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US loan volume nears record levels
1 month 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 -
Global Loan Highlights 1Q24: Don’t call it a comeback
1 month ago
Loan refinancing share hits historic high, but IG issuance stymies YoY global growth -
February 2024 US Leveraged Highlights
1 month ago
Debtwire today releases the February 2024 US Leveraged Highlights, featuring key trends in the leveraged loan and high-yield bond markets. -
US borrowers try again with high-water mark provisions
2 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 -
New report finds 2023 a record year for alternative credit M&A
4 months ago
A new report on “Acquisitions of Alternative Credit Managers” by credit specialist Gapstow forecasts that more M&A activity lies ahead for credit firms as they struggle with the challenges facing the broader investment management industry -
Credit PMs remain gloomy in latest IACPM survey
4 months ago
Survey participants in the latest IACPM Credit Outlook Survey believe the euphoria seen in global financial markets during the last few months of 2023 was overdone -
Voya Investment brings in new CIO, fixed income from Morgan Stanley
4 months ago
Voya Investment Management has made some changes to its leadership team. The company is bringing in a new chief investment officer, fixed income, from Morgan Stanley as part of a wider reshuffle. -
End on a high: institutional loan and HY bond issuance rises 44% YoY
4 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 -
Low margins and scarcity of LBOs hurt term loan revenues
4 months ago
Despite a resurgence in global term loan B (TLB) volume, which grew by 30% to reach $416.6bn as of December 2023, revenue earned by arranging banks on these facilities only totalled $3.0bn -
2023: a bumper year for CLO funds
4 months ago
It looks like 2023 will finish as a solid year for most credit funds, and an outstanding one for CLO funds. But funds pursuing corporate distressed strategies continued to struggle -
November 2023 US Leveraged Highlights
5 months ago
Debtwire today releases the November 2023 US Leveraged Highlights, featuring key trends in the leveraged loan and high-yield bond markets -
ESG initiatives should avoid unfavourable reactions by pursuing substance over form
6 months ago
By any financial measure, the collaboration of trans activist Dylan Mulvaney with Bud Light hurt the brand. What was formerly America’s best-selling beer saw its market share collapse — from over 35% in May 2023 to around 9% in June — because of a boycott by US conservatives after a 60-second TikTok video aired of Mulvaney drinking it. -
Hayfin appoints new US CLO head
6 months ago
Hayfin Capital Management has announced it has recruited Peter Swanson to head its High-Yield and Syndicated Loans team in New York -
US CLO credit Air Methods Corporation files for bankruptcy
6 months ago
Air Methods Corporation, a widely held name in the US CLO market, filed for Chapter 11 this morning reporting USD 1bn to USD 10bn in liabilities. -
Aquarian buys minority stake in Obra
7 months ago
Obra Capital revealed in Monday that it had sold a minority equity ownership stake to Aquarian Holdings -
September 2023 US Leveraged Highlights
7 months ago
Refinancing continues to amplify leveraged debt volume in Debtwire's latest report featuring key trends in the leveraged loan and high-yield bond market -
Packers’ recovery chances debated amid industry-wide child labor investigations
7 months ago
A popular CLO credit, Packers Sanitation Services (PSSI), made the news last week in Debtwire -
Loan Highlights 3Q23: Loan volumes remain significantly lower than historical averages
7 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 -
US loan market rallies despite increasing stress and default rates
7 months ago
Casual observers of the US broadly syndicated loan market may be forgiven for feeling a little confused at the moment. Despite rising default rates and growing stress, loan prices continue to rally, and the primary pipeline is busy. -
Fund performance
7 months ago
Positive August for credit sees CLO funds on top again -
ICG taps Apollo partner as head of US liquid credit
7 months ago
The new head of US liquid credit has been tasked with helping grow ICG's US credit business -
Securities regulators call for improvement in practices in CLO market
8 months ago
IOSCO, an international policy forum for securities regulators, has called for improvement in practices in both the leveraged loan and CLO markets. -
In Kirschner fallout, lenders may be asked to rep that they aren’t investors
Our Xtract Research team explores an unexpected outcome from the recent Kirschner ruling
8 months ago -
Credit funds at a glance (September 2023)
8 months ago
A round-up of people moves and fund raising -
Credit hedge fund returns (September 2023)
8 months ago
Credit hedge fund returns
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