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BTIG names high yield/distressed head
Broker dealer BTIG LLC has appointed a new head of high yield and distressed analytics. Vikas Tandon joins BTIG’s global fixed income group, which was established in February this year. He previously...
Calyon has recruited Colin Burt for its high yield sales team in London. Burt reports to global head of credit sales, Algis Pabarcius, and will focus on strengthening the firm’s distribution capacity...
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...
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What goes around...
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 sounds out some of high yield’s major players...
How low can high yield go?
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 end? Richard Bravo reports
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
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