BlueBay launches Article 8 multi-asset credit fund with Lloyds of London backing
The Article 8 fund will invest in high yield, bank loans, financial capital bonds, structured credit, convertible bonds, emerging markets and developed market investment grade

Telco and retailer gap wider as PE firms circle
Telecom Italia is one of the Monday credit market's biggest underperformers, in an otherwise finely poised start to the week

Covid fourth wave lockdowns hit credit with travel cos under pressure
A flattish week in credit gave way to a spread widening move on Friday, as investor concern focused on a fourth wave of covid-19 cases in Europe and further signs of Chinese economic slowdown

BNP Paribas bolsters credit business with European strategy head hire
BNP Paribas is looking to strategy to help drive growth in its credit business and has hired a head of European credit strategy from UBS 

Citadel promotes credit head to co-CIO
Citadel has promoted its global credit head to co-chief investment officer

Slow and sustainable trades will win race in '22: BofA
A year on from the US presidential election and unveiling of covid-19 vaccines, the credit compression looks challenged. But 'laggards' and sectors with strong capex growth still hold promise

Credit bull run falters as central bank glow abates
Thoughts that the credit market had taken a positive directional shift are turning, after Tuesday’s session has brought a sizeable retracement wider, but credit strategists predict an overall firming of tone into the end of the year off the back of dovish central bank meetings

CB bond purchase 'greening' is game changer for credit: BofA
Confirmation by the Bank of England that its corporate bond purchase scheme will be ‘greened’ is a game changing moment for credit markets, say Bank of America strategists

Citi's former correlation trading star takes on new risk head role
Citi's former head of credit correlation trading has taken on a new role in the bank, becoming head of in-business market risk for global markets

Europe dominates ESG issuance, but US is racing to catch up: BofA
The stark gap between European and other regions in issuing ESG bonds has been thrown into the spotlight by last week’s COP26 summit. Nevertheless, encouraging data suggests the US is accelerating fast in its drive to bridge the gulf, finds Bank of America

Earnings season and lifted hedges return credit to best levels in more than month
What began as a cautious, risk-averse week for the credit market is ending with a distinctly more bullish tone, with a fourth successive day of improvement taking spreads to their tightest levels for over a month

"Growth in credit products lets investors express sector-specific views as dispersion ticks higher"
Investors can use ETFs, volatility dispersion swaps or even bond baskets to trade dispersion

It's a-live! AI platform launch puts US ratings in spotlight
RoboR8, a fintech platform that aims to democratise credit ratings through artificial intelligence, has launched and hopes to rate 50,000 companies by the end of December, before building to several million in 2022.

Tantrum time: investors brace for Fed to taper bond buying
The US Federal Reserve’s likely decision to curb its $120 billion-a-month bond purchase programme is looming as Creditflux goes to press

Credit rallies on Fed and BofE rates signals, but starting gun fires on tapering
Credit and equity markets have responded well to the US Federal Reserve unveiling much anticipated plans to begin tapering asset purchases, while vouching it will stay patient on hiking interest rates. The Bank of England followed this on Thursday by holding its rates at 0.1%

Fund performance: Dominant CLO funds look to end the year with 20%-plus gains
Once again the Creditflux hedge fund top 10 is dominated by CLO funds, with seven funds among the best performers in September.

Credit hedge funds (November 2021)
Credit hedge fund returns

Ucits at a glance: Robus and Altana enter the final sprint neck and neck
A downward turn hit Ucits funds as 65% of them made positive returns in September,

Credit funds at a glance (November 2021)
A round up of fundraising and people moves in credit

Points up front: Definitely not an ex-parrot
One of the biggest credit fund launches last month was Arini, led by star credit trader Hamza Lemssouguer  

Dispersion trades in play as transatlantic rift opens
The return of idiosyncratic risk at the wide end of US and European high yield markets has put index equity tranches for the two jurisdictions on noticeably divergent paths, say correlation traders

Energy crunch grows as differentiator for EM and western credit
Surging energy prices are adding to the inflationary picture in global economies and point to a mounting crisis that could bring sharply divergent performance for different parts of the credit market

Rental firm accelerates bullish drive despite credit market's heavy braking
Vehicle rental firm Avis Budget and UK retailer Iceland are among rare single name big movers in credit this week, as a tone of caution continues to hold sway over broader directional signals

Refi deluge casts shadow on b-wics

There's still time to pick up pennies in credit before steamroller arrives: BNP Paribas
Declining dealer inventories, rising fund cash balances, and a greater prevalence of hedging have added up to produce a credit market that is positioned too short, according to BNP Paribas strategists