Dealers threaten to boycott ICE clearing model on cost concerns
Senior credit market players have voiced serious concerns over ICE Clear Europe’s client segregation mode

Mizuho plans global credit sales hub in London
Japanese Bank Mizuho has big plans for its London offices as it hires credit sales specialists and traders  

Tight German yields trigger CLN explosion
The low funding costs of German banks has led to an explosion of issuance of credit-linked notes pitched to retail investors

How end investors see credit
Pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and endowments are important investors in credit. But how do they choose a manager? And what kind of credit do they like? By Mike Peterson

CLOs ready to call for refinancing
CLO 2.0s are starting to exit their non-call periods in large numbers. A modest move in spreads would trigger a wave of refinancing and repricing

CSAM funds make gains as CLO mezz holdings appreciate
Credit Suisse Asset Management has stocked up on CLO 2.0s for a couple of its mutual fund strategies, according to fund filings.

Fine-tuning the momentum signal
Daniel Haesen, Patrick Houweling and Jeroen van Zundert describe an approach that slashes volatility and improves returns in momentum strategies for corporate bonds

Large fund manager shifts attention to new issue CLO equity
A large CLO investor's equity stake in Crescent Capital deal emerges

Index joiners lead fast-growing CDS names
The volume of outstandings on single name corporate credit default swaps fell by 5% in 2012 but some names have become a lot more active

European CLOs take on the wall
Many European CLOs will exit their reinvestment periods within a year and will be vulnerable to rising default rates. Peter Melichar looks at the likelihood of this leading to tranche losses

RBS prices the year’s largest broadly syndicated CLO
RBS priced the largest CLO of broadly syndicated loans this year on Friday, bringing to market an upsized deal for a New York-based manager

Large CLO equity investor scoops controlling stakes in five new deals
One of the largest CLO equity investors in recent times has taken on another $137 million of new issue CLO equity paper across five deals in the last few months

Tail risk fears keep credit vols close to their highs
Credit implied volatility has remained close to its recent highs today, with investors divided over a likely binary outcome to the Eurozone credit crisis

Arranger carves out novel triple A tranche as CLO prices widen
A $510 million CLO priced yesterday, featuring a fixed-rate triple-A rated tranche