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Asia ex-Japan AT1s Outperform Global Counterparts YTD BondEValue

Asia ex-Japan AT1s Outperform Global Counterparts YTD

CreditSights analysts wrote that around two-thirds of European banks’ AT1 are pricing in some extension/non-call risk (Term…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: July 7, 2022

Celanese lands US$7.5bn jumbo bond for M&A IFR

Celanese lands US$7.5bn jumbo bond for M&A

CreditSights said price thoughts on the offering had come wide to comparably rated peers like…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: July 7, 2022

China Mortgage Boycott Data Erased by Censors as Crisis Spreads BNN Bloomberg

China Mortgage Boycott Data Erased by Censors as Crisis Spreads

Inappropriate usage of presale proceeds and the lack of adequate supervision of escrow accounts by…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: July 15, 2022

Cisar: IG Bonds Now Attractive Bloomberg

Cisar: IG Bonds Now Attractive

Winnie Cisar, Global Head of Strategy at CreditSights, joins 'Bloomberg Surveillance' with Tom Keene, Jonathan…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: July 19, 2022

Big US banks hit bond primary IFR

Big US banks hit bond primary

With the bank's fixed-income trading revenues still showing rapid year-over-year growth in the second-quarter, the…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: July 18, 2022

Genworth launch of new long-term care business held up by ratings issues S&P Global

Genworth launch of new long-term care business held up by ratings issues

CreditSights analyst Josh Esterov said there are clearly diverging opinions on how LTC regulation should…

creditsightsArticle published date: June 23, 2022

CreditSights’ Zeng on China Credit Bloomberg

CreditSights’ Zeng on China Credit

Zerlina Zeng, senior credit analyst at CreditSights, discusses the risks in China's junk bond market…

creditsightsArticle published date: June 23, 2022

Globe Telecom mulls $1.5-B tower sale ABS-CBN

Globe Telecom mulls $1.5-B tower sale

Jonathan Tan of CreditSights weighs in on Globe Telecom's move to propose to sell off…

creditsightsArticle published date: June 20, 2022

A pulse check on China’s spluttering economic reopening AusBiz

A pulse check on China’s spluttering economic reopening

CreditSights’ Zerlina Zeng talks asset allocation in China as it emerges from the latest round…

creditsightsArticle published date: June 20, 2022

Puerto Rico Bond Yields Surge as US Recession Fears Loom Bloomberg

Puerto Rico Bond Yields Surge as US Recession Fears Loom

The US territory has been caught up in the overall downturn in the $4 trillion…

creditsightsArticle published date: June 15, 2022

CreditSights Adds New Senior Analysts, Builds Out Special Situations Coverage Press Release

CreditSights Adds New Senior Analysts, Builds Out Special Situations Coverage

NEW YORK, N.Y. (16 June, 2022) – CreditSights, Inc., the independent voice of credit markets,…

creditsightsArticle published date: June 16, 2022

Atlanta Seeks $535 Million Bond Sale for World’s Busiest Airport BNN Bloomberg

Atlanta Seeks $535 Million Bond Sale for World’s Busiest Airport

Spread widening may provide a cushion against headwinds such as slow business travel demand, rising…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: June 8, 2022

Case Western Reserve joins century bond club amid steady uptick of rates The Bond Buyer

Case Western Reserve joins century bond club amid steady uptick of rates

“We believe that the CWRU deal will benefit from being priced a corporate bond, as…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: June 9, 2022

With higher rates, total 2022 issuance projections keep falling The Bond Buyer

With higher rates, total 2022 issuance projections keep falling

Pat Luby, senior municipal strategist at CreditSights, revised his predictions down from $480 billion to $410…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: June 10, 2022

Puerto Rico Pitches Investors a Future Without ‘Training Wheels’ Bloomberg

Puerto Rico Pitches Investors a Future Without ‘Training Wheels’

“Now the economy is doing well because of all of the Hurricane Maria aid and…

creditsightsArticle published date: June 8, 2022

Puerto Rico Lays Out the Welcome Mat After 5 Years of Bankruptcy Bloomberg

Puerto Rico Lays Out the Welcome Mat After 5 Years of Bankruptcy

“In the short term, the credit looks good because you havethe board keeping an eye…

creditsightsArticle published date: June 6, 2022

Borrowing costs hit issuance, what is the effect on trading? Trader TV

Borrowing costs hit issuance, what is the effect on trading?

Winifred Cisar Stieglitz, global head of strategy at CreditSights explains there are two trends in…

creditsightsArticle published date: June 6, 2022

Vistra CEO transition is latest step in power provider’s transformation S&P Global

Vistra CEO transition is latest step in power provider’s transformation

Vistra has had success adding solar to its portfolio in Illinois, but has experienced "significant…

creditsightsArticle published date: June 6, 2022

US Delistings A Credit Risk for China Tech Firms Bloomberg

US Delistings A Credit Risk for China Tech Firms

Delisting from US stock exchanges may pose long-term credit risks for Chinese tech firms, including…

creditsightsArticle published date: June 1, 2022

Munis better but still on track for worst year on record The Bond Buyer

Munis better but still on track for worst year on record

“Due to the lagging performance of the tax-exempt market, the ratios of muni versus taxable…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: May 23, 2022