Investment grade
Credit data: UK banks hold firm as Brexit looms
The credit status of UK banks remains unchanged, but other industries have seen significant deterioration
Credit data: a new PD story for Brazil and Mexico?
One has been sliding, the other stable, but the stage appears to be set for a break from those trends
Deutsche Bank's risky corporate loan pile towers over peers
German lender has one-quarter of all high-risk corporate loans reported by EU big banks
Big UK banks have £278 billion exposure to ‘junk’ loans
Non-investment grade exposures make up 31% of total corporate exposures
Deutsche Bank adds to US trading group
Deutsche Bank adds to US trading group
Asia cross-border (investment grade) deal of the year – Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings
Asia cross-border (investment grade) deal of the year – Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings
Dollar investment grade (financial) deal of the year – Berkshire Hathaway
Dollar investment grade (financial) deal of the year – Berkshire Hathaway
Dollar investment grade (corporate) deal of the year – BP
Dollar investment grade (corporate) deal of the year – BP
Euro investment grade (financial) deal of the year – Rabobank
Euro investment grade (financial) deal of the year – Rabobank
Euro investment grade (corporate) deal of the year – Merck KGaA
Euro investment grade (corporate) deal of the year – Merck KGaA
Sterling investment grade deal of the year – Lloyds TSB
Sterling investment grade deal of the year – Lloyds TSB
Best bank for high grade corporate bonds: Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Best bank for high grade corporate bonds: Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Strong bid for credit drives down spreads in September
Trading talk: October 2010
Limited upside for consumer non-cyclicals: LGIMA's John Bender
To the best of their liability: LGIMA profile
Brownstone names investment grade director
Sean Richter arrives from Stifel Nicolaus.
Brownstone Investment Group hires investment grade director
Fixed income investment firm Brownstone hires Sean Richter as high grade director.
Knight expands capital markets team
Knight Capital hires new managing directors for capital markets business.
IMC Asset Management names strategy chief
IMC recruits Rodrigo Araya as head of investment grade credit strategies, plus Oscar Jansen, Robert Manning and Henk Wiersma.
Under Scrutiny - Regulators focus on credit
Well-publicised risk issues and a recent growth spurt have brought credit markets firmly under the scrutiny of global regulators. Nikki Marmery investigates whether the attention will prove to be a boon for attracting more investment - or a barrier to…
FASB: loan commitments must be treated like derivatives
The US Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) ruled last month that some unfunded loan commitments made by banks should be treated like derivatives and marked-to-market. The ruling came nearly nine months after Goldman Sachs first proposed the…