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Credit traders' kickstand: nervous equilibrium gives way to weakness as earnings and tariffs weigh
6 years ago
Healthy fund inflows, European and US holidays, and a thinning primary market helped sustain credit spreads this week, but a weaker turn today shows this is a fragile equilibrium and company earnings misses are starting to be punished more severely -
Credit traders' kickstand: grave times for UK banks and corps as May goes away
6 years ago
UK banks have been among the main underperformers in credit this week, with market sources noting that today’s notice of Prime Minister Theresa May’s intention to resign on 7 June increases the likelihood of a no-deal Brexit. And UK 'zombie' companies appear to be forming a herd -
Credit traders' kickstand: widening catalysts gather force with focus on financials
6 years ago
Credit markets are once again ending the week on a negative tone, having regained some posture over previous sessions following last week’s tariff-driven sell-off. Credit index spreads appear inclined to trade within a range, but potential catalysts for that range to shift wider outweigh any obvious reasons to return to the tight prints of last month -
New manager Resco lands ex-credit head to found advisory board
6 years ago
Resco Asset Management, a London based asset manager set up last year, has appointed the first of an anticipated three advisory board members -
Isda tables plans to rid CDS market of narrowly tailored credit events
6 years ago
After lengthy deliberation, a working group of major firms is today set to publish proposals aimed at ridding the market of ‘narrowly tailored credit events’, whereby borrowers are persuaded to default on debt payments in order to trigger pay-outs for CDS holders -
Dealers gear up to settle Sears CDS and rule on Ziggo successor
6 years ago
The long wait to settle the final price of Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp credit default swaps will end today with a credit event auction, while investors could also learn whether there is successor to contracts referencing deregistered Ziggo Bond Finance -
Credit spread improvement is calm before the storm, warn strategists
6 years ago
European and US credit markets have begun 2019 with a more buoyant tone than they ended 2018, but strategists warn that bearish factors still outweigh and suggest the overall direction of spreads this year is likely to be wider -
Leading fund: Lupus Alpha CLO Opportunity Notes I
7 years ago
Single-B CLO trades boost Lupus Alpha asset Management -
Investing ethically is worth it
8 years ago
Managers could see less volatile returns as a result of their increasing adoption of ESG-friendly portfolios; meanwhile direct lending is spreading across Europe
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