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Ucits at a glance: Ucits continue to chart a steady course
A round-up of ucits fund performance5 years ago -
Ucits at a glance: ucits continue to chart a steady course
A round-up of ucits fund performance5 years ago -
Creditors left with sour taste as two food companies file for bankruptcy
5 years ago
Credit investors have been left to digest two US food company bankruptcy filings this week, with dairy producer Dean Foods triggering the first credit event to hit on-the-run series 33 of the CDX HY index, while Houlihan's Restaurants has also sought protection -
FisherBroyles hires derivatives and regulations specialist as partner
5 years ago
FisherBroyles, an Atlanta headquartered law firm, has hired derivatives and securities specialist Julian Hammar as a partner in its New York and Washington, DC offices -
BlueMountain starts new chapter as co-founder leaves and it winds down hedge fund
5 years ago
There are sweeping changes taking place at BlueMountain Capital Management, with the firm announcing that co-founder Stephen Siderow is leaving and that it is winding down its flagship hedge fund, BlueMountain Credit Alternatives Fund -
Ucits at a glance
5 years ago
A round-up of ucits fund performance -
Thomas Cook looks set to fly solo as default in outgoing Crossover series 31
5 years ago
The Determinations Committee has accepted a request to rule on whether Thomas Cook Group has triggered a bankruptcy credit event, after the UK-based travel company filed for chapter 15 protection in New York -
Go long CLO triple-A and pick cash bonds over CDS, says JP Morgan
5 years ago
Going long European CLO triple A paper remains one of JP Morgan strategists’ favourite trades following the European Central Bank stimulus announcement last week, despite these tranches having rallied 14bp on average since the bank first backed them. They also predict cash credit to outperform CDS -
US credit managers make ESG breakthrough after taking a first step via UNPRI
5 years ago
Incorporating a framework for investing in companies based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors is a challenge that US credit managers are accepting in growing numbers -
Five-year bespokes movement leads to managed CSO talks
5 years ago
Longer dated synthetic bespoke tranche business could soon receive new impetus, with dealers and investors ramping up talks about re-establishing managed portfolios as a common feature of the CSO market. -
Och-Ziff revenue tumbles despite inflows to credit funds and CLOs
5 years ago
Och-Ziff Capital Management posted a net loss of $8.6 million in the second quarter, which it blamed on the market’s reaction to US China trade tensions and the US Federal Reserve’s twist of monetary policy -
Investor requirements rather than performance is driving ESG push: Creditflux survey
6 years ago
Only 14% of respondents to Creditflux's global credit ESG survey said performance was the main reason they were adopting envoronmental, social and governance-themed strategies -
Another BlackRock official lands at new manager Tresidor
6 years ago
Tresidor was founded by CIO Michael Phelps, formerly the head of European fundamental credit at BlackRock -
Arrival of five-year bespokes draws in CLO investors
6 years ago
Synthetic bespoke tranches are undergoing a major shift, with dealers projecting five-year business to supersede previously dominant shorter tenors by the end of 2019. -
Mizuho appoints US and European credit trading heads in leadership shake-up
6 years ago
The hires include a newly created CLO role, head of credit trading, and head of special situations and illiquid trading -
Synthetic structured credit specialist lands at Brigade
6 years ago
A former Lehman Brothers structured credit specialist has landed at Brigade Capital Management in New York -
Oak Hill reshuffles leadership in Europe
6 years ago
Oak Hill Advisors has appointed three long-serving members of its investment and business development teams to lead the European office -
Bespoke gains pull CLO buyers as market tipped to hit $100bn
6 years ago
Synthetic bespoke issuance could catch up with the more visible CLO market this year, say structured credit specialists -
Mizuho appoints Cairn co-CIO as global markets head in London
6 years ago
The announcement follows the departure of the bank's incumbent head of global markets -
US dollar three-month is focus point for benchmarks, finds Ice Libor survey
6 years ago
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 -
Don't worry about CDS, CLOs or excess leverage - it's a day of celebration
6 years ago
The market cycle is going to turn and something will go badly wrong. But guaranteed it won’t be any of the things in credit you keep reading about -
Windstream credit event question posed to Determinations Committee
6 years ago
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 -
Vue CDS reels on loan no-show, as CLO managers hold front row seats
6 years ago
Vue International is among the biggest movers in credit default swap trading today after the cinema operator pulled an £833 million refinancing and acquisiton financing -
CLO managers on alert as five credits drive Crossover index rout
6 years ago
Five constituents of iTraxx Crossover have hit big bumps this week, fuelling a noticeable underperformance of the European credit default swap index against its US counterpart yesterday in a reversal of the recent trend -
Market favours retrospective over forward-looking approach to Ibor benchmark fallbacks, says Isda
6 years ago
New benchmark fallbacks for derivatives contracts that reference interbank offered rates are likely to be based on the “compounded setting in arrears rate” and the “historical mean/median approach to the spread adjustment”, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association has said
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