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“Descending Into A Farce”: Chaos Erupts After Stiffed UniCredit Bondholders Get Fat-Fingered Payment ZeroHedge

“Descending Into A Farce”: Chaos Erupts After Stiffed UniCredit Bondholders Get Fat-Fingered Payment

“Even if it isn’t their fault, but of the depositary or fiduciary bank, the timing…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: May 26, 2021

Connecticut, in latest uplift, gets transportation bond upgrade Bond Buyer

Connecticut, in latest uplift, gets transportation bond upgrade

“Connecticut has sizable reserves and money from the American Rescue Plan will enable it to…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: May 27, 2021

How Elliott Management would split Duke Energy into 3 parts S&P Global

How Elliott Management would split Duke Energy into 3 parts

Wall Street's immediate reaction was tepid. "e don't believe the proposal makes much sense," CreditSights analyst Andrew…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: June 1, 2021

Fitch Group Completes Acquisition of CreditSights, Inc. Press Release

Fitch Group Completes Acquisition of CreditSights, Inc.

Fitch Solutions - New York/London - 5 May 2021: Fitch Group, a global leader in…

creditsightsArticle published date: May 5, 2021

How Wall Street’s Greatest Piece Of Financial Engineering Propelled Michael Dell To A $50 Billion Fortune Forbes

How Wall Street’s Greatest Piece Of Financial Engineering Propelled Michael Dell To A $50 Billion Fortune

“The creative financial engineering has served Michael Dell and Silver Lake’s interests over the years,…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: April 18, 2021

It’s crunch time for Chinese SOE bonds Global Capital

It’s crunch time for Chinese SOE bonds

As CreditSights noted on Monday, some of the government-linked property developers, such as Beijing Capital Land and…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: April 20, 2021

New York MTA’s capital numbers ‘don’t add up,’ DiNapoli says Bond Buyer

New York MTA’s capital numbers ‘don’t add up,’ DiNapoli says

“We consider the broad tax base, inclusive of suburbs and exurban areas around New York…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: April 20, 2021

Wall Street response muted as Vistra blames gas system for $1.6B impact S&P Global

Wall Street response muted as Vistra blames gas system for $1.6B impact

CreditSights analyst Andrew DeVries in an April 26 research report said Vistra's shares barely moved as "investors…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: April 26, 2021

Supply-challenged week to end month keeps munis steady Bond Buyer

Supply-challenged week to end month keeps munis steady

Last week's new-issue supply volume of $12.7 billion was the largest so far this year,…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: April 26, 2021

Birkenstock Adds Rare Default Protection Clause in Bond Deal Bloomberg Quint

Birkenstock Adds Rare Default Protection Clause in Bond Deal

“The terms are aggressive, and perhaps the sponsor is looking to set a precedent for…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: April 27, 2021

NIU borrows to finance dorm expansion after enrollment gains Crain's

NIU borrows to finance dorm expansion after enrollment gains

“I think they are trying to pitch some of the impact investors,” John Ceffalio, senior…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: April 27, 2021

US banks swing by euros in global funding wave Global Capital

US banks swing by euros in global funding wave

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: April 29, 2021

Pressure’s on as 10-year approaches 1%, but fund flows hold sway Bond Buyer

Pressure’s on as 10-year approaches 1%, but fund flows hold sway

CreditSights noted earlier in the week that the summer redemption season is fast approaching — issuers…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: April 29, 2021

Fertiliser industry emerges from nine-year funk News PostWall

Fertiliser industry emerges from nine-year funk

Eventually the boom will lead to a correction. Andrew Brady, a chemical industry analyst for CreditSights,…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: April 30, 2021

Employees Won’t Decide When to Return to Office BNN Bloomberg

Employees Won’t Decide When to Return to Office

“There is much uncertainty,” Patrick Luby, senior municipal strategist at CreditSights Inc. put it to me in…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: May 3, 2021

Texas Sees Deficit Disappear as Tax Revenue Surges on Reopening BNN Bloomberg

Texas Sees Deficit Disappear as Tax Revenue Surges on Reopening

“The increase in Texas revenue estimates is consistent with what we’ve seen in other states…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: May 3, 2021

JPMorgan Sells $13 Billion of Bonds in Largest Bank Deal Ever Bloomberg Quint

JPMorgan Sells $13 Billion of Bonds in Largest Bank Deal Ever

“Banks are always going to be hefty issuers, which lends a certain opportunism to tapping…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: April 16, 2021

Wall Street banks pivot from pandemic to boom times Axios

Wall Street banks pivot from pandemic to boom times

“We’re gonna know when the crisis is over when people start borrowing again and when…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: April 14, 2021

Major US airlines shun government’s $25bn emergency pandemic loans Irish Times

Major US airlines shun government’s $25bn emergency pandemic loans

“The market has been open like crazy for airlines,” said Roger King, a senior analyst…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: April 12, 2021

Airlines Shun U.S. Bailout After Markets Offer Better Terms BNN Bloomberg

Airlines Shun U.S. Bailout After Markets Offer Better Terms

“The market has been open like crazy for airlines,” said Roger King, a senior analyst…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: April 12, 2021