The impact of COVID-19 is developing fast across the globe and across industries. We outline a selection of the issues which we are currently busy discussing with lenders, sponsors and portfolio businesses in various...more
We are delighted to present the Spring 2020 edition of Hogan Lovells’ Debt Capital Markets Global Insights. This draws together a collection of articles from across our global network, reflecting on current events and topical...more
2/24/2020
/ ABS ,
Brazil ,
Capital Markets ,
Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) ,
Credit Default Swaps ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Debt Market ,
EMIR ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Green Bonds ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
ISDA ,
Libor ,
Luxembourg Stock Exchange ,
Mexico ,
New Legislation ,
Non-Performing Loans (NPL) ,
Noteholders ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securitization ,
SFTR ,
SMCR ,
Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA) ,
Sterling Risk-Free Reference Rates (SRFRR) ,
UK
The long awaited European Commission report into syndicated lending was published this yesterday.
This report (produced for the European Commission by Europe Economics) follows the EC’s investigations into potential...more
The first signs of spring remind us that EU Exit day is fast approaching but a deal between the EU and the UK is proving elusive. If passporting rights are lost what impact will that have on existing and new corporate loans...more
What has the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service got in common with the U.S. banking agencies [1]? Simple: the U.S. Government Accountability Office (the "GAO"), which investigates financial matters on behalf of Congress, has...more
As you may know, on July 27, 2017 the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive Andrew Bailey announced that market participants should not rely on the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) being available after...more
10/10/2017
/ Banking Sector ,
Benchmarks ,
Capital Markets ,
Derivatives ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Interest Rates ,
ISDA ,
Libor ,
Loan Agreements ,
Loan Market Association ,
Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA) ,
Swaps ,
UK
The search for yield continues...Techniques honed in the more mature US leveraged finance market continue to be imported into European deals and then across to the APAC markets, requiring skillful reworking in some cases to...more
5/4/2017
/ Australia ,
BEPS ,
China ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
EU ,
France ,
High Yield Bonds ,
Italy ,
Lenders ,
Leveraged Finance ,
Loans ,
OECD