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Refinancing surge reenergizes US and European loan markets

White & Case LLP on 8/28/2024

Leveraged loan activity in the US and Europe sprang back to life in H1 2024, with both markets enjoying near-triple-digit increases in issuance. In the US, overall issuance surged 95.7% from US$461 billion in H1 2023 to...more

Global leveraged loan markets spring to life

White & Case LLP on 5/23/2024

After a challenging 2023, US and European leveraged loan issuance showed year-on-year gains in Q1 2024 as a more stable interest rate outlook encouraged borrowers and lenders to return to the market. After a challenging...more

US high yield markets spring to life

White & Case LLP on 9/6/2023

High yield bond activity rallies in the US as borrowers pivot away from pricier leveraged loans, but European and Asian markets remain challenged US high yield bond activity sparked back to life in H1 2023 as improved...more

Sector focus: European infrastructure financing flows

White & Case LLP on 2/7/2023

In the face of rising interest rates and macro-economic uncertainty, infrastructure finance has proven relatively resilient when compared to the dislocation in other debt markets....more

Five factors that will influence leveraged finance in 2023

White & Case LLP on 2/1/2023

European leveraged finance markets have been completely reconfigured in the past 12 months. Inflation, rising interest rates and geopolitical uncertainty have squeezed liquidity and seen high yield bond and leveraged loan...more

Hitting the brakes: European leveraged finance battens down the hatches

White & Case LLP on 1/31/2023

European leveraged finance markets saw significant inertia through the course of 2022 as high inflation, rising interest rates and cooling M&A activity put the brakes on leveraged loan and high yield bond issuance. How will...more

M&A financing keeps the leveraged finance market beating

White & Case LLP on 2/3/2022

A rebound in European corporate transactions has driven a double-digit acceleration in leveraged finance earmarked for M&A (excl. buyouts), with a robust pipeline setting the stage for an active 2022. In the summer of...more

From survive to thrive: European leveraged finance looks to the future

White & Case LLP on 2/1/2022

European leveraged finance markets roared back to life in 2021, sparked by a combination of attractive pricing in the first half of the year and buoyant M&A activity in the second half. The result? High volumes of refinancing...more

Active private equity firms buoy buyout issuance

White & Case LLP on 11/23/2021

Issuance of leveraged loans and high yield bonds to fund buyouts surged to quarterly highs in 2021 as private equity sponsors raised their investment game - Buyouts are back in a big way. Private equity (PE) firms around...more

Ten years on: The surprising resilience of European leveraged finance: The market pauses for breath in 2018

White & Case LLP on 2/13/2019

• In Europe, leveraged loan issuance is down 28 per cent year-on-year to €202.5 billion in 2018, but is up on all years between 2014 and 2016 • High yield bond issuance is down 37 per cent year-on-year • Leveraged loans...more

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