Brexit disruption risk for derivatives is uncomfortably high, Nicky Morgan tells ISDA conference
Brexit cast a long shadow over the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s Europe Conference in London this week, as keynote speaker Nicky Morgan, chair of the UK’s House of Commons Select Committee, said the likelihood of a no-deal scenario is over 50% and warned about the disruption this would cause to derivative markets

Cairn adds to its SRT investment team in London
Cairn Capital has appointed Chris Cottrell as senior investment analyst

BlackRock becomes latest manager to explore interval fund structure for credit
Several managers have hit the market with the interval fund structure, as investors look to invest in illiquid strategies through an illiquid fund structure

African Development Bank prices landmark $1 billion SRT
The market for significant risk transfer (SRT) deals has taken another step forward with a first-of-its-kind deal, which has been originated by the African Development Bank

American Beacon teams up with Apollo for credit interval fund
Regulatory filings reveal that Apollo will allocate assets across four main areas: US corporate credit, global corporate credit, structured credit and real estate credit

Orchard hires former UBS credit index options and tranches global head
Orchard Global Asset Management has hired an ex-UBS senior correlation trader as a portfolio manager in London

CBOE launches first ever US high yield corporate bond index futures
CBOE Global Markets has launched trading of US high yield corporate bond index futures

Crossover users face waking up to much tighter index amid credit selection rule change
September could bring the biggest conceptual repurposing of the iTraxx Crossover index since its series 22 expansion, with IHS Markit set to overhaul rules governing how constituent credits are selected

Loss absorbing rules spell wider trading for financials index
An unusually wide roll is expected in the iTraxx Europe Senior Financials basket when it moves from series 29 to 30 this month, as Danish and Spanish banks begin to include new senior non-preferred bonds as their reference obligations for credit default swap contracts

Dealers show appetite to retain tranches amid CSO growth
There are increasing numbers of dealers involved in the CSO market and their approach to issuing bespokes is evolving, attendees at Creditflux’s Credit Dimensions conference heard last month.

Nomura hires EMEA flow credit trading head following departures
Nomura has hired John Gousias to head its flow credit trading business in Europe, the middle east and Africa

Rallye races towards over 50s club in CDS as Astaldi faces Crossover index ejection
Rallye, the parent company of supermarket chain Casino Guichard-Perrachon and a former fellow-constituent of credit default swap index iTraxx Crossover, has surged wider to near 50 points up front in five-year CDS trading

CBOE touts first US high yield corporate bond index futures
CBOE Global Markets will launch trading of US high yield corporate bond index futures next month

Barclays hires another senior EM trader as Turkey continues to roil markets
Barclays has made an experienced hire to its EM credit trading team in London

Partner leaves Cheyne after five years at the firm
A marketing official, who has covered loan funds and synthetic credit strategies, has left Cheyne

Mediobanca hires experienced credit trader to build out loan franchise
Mediobanca has appointed an ex-Deutsche Bank senior credit trader as head of loan trading

Turkey CDS rallies back inside 500bp on Qatar help, but curve remains inverted
Turkey’s sovereign five year credit default swap is back below 500bp today, following the financially embattled country’s recent spread blow-out

Italian bank completes SRT with European Investment Fund support
Banca Popolare di Bari has constructed a €174.5 million significant risk transfer (SRT) deal, which features a vertical risk sharing mechanism

BNP Paribas hires global credit strategy head
BNP Paribas has appointed a global head of credit strategy and desk analysts.

New York manager prepares interval credit fund launch
A structured credit fund manager is joining the interval fund rush 

Central clearer resource concentration puts systemic risk in spotlight
A joint study by regulators has revealed that default resources are increasingly concentrated in just two central counterparties

BNP Paribas hires experienced structured credit trader in London
BNP Paribas has hired structured credit trading specialist James Moi to its business in London  

Steep climb: dealers and investors cross-examine merits of five-year CSOs
The market for bespoke tranches of credit synthetic obligations (CSOs) looks set for further year-on-year growth, but this could depend on expanding activity to longer tenors

High profile figure in SRT market leaves Nomura in London
A well known figure in the significant risk transfer (SRT) space has parted company with Nomura in London, sources say.

Cheyne more than doubles assets for credit fund in five months
Cheyne Capital has more than doubled assets for Cheyne Total Return Credit Fund December 2023 – in the space of just five months