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FMSB Statement of good practice on the governance of sustainability-linked products

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The Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has issued a Statement of Good Practice (SoGP) on the governance of sustainability-linked products (SLPs), along with a press release. SLPs are products where the financial and/or...more

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Latin America structured finance: A flexible option in uncertain times

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A period of high interest rates and economic headwinds have made it challenging for companies in Latin America to secure financing for transactions. Against this backdrop, businesses, dealmakers, and lenders have increasingly...more

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Refinancing surge reenergizes US and European loan markets

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Leveraged loan activity in the US and Europe sprang back to life in H1 2024, with both markets enjoying near-triple-digit increases in issuance. In the US, overall issuance surged 95.7% from US$461 billion in H1 2023 to...more

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Innovation in Financing: Where Are We Seeing Growth?

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Meanwhile, cash-strapped biotechs have in many cases been forced to leverage relationships with big pharma to address liquidity. Cash is king in a financing environment such as we have observed over the last 18 months, and...more

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A Practical Discussion of the Drafting and Negotiation of Sustainability-Linked Loans

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Our latest Trade & Export Finance webinar, delivered by Maria Capocci (Associate) and Ellis Lawson (Partner), considered the different types of environmental, social and governance (ESG) loans and their current position in...more

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Resurging opportunity for Sustainability-linked Loans in Indonesia

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In February 2023, the Loan Market Association (LMA), the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA) and the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) re-issued the Sustainability-linked Loan (SLL) Principles and the...more

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Promissory Notes - Banking & Finance Insights: V 3, Issue 7, August 2023

Giant Banks Paid More for Deposits in Q2. That's Bad News for Small Lenders. “But many smaller institutions, some of whom turned to more expensive borrowings to replace deposits lost in the spring, don't have as many...more

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Sovereign SLBs: Pioneered in Emerging Markets and Poised for Growth?

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Chile and Uruguay are the world’s first and only issuers of sovereign SLBs — instruments that present unique opportunities for sovereign finance. In the last couple of years, many sovereign issuers have entered the...more

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Skadden’s 2023 Insights – Five Critical Areas for the Year Ahead

The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more

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ESG: A sustainable approach in turbulent times

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Environmental, social and governance (ESG)-linked debt issuances have been negatively impacted in 2022 after reaching all-time global highs last year....more

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From rising costs to ESG ratchets: Five trends that will drive leveraged finance in 2022

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The first half of the year has marked an inflection point for US leveraged finance markets. After a buoyant but brief post-pandemic period in 2021, the combination of surging inflation, rising interest rates and events in...more

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ESG-linked debt markets come of age in Latin America

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Despite a decline in overall bond and loan issuance in the Latin American region, ESG-linked debt issuance thrived in 2021—and looks set to continue in the months ahead - Latin America’s environmental, social and...more

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E Is for Earth Day … and ESG - April 2022 | Issue No. 172 - ESG Reporting and Disclosures: Making Industry Progress

Our focus on ESG in honor of Earth Day continues, and here we focus on reliable ESG data disclosure. There are several big projects underway to help lenders to see a greater level of consistency and depth in the ESG reporting...more

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Non-performing Loans Through the ESG Looking Glass: Applying ESG Considerations to the Creation of a New Type of Investment...

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The call from investors for lenders and borrowers to embrace environment, social, and governance (ESG) is too loud to ignore. Our Finance and Financial Restructuring & Reorganization Groups explore why a marriage of the NPL...more

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Magnificent Miami! - February 2022 | Issue No. 163 - Panel Recap: 'Fund Finance Market Update'

The “Fund Finance Market Update” panel focused on the current state of the market. Moderated by Laurie Lawler, Managing Director at Société Générale, the panel included the following: Roshan Chagan, Partner at Ares...more

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US versus Europe: Will their shared path continue in 2022?

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HEADLINES - ▪️ In the US, leveraged loan issuance for 2021 reached US$1.4 trillion, a 63% increase year-on-year ▪️ The high yield bond market in the US was relatively flat, rising from US$428.3 billion in 2020 to...more

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US versus Europe: Will their shared path continue in 2022?

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- In the US, leveraged loan issuance for 2021 reached US$1.4 trillion, a 63% increase year-on-year - The high yield bond market in the US was relatively flat, rising from US$428.3 billion in 2020 to US$429.7 billion in...more

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M&A drives issuance in busy healthcare space

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Following a year of healthy activity, M&A deals in the pipeline are set to sustain leveraged finance issuance in the pharmaceutical, medical and biotech sector in the months ahead - Lender appetite for exposure to the...more

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The ESG Factor, January 2022 - One of These Things Is Not Like the Other: New York State Court Upholds Commercial Reasonableness...

On November 10, 2021, the owner of the State Street Financial Center in Boston, Massachusetts defaulted on its debt, consisting of a mortgage loan in the amount of $535,000,000 and three mezzanine loans in the aggregate...more

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And the Beat Goes On - January 2022 | Issue No. 157 - NAV Finance Market Update

Between Omicron, the holidays, and down-to-the-wire end-of-year closings, it was a hectic finish to 2021. But now that the calendar reads 2022, we wanted to reflect this week on the state of the NAV finance market and provide...more

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‘Greeniums,’ ‘Griscounts’ and Other ESG Trends in the CMBS Market

In this first installment of the Finance Forum Focus Series, Cadwalader special counsel Michael Ruder is joined by Alan Todd, Head of CMBS Strategy at BofA Securities. Michael and Alan discuss Environmental, Social and...more

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En Fuego - September 2021 | Issue No. 145 - What’s Hot in Fund Finance?

My colleague Leah Edelboim and I had the pleasure of presenting a webinar on “Hot Topics in Fund Finance” earlier this week. Special thanks to Mondaq for hosting us. Below is a brief summary of some of the trends and market...more

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How Does My Business Qualify for a Sustainability-Linked Loan?

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The third instalment of our Finance Group’s dive into environmental, social, and governance (ESG) finance considers sustainability-linked loans (SLLs), the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles, and why and how your business...more

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Financial Services Weekly News: FDIC Issues Deposit Insurance Application Guidance For Non-Banks

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In This Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) published new procedures for federal deposit insurance applications from applicants that are not traditional community banks; federal banking regulators released...more

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