Credit

A leading franchise of partnership-driven solutions.

Credit Suisse has a leading reputation as one of the largest, most accomplished credit franchises in the industry, providing expert coverage in credit and securitized products trading, sales, structuring as well as capital markets. Our strong history of credentials and long-standing record in Global Leveraged Finance, Global Securitization and Structured Finance reflects our unique ability to provide value-added products and solutions to both issuer and investor clients.

Sales & Trading

In sales and trading, we are a leading market maker in private and public debt across the credit spectrum, including leveraged loans as well as high yield investment grade, and emerging markets hard currency bonds. We are also a market maker in the credit derivatives market, including the CDX suite, liquid single-name CDS, sovereign credit default swaps, and credit default swaptions. We offer clients a comprehensive range of financing options for credit products, including but not limited to, repo, short covering, TRS, and portfolio lending.

 

Capital Markets

Our capital markets businesses are responsible for structuring, underwriting and syndicating a full range of products for our issuer clients, including investment grade and leveraged loans, investment grade and high yield bonds and unit transactions, in both developed and emerging markets. We are also a leading provider of committed acquisition financing, including leveraged loan, bridge finance and mezzanine finance and CLO formation.

Our industry leading, vertically integrated global business delivers execution certainty to clients across all asset classes with a focus on event driven, large scale transactions. Our tailored client solutions and range of offerings include:

  • Market leading franchise in government guaranteed and private label trading covering a diverse asset base across the full credit spectrum.
  • Expertise in whole loan purchase, sale/securitization and warehouse/acquisition financing in residential mortgage (performing, non-performing, REO), commercial real estate and consumer/commercial loans and leases.
  • Top ranked, award winning franchise focused on providing capital efficient asset/portfolio advisory services and financing solutions to our clients.
  • Best in class mortgage servicing solutions through our wholly owned subsidiary, Select Portfolio Servicing (SPS), the highest rated non-prime residential mortgage servicer in the industry.  

We provide clients with use of our proprietary models and live market monitors, the same tools used by our Credit Suisse trading desks.

 

MBS Live

Actively track MBS pass-throughs, MBS performance, coupon swaps, butterflies and dollar rolls on a real-time basis.

 

MBS Calculator

Value securities with our suite of proprietary Agency and MBS prepayment models and Non-Agency models.

 

Historical Analysis Charting Tool

Access Credit Suisse’s market data database and investigate historical market relationships with our innovative charting tool.