At the moment, derivatives spreads reflect fundamental values more accurately than those in corporate-bond markets, reckons Tim Backshall of Credit Derivatives Research (CDR).

ECONOMIST: Credit derivatives

Investment-grade bonds at one point during the day were suffering a deeper selloff than at the worst of the Lehman Brothers crisis, according to Tim Backshall, chief strategist at Credit Derivatives Research.

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