Competition between the private credit and broadly syndicated loan (BSL) markets is intensifying, with developments on both sides blurring the distinctions between the two products. One of these distinctive features is the...more
6/5/2025
/ Borrowers ,
Capital Markets ,
Competition ,
Debt ,
Financing ,
Interest Rates ,
Investment ,
Investment Funds ,
Lenders ,
Leveraged Loans ,
Loans ,
Private Equity ,
Syndicated Loans
The hard deadline for stopping new use of USD LIBOR following 31 December 2021 is rapidly approaching. Latest market practice as at end November 2021 suggests that some loan market participants are (at last) now contracting...more
Following the ARRC-recommended deadline for shifting to hardwired fallbacks, the syndicated loan market has begun to show signs of change -
Based on best practices published by the Alternative Reference Rates Committee...more
New legislation would ease benchmark transition for tough-to-amend contracts governed by NY law -
New York State Senator Kevin Thomas has introduced a bill that would provide a legislative fix for contracts that lack...more
LIBOR, the reference rate for more than US$300 trillion of contracts globally and nearly US$200 trillion of US dollar contracts, is expected to cease after the end of 2021. In highlighting the limitations of the LIBOR reforms...more
9/17/2019
/ Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) ,
Banks ,
Derivatives ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Interest Rates ,
IOSCO ,
Lenders ,
Libor ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
Transitional Arrangements ,
UK