Europe leads relief rally with energy and peripheral bank credits outperforming
Credit spreads are making a broad move tighter on Tuesday, with European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde having tried to rein back rate hike expectations and oil company BP posting strong profits

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

European underperformance extends against US with another big sell off
The underperformance of European credit versus the US has extended at the start of the week, with investors still struggling to digest the impact of last week's European Central Bank meeting statements

Europe/US relative value comes into play amid growing credit outflows
Big successive moves wider are taking credit spreads to new extremes and bringing compression between Europe and the US amid the highest daily market volatility since 2020

Infrastructure manager targets €1 billion for eclectic mix of project finance debt and SRTs
A Copenhagen-based firm is launching its first credit fund and has partnered with an SRT specialist in London for a component of its potential €1 billion offering  

Investment grade hit hardest as tech earnings and rate hike undo market rally
Financial markets have reversed course following two days of improvement, with credit spreads hit by poor tech company earnings and a Bank of England rate hike

Credit hedge funds (February 2022)
Credit hedge fund returns

They said it: "The third term is Jinping’s legacy..."
... He does not care about near-term growth."

Ucits at a glance: Robus claims top spot in 2021 after tight race
Ucits funds have ended 2021 on a high as 62% made positive returns in December

Credit unprepared as Russia and Ukraine spreads go on march
Huge moves in Russian and Ukrainian credit spreads have exposed the growing mismatch between assessments of a likely conflict between the two countries, and the neglect of investors to price in its impact on broader markets

Bond pipeline builds as rocky markets thwart supply
Various factors have played into credit spreads widening at the start of 2022, but an over-supply of bond issuance is not one of them — in contrast to what was moving the market this time last year

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

Financial-corporate compression in play as relief rally extends
Credit markets are experiencing a second day of improvement, with financials outperforming corporate borrowers in the investment grade arena

Barclays seeks head of SRT risk
Barclays is looking to hire a head of SRT risk for its wholesale credit portfolio, having established a credit risk transfer programme under the Colonnade branding 

Troubled high yield credits go against flow as market rallies
Credit markets are beginning February with a more buoyant mood, but idiosyncratic volatility is keeping investors on their toes with several European high yield single name credits making big moves

Eerie calm breaks as bears return to feast
After what looked a calmer and even buoyant start, credit markets have again pushed wider on Monday as investors wrestle with competing view on outlook for central bank policy

SEC warns private fund investors about misleading fund disclosure and due diligence failures
The US Secuties & Exchange Commission published a risk alert on Friday detailing a range of compliance issues it has observed in examining registered private fund advisers 

Heavy market rout takes credit back to November 2020 levels
High volatility is gripping financial markets at the end of a week that has been decisively bearish for credit spreads, as concerns about the end of central bank stimulus and warnings of a Russian invasion of Ukraine next month layer on pain for investors

Broad sell-off as market moves to price five or more Fed hikes
Financial market sentiment has taken another dive in the wake of the US Federal Reserve meeting on Wednesday, with many taking Fed chairman Jerome Powell’s comment that “this cycle is different from the previous one” to mean a steeper tightening than previously thought

Travel, tech and financials give market boost ahead of Fed second day
Credit and equity markets are back in tandem with a sizeable rally ahead of Wednesday's closely watched US Federal Reserve meeting, following a volatile start to the week

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

US and Euro credit diverge ahead of Fed
US and European credit are moving in different directions as investors try to rebalance their positions on Tuesday ahead of the US Federal Reserve meeting kicking off

Financials move first as bearish trading resumes ahead of Fed meeting
The bearish tone in financial markets has spilled over into another week with cautious positioning ahead of the US Federal Reserve meeting, weakness in tech stocks, financial credits underperforming and growing trepidation about the possibility of Russian intervention in Ukraine

See what's next: Netflix gives whole market a chill
Financial markets look set to end the week once again on a bearish trajectory, with fears over consumer confidence and company earnings helping take credit spreads back to their widest levels since the start of December