Private debt funds are rapidly expanding into a segment of the market traditionally dominated by banks -
Bank lenders have traditionally been the primary providers of debt to finance infrastructure project development, but...more
On May 9th and 10th, the Loan Syndications and Trading Associations held its third annual private credit industry conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The major theme of the conference—the speakers of which included...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
While US dollar (USD) LIBOR has all but vanished from new-issue loans in 2022, the vast majority of the US loan market is comprised of legacy transactions that remain tied to the retiring rate. For every US institutional loan...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
8/6/2021
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The Bottom Line: On May 22, 2020, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York concluded that broadly syndicated term loans are not "securities". This decision is highly significant to the US...more
6/2/2020
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LIBOR, the reference rate for more than US$300 trillion of contracts globally and nearly US$200 trillion of US dollar contracts, is expected to cease after the end of 2021. In highlighting the limitations of the LIBOR reforms...more
9/17/2019
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