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Stick or twist for high yield investors
Investors who gambled on high yield at the start of 2009 are piling up the chips thanks to returns of 35% year-to-date. But uncertainty over high yield default rates and the prospect of an increase in...
High yield is underperforming. Thanks to the likelihood of an increase in leveraged buyouts and a flood of General Motors paper into the high-yield index, the market is decidedly bearish. Richard Bravo...
As investors look down the credit curve in search of yield, causing high-yield spreads to grind inexorably tighter, market participants have been asking themselves the obvious question: when will the party...
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Over the peak
A rebound in the US economy has led to a welcome drop in the default rate of high-yield corporate bonds. Richard Bravo looks at the factors that have contributed to this drop, and the likelihood of the trend continuing
Return of the loan market
The leveraged loan market has seen a surge in demand this year, delivering returns superior to other asset classes. Steven Miller reports on the factors behind this success story, and discovers that the only short-term barrier to growth is a shortage...
Riding the wave
Junk bonds have been the flavour of the month – if not the whole year – with high yield funds welcoming record inflows. But worsening credit quality and futuredefaults may leave some unwary investors counting the cost. Nick Parsons reports
King of junk
This is the story of a man who transformed a minor league investmentbank into a firm capable of taking on – and beating – the giants of Wall Street.He is widely acknowledged as one of the great financiers of his era.But his win-at-all-costs attitude...
Tired of the three per cents
After a shaky start, the US high-yield market has risen, fallen and re-emerged to constitute roughly one-fifth of all dollar corporate bonds and is headed the sameway in Europe. Philip Moore follows the story and traces the market’s roots
European buy side still lags in risk management
The findings of a recent survey show that buy-side firms have increased their focus on risk management, but are still well behind their sell-side counterparts.
Down but not out
The high yield market is not about to self-destruct – it’s official. The results of Credit’s High Yield Fund Manager Poll, representing the views of 27 high yield fund managers across Europe, suggest that the market may be under duress,...
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