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HSBC adds euros to bond market raid as Lloyds plumps for dollars IFR

HSBC adds euros to bond market raid as Lloyds plumps for dollars

Analysts at CreditSights said they would see a coupon of over 8% as offering fair…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: March 6, 2023

Munis slightly firmer, USTs weaker Bond Buyer

Munis slightly firmer, USTs weaker

Volatility of the broad fixed-income indices continues to exceed "pre-pandemic levels, making it more expensive…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: March 6, 2023

PLDT to weather recent troubles, says credit watcher Inquirer.net

PLDT to weather recent troubles, says credit watcher

The PLDT Group, which recently faced another debacle, is expected to be shielded from serious…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: March 7, 2023

China Keeps Faith in US Bonds Even as It Sells Treasuries BNN Bloomberg

China Keeps Faith in US Bonds Even as It Sells Treasuries

Yield-seeking looks to be the main reason behind China’s shift from US Treasuries to agency…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: February 16, 2023

Illinois Wins Upgrade to Highest S&P Credit Rating Since 2016 BNN Bloomberg

Illinois Wins Upgrade to Highest S&P Credit Rating Since 2016

The ratings upgrade, “that affirms what the market has recognized, that the state’s political leadership…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: February 23, 2023

Wall Street Wins LBO-Debt Reprieve as FCC Imperils Tegna Deal BNN Bloomberg

Wall Street Wins LBO-Debt Reprieve as FCC Imperils Tegna Deal

“The banks are probably breathing a sigh of relief especially those that were committed to…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: February 27, 2023

Muni ETFs Gaining Assets From Mutual Funds ETF.com

Muni ETFs Gaining Assets From Mutual Funds

CreditSights Senior Municipal Strategist Patrick Luby indicates that the overall picture is somewhat complicated: While…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: February 14, 2023

India’s SBI has ‘well-manageable’ exposure to Adani Group -CreditSights Reuters

India’s SBI has ‘well-manageable’ exposure to Adani Group -CreditSights

State Bank of India's exposure to the embattled Adani Group is "well-manageable", given its strong…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: February 7, 2023

China Junk Dollar Bond Prices Swing From Record Low to Longest Winning Streak Bloomberg

China Junk Dollar Bond Prices Swing From Record Low to Longest Winning Streak

More gains could be in the offing, said Zerlina Zeng, senior credit analyst at CreditSights…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: February 2, 2023

Adani Group: How The World’s 3rd Richest Man Is Pulling The Largest Con In Corporate History Hindenburg Research

Adani Group: How The World’s 3rd Richest Man Is Pulling The Largest Con In Corporate History

Concerns about the Adani Group’s leverage have been expressed by CreditSights, a fixed income research…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: January 24, 2023

Sinclair’s Sports Channels Prepare Bankruptcy, Putting Team Payments at Risk Bloomberg

Sinclair’s Sports Channels Prepare Bankruptcy, Putting Team Payments at Risk

“You’re looking at a potential rewrite of the entire regional sports business on the other…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: January 25, 2023

Can China fix its property crisis? The Economist

Can China fix its property crisis?

"Kaisa, a developer that defaulted in 2021, has been avoiding restructuring talks with investors and…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: January 23, 2023

CreditSights Outlooks for 2023 Blog

CreditSights Outlooks for 2023

Every year our team of analysts publishes a series of Outlooks that cover near-term and…

creditsightsArticle published date: February 15, 2023

Elevated Fed Policy Rates Most Likely Near-Term: Cisar Bloomberg

Elevated Fed Policy Rates Most Likely Near-Term: Cisar

CreditSights Global Head of Credit Strategy Winnie Cisar discusses the rates market reaction to the…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: January 6, 2023

Biggest Junk-Bond ETF Draws Most Cash Since 2020 as Debt Rallies BNN Bloomberg

Biggest Junk-Bond ETF Draws Most Cash Since 2020 as Debt Rallies

“The high-yield market has a lot of things going for it,” Winnie Cisar, CreditSights global…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: January 9, 2023

Food price deceleration ‘very encouraging for the U.S. consumer,’ strategist says Yahoo Finance

Food price deceleration ‘very encouraging for the U.S. consumer,’ strategist says

Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA, and Zachary Griffiths, senior strategist at CreditSights, join…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: January 12, 2023

Billions Flooding into Junk Bond ETFs Nasdaq

Billions Flooding into Junk Bond ETFs

It’s difficult for investors to resist yields near the highest levels of the past decade…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: January 14, 2023

Global bond sales off to record start of nearly US$600B BNN Bloomberg

Global bond sales off to record start of nearly US$600B

More “defensive names” in the European real estate sector may look to tap the primary…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: January 18, 2023

Asia’s Richest Man Plans on IPOs for at Least Five Companies BNN Bloomberg

Asia’s Richest Man Plans on IPOs for at Least Five Companies

Research firm CreditSights red-flagged the Adani Group’s “elevated” leverage last year. The group pushed back…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: January 21, 2023

Is Elon Musk’s Twitter in too much trouble to cover its debts? the Guardian

Is Elon Musk’s Twitter in too much trouble to cover its debts?

“Twitter should have no problem making its interest payment in late January, which could be…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: January 22, 2023