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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

European leveraged finance: A whole new world

White & Case LLP on 1/30/2024

European leveraged finance in 2023 was saddled with the negative effects of elevated interest rates. But as the market adjusts to the “new normal”, rate and price stability offer hope for a brighter 2024. -Rising interest...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

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

Economy pumps the brakes on loan markets

White & Case LLP on 12/1/2022

Leveraged loan activity slows in the US, Europe and APAC as a volatile economic backdrop and the rising cost of debt starts to weigh on issuance - Leveraged loan markets have been buffeted by a challenging macroeconomic...more

Strong Finish to 2019 Offers Promising 2020 for US and European High-Yield Markets

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/23/2020

In 2019, a wave of bond-to-bond refinancings, as well as significant bank and term loan-to-bond refinancings, punctuated a strong year for debt financings after a slow first quarter. Throughout last year, debt investors...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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