Windstream set for high CDS pay-out as DC picks initial deliverable obligations
Windstream Holdings CDS protection holders look set for a high pay-out, as the cheapest deliverable obligations into the defaulted company’s credit event auction are quoted in the mid-20s

US dollar three-month is focus point for benchmarks, finds Ice Libor survey
One-, three- and six-month US dollar and sterling are the focus points for Ice Benchmark Administration to seek agreement with banks, according to the results of IBA’s survey on uses of Libor

PG&E auction brings slim payout for CDS protection holders
CDS referencing Pacific Gas & Electric Company have been settled at a final price of 77.75, meaning only a 22.25 pay-out for holders of protection

Windstream has triggered bankruptcy credit event, not failure to pay, says DC
The Americas Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled that Windstream Holdings has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, after the US phone company filed for Chapter 11 protection on Monday

US and UK sound post-Brexit derivatives regulatory accord
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Bank of England have issued a joint statement assuring derivative market participants of continued access to trading and clearing after the UK’s exit from the European Union

Windstream bankruptcy credit event weighed by Determinations Committee
The Americas Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has been asked to decide whether Windstream Holdings has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, after the US phone company yesterday filed for Chapter 11 protection

Bidders line up for PG&E credit event auction
An auction tomorrow to settle CDS referencing Pacific Gas & Electric Company CDS will have 10 participating bidders, after Morgan Stanley was added to the list

Windstream credit event question posed to Determinations Committee
The Americas Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has been asked to decide whether Windstream Holdings has triggered a 'failure to pay' credit event, after a court ruled last week the US phone company had defaulted on bonds in 2015 when it span off Uniti Group

Behave yourselves: EBA policy advisor warns against misuse of securitisation rules
The European securitisation market has come a long way over the last decade, and the message from one policy advisor is clear – don’t do anything to mess it up.

DTCC appoints Deriv/Serv board chairman to replace Thompson
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has appointed a replacement board chairman of its Deriv/Serv credit derivatives repository following the retirement of Larry Thompson in December

PG&E bonds on the rise as DC finalises credit event auction deliverables
An auction to settle CDS referencing Pacific Gas and Electric Company CDS will have 37 deliverable obligations, the Americas Credit Determinations Committee has confirmed

You can’t time everything 100% correctly, but being too early can be a mistake
ArrowMark's Kaelyn Abrell takes our credit quiz

It’s going to be a credit picker’s market
Our panel of experts believe that the credit market will be volatile this year, but there will be opportunities in European credit and additional tier one bonds, trups CDOs and unitranches

CDS lives to bring more fights as it steers past Ziggo and Sears
Credit default swaps have navigated two big tests of their rules, holding up to scrutiny on Ziggo Bond Finance (ZBF) and Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp (SRAC), despite warnings they could weaken the product

CDS sell-off brings profit-taking opportunity for basis trade players
Profit-taking on basis trades between CDS and cash bonds has begun, with the strong run for credit markets since the start of the year having hit a bump yesterday

They said it: "I enjoy problem-solving and puzzles"
CQS founder Sir Michael Hintze on his role as senior investment officer at the London-based credit fund manager

Points up front: Favouritism - that’s the long and short of it
The rift between Sound Point Capital Management and its former portfolio manager Jeff Teach highlights some of the difficulties managers face when overseeing multiple funds with both competing and similar interests

Pacific Gas & Electric CDS set for high recovery as initial obligations trade above 74
Pacific Gas and Electric Company CDS look set for a high recovery, despite a long list of obligations being selected as deliverables into the credit event auction for the defaulted borrower, since eligible bonds are all quoted in the mid-70s or 80s

Pacific Gas & Electric triggers bankruptcy credit event
Pacific Gas and Electric Company has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, the Americas Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has ruled, by 14 votes to one

CDS food fight as UNFI sues Goldman Sachs over SuperValu deal
United Natural Foods Inc (UNFI) has summoned Goldman Sachs to court, accusing the bank of bad faith in the way it handled the US retailer’s buyout of SuperValu last year, a transaction which caused the target firm’s CDS spread to bloat by over 200bp in one day

Isda seeks fallback spread vendor for derivatives
The International Swaps & Derivatives Association is seeking an independent service provider to calculate and publish adjustments to fallbacks it will use in interest rate benchmarks for its Isda definitions

Pacific Gas & Electric credit event posed following Chapter 11 filing
The Americas Credit Derivatives Determinations Committee has been asked to rule on whether Pacific Gas and Electric has triggered a credit event, after the San Francisco headquartered firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in its history

Central counterparties need to improve after Nasdaq Clearing member default, says Isda
Derivative central counterparties (CCPs) must look to make a number of improvements to risk practices, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association has said in a paper that follows a clearing member default at Nasdaq Clearing in September