Go long senior European financials against main, says BNP Paribas
Corporate credit has rallied too fast compared to other assets, claims BNP Paribas research 

Morgan Stanley expresses surprise at failure of Mongolian bank
The insolvency of Mongolia’s fifth largest lender could damage the sovereign’s creditworthiness

Go long European credits with strong US sales, says Bank of America
Bank of America research looks to European names with high US sales exposure for third quarter outperformance 

Options expiries may explain sticky indices, claims BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas research points to a high number of credit option expiries to explain sticky levels of credit indices

Steepening makes mid-curve bonds look cheap, says Bank of America
Bank of America research points to value in three to five year bonds in industrials, telecoms and Spanish corporates in particular

Secured bonds look attractive next to loans, says Barclays
Barclays' latest US Credit Alpha Research claims that secured bonds are outperforming loans after sell-off

BNP Paribas credit trade idea makes 25 basis points in a day
Trade idea to go short Italian bonds and long credit indices makes profit after one day 

Credit quality of first time issuers is declining claims Moody’s
Moody’s claims that credit quality of new high yield issuers is declining as LBOs dominate the area. 

Don’t expect iron and coal producers to recover, warns Barclays
Barclays credit research argues that while commodities are wide, they can go wider, particularly for coal and iron miners 

Morgan Stanley advises climbing the capital structure in Asia
Morgan Stanley research claims that rising Asian leverage is a concern but not a crisis and investors should look for seniority

Call risk is back for European high yield, says Morgan Stanley research
With single B rated credit yielding under 7% in Europe, call risk is back on the table, claims Morgan Stanley 

Fitch warns of headwinds to European utilities
Ratings agency warns that high debt and declining market share pose sector-wide risks to European utilities

Credit Agricole sees step-up value in softening telecoms sector
Certain bonds may gain from a softening in the European telecoms sector 

Buy investment grade supermarket debt, says Barclays research
Barclay’s US Credit Alpha says US supermarkets have room to tighten. 

Credit Suisse research advises selling the iTraxx roll as a curve trade
Sell the iTraxx Main roll as a curve trade but the Crossover is harder to call says Credit Suisse research

RBS sees value in Spanish regional credit
RBS research recommends playing disparity between regions within Spain

European high grade credit will return 1.5% in 2013, says JP Morgan
Credit returns will be lower in 2013 than 2012, JP Morgan says, though CLOs look attractive

UK asset manager hires senior credit analyst in Edinburgh
UK asset manager Scottish Widows Investment Partnership announces hire of Neil Tong to credit research desk. 

Legal & General announces new research hire
US manager announces hire of senior research analyst, focusing on the technology, media and telecommunications sectors.  

Triple C credits put in impressive September performance, says Citi
Triple C credits outperformed other segments of US high yields market in September

Investors should look to Irish debt and shun Spain, says RBS
Irish debt a better investment prospect than Spanish counterpart says RBS in new research piece released this week

JP Morgan cools on credit and urges investors to buy downside protection
New research says investors should seek to get some downside protection

UniCredit recommends buying protection on Fiat
UniCredit analysts recommend selling five-year protection on Fiat at 325 basis points and buying five-year protection on Renault at 290bp.

Europe 2010 high yield issuance to top $50 billion, says UniCredit
UniCredit’s credit research today anticipates over $50 billion of high-yield new issuance in 2010.