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Bullet shortage: BofA Merrill highlights shortening HY duration
15 years ago
The increasing use of call options in high yield bonds has driven the average duration of the US high yield market to an all-time low of less than four years -
Credit hedge fund manager appoints marketing head
15 years ago
Specialist fixed income asset manager European Credit Management has appointed David Thompson to the newly created role of head of marketin -
Peripheral weakness takes spreads wider after active roll day
15 years ago
After the strong tone seen in yesterday’s active European roll session, weakness has returned today with SovX Western Europe constituents all heading wider -
CLO investors draw blanks amid weakening trading levels
15 years ago
For the second time in the space of three days, a CLO trader in the secondary market has pulled the plug on a planned b-wic -
S&P highlights strong US CLO performance
15 years ago
A report by S&P has highlighted the strong credit performance of US CLOs so far this year which has led to stream of upgrades in the US CLO sector -
German support not enough to stop downgrade for Greek telco
15 years ago
Moody's has today downgraded the rating of Greek telecoms firm Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation (known as OTE) from Baa2 to Baa3, triggered by the recent downgrade of Greece from Ba1 to B1. -
Insurer opco and holdco trading heats up on new testimonies
15 years ago
MBIA is in credit trading focus at the outset of the US week after four former New York State Insurance Department superintendants criticised in sworn testimony the department’s handling of the insurer -
Hedge fund enters secondary CLO market to offload assets
15 years ago
Secondary market activity was boosted on Friday when a New York –based hedge fund laid out a list of 12 bonds for sale in a mixed US and European CLO auction -
CDPC Channel Capital says it expects to make $16.5 million this year
15 years ago
Channel Capital, has announced that it expects its annual profit for the year ending 31 March will be $16.5 million - ahead of its projections -
Lloyds hits the market with rare project finance CLO
15 years ago
Lloyds Banking Group is marketing a balance sheet CLO, which looks likely to go down as the first European CLO to be issued this year, and one of the first ever backed by project finance loans -
Moody's default rate plateaus at much reduced level
15 years ago
Moody's twelve-month trailing golbal speculative grade default index plateaued at 2.8% in February, unchanged from January, but significantly lower than the 11.7% rate recorded in February 2010. -
Electronics firms bucks refi trend with new loan issue
15 years ago
Bucking the general loan-to-bond refi trend, an electronics manufacturer prices a $500 million term loan to pay down bonds. -
Credit spotlight - Getting stuck in cement
15 years ago
Fallen angel credit Cemex seems to be in all the wrong places, with exposure to Spain, Egypt and the US housing market. But investors are still dazzled by its bonds’ attractive yields -
Fishknife - Buy now: there’s another idiot around the corner
15 years ago
The struggle to find value is leading some analysts to make rather risky recommendations -
Churchill sale sets CLO acquisitions benchmark
15 years ago
Resource America paid lower for Churchill Pacific than some expected -
Manager seeks equity for new CLO with 8.4 turns of leverage
15 years ago
A new CLO is in the market to equity investors which could be the most highly levered since the crisis -
Hedge fund sees second successive month of big returns
15 years ago
A focus on balance sheet and arbitrage CLO market inefficiency and dislocation helps fund to impressive February return. -
Moody's upgrades US gaming firm
15 years ago
Moody's yesterday upgraded US casino operator Caesars Entertainment from Caa3 to Caa2, with around $12 billion in debt affected by the upgrade. -
Moody's annual study shows massive defaults decline
15 years ago
Moody's annual default study, which updates default figures for 2010 and includes data stretching back to 1920, shows that there was a massive decline in the default rate of Moody's rated corporate issuer defaults last year. -
Go long Unitymedia CDS versus short Ineos, says trading desk
15 years ago
BNP Paribas’ trading desk has recommended investors go long Unitymedia versus short Ineos through credit default swaps -
S&P downgrades automotive firm on demerger completion
15 years ago
Standard & Poors yesterday downgraded Italian automotive maker Fiat from BB+ to BB as the firm completed the demerger of its nonautomotive subsidiaries CNH and Iveco. -
European CLOs lead the charge in busy secondary market
15 years ago
Secondary market activity picked up yesterday with nine b-wics going out totalling over $200 million -
Secondary CLO volumes and prices shatter records
15 years ago
It has been an engrossing last few days in the secondary CLO market, in which a record volume of assets have been posted on b-wics during the week -
Structured credit fund manager looks to move up the capital stack
15 years ago
A London-based manager's structured credit fund added a return of 7.7% net of fees in January, taking its 12-month performance up to 45.9 -
Banks' tier-one calling convention set to change, says IlliquidX
15 years ago
In research published today, independent financial services boutique IlliquidX says that weakness in bank capitalisation means that the traditional certainty around tier-one paper being called is set to change
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