Fund performance: Presents under the tree as CLO funds perform

Ucits at a glance: Ucits end strong year on a high

Credit funds at a glance

European financials outperform corporates as coronavirus spreads
Financial CDS is outperforming corporate credit today, and Europe outperforming the US, as the market jumps wider on rising alarm at the spread of China’s novel coronavirus

Rude awakening for credit as US airstrike sends global shockwaves
It only took a day for the positive mood greeting financial markets in 2020 to turn nervous, with credit and equities faltering in early trading today after the US killed a top Iranian military official

Fund performance: Long-short funds rule in October as CLO funds struggle
A round-up of fund performance

Ucits at a glance: Ucits continue to chart a steady course

CLOs at a glance: innovations arrive as year draws to close

Ucits at a glance: ucits continue to chart a steady course

Fund performance
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Fund performance
A round-up of fund performance

Ucits at a glance
A round-up of ucits fund performance

Credit funds at a glance
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Steinhoff CDS fails to (physically) deliver
A credit event auction for Steinhoff Europe revealed very little interest to physically settle CDS contracts, with only one request to buy and for just €8.4 million

Steinhoff CDS buyers set for low pay-out
A credit event auction to settle CDS referencing Steinhoff Europe has returned an initial market midpoint of 83.5, implying there will be a low pay-out of less than 17 cents for protection buyers on the defaulted retailer

Nine bidders for Steinhoff CDS auction as SocGen joins
Tomorrow’s auction to settle CDS referencing Steinhoff Europe will have nine participating bidders, after Societe Generale was added to the list

Deadline day for participating bidders as Steinhoff auction looms
Firms wishing to be participating bidders in Wednesday’s auction to settle Steinhoff Europe CDS have until 5pm today London time (12pm New York) to submit applications to the Determinations Committee

Thomas Cook credit event question travels beyond index roll, as Steinhoff deliverables finalised
An auction next week to settle Steinhoff Europe CDS will have two deliverable obligations, the Determinations Committee has confirmed. But resolution of a bankruptcy credit event question on iTraxx Crossover name Thomas Cook spills over beyond today’s roll into a new series, after the DC was unable to reach a decision this week

Date set for long-delayed Steinhoff auction, with two deliverables
An auction to settle CDS referencing Steinhoff Europe will take place on Wednesday next week – six months after the Determinations Committee ruled that the retailer had triggered a failure-to-pay credit event

China ambitions checked in final roll lists for iTraxx and CDX indices
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

iTraxx and CDX roll provisional lists reveal effects of index overhauls
Eagerly awaited provisional lists are out for this month’s index CDS rolls, with big changes signalled across iTraxx and CDX products

Nordea AM portfolio manager joins Capital Four
Capital Four Management has appointed Nordea Asset Management portfolio manager Stine Milling Pilegaard as a director in its Copenhagen office

Ucits at a glance
A round-up of ucits fund performance

Credit funds at a glance
A round-up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Fund performance
A round-up of fund performance