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Refinancing continues to dominate headline figures in latest European leveraged highlights
9 months ago
Debtwire has released its July 2023 European Leveraged Highlights, containing key trends in the leveraged loan and high-yield bond markets -
Envision Healthcare draws lawsuit from fourth out lenders
9 months ago
A group of “fourth out” lenders to Envision Healthcare have lodged an adversary complaint over its 2022 drop-down recapitalization and subsequent ‘uptier’ exchange -
Last frontier: Common currency conquers non-Eurozone countries to dominate lev loan market
9 months ago
Our latest DebtDynamics EMEA research shows that the share of the European leveraged loan syndication market denominated in the EU common currency jumped from 80% in 2015 to levels closer to 95% since 2019 -
Primary loan and bond markets shows signs of revival, but at a cost
9 months ago
Activity in the US junk debt market has picked up after the 4th of July and the momentum is expected to continue through 2H23, but at a cost for issuers. -
Obra completes acquisition of KDP assets following bankruptcy filing
9 months ago
Obra Capital has acquired the assets of KDP Investment Advisors following the latter firm's chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in May of this year -
Arini continues expansion with Credit Suisse hire
Credit hedge fund Arini taps former senior-level Credit Suisse executive.
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Columbia names new loan and CLO head as Howard announces retirement
9 months ago
Columbia Threadneedle Investments has appointed the next head of its US bank loan team after current head Jerry Howard announced his retirement effective in January next year -
June 2023 US Leveraged Highlights
10 months ago
Debtwire has released the June 2023 US Leveraged Highlights, featuring key trends in the leveraged loan and high yield bond markets. -
Refinancing and extensions dominate European debt issuance and hit highest share in a decade
10 months ago
With the highest interest rates in the Eurozone since the Global Financial Crisis, the European leveraged finance market has been dominated by companies that need to refinance or extend their deals. -
Recent US bankruptcies show non-DIP lenders wiped out
10 months ago
A trio of recent US bankruptcies is testing the CLO market's recovery assumptions, according to Debtwire’s Restructuring Database of recent court filings. -
Bond-backed buyouts balloon as loan yields hit astronomical levels
10 months ago
Issuers tapping public syndication for leveraged buyouts have turned to the high-yield bond market in recent months, where levels of activity are impressive considering the current shortage of new money issuance. -
Loan Highlights 2Q23: Running aground
10 months 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. -
Hedge fund Sona taps Barclays exec
10 months ago
Private credit manager Victory Park Capital has launched Triumph Capital Markets, a new platform that focuses on structured financing and capital markets -
May 2023 European Leveraged Highlights
10 months ago
High yield bond refinancing dominates a weak market according to Debtwire's May 2023 European Leveraged Highlights, featuring key trends in the leveraged loan and high yield bond markets. -
May 2023 US Leveraged Highlights
10 months 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. -
Jump in loan prices sees CLO primary stall in the US
10 months ago
US CLO primary supply almost ground to a halt in June with just three transactions printing in the first half of the month -
Do amend and extends now before big chunk of CLOs exit reinvestment, says BofA
11 months ago
Research analysts at Bank of America are recommending CLO managers complete amend and extend activity before a wave of transactions exit their reinvestment periods later in the year -
Fitch notches up US lev loan and HY 2023 default rate forecasts
11 months ago
Fitch Ratings has raised its US corporate institutional high yield bond default 2023 forecasts from 3%-3.5% to 4.5%-5%, and its leveraged loan default forecast from 2.5%-3% to 4%-4.5% -
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 -
Credit Suisse/UBS deal to create $5 trillion asset manager
1 year ago
The emphasis is set be on wealth and asset management, according to a statement released by UBS in conjunction with its move to acquire Credit Suisse -
Pimco promotes global lev fin and CLO head to managing director
1 year ago
Pimco's leveraged finance head is one of five senior officials promoted to managing director -
Stunning January rally means CLOs are back in business
1 year ago
Longtime observers of the CLO market tell Creditflux they have “never seen the market move so quickly” after a rip-roaring January saw a spectacular rally in both loans and CLO debt. -
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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