Credit markets
Credit options notional for top US dealers soars 45.3%
Investor demand for puts and calls drives balances near Q1 2022 record
EU banks’ incremental risk charges soared in volatile H2
Charge for traded-bond default and downgrade risk hit 10-year high at BNP Paribas
Legal & General to launch ABS funds amid rising pension demand
After 2022 gilt crisis, trustees and consultants turn to asset-backed securities to bolster portfolio liquidity and returns
Start-up bond platform OpenYield prepares to launch
Start-up aims to give retail brokers the same electronic liquidity used by the professionals
Models shed light on opaque private credit markets
Stewart Webster, director of credit and risk at S&P Global Market Intelligence, discusses how his team is providing transparency in this challenging sector of the credit markets.
Charting the course for structured credit markets in 2024
This Risk.net webinar, in collaboration with Numerix, explores the intricate world of structured credit markets in 2024. The discussion reviews the key market dynamics in 2023, and looks ahead to 2024 to observe how practitioners are handling the…
Derivatives house of the year: JP Morgan
Risk Awards 2024: Response to regional banking crisis went far beyond First Republic
Cboe’s new options add diversity and liquidity to the credit market
Cboe has recently launched two options on futures products to help investors manage exposure and mitigate risk in corporate bond portfolios: options on iBoxx high-yield corporate bond index futures (IBYO), and options on iBoxx investment-grade corporate…
How patchy liquidity is stymieing systematic credit
…and what investors like AllianceBernstein, Man Numeric and Acadian are doing about it
Talking Heads 2023: A turf war in credit markets
Banks are looking to reclaim territory they previously ceded to market-makers and private funds
Flow Traders bullish about threat from big banks
Talking Heads 2023: Non-bank market-maker remains confident of its edge in small-ticket corporate credit
How Chenavari is adapting to an uncertain macro regime
Talking Heads 2023: Fund chief Loic Fery eyes rebalancing between public and private credit strategies
Citi is building a central risk book for credit
Talking Heads 2023: Putting CDSs, ETFs and bonds into the same pot will result in better pricing, says credit head Bhatia
Inside Blackstone’s $150bn private credit business
Talking Heads 2023: Alts giant has around 10% of global market and hopes to expand its reach by porting quant insights from liquid credit
JPM’s new-look credit unit primed for market uncertainty
Talking Heads 2023: Leaders of merged business explain plans for new equity-credit combo, and why bank’s “biggest opportunity” lies in direct lending
The strange effect of US clampdown on FRTB models
Ban on internal models for trading book default risk could provide some banks with unexpected capital relief
Creaky credit sparks ‘high’ dispersion in CLO pricing
Investors are becoming more particular when it comes to tranches and managers
A student of Dr Doom says QE is here to stay
Salomon alumni Michael Howell says central banks can’t stop pumping liquidity
Asia moves: Senior hires at Nomura, HKEX and more
Latest job news from across the industry
Citi catapults to top credit options dealer spot for US funds
Counterparty Radar: Market for mutual funds, ETFs continues to shrink in Q4 as Pimco, PGIM further cut exposures
How Man Numeric found SVB red flags in credit data
Network analysis helps quant shop spot concentration and contagion risks