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Traders Snatch Up Derivatives as Risks Grow: Credit Weekly

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Traders Snatch Up Derivatives as Risks Grow: Credit Weekly DTCC, Barclays (Bloomberg) -- War in Iran. A weakening US jobs market. Artificial intelligence and the potential demise of whole industries…
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  • Business development companies are sitting on a massive pile of leveraged loans which could be sold to meet redemption requests and push spreads wider

    80% confidence

  • Bullish bets in credit default swap indexes have been eroding over the past few weeks amid anxiety over the software sector

    80% confidence

  • Investors can still reposition for risks that appear skewed to the downside. Recent geopolitical events, along with AI, software and private credit, are increasingly interconnected. That's likely to create clearer winners and losers.

    80% confidence

  • We don't want to be in a position where we have to be reactive during a market downturn. The company is instead in a position to snatch up bargains if they arise.

    80% confidence

  • UBS forecast that private credit default rates could reach 15% was absolutely wrong

    80% confidence

  • Doesn't see cause for concern in private credit, but the firm is watching closely to see if there's been too much frothiness

    80% confidence

  • There needs to be a material catch-up between the risks the market is worried about in private capital and geopolitics and the risks being reflected in high grade corporate bond spreads. This is a very good time to be looking at credit hedges.

    80% confidence

  • X and xAI will repay the outstanding debt in full

    80% confidence

  • If the US central bank eventually has to start boosting rates, credit could get hit

    80% confidence

  • Private credit default rates could reach 15%

    80% confidence

  • The concerns in the market are a ton of noise

    80% confidence

  • Fund withdrawal limits are generally features and not bugs

    80% confidence

  • With record fundraising following the 2008 financial crisis, direct-lending vehicles have loosened their underwriting standards and are due for a default cycle

    80% confidence

  • War on its own doesn't tend to directly impact corporate bond spreads or returns, and valuations tend to be driven more by what the Fed is doing amid the conflict

    80% confidence
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