German property co hits new wides as investors scrutinise investigation report
The bearish momentum that gripped financial markets on Friday has spilled over the weekend into Monday's session, with an especially big move in the debt of one German real estate borrower taking it to worrisome spread levels

Chorus reaches crescendo with big SRT hire
Chorus Capital says it has hired an experienced significant risk transfer official to its investment team and executive committee in London

Credit hedge funds (April 2022)
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Credit investors eye synthetic tranches as dispersion rises
Dispersion is increasingly important to the credit market — and it is incentivising some CLO investors to add synthetic products to their toolkits

Credit indices show central bank-led swing potential
Macro credit trading in March was overwhelmingly about the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the pendulum is swinging back to central bank policy

That’s another fine mezz I’d like to get into
Structural protection and flatter curves make short-dated mezz tranches attractive. Speakers at Credit Dimensions discuss which positions they’d take in CSOs, options and tranches this year

GoldenTree sprouts up in North Carolina
GoldenTree Asset Management has opened a new office in Charlotte

Fund manager brings in Citi's global head of credit derivatives strategy
An experienced strategist noted for his work in CDS, indices, tranches and options has taken his first buy-side role

Blackstone lands big name as bank's synthetic structured credit talisman joins buyside
Blackstone has hired a well known figure from the synthetic structured credit market, with a prominent name in CSOs joining the firm after 18 years working on the sell-side 

PGGM partners with Polish bank for landmark SRT
PGGM has closed what it claims to be the largest securitisation in central and eastern Europe through a PLN 9 billion ($2.08 billion) SRT

MKP partner joins Orchard in new global distribution role
Orchard Global Asset Management has hired an experienced figure from MKP Capital in the newly created role of global head of distribution and investor relations

High stakes promise big year for new short-dated CSOs
The bespoke tranche market looks set to put in revitalised issuance numbers in 2022 as interest grows in structured assets. But a clear trend is emerging for investors to assume short-dated exposure amid increasing macro and geopolitical uncertainty

Credit hedge funds (March 2022)
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"Pivot points in curves may not stay where they have been historically"
CTAs and CSOs are changing the way credit curves move  

"Rules require 5% risk retention, but for first loss CRS that is not enough"
PGGM's Mascha Canio takes our credit quiz 

Relief rally for riskiest credits brings reversal on dispersion and first loss trades
Some of the European high yield credit market's riskiest corporate credits are enjoying a strong relief rally, among signals of reprieve from the woes that have beset them in recent weeks

Women in CLOs, CLO Summit and Credit Dimensions to return to New York in March
Creditflux has announced our three New York events will now take place at the end of March. We will host Women in CLOs on 28 March, followed by the CLO Investor Summit on 29 March and Credit Dimensions, our event for the synthetic structured credit community, on 31 March

Credit hedge funds (February 2022)
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Performance dispersion hits index equity correlation
Volatility at the start of the year has intensified moves in iTraxx and CDX index tranches, with traders pointing to growing dispersion in performance among constituents as a theme that will bring more focus on equity correlation in 2022

Credit Rendezvous: the upside of inflation
It is clear, inflation is not transitory and central banks are acting with several interest rate hikes likely in store for the US this year. That makes loans and CLO debt tranches attractive, but there could be opportunities beyond these floating rate assets

Gapstow expects strategic deals as credit manager M&A volume slumps to $120 billion
M&A volume involving credit asset managers dropped last year with total target value assets under management slumping to $120 billion from $149 billion in 2020 (and $254 billion in 2019), according to Gapstow Capital Partners

Credit hedge funds (January 2022)
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Relative value traders seize on fleeting mismatches
The volatility that hit credit markets from mid-November has produced rare opportunities for relative value traders after a dearth for 12 months

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