Manager looks to cut HY exposures in CLO-heavy credit interval fund
A credit fund manager has provided a performance update on is multi-strategy closed-end credit fund through regulatory filings, revealing it has beat its benchmark from 1 April to 30 September despite losing 13.66%

Italian NPLs under spotlight as debt collector spreads blow wider
Intrum, the Swedish debt collection firm, is suffering a sharp push wider in credit spreads after writing down part of a portfolio focused on the Italian market

Credit Suisse tests investor nerves as market preps for Fed-focused week
Credit Suisse, which has been subjected to another week of intense scrutiny, is heading into the weekend with its credit spreads extending wider, after warning on losses and undertaking a capital hike

Swiss bank looks to plug holes but investors are hun-gruyere for risk
Credit Suisse is a rare, worrisome cloud in an otherwise brightening sky this week, as Europe extends its tightening trend in credit with the US standing at ease for the Thanksgiving holiday

Grifols basis opportunity opens as investors eye bond-CDS compression
The spread differential between Grifols’ CDS and its B3/B-/B+ rated €1 billion 3.2% senior unsecured 2025 bonds has opened up a positive basis-trade opportunity

Bond tenders bring outperformance as credit fends off commodity woes
Credit markets are managing to stay remarkably robust this week despite high volatility in oil prices and covid deaths in China undermining hopes for its economy to reopen

HIG adds capital raising clout with senior credit and PE hires
HIG Capital has added to its global credit and private equity businesses with three senior appointments

Sculptor and Och reconcile as sale process kicks off
Sculptor Capital Management is looking for a buyer after forming a special committee and building bridges with its founder Daniel Och

Outsized corporate rally puts financials RV in focus
The week is ending with resumption of credit’s recent rally after a brief pause, and Europe once again taking the lead over the US

BlackRock launches impact bond fund
BlackRock has launched a fixed income fund focused on green, social, and sustainable bonds as well as ‘impact’ MBS and municipal investments

UK nerves rattle Europe/US relative value trades, as Hunt seeks to reassure investors
A palpable mood of trepidation on Thursday around the UK’s autumn budget has brought widening of credit spreads, with European indices giving back gains they have made in recent sessions versus their US counterparts

Europe's outperformance reverses after Poland attack and inflation numbers
European credit spreads are heading wider, following a strong run, with the UK’s latest inflation reading worse than expected and a missile strike on Poland having raised geopolitical risk on the continent

Fitch raises European default rate assumptions with loans in tougher spot than bonds
Analysts at Fitch Ratings have raised their base-case leveraged loan default rate for end-2023 in Europe to 4.5% from 3.5%, and their severe-case rate to 6%

European outperformance creates index options trading mismatch: Barclays
The recent outperformance of European credit over US has shifted the value of iTraxx index options, but CDX index volatility premiums stand out for having hit a new low

Financials offer relative value opportunities after synthetic credit overshoot: BNP Paribas
A technical squeeze, driven by investor risk appetite but also short covering, has taken some parts of the synthetic credit to a point where cash bonds look to offer better relative value

China property rescue plan keeps credit on front foot
China’s policy shift on covid rules and measures to prop up its ailing property market have brought a buoyant start to the week, despite financial markets having already rallied sharply last week

Senior Oak Hill trader joins LedgerComm as it crafts loan settlement solution
A senior loan official has joined LedgerComm as the firm aims to provide loan market participants with better data 

Credit euphoria follows CPI, but analysts warn of comedown
Softer than expected US inflation numbers have ignited a spectacular rally in financial markets. But strategists and economists warn against the exuberance, arguing more pain is likely on the way

US lags as midterms, dollar and global slowdown weigh against broader rally
European and Asia outperformance over the US is extending at pace at the start of the week, with a strong improvement in spreads coming ahead of the New York market open

Europe-US convergence in play as week ends on strong rally
A big push tighter in credit spreads on Friday has extended the theme of European outperformance, with iTraxx Crossover briefly trading inside US high yield index counterpart CDX HY for the first time since July

"Forget the World Cup, the macro-economic catastrophe cup has more well-matched contenders"
Government bonds are rallying in some quarters, but the odds are on more stress feeding into credit  

High yield markets win big in 2022’s love-letter to CDS
Tradeable credit assets have suffered a rough year for liquidity and returns, but credit derivatives are among a small group of products defiantly enjoying a bumper year. 

Soft mood music abruptly dashed as Fed and BoE rile markets
The credit market’s strong run of improvement has come to an end this week, with the US Federal Reserve and Bank of England delivering a reality check to hopes of a more dovish path forward on interest rates

LP round up: two managers terminated as 20 win $2.5 billion
US institutional investors allocated over $2.5 billion to 20 credit managers in October, according to documents seen by Creditflux. Two credit fund managers however were terminated in the month

Fund performance: Wake us up when September ends
After a resurgent August, credit markets hit a rough patch in September, with every Creditflux index posting negative returns, and only 12.9% of funds in our listings showing a positive return.