Defaults will soar next year, predicts Barclays
US high yield defaults will increase sharply in 2016, according to new Barclays research

Metals and mining loan defaults could hit 25% by year end, says Fitch
Loan defaults in the metals and mining sector could hit 25% by year-end if struggling coal miners Arch Coal and Peabody Energy are unable to stave off bankruptcy, according to research from Fitch Ratings

Ukraine’s bond restructuring will trigger CDS contracts
Isda's determinations committee rules in favour of CDS holders 

Defaults are less than 1% of US CLO portfolios, finds Moody’s Analytics
A new research piece by Moody's Analytics looks into the distribution of the almost $3.6 billion of defaulted collateral held by CLOs  

Ukraine CDS holders rush to put credit event question to Isda
Isda's determinations committee accepts question regarding Ukranian restructuring days before maturity

Alpha Appalachia posts lowest US CDS recovery since 2009
Alpha Appalachia Holdings became the latest US high yield credit to produce abysmally low recoveries on its credit default swaps

Alpha Appalachia looks set to become latest low CDS recovery
Isda has set this Thursday as the date to auction bonds from Alpha Appalachia Holdings in order to settle credit default swaps on the name

CLO energy exposure has increased in 2015, finds Barclays
Average energy credit exposure in CLO portfolios has increased this year, according to research published by Barclays.

Beware issuers with two to three year maturity walls, says Barclays
Research into the maturity profile of defaulting issuers shows imminent debt walls may not be a great indicator 

Fitch sees more defaults to come from low oil and commodity prices
Ratings agency raises US high yield default projection and warns 2016 could rise 

Sabine CDS auction result hints at big distressed buy order
Sabine Oil and Gas becomes the latest US high yield name to post a low recovery rate in a credit default swaps settlement auction

Ukraine bank has triggered restructuring, rules Isda
Isda has announced that a credit event has occurred on the State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine

Isda ponders possible Ukraine bank default after maturity extension
Isda's credit derivatives determinations committee has been asked to rule on a potential credit event by Ukraine's State Export-Import Bank

Sabine missed payment is a credit event, rules Isda
Isda rules on Sabine Oil & Gas as well as previous incarnation, Forest Oil 

Credit traders ask Isda to rule on Sabine missed payment
Former Forest Oil bonds are trading in low to mid 20s

Kaisa becomes first Chinese property developer to suffer US dollar default
Chinese property developer Kaisa has become the first such company to default on US dollar debt 

Coal producer Walter skips coupons as bonds languish in single digits
Widely held high yield credit Walter Energy said on Wednesday it would make use of the grace period on two of its bonds to give it more time to negotiate a debt restructuring

Credit default swaps settle at just 11.5 after Radioshack collapse
Credit default swaps on Radioshack settled yesterday at just 11.5 cents in the dollar, the latest in a string of low US corporate unsecured recoveries

Isda committee sets date for Caesars settlement auction
The settlement price for credit default swaps on Caesars Entertainment Opco will be decided this Thursday

Radioshack CDS set to pay out as retailer’s bonds head for low recovery
Isda's determinations committee has ruled that Radioshack has triggered a default on its credit derivatives