLO term curves are flat with a handful of basis points between three and five-year triple A CLOs, then you haven’t seen anything yet -
We say it: Creditflux salutes women in credit
2 years ago
The credit industry is blessed with many strong women and for this issue of Creditflux we’re exclusively hearing their voices across our news, analysis and columns -
"Watch the IG credit curve — we may see steepening of IG 5s10s and flattening of 10s30s"
2 years ago
Stimulus measures are supporting short tenors, and pension demand for 30-year paper is strong, so 10-year IG credit may have few buyers -
CLO guys shouldn't feel quite as self-important as us Welsh... But you are in a pretty amazing spot
3 years ago
CLO portfolio managers should be emboldened by recent events to push for ESG strategies -
It is unfair to extrapolate from one lemon on the lot that the whole fleet of cars is defective
3 years ago
As a barometer of Europcar credit risk before the credit event the CDS contract did a credible job -
I'm a nosy neighbour... get CSO deals public and embrace the age of information
3 years ago
A year of staying under the radar has not helped the CSO market -
Virus-impacted sectors may suffer greater distress in Europe than in the US
3 years ago
Investors may take different paths to capture positive convexity in US and European credit markets in 2021 -
Speculative protection buying censures managements that seek only to enhance their own wealth
3 years ago
The Catholic church misses the mark when referring to CDS as ‘finance of chance’ -
Cessation of activity mid-December is an opportunity to switch off… and let the mind wander
3 years ago
Welshcake is grateful for a lull in credit markets. The downtime has inspired him to dream up a CLO play -
I foresee various spooky spectacles hitting our screens - and your long portfolios
3 years ago
Welshcake is settling in for a horror movie marathon. But in the previews he sees monsters lurking behind tight credit spreads -
Past returns: Bravo! Citi takes applause with CSO portfolios
3 years ago
Five years ago in Creditflux we reported that Citi was planning a follow up to its Bravo portfolio — a CSO reference entity in which the bank made two-way markets -
They said it: "Clearing houses have proposed they will clear index tranches next year"
3 years ago
More liquidity for the index tranche market -
Gaining exposure to US IG credit through the index means giving up about 10% of potential value
3 years ago
A bespoke portfolio of IG credits can take advantage of the skew between indices and single names -
Some banks offer limited transparency, which makes cocos risky
3 years ago
Assenagon's Michael Huenseler takes our credit quiz -
They said it: "We’re going to change the world of finance"
3 years ago
Big ambitions in blockchain -
Past returns: Trying a different route to Balliol
3 years ago
Five years ago in Creditflux we reported on Numen Capital absorbing credit hedge fund manager Balliol Capital -
The surge in index tranche trading has resulted in a deep, liquid and nuanced set of market dynamics
3 years ago
Welshcake emerges from his bunker to find CLOs still standing and the CSO market getting back to business -
They said it: "Imagine a garden party and all of a sudden a big wasp shows up"
3 years ago
On Creditflux’s US CLO webinar last month, Napier Park’s head of US CLO investments Serhan Secmen described the March sell-off as a garden party -
2020 is a massive opportunity for change - and clinging to past achievements won't wash
3 years ago
Statues don’t serve much of a purpose. It’s time to move on — and credit investors can and should be part of the movement -
Points up front: Channelling Twain, Agent Smith and Mike Tyson
3 years ago
Lockdown can adversely affect one’s grasp of reality, and for credit portfolio managers this has manifested itself in a penchant for quoting famous (sometimes fictional) figures
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