US debt talks and German real estate regain composure after damaging wrangles
Adler Group is ending on a firmer footing what has been a rocky week for the German real estate company, as credit heads into the weekend unmoved by developments in the US on raising the country's debt ceiling

Credit suffers double punch from treasury and energy surge
Credit markets are nursing their wounds after taking a battering on Wednesday, prompted by a surge in oil prices and spike in government bond yields that add to concerns about rising inflation

German real estate co surges tighter on asset sale review
Adler Real Estate is a big improver in European credit at the start of the week, after the company notified investors that Adler Group will initiate a strategic review as it looks to cut leverage

German real estate co hits new wides as single names catch up with index rout
Adler Real Estate is again one of the biggest movers in the European credit market, as the week comes to a bearish close and October begins with heightened uncertainty

Adler resumes downward slide as European real estate woes mount
Market sentiment is weighiing heavily on European real estate once again, with Adler bonds and CDS in particular adding to their recent deterioration

Investors shrug at new Evergrande bond deadline a week on from roll havoc
Chinese real estate giant Evergrande looks unlikely to meet a $45 million bond payment due on Wednesday despite reports it plans to sell a $1.5 billion commercial bank stake. But credit markets are showing very little reaction despite initial default concerns having up-ended CDS index rolls only last week

Healthcare M&A offers diverging prognoses in high yield as market recuperates
Grifols, the Spanish healthcare business, is making a push wider at odds with rallying markets, having brought €2 billion equivalent of bonds to back its acquisition of European plasma player Biotest

Chinese power crunch brings off day for credit as investor optimism dims
Concerns about a China slowdown, Germany's election result, rate hikes and the US government's inability to lift its debt ceiling have contributed to a sharp move wider in credit, as investors attempt to digest a variety of big unknowns

HY set to roll after rocky week scuttles investors
Market participants are holding their breath ahead of the roll of US high yield index CDX HY, after a week of volatility and fund outflows

Credit optimism returns on Evergrande and Fed but big questions loom large
Credit markets have moved onto a firmer footing, with one day of this week’s US Federal Reserve meeting out of way and troubled Chinese real estate behemoth Evergrande having negotiated a domestic yuan bond payment. But there is plenty of room for upset in the coming sessions

Deutsche Bank adds credit trading head to US build out
Deutsche Bank is looking at the next phase of its US development with the hire of a credit trading head from another bank 

Dealers tweak IG roll changes but rising star HY names still don't make cut
Dealers have revised their list of provisional changes to the CDX IG investment grade index ahead of its roll to a new series next week, with administrator IHS Markit citing recent trading activity as reason for the move

Credit shrugs off ECB tapering signal, but strategists warn of IG vulnerability
Credit markets are ending the week on a firm footing after taking in their stride the European Central Bank’s message that it expects to limit asset purchases in the coming quarter. But some parts of the market look more vulnerable than others, say strategists

UK retailers get frosty reception after price hike warning
UK retailers face spread widening pressure on Tuesday against an otherwise flattish backdrop, as supply chain issues stack up prompting concerns of winter stock shortages and higher prices for goods

Rally resumes as investors read US job miss as tapering delay
Credit and equity markets have opted to rally - albeit far from emphatically - after digesting the import of the US missing its August monthly news jobs target by a big margin, which could bring a setback for hawkish central bank voices

Tabula launches ESG compliant Asia ex-Japan high yield ETF
Fixed income exchange traded fund provider Tabula Investment Management has launched what it says is Europe's first dollar-denominated Asia ex-Japan high yield corporate bond ETF compliant with environmental, social and governance standards

High yield compression has one last push after real yields turn negative, says BofA
With real yields for European high yield bonds having turned negative, Bank of America credit strategists see "one last hurrah" for spread compression trades

Rising stars vie with swooping hawks as Fed deliberates
Rising star companies moving from high yield to investment grade could be a valuable source of returns for credit investors in coming months, say sources

Reversal brings Chinese outperformance in credit
Credit market improvement hit an impasse in most jurisdictions during August, with range-trading in Europe, the US and much of emerging markets. But Asian credit, and Chinese markets in particular, enjoyed a strong run.

Crossover names drive rally on strong earnings as European traders return
Several high yield borrowers have made strong improvements on Tuesday as the post-Jackson Hole credit market rally has extended from Friday, with European traders returning after their long weekend

Retailer jumps on PE rumours while markets stay rooted in Jackson Hole
UK supermarket retailer Sainsbury's has been a notable mover in credit this week, as the wider market waits tentatively on Friday's Jackson Hole movement in the US and fund outflows signal nervousness about US Federal Reserve policy and escalating turmoil in Afghanistan

Chinese credit makes gains as Europe and US slump on Fed taper fears
Chinese credit spreads on Thursday depicted an island of optimism as global credit and stocks - including its own - slumped against a mounting confluence of concerns

Travel co among underperformers as credit gives up gains
European credit is softening away from its recent tights in what is shaping up to be a fourth week of range-bound trading, with credit strategists identifying valuations as a key obstacle to improvement at the index level

Millennium senior tranche trader jumps to Verition
An experienced synthetic structured credit trader has left Millennium Management in New York to join Greenwich headquartered Verition Fund Management

High yield real estate firm pushes tighter on ratings boost
Adler Real Estate credit spreads are driving ever tighter, with positive signals from rating agency S&P adding to the company’s strong bull run, despite softening in the wider high yield market