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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 -
Europe/US credit gap extends as coronavirus curves part ways
4 years ago
The gap between European and US credit performance is widening as hopes rise in Europe the spread of the coronavirus could be slowing even as its impact extends in the US -
Credit event hits new CDX HY as Crossover name's default risk surges
4 years ago
Whiting Petroleum has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, the Americas Determinations Committee has ruled, making it the first constituent default in newly on-the-run series 34 of the CDX HY index -
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit
4 years ago -
Ucits at a glance: Long-short approach lifts Pictet to the top
A round-up of ucits fund performance4 years ago -
Fund perfomance: Slowdown for some as pandemic takes hold
A round-up of fund performance4 years ago -
Whiting chapter 11 hits new CDX HY series but misses CLOs
4 years ago
The Americas Determinations Committee has accepted a request to rule on whether Whiting Petroleum has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, after the Denver headquartered exploration firm filed for chapter 11 protection -
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 -
Jump-to-default risk collapses after Senate backs biggest ever US relief package
4 years ago
The US Senate's agreement of a record $2 trillion stimulus package is shaking jump-to-default risk from high yield corporate credit today, with some iTraxx Crossover constituents shedding over 1,000bp from the front end of their CDS curves -
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 market hits new wides as government outbreak measures intensify
4 years ago
Credit market are making another push wider at the start of the week, after governments tightened restrictions on movement to deal with the escalating coronavirus outbreak -
Lebanon triggers failure-to-pay credit event with CDS priced at 89 points up front
4 years ago
Lebanon has triggered a failure-to-pay credit event on CDS referencing its sovereign bonds, the Determinations Committee for Europe, Middle East and Africa has ruled -
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 -
Lebanon credit event trigger posed to Determinations Committee
4 years ago
The Determinations Committee for Europe, Middle East and Africa has accepted a request to rule on whether Lebanon has triggered a failure-to-pay credit event, after the country withheld payments due on bonds earlier this month -
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 -
McClatchy whacks out killer headline as CDS pays 98 cents
4 years ago
A month ago, when US newspaper company McClatchy triggered a bankruptcy credit event, sellers of CDS protection may have consoled themselves they were only looking at paying out around 27 cents on the contracts. But yesterday’s credit event auction set the final price at just two, meaning a whopping 98 cent windfall for protection buyers -
Credit breakdown as one-day volatility outstrips financial crisis
4 years ago
Credit default swap markets have surpassed the record one-day volatility of the global financial crisis, with indices surging to new wide prints as the spiralling impact of the coronavirus outbreak brings government lockdowns on travel while wreaking havoc on oil prices and supply chains -
Dispersion tests hedge fund managers
Credit hedge funds with the ability to go long and short the market were the top performers last year. But dispersion made it possible for fund managers to eke out value across many sectors4 years ago -
Tranche traders aim to navigate default risk while staying clear of coronavirus contagion
4 years ago
The CDS market is navigating between two sources of risk for equity and mezzanine high yield index tranches. The default of US media company McClatchy has focused idiosyncratic concerns, while the spread of the coronavirus has stoked fears of a systemic sell-off. -
Credit funds at a glance
4 years ago
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit -
Fund performance: CLO funds pick up where they left off
4 years ago
A round-up of fund performance -
Ucits at a glance: Ucits start year on high note
4 years ago
A round-up of ucits fund performance -
McClatchy bonds point to 50 cent CDS pay-out as auction deliverables finalised
4 years ago
McClatchy CDS in on course to pay out around 50 cents, based on cheapest bonds to deliver, after the Americas Determinations finalised five deliverable obligations for the media company’s credit event auction next week -
Credit reels back to January 2019 levels as coronavirus impact spreads
4 years ago
A more positive opening for European credit today proved short-lived, as coronavirus developments caused the market to reverse its modest improvement early on to careen back to some of the widest levels in over a year
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