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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
With incremental loan activity accounting for an outsize share of the leveraged lending market over the past year, we explore the top trends, insights and structuring considerations for lenders and borrowers - Although...more
Loan issuance across all major jurisdictions saw year-on-year double-digit declines during the first half of 2023, as high inflation and rising interest rates continued to weigh on loan activity The first half of 2023 has...more
Private debt managers seized the opportunity to win market share in 2022 as leveraged loan and high yield bond activity slowed—moving into 2023, private debt players remain open for business, but mainly on their terms - ...more
After a year of red-hot moves in the tech sector, markets have cooled down in 2022, as inflation and rate hikes prompted many investors to prioritize investment in safe haven asset classes....more
Environmental, social and governance (ESG)-linked debt issuances have been negatively impacted in 2022 after reaching all-time global highs last year....more
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
African loan and bond issuance fell by just under 10% in the first half of 2021, year-on-year, with lenders still jittery after Zambia missed a bond repayment in November 2020 to become the first African sovereign to default...more
After a volatile and challenging year, US direct lenders moved into 2021 with reputations enhanced and teams strongly positioned to fund new deals. But we cannot discuss current direct lending in the US without casting a...more
Abundant liquidity, a red-hot refinancing market and improving credit ratings combined through the first half of 2021 to limit defaults and ease any near-term pressure on the balance sheets of US borrowers. Borrowers...more
Retailers faced a difficult financing market before COVID-19 appeared, but lockdowns have made the situation even tougher. High yield and leveraged loan values for retailers in North America and Western and Southern Europe...more
European Leveraged Finance Alert Series: Issue 2, 2019 - This year European leveraged loan borrowers will test the terms of the additional debt provisions in their loan agreements and there is expected to be significant...more
In 2016, global sponsors and their advisers were successful in continuing to export their experiences from financing transactions in the US leveraged loan and global bond markets to the European leveraged loan market and this...more