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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
Welcome to Debt Download, Goodwin’s monthly newsletter covering what you need to know in the leveraged finance market. We hope you are enjoying some early summer weather and (if you live in the Northeast) are breathing...more
Stubborn inflation, ongoing interest rate hikes and the banking crisis in the US and Europe have slowed activity across global loan markets at the start of the year, but there are signs that loan issuance may start rebounding...more
Economic headwinds proved challenging for leveraged finance markets in Asia-Pacific in 2022, but rising issuance beyond the core Chinese market cushioned the impact of global macro dislocation - Debt issuance across the...more
US leveraged loan and high yield bond markets saw significant declines in issuance in 2022, as macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty drove up borrowing costs, dampened risk appetite and significantly reduced M&A...more
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
In the inaugural edition of Debt Download, we covered recent trends in the U.S. debt finance markets. This month, we take a look at what’s happening in the U.K. and Europe....more
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
As predicted in our previous M&A report, 2022 has not lived up to the runaway performance of 2021. As activity—still at impressive levels considering everything that has been thrown at the deal market—takes a breather, we...more
Lenders and borrowers in US leveraged finance markets have had to recalibrate pricing and issuance volume expectations in 2022 in the face of rising inflation and interest rates....more
Rising inflation and climbing interest rates have slowed leveraged loan activity in Europe and the US, while COVID-19 restrictions in China dampened demand in Asia-Pacific - Leveraged loan markets across the globe faced a...more
It was a year of rebounds in 2021, from the early hike in refinancing activity to the subsequent surge in M&A and buyout deals, as well as frenetic activity in the PE space, all of which contributed to a noteworthy uptick in...more
Recovering oil prices brought much needed stability to the balance sheets of oil and gas borrowers that were on the brink of foreclosure through lockdowns, but the transition away from hydrocarbons poses an ongoing challenge...more
The oil and gas sector has been one of the hardest hit by COVID-19 lockdowns and there has been little relief as restructurings rise across the industry - The oil and gas (O&G) upstream sector continues to face financing...more
After taking a deep dive in Q2, US leveraged loan issuance picked up in Q3, while European markets gained year on year - Having navigated extreme market dislocation due to COVID-19 for the past six months, leveraged loan...more
Goldman Sachs is reportedly in negotiations with federal prosecutors to resolve claims about its role in the Malaysian 1MDB scandal for upwards of $2 billion. A settlement—which “could include a guilty plea from Goldman’s...more
After the 2018 fourth quarter roller coaster ride, when borrowers were essentially shut out of the leveraged loan market, the start to the new year has been tentative. Despite improved market conditions, leveraged loan volume...more
• 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
Overview and Methodology - Welcome to this seventh edition of Proskauer’s Global High-Yield Bond Study, our analysis of market trends for high-yield bond offerings. Using analyses from our proprietary database of...more
In 2016, global sponsors and their advisers were successful in continuing to export their experiences from financing transactions in the US leveraged loan and global bond markets to the European leveraged loan market and this...more
Fed Chair Janet Yellen is doing all she can to soften the blow of (or at least sufficiently prep the markets for, bond traders be damned) the seemingly inevitable Fed interest rate liftoff at the Fed’s December meeting. ...more
On May 22, Moody’s released its methodology for rating auto loan-backed ABS. On May 20, S&P released its methodology for revising reinvestment interest rates for fixed-rate bonds. On May 17, Fitch released its amended...more