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US loan volume nears record levels
5 months ago
In Q1 2024 quarterly institutional loan issuance reached its second highest level on record. The period also saw the lowest quarterly share of new money issuance, at just 13% of total activity -
US borrowers try again with high-water mark provisions
6 months ago
In the US, high-water marking of EBITDA was rebuffed back in 2022. But the concept has been used regularly in Europe and US borrowers are once again slipping it into credit agreements -
Wave of legal hires becomes a tsunami
7 months ago
In February alone legal heavyweights Allen & Overy, DLA Piper, Fried Frank, Kirkland & Ellis, Proskauer Rose and White & Case all announced the arrival of partners in the credit space -
End on a high: institutional loan and HY bond issuance rises 44% YoY
8 months ago
Leveraged finance (LevFin) issuance across the US institutional loan and high-yield (HY) bond markets totalled USD 529bn in 2023, representing a 44% year-on-year (YoY) increase -
November 2023 US Leveraged Highlights
9 months ago
Debtwire today releases the November 2023 US Leveraged Highlights, featuring key trends in the leveraged loan and high-yield bond markets -
Fortress taps BlackRock for sponsor coverage hire
11 months ago
Fortress Investment Group has hired a new director to focus on sponsor coverage and origination in in Fortress’ credit business -
Loan Highlights 3Q23: Loan volumes remain significantly lower than historical averages
11 months ago
Capital markets loan activity continued to struggle in the third quarter of 2023, as issuers in the Americas and Europe held off from tapping markets -
ICG taps Apollo partner as head of US liquid credit
1 year ago
The new head of US liquid credit has been tasked with helping grow ICG's US credit business -
Double-dip refinancing hits US leveraged loan
1 year ago
Wheel Pros, a name still held by 219 CLOs with $414 million of total principal, announced details of a new refinancing deal last week featuring a controversial double-dip structure -
Fed members need to restore their credibility, which could translate into excessive tightening
1 year ago
Rising wages have boosted spending and GDP — but the party can’t last forever -
DebtDynamics North America: de-risking remains key focus for loan issuers and investors alike
1 year ago
Syndicated leveraged loan and high-yield (HY) bond markets have endured a challenging time during the past eight months but sentiment is far from rock-bottom -
US leveraged loan issuance drops 35% year on year
1 year ago
Debtwire 's new July 2023 US Leveraged Highlights report sees a striking 70% year-on-year decrease in new money institutional activity as lack of supply from the M&A market weighs on issuance -
DebtDynamics North America: Likely-to-distress scores highlight struggling industries
1 year ago
Out of a universe of more than 12,000 leveraged US companies, 180 are in the stressed/distressed lifecycle categories -
Arini continues expansion with Credit Suisse hire
Credit hedge fund Arini taps former senior-level Credit Suisse executive.
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June 2023 US Leveraged Highlights
1 year ago
Debtwire has released the June 2023 US Leveraged Highlights, featuring key trends in the leveraged loan and high yield bond markets. -
Fund performance
1 year ago
Good month for CLO funds sees six in top 10 as Axiom sets pace -
Loan Highlights 2Q23: Running aground
1 year ago
The global loan market endured a bleak first half of the year, with the overall 1H23 volume falling 28% year-on-year (YoY) to $1.9 trillion, the lowest showing since 2012. -
May 2023 US Leveraged Highlights
1 year ago
Leveraged investors continue to favor bonds to loans, according to the Debtwire May 2023 US Leveraged Highlights, featuring key trends in the leveraged loan and high yield bond markets. -
CLO market finds feet again after ‘miniature credit crunch’ blows up spreads in March
1 year ago
Markets were rocked by what some observers have called a “miniature credit crunch” in March, with disruption beginning with the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and ending with UBS’s takeover of Credit Suisse. -
CLO funds make best of a bad situation
1 year ago
It can’t get any worse can it? Well, it did in 2022, when credit spreads kept moving wider. Still, CLO funds were able to withstand the pressure, and they outperformed other credit strategies -
Fund performance: European CLO funds lead the way
1 year ago
February was a positive month for many funds, as only one quarter failed to reach the black. This builds off a stellar start to the year: 96% of funds reached a positive return in January -
Barclays won't let sleeping dogs lie after another Newfoundland CLO reset
1 year ago
Newfoundland CLO, the long running and world's largest balance-sheet CLO, has been given a new leash of life by upsizing in a reset yesterday, according to announcements from Moody’s and Scope Ratings. -
Proskaeur hires CFO specialist from SocGen
1 year ago
Proskauer has announced the appointment of Matthew Kerfoot as partner in its finance group in New York -
Fund performance: Credit funds end difficult 2022 on a positive note
1 year ago
In December 66% of credit funds reached a positive return, following an even better November where 81% of all funds pushed into the black -
"Conditions making deal financing challenging for issuers can harm beneficial terms for investors"
1 year ago
Direct lending terms look better than at any point in the past decade. But is there enough to go around?
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